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%3 TNPRED STATES DEPCRPAEENT OF JLSTECE FEDERAL BUREAL OF INVESTIGATION Chicago, Yllinois In Reply, Please Kefer to September 19,1968 Mile No. 100-46326 ABBOTT HOFFMAN, ALSO KNOWN AS _.ABBYE HOFFMAN ° On September 17, 1968, 16th Dietrcit, Chicago, Illinois, Police Department, advised that Abbott Hoffman, also known age Abbie Hoffman, a self- ke. proclaimed leader of the Youth International Party (YIP), pe’. also known as "Yippies," was arrested at 11:20 AM on Septem- a ber 17, 1968, at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, F Tllinois on arriving from New York City Aboard Flight 315 of Trans World Airlines. Hoffman was accompanied on the flight by b a New York City attorney, Gerald Lefcourte, who was to repre- ~ sent Hoffman in City Criminal proceedings pending in Chicago, Illinois, i Hoffman was arrested on this occasion on the basis of bd a warrant issued by Judge Louis J. Giliberto, Branch 47, City ae Court, Chicago, Illinois, for failure to appear before that be court on September 6, 1968, as directed, @n. being released on . bond; to answer complaints concerning HoOfrfmatits arrests by i. the Chicago Police Department on August 28, 1968, charging him with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, which occurred during disturbance activity while the Democratic National Convention (DNC) was in progress. AS a result of the arrest on September 17, 1968, Hoffmatt was charged with jumping bond jnfailing to appear before the court on September 6, 196! ag directed, and for unlawful possession of a weapon. The weapon was described as a knife with a four inch blade which wags found on Hoffman's person during a search following his September 17, 1968, arrest by the Chicag- Police Department. On September 17, 1968, facts regarding Hoffman's carrying a knife on his person aboard an interstate airline carrier from New York City to Chicago, Illinois, in violation of the crime aboard aircraft Federal statute, were presented by a Special Agent (SA) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to United States Attorney Thomas A. Foran at Chicago, Tllinois. Mr. Foran authorized prosecution of Hoffman for violation of the crime aboard aircraft Federal statute. ler ) BY. §s5 he: ny UL hed VU y py } . FOSMATION CONTAINED > FiED SPSS! Catt DATE ress Cd reese! ALL} Kj - This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside 2 your agency. . . | R209 JUN 11 Bri pail JRE TOM PN en ag