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1 to be the alleged hi-jacker "D. B. Cooper" when they met 2 with Karl Fleming at the Swept Wing Inn in King County, 3 Washington on or about February 16, 1972 and demanded th[at] 4 Karl Fleming produce forty-five thousand dollars i[n] retur[n] 5 for "D. B. Cooper's" story about the hi-jacking. [T]he 6 defendants agreed to accept thirty thousand dollar[s,] 7 fraudulently representing that the money would be h[eld in] 8 trust by Jack Lewis for the legal defense of "D. [B. Cooper]" 9 should he be apprehended. Jack Lewis signed t[he documents] 10 recording that payment, one signed as "Seth T[homas" and a copy] 11 wherein he signed his true name (copy attached h[ereto as] 12 Exhibit "B"). 13 It was further [a] part of the conspiracy t[hat] the 14 defendants William John Lewis, also known as [J]ack [Lewis] 15 and Donald Sylvester Murphy prepared Donald Murph[y to pose] 16 as the alleged hi-jacker "D. B. Cooper" by readin[g the] 17 published information about the hi-jacking of Fli[ght 305] 18 and the alleged hi-jacker "D. B. Cooper" and other[wise] 19 developing a plausible theory of the hi-jacking whi[ch began] 20 with a "confession" of the crime. Extraordinary ste[ps for] 21 the security of the alleged hi-jacker "D. B. Coop[er" such as] 22 requiring that the cameraman and audioman re[maining at the] 23 interview do so from an extreme distance whi[le wearing ear] 24 plugs, added credibili[t]y to the fraudulent s[cheme].

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25 OVERT ACTS

27 1. On or about February [1,] 1972 the defen[dant] 28 William John Lewis, also known as Jack Lewis call[ed Karl] 29 Payne Fleming in Los Angeles, California from his res[idence] 30 at Seavue Estates, Seabeck, Washington. 31 2. On or about February 13, 1972 the defendant 32 William John Lewis, also known as Jack Lewis called th[e]