{"id":100819,"date":"2020-07-31T14:42:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T21:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=100819"},"modified":"2024-07-16T15:49:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T22:49:46","slug":"serial-1557-6","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=100819","title":{"rendered":"Serial 1557-6"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: This FD-302 interview with Thomas Bogue appears two different places, as as Part 6 of Serial 1557<\/a><\/strong> and as Part 24 of Serial 1681<\/strong><\/a>, the FBI\u2019s 387-page report of January 12, 1979. While the earlier version of the interview had more deletions than the later \u2013 designated by blue type \u2013 in neither interview was the subject identified. The deleted information which is known to the editor is indicated by red type.]<\/em><\/p>\n

FD-302<\/p>\n

Federal Bureau of Investigation<\/p>\n

Date of transcription 12\/21\/78<\/u><\/p>\n

Thomas James Bogue, upon his return from Guyana to John F. Kennedy Airport on 12\/21\/78, was questioned concerning his knowledge of the events which occurred in Jonestown, Guyana on or about 11\/18\/78.<\/p>\n

Bogue provided the following information:<\/p>\n

For some time he and [Released in 1681-24: his parents, two sisters]<\/span> and another individual named [name deleted] and his family were trying to escape from Jonestown through the bush. For various reasons their plans never materialized. However, on 11\/18\/78, at about 1 PM, [name deleted] went to see Congressman Leo Ryan, who was visiting Jonestown, and told him that he and [his family]<\/span> wanted to leave Jonestown. Ryan told [name deleted] that he would get them out on the next flight. They then got on a truck with other members of the Peoples Temple who wanted to defect, including Larry Layton, and drove to the front gate. No one believed that Larry Layton was defecting because he had been such a fanatical follower of Jones. At the gate another close follower of Jones, Joe Wilson, got on the truck and the truck was then driven to Port Kaituma Airstrip. Joe Wilson and Larry Layton got off the truck and started talking together. After about 15 or 20 minutes a small plane arrived at the airstrip and shortly thereafter a Guyana cruiser arrived. Layton boarded the small plane, along with some others. He (Bogue), along with others boarded the larger plane. At this point the truck that took them to the airstrip left. Shortly thereafter the Peoples Temple tractor and trailer pulled up next to the larger plane and five men started shooting at the larger plane, using shotguns, rifles and a magnum. The individuals doing the shooting were Joe Wilson, Ronnie James, Tom Kice., Sr., Bob Kice, Sr., Ernest [Earnest] Jones and Anthony Simon. The driver of the truck was either Wesley Briedenbach or Albert Touchette. A passenger in this larger plane, Patty Parks, was killed. He (Bogue) managed to get the door of the larger plate shut, but was shot in the leg during the process. After the door was shut, the truck went around to the other side of the plane and these individuals began shooting at everyone on the ground outside the plane. After they shot up everyone outside the plane, the truck left.<\/p>\n

Bogue observed the shooting from the plane window but was unable to see who actually shot anyone in particular. He did not see who shot Congressman Ryan.<\/p>\n

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\nBQ 89-495<\/p>\n

Shortly thereafter he opened the plane door and ran into the bush with [several names deleted]. They did not come out of the bush until the next morning when they [missing word] it was safe.<\/p>\n

Bogue provided the following information concerning the Peoples Temple (PT) and Jim Jones:<\/p>\n

When he was seven years old his parents belonged to the Golden Rule Temple in Willits, California. Jim Jones was in charge of this temple. In June, 1976, Jim Jones took him to Jonestown. On 11\/1\/77, he tried to run from Jonestown with one [Brian Davis]<\/span>. [They] were caught and were chained and shackled together for three weeks and made to work at hard labor for 18 hours a day as a punishment.<\/p>\n

On three or four occasions in the United States and three or four times in Jonestown he was made to sign blank pieces of paper. Once or twice in Jonestown a whole group was made to sign a paper, saying they had stolen money. Jim Jones told them if they ever attacked the Temple these confessions will be used against them.<\/p>\n

