OtherCriminal complaint/affidavit of SA Charles E. Farrell, U.S. v. William John Lewis and Donald Sylvester Murphy, W.D. Wash. at SeattleFebruary 1972page 5 of 8
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Part 1, page 16

Document date February 1972

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a copy of three twenty dollar bills in front of the camera.

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All in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. Section 371.

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COUNT II

1. The defendants William John Lewis, also known as Jack Lewis and Donald Sylvester Murphy devised [the scheme?] and artifice to obtain money from Karl Payne Fleming by fraudulently representing the defendant Donald Sylvester Murphy to be the alleged aircraft hi-jacker "D. B. Cooper" as more particularly alleged in Count 1 of this complaint. and all of the allegations of Count I are realleged and incorporated herein as if fully set out in Count [I].

2. On or about the 16th day and the 20th day of February, 1972 the defendants William John Lewis, also k[nown] as Jack Lewis and Donald Sylvester Murphy, having devised and having intended to devise the aforesaid scheme and artifice to defraud and to obtain money by means of fals[e] and fraudulent pretenses, representations and pro[mises] di[d] unlawfully and fraudulently induce Karl Payne Fle[m]ing to travel in interstate commerce from Los Angeles County, California to King County, Washington in execution of th[e] aforesaid scheme and artifice to defraud said Karl Payne Fleming of money in an amount exceeding five thousand dollars, that is, forty-five thousand dollars in cash.

All in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. Section 2314 [a]nd Section [illegible]

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