Part 117, page 224

Transcript

The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.

LA 164-497

On 9/3/74, [REDACTED] was interviewed at his place of business, [REDACTED] Los Angeles, California. [REDACTED] stated he and his wife had been acquainted with LOU JOHNSON, the former Dodger baseball player, and [REDACTED] for several years. [REDACTED] stated he was a baseball fan and had become personally acquainted with [REDACTED] He recalls that about 1969 or 1970, MAURY WILLS, a Negro star for the Dodgers, had become involved in a dispute with the Dodger management and was sold to Montreal. Apparently in sympathy with WILLS, JOHNSON also became involved in a dispute with the management and was sold to San Diego. Shortly thereafter, JOHNSON was sent from San Diego to Hawaii. He refused to go to Hawaii and gave up baseball. KEYSER stated JOHNSON [REDACTED] in Los Angeles, moved to Seattle where he was [REDACTED]

He described JOHNSON as a "real country boy" who in his own mind had suddenly become "Mr. Baseball" then largely due to his own actions, everything for him fell through.

He recalls that about November 1971, LOU JOHNSON and a man named [REDACTED] referred to by JOHNSON as [REDACTED] came to his shop driving a 1970 Cadillac. This was the first time he had met [REDACTED] and when they came into the shop, LOU JOHNSON did most of the talking and he, [REDACTED] tended to believe that the Cadillac was owned by JOHNSON. He later found this was not true. [REDACTED] located a work sheet dated 11/30/71, for work on a 1970 Cadillac bearing California license [REDACTED] He recalls that after several days passed and JOHNSON and [REDACTED] brought the car in again. This time they [REDACTED] recalled the car was black and they wanted the new paint job in the same color. After the car was painted, [REDACTED] and JOHNSON picked it up and indicated they were returning to Seattle where he assumed they both lived.

- 4 -

DB COOPER-53698