Part 78, page 195

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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63)

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6 Minneapolis Tribune —Minneapolis, Minn.

Date: May 3, 1972 Edition: Morning Author: Editor: Bower Hawthorne Title:

Character: or Classification: Submitting Office: Minneapolis ☐ Being Investigated

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2 charged in plot to impersonate 'D. B. Cooper'

United Press International

Seattle, Wash. Two men were arrested by FBI agents Tuesday on charges of trying to bilk a magazine editor by selling him a fake interview with parachuting skyjacker "D. B. Cooper" for $30,000.

William J. Lewis, 33, Silverdale, Wash., and Donald S. Murphy, 49, Bremerton, Wash., were charged with conspiracy to defraud Karl P. Fleming, a former contributing editor of Newsweek magazine.

The suspects were arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Charles Schaaf who set bail at $50,000 for Lewis and $8,000 for Murphy.

The charges said that Lewis responded to newspaper advertisements placed by Fleming who said he wanted to contact "Cooper" for a confidential interview. "D. B. Cooper" was the name given by a man who hijacked a Northwest Airlines jetliner last Thanksgiving Eve and extorted $200,000 in marked currency. Cooper then parachuted from the plane on a flight between Seattle and Reno, Nev. He never has been found.

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164-73-368 SEARCHED __ INDEXED __ SERIALIZED __ FILED __ MAY 4 1972

DB Cooper-34055 b7C