Jones had bodyguards (number unknown) who sometimes carried handguns. He did not know everyone on Jones’ Security Force, however, he did know they sometimes used the slogan “Defense of the Revolution”. He never heard of the term “Angels”. People in charge of various projects on the farm were on the Planning Commission. They met at the A.O.L. Office. He did not know about an inner core on the Planning Commission. He had no information concerning bribery or influence peddling by members of the Peoples Temple. He had no information concerning Jones’ contact or influence over officials of the State of California, including Lieutenant Governor Dimalley [Mervyn Dymally]. He had no information regarding members of the Peoples Temple who are fugitives from justice in the United States or have committed crimes that they are charged with.<\/p>\n

In Jonestown he worked 10 1\/2 hours a day as a physical therapist. He worked seven days a week with 1\/2 day off on Sundays. The meals consisted merely of rice and gravy. Each evening there would be a meeting between 7:45 PM and 11 PM. There would be a class in Russian language (records), news was given and Jones would usually speak. The security of Jonestown consisted of guards in the tower and one or two guards at Jones\u2019 home. Sometimes these guards were armed.<\/p>\n

Three or four months ago two Soviet officials from the Russian Embassy in Georgetown visited Jonestown. He did not know the purpose of the visit.<\/p>\n

In Jonestown weapons were stored in a warehouse made out of troolie leaves. He did not know how many weapons. Crossbows, longbows and combination bows were stored in a crate next to the metal warehouse.<\/p>\n

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\nBQ 89-495<\/p>\n

He had no knowledge of any firearms training by the Peoples Temple at Jonestown or in California.<\/p>\n

Jim Jones indicated on several occasions that he had a team and that any Peoples Temple member that attacked the church would be taken care of by the team. The team would “knock off detectors”. He was not aware of any officials who have been targeted for murder.<\/p>\n

Once about 2 or 3 months ago Jim Jones had a suicide rehearsal. He had no knowledge of any relocation plans that Jones had in the event of a mass suicide.<\/p>\n

He did not know if the assassinations of Congressman Ryan and his party was prepared for in advance. He felt that the following surviving members of the Peoples Temple Church would carry out an assassination plan if it existed:<\/p>\n

Steve [Stephan] Jones
\nWhite
\nMale
\n6’4″ tall
\n180 pounds
\n19 years old<\/p>\n

Calvin Douglas
\nBlack
\nMale
\n5’10” tall
\n170 pounds
\nearly 20s<\/p>\n

Eugene Smith
\nBlack
\nMale
\n5’6″ tall
\n200 pounds
\n25 years old<\/p>\n

Carl [Karl] Barnett
\nBlack
\nMale
\n5’10” tall
\nearly 20s<\/p>\n

Bonnie Beck
\nWhite
\nFemale
\nearly 30s<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nBQ 89-495<\/p>\n

Laura Johnson [Johnston]
\nWhite
\nFemale
\nLong Brown Hair
\nLocated at Peoples Temple in San Francisco<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He had no knowledge of the radio used by the Peoples Temple Church. He had no knowledge of a \u201chit list” or of individuals to be assassinated.<\/p>\n

Paula Adams handled Public Relations in Georgetown and spent most of her time in Georgetown.<\/p>\n

He had no knowledge concerning Primitive nuclear device bomb at Jonestown.<\/p>\n

White Night was the name used for an alert in the event the Peoples Temple in Jonestown was attacked.<\/p>\n

Hut C-14 contained all types of weapons and some members of the security force lived there.<\/p>\n

Dr. Lawrence [Laurence] Schacht was a doctor who went to school in Mexico but did not have a license to practice medicine. Schacht had a whole medical staff and they were all members of the Peoples Temple.<\/p>\n

Bogue provided the following information concerning the below named Peoples Temple members:<\/p>\n

Tim Jones
\nWhite
\nMale
\n6’2″ tall
\n170 pounds
\nBlonde hair
\nBlue eyes
\nFair skin
\n20-21 years old
\nSecurity and Basketball team, present whereabouts unknown<\/p>\n

Jimmy Jones, Jr.
\nBlack
\nMale
\n6’2″ tall
\n165 pounds
\nBrown eyes
\nBlack hair
\n18 years old
\nSecurity and Basketball team, present whereabouts unknown<\/p>\n

Eddy [Eddie] Crenshaw
\nDeceased<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nBQ 89-495<\/p>\n

Herbert Newell
\nBlack
\nMale
\nEarly 20s
\nTook care of storage tent and cooked, present whereabouts Georgetown<\/p>\n

