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Washington, in [the] execution of the afore[said] scheme and artifice [of/to] defraud Karl Fleming, Newsweek Magazine, and Platypus Publications of money in excess of $5,000. All in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. §2314 and §2.

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COUNT III

1. Beginning on or about February 1, 1972, and continuing thereafter through or about May 2, 1972, within the Western District of Washington, defendants WILLIAM JOHN LEWIS and DONALD SYLVESTER MURPHY, did willfully and unlaw- fully combine, conspire and agree together and with other unknown persons, to commit offenses against the United States, to wit, to violate Section 2314, Title 18 U.S.C., by devising a scheme and artifice to defraud Karl Fleming, Newsweek Magazine, and Platypus Publications of money in excess of $5,000, by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations and promises and in execution thereof to induce Karl Fleming to travel in and be transported in interstate commerce from Los Angeles, California to Seattle, Washington.

2. It was part of said conspiracy that defendant WILLIAM JOHN LEWIS would contact Karl Fleming and convince him that defendant LEWIS knew the true identity of an alleged aircraft hijacker known as "D. B. Cooper" and that defendant LEWIS could arrange an exclusive interview between Fleming and "D. B. Cooper."

3. It was further a part of said conspiracy that defendant WILLIAM JOHN LEWIS demanded $45,000 for the interview.