Interview report (FD-302)Interview of Farson, Wyoming source re Franklin John Painter, aka Nick LeuisInterviewed 29 July 1975page 2 of 3
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Part 36, page 173

DB Cooper-13724Serials DN 164-98

Interviewed 29 July 1975Dictated 29 July 1975Transcribed 29 July 1975

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DN 164-98 (2)

[REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] had been born [REDACTED] At that time, [REDACTED] had been in Rock Springs and was living with [REDACTED] telephone [REDACTED] She does not know where or if he was working. He had left Rock Springs shortly after the [REDACTED] and had not returned to Rock Springs until the Fall of 1972. At that time, he had stopped by the [REDACTED] residence in [REDACTED] Wyoming, for a couple of days to say hello. He was not driving any type of vehicle and did not say where he was going when he left. He had wanted to

[REDACTED] He did not seem to have any money at that time.

[REDACTED] stated that she last heard from him in December, 1974, when he called the home [REDACTED] Wyoming, from Ely, Nevada. He had wanted to come back [REDACTED] He had told her that he had been in Alaska and Canada and owned quite a bit of land in both these places. He had also said that he had "money in the bank". She had [REDACTED] [REDACTED] She has not heard from him since then.

[REDACTED] stated that she has lived [REDACTED] [REDACTED] because the majority of the time, [REDACTED] was gone. She does not know where he worked or even if he worked. She stated that [REDACTED] was a loner and never told her anything about what he was doing.

She recalled that when he was not drinking he was very intelligent and had a very good command of the English language. However, when drinking, he was very belligerent and used foul language.

She and [REDACTED] did their banking at the State Bank of Green River, Wyoming, however, this account had been closed by her in 1972.

She currently has [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

She provided three photographs of [REDACTED] two [REDACTED] pictures taken in 1967 and one snapshot taken in 1972 when [REDACTED] had dropped in for about three days.

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