Johnny Cobb
\nBlack
\nMale
\n66\u20191\u201d tall
\nBrown eyes
\nCurly hair
\n165 pounds
\n19 years old
\nBasketball team and security, present whereabouts unknown<\/p>\n

Johnny Brown Jones
\nBlack
\nMale
\n5’11” tall
\nLate 20s
\nMinister
\nMay be deceased<\/p>\n

Mark Cordell
\nWhite
\nMale
\nBushy hair
\n18 years old
\nBasketball team and security, present whereabouts unknown<\/p>\n

Jim MacElvane [McElvane]
\nDeceased<\/p>\n

Billy Oliver
\nDeceased<\/p>\n

Steve Jones
\nAmerican Indian
\n6’4″ tall
\n180 pounds
\nbrown hair
\nBrown eyes
\nlong hair, mustache
\n19 years old
\nSecurity and Basketball team
\nCurrently in jail in Guyana<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nBQ 89-495<\/p>\n

Lee Ingram
\nBlack
\nMale
\nEarly 40s
\n5’11” tall
\nBald spot on top of head
\nBasketball coach, Planning Commission
\nPresent whereabouts unknown<\/p>\n

Chris O’Neal \u2013
\nReturned to United States 12\/21\/78<\/p>\n

Calvin Douglas
\nBlack
\nMale
\nEarly 20s
\n5’10\u201d
\nBrown eyes
\nAfro
\n175 pounds
\nFull-time security and basketball
\nCurrently in Georgetown<\/p>\n

Cleveland Newell
\nBlack
\nMale
\n6 feet tall
\n150 pounds
\n22 years old
\nFull-time security
\nPresent whereabouts unknown<\/p>\n

Bonnie Simon
\nDeceased<\/p>\n

Paul McCann
\nDeceased<\/p>\n

Pauline Groot
\nDeceased<\/p>\n

Tom Grubbs
\nDeceased<\/p>\n

Marie Rankin also known as Duchess [Duckett]
\nDeceased<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nBQ 89-495<\/p>\n

Terry Buford
\nWhite
\nFemale
\nbrown hair
\n20s
\n120 pounds
\nFormer assistant to Jim Jones, claimed to be defector from Peoples Temple but he (Bogue) does not believe this, currently staying with Mark Lane in United States<\/p>\n

Jean Brown
\nWhite
\nFemale
\n30s
\n5’5″ tall
\nFormer schoolteacher in United States
\nPosition in Jonestown unknown, present whereabouts unknown<\/p>\n

Rennie Kice
\nDeceased<\/p>\n

Lora [Laura] Johnston
\nWhite
\nFemale
\nShort brown hair
\nlate 20s
\nin charge of work crew in Jonestown, currently at Peoples Temple in San Francisco<\/p>\n

Vera Young
\ndoes not know<\/p>\n

June Crym
\ndoes not know<\/p>\n

Mike Prokes
\nWhite
\nMale
\n20s
\nShort brown hair
\n150 pounds
\n5’9″
\nFormer reporter in United States
\nPositions in Jonestown unknown, currently in Georgetown<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nBQ 89-495<\/p>\n

Tim Carter
\nWhite
\nMale
\n30s
\nLight brown hair
\n5’9″ tall
\n165 pounds
\nAssistant to Jim Jones in Jonestown, currently in Georgetown<\/p>\n

Sandra Ingram also known as Bradshaw
\nDoes not know<\/p>\n

Judy Flowers
\nDeceased<\/p>\n

Jim and Harriet Randolph
\nDoes not know<\/p>\n

Leona Collier
\nBlack
\nFemale
\nEarly 30s
\nWas an assistant to Jim Jones, has not been in Jonestown recently, present whereabouts unknown<\/p>\n

Dale Parks
\nReturned to United States 12\/21\/78<\/p>\n

Burrell Wilson
\nBlack
\nMale
\n5’10” tall
\nMedium build
\n19-20 years old
\nWas kitchen worker and member of basketball team, not in Jonestown recently, currently in San Francisco<\/p>\n

Claire Janaro
\nWhite
\nfemale
\nbrown hair
\nearly 40s
\nnot in Jonestown recently, currently somewhere in United States<\/p>\n

Don Belk [Beck]
\nWhite
\nMale
\nblack hair
\n30s
\nFormer schoolteacher in United States, whereabouts unknown<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nBQ 89-495<\/p>\n

