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“humiliated and embarrassed” by the reported death threat. “(Matix) further alleges that the allegations made by (Burnett) were for the sole purpose of having (Ma- tix} arrested so he could not collect the money that was rightfully his,” Matix'’s complaint states. The case never went to trial. Platt and the police were to have been Matix's witnesses, Cohen said. “T never realized that there was any possibility that Platt and Matix were serious,” said Cohen, who only yesterday learned that Matix and Platt had been — killed in the FBI shootout in Kendall that also left five agents wounded. “I guess I entertain that possibility aw Burnett, who had not been questioned by the FB) about his encounter with the killers, said he feels —— lucky to be alive today. “T kept wiping my eyes when I read about them in the newspaper. I just couldn't believe it,” said Bur- nett. “I remember they called me an old man and said that because of that they could outwit me. They told me that when you get old, the brain deteriorates ...1 had never been talked to like that.” Detective Kohles said that Lincoln police were sympathetic with Matix and Platt. Thompson, the postal inspector, said Matix and Platt never complained to the Postal Service, but Kohles said Lincoin police investigated their com- plaints about Burnett and turned the matteroyer to the FBI. A spokesman for the FBI in Lincoln declined com- ment. ne ee Ah A SS TS