Part 1, page 13

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MANNER AND MEANS

1 It was a part of the conspiracy that the defendant 2 William John Lewis, also known as Jack Lewis, responding 3 to an advertisement in the Seattle Times newspaper solicit[ing] 4 a contact from the alleged aircraft hi-jacker "D. B. Coo[per]" 5 called Karl Payne Fleming at his home in Los Angeles, 6 California on or about February 1, 1972 and stated that [the] 7 "Seth Thomas" (a fictitious name adopted by the de[fen]dant 8 Jack Lewis for the purposes of this scheme) had bee[n] in 9 touch with "D. B. Cooper", knew his true identity [and could] 10 arrange an interview.

12 It was further a part of the conspirac[y that the] 13 defendants William John Lewis, also known as Jack Lewis[,] 14 and Donald Sylvester Murphy arranged for Donald Sylvest[er] 15 Murphy to pose as the alleged aircraft hi-jacker "[D. B.] 16 Cooper". Jack Lewis photographed Donald Murphy wearing 17 a wig and glasses and otherwise appearing much like the 18 widely circulated "artist's conception" of "D. B. Cooper" 19 and delivered a print to Karl Fleming in support of the 20 scheme to defraud. Jack Lewis and Donald Murphy arrange[d] 21 to copy three twenty dollar bills with serial num[bers that] 22 from the ransom money list - superimposed - so as to app[ear] 23 to be copies of twenty dollar bills acquired by the alle[ged] 24 hi-jacker "D. B. Cooper" as ransom for the r[e]lease of 25 [passengers on] Northwest Orient Airlines Fli[ght 305] at 26 Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Novem[ber 2]4, 197[1]. 27 Jack Lewis furnished this fraudulent copy of the [three] 28 twenty dollar bills (copy attached hereto [as] Exhibit "A"[.] 29 Karl Fleming in support of the scheme to defraud.

31 It was further a part of the conspiracy that the 32 defendants William John Lewis, also known as Jack Lewis [and] Donald Sylvester Murphy falsely represented Donald Murp[hy]