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g.with | “four’ “Harpers executives. at as a touchy book. Still, they were com: ing, with contracts, the conditions being ‘that Cooper would.bave tok be induced to 34 rn in the «$200,600 before they paid — 4 it any money—except for $5,000 they * ould put up as security against their — taking the story to someone else. ©) :, . ‘The Harpers executives were esconc the. story. ‘An elaborate cover ‘article was: ‘planned, but a mood of caution pre: vailed. My old colleagues in the top ed-* ;itorial positions . a lot of important stories together. They “had printed a story on no evidence but ° : ‘my say-so before, but this was a bigger ~The Flying Wallen: ~ ,.das,” they were called by ‘subaltern writ-.<' oy June: 3," the FBI arrested - William ‘,*ers—trusted me. We had gone through 7 John (Jack) Lewis, 32, alias Seth Thomas,’ ‘them’ appear. fo be Part ‘of the, styjack .{ loot. «. aie as aes “ae “that ¥ was" éndugh warning’ ry ‘hotd , Publication” ‘of the, story. “Within wee . and Donald Sylvester Murphy, 49, who’: said he was Cooper, and charged them,” _ with four counts of federal, fraud.: Lewis" A “S thing. One had to weigh the risks. The “later complained that, the. FBI dug up possible benefit of such a story was great. “qd in one of those pleasantly airy cott- = If it ‘were a phony, it,could wreck the ae gés at the Beverly Hills Hotel, having ° . toffee when I arrived. After awhile in California, the memory dims of what a: 3 ard core Eastern Establishmentarian ° -“Wooks like: tweeds, and pin stripes, rep © ‘fies, paunches, and gray, pasty faces. . Among them was Brooks Thomas, the ‘ irm’s chief legal counsel, a careful gen- ' -.fleman ‘who later would distinguish imself by turning’ over a book which y arper & Row commissioned onthe.CIA | " .4{nvolvement in Southeast Asian drug magazine, one editor said. If only some of the facts could be checked. 478. 0.0) s t : The FBI began checking some of them * vhis lawn looking for money and other? _ evidence, but didn't find anything. oe ‘Murphy, ' it ‘developed; "was ‘divorce ; the father’ of three’ children, ‘and lived . upon receipt of the ‘material Morgan “Snot i ina surburban home but. at the ‘wiod-. . had turned over, Sitting in New York, I “expected word ‘of Cooper's arrest to * come at any minute. The week passed," ‘and nothing happened. The tension was ‘incredible. : thought the bills which Cooper had Then word came through a ‘pipeline 2m at the Justice Department that the FBI “ "est Higgs House Hotel at 540 “Ath St. in “Bremerton, Wash., a shipbuilding town’ -of about 35,000, near Seattle. He was said: “to do business ‘as’ a realty’ investment * promoter ‘out Jof the’ Renard pers. “father ‘of three, assistant city manager * Pie ‘Semen, . their, best “made “up; defense! ne pee ‘Zwould be to ‘suggest that Twas implicated: : ks,: P jwith them in a scheme to bilk a publish-j ate g° “company ‘and - therefor “pince: = ere” ‘all: ‘eons pirators,. then: how could c.they be gully of defrauding me. ‘Morga sent a private investigator to Breme! : ton'to check on Lewis and Murphy. Bot te leatned, had £ financial et tar pl i, ve ° Jacqueline : ‘Rose Murphy, in 1970. , They had three children; He ‘had ‘been’ ar’ rest: gr wv raffic to the selfsame CIA for (Pre pub- . shown me and given me photostats of . of Bremerton for atime (until he. couldn't” a 3 pass the civil service exam) was “operat: ; ‘Ye, “HE Not knowing Thomas at that time, 1 assumed his role would be to keep Har- pers’ position in Vaffaire ‘Cooper deli- F sately committed—but ignorant and thus © Mallying around, Thomas said, ‘without. linking an’ eye," ‘that “¢here’: ‘Were’ new - were not for real. How that deduction > _was made from examining the photo.“ _ stats, without seeing the real bills, I : did not and have not learned. But the « FBI said “Cooper” had superimposed erms: before Harpers’ would commit. : itself, Cooper would not only have to ‘urn in the money, he would have fosu ender,’ and would have to be’ freaaete jtry oat See ie hook, . inte sible conditions. sFinally, ‘in fact, Thame anid thoy awara nat intornct acd SAE AONE Lh SSR BY IST BT 0 AAAS, ee Sree ee a AS res These, nanare the athap Hae afin Ciena Sich Spek ET Of ARIA ST AE My REE sEkSe., ramets «OS Ney aren sing as a land investment ‘proker’ and as *: he lay, Les, an been part ¢ speedway, ; and once had been arrested for y ateatin a raft of 15 logs. : ver: “his gd a representative of World Wide Engineer- _ at the Melody Lane Bar and Restauran( , ing and Product Development. fe, “HEY. PUr A PICTURE IN THE | io, a dakee) and a brciness acke aio af Cc Arnhnlt Set nt 1 CRAIN BMA DSL AST aA batten t TE PABIE BAL Lite HAART a NN