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D. B. Cooper — Part 1

35 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Nov 24, 1971 · Broad topic: General · Topic: D. B. Cooper · 33 pages OCR'd
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Wi ga Nh fa y ' ‘ an 4g. a ot te 1 _ MANNER AND MEANS 14 2 It was a part of the conspiracy that tne dufendans “6 “3 William John Lewis, also known as Jack Lewis, respo.ding ot 4 to an advertisement in the Seattle Times newspap2> solic. aa 5 a contact from the alleged aircraft hi-jacker "D. b. Cox 32 6 called Karl Payne Fleming at his home in Los Ar.geles, +4 7 California on or about February 1, 1972 and statvec wne. ~ 26 8 | “Seth Thomas" (a fictitious mame -ddopted by the a. onéant ay 9 Jack Lewis. for the purposes of-this scheme) ned bes. in 201 10 touch with "D. B. Cooper”, knew his true idenvity nd Gee | ML arrange an interview. | 12 It was further 4 part of the coneptrac, Gan cE a “48 defendants William Jona Lewis, also known as Csck Lo.al2 ff 14 and Donald Sylvester Murphy arranged for Doraic Syivestw7r “ 415 ‘Murphy to pose as the alleged aircraft hi-javser Hoy 3. e 16 Cooper". Jack Lewis photographed Donald Murphy wearing *4 17 a wig and glasses and otherwise appearing much live the 8 | 18 widely circulated “artist's conception" of "D. BE. Caopser’ ie 19 and delivered a print to Karl Fleming in support of the : 20 scheme to defraud. Jack Lewis and Donald Murphy erTange a 21 to copy three twenty dollar pills with serial nws.:rs b2.. : | 22 from the ransom money list - Superimposed - sO aS to 4 a 1. 28 to be copies of twenty dollar bills acquired by thre allt “| 24 ni-jacker “D. B. Cooper" as ransom for the roleese of a 95° wuliepassengers,,on-Northwesy Orient Airlines SILENT 3G 27 - on: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport ‘on Noversi. 2r Qu, IST { 27 Jack Lewis furnished tnis fraudulent copy of the Ler ee 28 twenty dollar bilis (copy attached hereto” ss Exhib.v "A" 29 Karl Fleming in support of the scheme to defraud. : 30 It was further a part of the conspiracy that the 31 defendants William John Lewis, also known as Jack Lewis « 32 Donald Sylvester Murphy faisely represented Donald Murpi. -2~ j PO ee wey wees pee see ee meee
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