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FD-302 (Rev. 11-27-70)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

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Date of transcription ___4/1/77___

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TAVE COFFELT. 2463 Kuhio Avenue, West II, was interviewed by [redacted] who identified himself as a Special Agent of the FBI. She voluntarily provided the following information:

Mrs. COFFELT stated that she was never legally married to JACK BRYANT COFFELT; however, she has lived with him since 1961. She advised that she met COFFELT in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1961 and shortly thereafter, she and COFFELT moved to the Washington, D. C., area.

She advised that COFFELT disclosed to her that he had spent approximately 20 years in the Georgia State Prison in Atlanta as a result of being convicted for bank burglary sometime in the 1930s. She stated that COFFELT was a decent man, very intelligent, and not a common criminal. She further advised that COFFELT personally knew J. EDGAR HOOVER and had visited HOOVER at the FBI Headquarters in Washington, D. C., while they lived in that area from 1964 to 1973.

She stated that while living in Washington, D. C., JACK COFFELT worked for quite some time as a chauffeur and a personal assistant to an individual known to her only as (first name unknown) BECKWITH, who was one of three living descendants of former President Abraham Lincoln. She stated that COFFELT worked for BECKWITH until approximately 1967 or 1968 when he subsequently took employment with a furniture business.

She advised that COFFELT suffered from severe cases phlebitis and emphysema, and eventually while in Washington, D. C., suffered a nervous breakdown and received psychiatric care for his nervous condition and alcohol affliction. She stated COFFELT received treatment in Washington, D. C., in a hospital known only to her as Melwood Hospital.

She further advised that she and COFFELT departed Washington, D. C., and moved to Lynnwood, Washington, in January, 1974, where they lived on welfare until January, 1975, at which time she and JACK COFFELT moved to Hon[illegible, text cut off by redaction box]

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[handwritten partially legible number, possibly "164-81-" overwritten/redacted]

Interviewed on __3/29/77__ at __Honolulu, Hawaii__ File # __HN 164-85__

by __SA [redacted]__ :mes

[stamp, partially legible]: SEARCHED..... INDEXED..... SERIALIZED..... FILED..... Date: 3/30/77 APR 2 1977 FBI - SEATTLE

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

DB COOPER-55445

GPO : 1975 O - 566-118