MemoTo SAC Seattle re Ralph Leonard Griffin background, absconder warrant and attorney interview27 March 1972page 2 of 2
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Part 100, page 273

Serials SE 164-81

Document date 27 March 1972

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 100 p. 273, Memo, dated 27 Mar 1972, serial SE 164-81-2689 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-100/pages/273

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SE 164-81

Name: RALPH LEONARD GRIFFIN Race: White Sex: Male Date of Birth: 8/13/30[handwritten: 41] Place of Birth: Butte, Montana Hair: [circled] Red Eyes: Blue Height: 5'10" Weight: 140 FBI #: 383001C Social Security #: 379-38-1343 Relatives: [redacted - b6, b7C]

[redacted box - b6, b7C]

Also noted was that [redacted - b6, b7C]

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The file reflected that GRIFFIN was listed as an abscounder and a Bench Warrant #C3549 was issued on December 27, 1971.

On March 7, 1972, [redacted], Attorney At Law, [redacted], Washington, advised that he had been the court appointed attorney for RALPH L. GRIFFIN, however, he had since discontinued handling GRIFFIN's case. He stated that GRIFFIN's whereabouts were unknown to him and his last known address was at the Carleton Hotel, 1552 Jefferson Street, Tacoma, Washington, which was during mid-November, 1971. [redacted] added, however, that during late December, 1971 or early January, 1972, an insurance man, name unrecalled and company unrecalled, contacted him stating that GRIFFIN had told him that he, SHAW, would pay for an insurance policy for GRIFFIN and at that time GRIFFIN was in the Edmonds, Washington area. His last known employment was a restaurant kitchen remodeling job at the Chieftan Restaurant in South Tacoma, phone number GR 5-1313.