Post by Hope on Oct 9, 2021 17:50:44 GMT
10-16-81, approx. 1130 hr, I received a call from an adult male subject that refused to give his identity at this time.
The caller said he had information concerning the Keddie homicide. He then told me that a friend of his told him the day before yesterday (10-14-81) that he had been drinking with a railroad worker about a week ago and this railroad worker said that he was at the Keddie Murders when it happened. The caller went on to tell me what his friend told him.
That this railroad worker (who the S/O has given a polygraph examination concerning this case) was in Livermore and that another man named Larry or Jerry or Garry or related name gave the railroad worker a ride to Keddie from Livermore the night of the murders. The two went to Tom S.'s house in Keddie where there was a party going on involving the use of LSD. The railroad worker and the subject that gave him the ride then went to the Sharp house where they started playing a game with the victims and the subject that gave the railroad worker a ride tied up the victims. The caller said that the informant (drinking buddy of the railroad worker) had no further information except that the railroad worker said it only started out as a game.
The caller said he would identify himself as #974 at this time and would recontact me Tuesday, 10-20-81. I explained the need for his informant to come forward and contact me and "974" said he understood and would try to get him to come in.
"974" told me that his informant said that the railroad worker was very upset and nervous when telling him of the incident. Based on previous supplemental reports on Chuck W. and Henry T., I believe at this time that the railroad worker is Henry T. and the person that gave him a ride back from Livermore is Chuck W.
Request DOJ Agent Crim attempt to locate Kathy G.'s brother, Mark G., for further information on Chuck and Henry's activity and statements while in Livermore the night prior to the homicides. DOJ Crim and Bradley are familiar with above supplements and information concerning Mark G. who spent time with Chuck and Henry when they were in Livermore.
Further action pending recontact of "974."
2-19-82
After receiving several phone calls from "974" reference the information he was receiving from his informant, I arranged a meeting with 974, the informant, DOJ Bradley and myself at Lake Almanor on 2-19-82. Prior to the meeting, 974 met with the informant at the Westwood substation where he taped his own interview with the informant in the presence of a sergeant from Lassen Co. S/O. That tape reveals the same information that 974 said his informant told him. On 2-19-82, we met with the informant at Lake Almanor where I taped an interview with him. In the interview he told us that he used to live with Henry T. in a railroad trailer in Little Valley, CA, shortly after the homicides occurred in Keddie. During that time, Henry confided in him and at one time told him that he went to Livermore on the day before the murders to pick up a friend of his. They (Henry and the friend) returned to Keddie on the night of the homicides and stopped at the Tom S. residence. There was a party at that residence. Henry and his friend left the party and went to the Sharp residence next door. While there, Henry told the informant that his friend went berzerk and started tying up the victims. Henry told the informant that he became scared and left the house.
That was all Henry told informant. Informant felt Henry was telling the truth and felt from his appearance that he was telling informant information to get it off his chest. Informant said Henry appeared very nervous and afraid while he was telling informant the story. I asked informant why Henry would tell him something like that and he said partly because they had been drinking and partly because he needed to confide in someone with the information and he trusted informant because of his religious beliefs.
Informant said that Henry was driving a red Toyota pickup at the time.
On conclusion of the taping, the tape of the interview was given to DOJ Bradley by me to be reproduced into working copies. The originals (both 974's and ours) will be returned to me by Bradley on his next trip to Quincy. [Josh's note: during the filming of Part II, both cassette tapes were sent anonymously to me in the mail].
Informant, although reluctant at first, agreed to be wired and conduct another conference with Henry and if he can get Henry to say the same thing again, will take the information for us. Informant will contact when he has the information.
When I asked informant about Henry taking a polygraph, he informed me that Henry told him that he was requested to take one concerning the homicides but he beat it because prior to taking the test, he went to a hypnotist and was hypnotized to forget the incident. Informant doesn't know who or where.
DOJ Bradley has checked with Sam Lister of DOJ Polygraph section, who stated that above evasive tactic is not possible.
The only hypnotist in the phone book for this area is a Vicki C., in Reno, NV. I called her on 2-23-82 and advised her of the above information and asked her if she has seen anyone from the Keddie area that requested hypnotism of any form since April of 1981. She advised me she does remember a person from the Quincy area that worked for the railroad sometime last year requesting hypnotism. She will check her records and contact me.
2-23-82, approx. 1230 hr, I recontacted Vicki C. by phone and asked her if she came up with any more information on the subject she counciled last year from Quincy. She said he definitely worked for the railroad but she could not remember his name and she couldn't find anyone by the name of Henry T. in her files. She said he was in his late 20s, about 6'0 and thin. Also he had recently separated from his wife and had one or two kids and was hung up on losing them. She had about three or four appointments with him but he did not show up on the last one. That was all she could remember at this time.
I sent her a photograph of Henry for her to look at and let me know if he is the subject she talked with. I also asked her if it were possible to beat a polygraph test by undergoing hypnosis. She assured me it is.
3-5-82, I received a call from 974 in response to my request that he call me.
974 advised me that he is currently back to work with the railroad but has not seen Henry. He also said his back injury is still under investigation by the railroad and they are laying him off again sometime next week. He does not know when or if he will be able to go back to work for them again after that.
I suggested the possibility of using him as an agent to record information from Henry concerning this case by 974 does not think this is possible now because of the lack of possible contact with Henry and also because 974 has had second thoughts about being wired in that it may cause a safety factor for his family. 974 did assure me, however, that if the possibility came up he would notify me.
4-9-82, Agent Bradley and I went to Henry's residence on Lee Road, Quincy, and questioned him regarding the information we received from 974.
Henry said that he may have said what 974 told us because he (Henry) was getting tired of all the kidding and teasing about the Keddie homicide. He said they were calling him "keddie machete" and names like that. So, in retaliation out of anger and to tease back, he may have told 974 or other persons at work that he actually did kill the victims so as to get a response from them. I asked Henry if he didn't think that was a dumb thing to do and he agreed that it was.
Henry still insists that he knows nothing about the murders and took no part in them himself.