Richard Janaro
\nWhite
\nMale
\nLate 40s
\n180 pounds
\n5’11”
\nWhereabouts unknown<\/p>\n

Bonnie Beck
\nWhite
\nfemale
\n30s
\nWelfare worker in Ukiah, California<\/p>\n

Marie [Maria] Katsaris
\nDeceased<\/p>\n

Tish LeRoy
\nDeceased<\/p>\n

Chuck Beikman
\nWhite
\nMale
\n40s<\/p>\n

5’8″ tall
\nHeavy build
\n190 pounds
\nex-Marine
\nWorked in shoe repair, currently being held in Georgetown<\/p>\n

Joyce Touchette
\nDeceased<\/p>\n

Charlie Touchette
\nWhite
\nMale
\nlate 40s
\n5’8″ tall
\n200 pounds
\nCaptain of Jones’ cargo ship, currently Georgetown<\/p>\n

Michelle Touchette
\nDeceased<\/p>\n

Mike Touchette
\nWhite
\nMale
\nearly 20s
\n140 pounds
\nbrown hair
\nhandled first aide for basketball team, currently in Georgetown<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nBQ 89-495<\/p>\n

Stanley Clayton
\nBlack
\nMale
\n20s
\nCook
\nConsidered defector from Peoples Temple
\nCurrently in Georgetown<\/p>\n

Mary Lee Bogue
\ndeceased<\/p>\n

Tina Bogue
\nReturned to United States 12\/21\/78<\/p>\n

Odell Rhodes
\nBlack
\nMale
\nlate 20s
\nteacher
\nConsidered a defector from Peoples Temple
\nCurrently in Georgetown<\/p>\n

Tim Carter
\ncurrently in Georgetown at the Park Hotel<\/p>\n

Vera Ingram
\ndoes not know<\/p>\n

Jim Cobb
\nBlack
\nMale
\n180 pounds
\n29-30 years old
\nDentist
\nDefector
\nCame to Jonestown with Congressman Ryan<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jim Jones used drugs which came in crates or when footlockers. (Kind of drug unknown). He did not know of any Peoples Temple members who used drugs.<\/p>\n

The only drugs produced by the Peoples Temple were herbal drugs, amount unknown.<\/p>\n

Commercial drugs were handled by the doctors.<\/p>\n

He had no information concerning boats belonging to the Peoples Temple being used to transport drugs and knew nothing about drugs being sent outside Guyana by the Peoples Temple.<\/p>\n

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\nBQ 89-495<\/p>\n

The Peoples Temple had an assembly line which made stuffed dolls which were sold to stores in Georgetown. About 15 or 20 people worked full time making dolls.<\/p>\n

Bogue advised that he plans to stay with relatives [names and address deleted], San Francisco, California.<\/p>\n

The following is a description of Bogue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/td>\nThomas James Bogue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alias<\/td>\nT.J., Liniquis Asante Culoga (American Indian nickname)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Race<\/td>\nWhite, (American Indian)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sex<\/td>\nMale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date and Place of Birth<\/td>\n9\/21\/61, Sacramento, California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Height<\/td>\n5 feet 7 1\/2 inches<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weight<\/td>\n130 pounds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Build<\/td>\nSlender<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hair<\/td>\nBlack<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eyes<\/td>\nBrown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scars or Marks<\/td>\nRight arm lower \u201cVIB\u201d, right shoulder \u201cR\u201d, large scar back of lower left [word missing]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Residence<\/td>\nSan Francisco [name deleted], address unknown, father’s sister<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Occupation<\/td>\nPhysical therapy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Employment<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Education<\/td>\nNinth grade, Roosevelt Junior high school, San Francisco<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marital status<\/td>\nSingle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Family members<\/td>\n[Deleted]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Social Security Number<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Selective Service Number<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arrests<\/td>\nJuvenile arrest 1973-75, burglary, Redwood Valley, California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Destination Point<\/td>\nSan Francisco<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Editor\u2019s note: This FD-302 interview with Thomas Bogue appears two different places, as as Part 6 of Serial 1557 and as Part 24 of Serial 1681, the FBI\u2019s 387-page report of January 12, 1979. While the earlier version of the interview had more deletions than the later \u2013 designated by blue type \u2013 in neither […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":87668,"menu_order":51,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-100819","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=100819"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127831,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100819\/revisions\/127831"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}