Part 1, page 19
Document date February 1972
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 1 p. 19, Other, dated Feb 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-01/pages/19
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1 "Seth Thomas" and "D.B. Cooper" agreed to have 2 "D.B. Cooper" submit to interviews which would be 3 taped and photographed after being advised by Karl Fleming that Newsweek magazine would not support the 4 undertaking but that a partner of Fleming's in Platypus Publications Incorporated would put up thirty thousand dollars.
5 On or about February 20, 1972 Karl Fleming 6 traveled from Los Angeles County, California to King County, Washington with thirty thousand dollar[s] in cash consisting of an unknown number of bills in 7 twenty, fifty, and one hundred dollar denomination[s]. He stayed at the Edgewater Inn, in Seattle, Washingt[on] 8 through February 23, 1972 and interviewed "D.B. Cooper" 9 on February 22 and 23.
10 Karl Fleming was furnished the xeroxed copy of the three twenty dollar bills, allegedly part of the 11 ransom paid to "D.B. Cooper" (Exhibit "A") and on or about February 21, 1972, paid the thirty thousand 12 dollars to Jack Lewis who signed a receipt (Exhibit "B"). Karl Fleming related that Jack Lewis used 13 the name "Seth Thomas" to sign[ing] the receipt and that "D.B. Cooper" appeared upset [at] Lewis' disclosure of his true name.
14 Karl Fleming also paid three hundred dollars to 15 Jack Lewis on or about February 21, 1972 for expense[s].
16 The complainant further states that he believes that 17 statements made by Karl Fleming to Special Agents of the 18 F.B.I. are accurate in that checks of motel, airline, rent[,] 19 car, and telephone toll records corroborate his story and 20 photographs of William John Lewis, also known as Jack Lewis, 21 and Donald Sylvester Murphy have been identified by Karl 22 Fleming, and other persons, as the individuals who called 23 themselves "Seth Thomas" and "D.B. Cooper" respectively.
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CHARLES E. FARRELL Special Agent Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sworn to before me, and subscribed in my presence
___________________, 1972.
United States Magistrate
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