{"id":123801,"date":"2023-09-02T14:32:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T21:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=123801"},"modified":"2023-09-03T15:38:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T22:38:56","slug":"x-3-e-42a-42f-daisy-lee-stroud-statement-on-kathy-hunter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=123801","title":{"rendered":"X-3-e-42a \u2013 42f \u2022 <br>Daisy Lee Stroud statement on Kathy Hunter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[<strong>Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: This unsigned document was handwritten by Jonestown resident Daisy Lee Stroud, who wrote a similar account published <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=122577\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><em>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>X-3-e-42a<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-1-<\/p>\n<p>At 4:30 I was approached by the hotel manager at the [illegible word]. He asked where I was going. I told him nowhere. He also said, &#8220;You&#8217;re not a guest here are you?&#8221; I said &#8220;No&#8221;. Then he asked why I was at the hotel. I said, \u201cI&#8217;m here writing a friend.&#8221; He said what floor is your friend on. I said, &#8220;My friend is not on any floor.&#8221; Again he asked me why I was on my way up the stairs, what was I up to. I said &#8220;I was not up to anything, just curious about the place because it is my first time here.&#8221; Then came along 3 detectors saying I was looking for Cathy [Kathy] Hunter. My response was I denied knowing Cathy, even heard of her. Then the three detectives took me to the pool area and started asking me the same questions as above. I still refused to say anything, then one of the detectives brought up Cathy Hunter, saying he had been watching Tim &amp; I all morning and wanted to know why I was making all those phone calls. I refused to answer. Finally he said, that the number 68787 has called to find out about Cathy&#8217;s flight. I said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know anything about it.&#8221; He asked me my name, where I was originally from, where I&#8217;m staying \u2013 I said at Dennis<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>X-3-e-42b<\/p>\n<p>Street, and also asked for the lot. I told him I can&#8217;t remember. But he knows it&#8217;s in Campbellsville. Asked where my parents are. I said &#8220;They are in the States.&#8221; Asked when I came to Guyana &amp; why? I told the 2 detectives I came in Sept. I came because I hear it&#8217;s a nice place. I was then asked who I&#8217;m staying with. I said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t have to answer nothing.&#8221; One of the nasty detectives said, &#8220;If you keep it up you won&#8217;t be here much longer.&#8221; I thought about them [illegible word] me back to the States which Dad won&#8217;t let them do it. That night came a White Night. Trying to prevent that I decided to answer some of their questions. I told him I was staying with Terry Carter &amp; Tim Carter. They asked about our occupation. I said that Terry is a housewife. Tim &amp; I are not working here \u2013 they asked how we survived. I sent my parents send us money. They asked when we let them know they want money. I said, &#8220;Couple of months.&#8221; Again they asked me what I was doing at the Pegasus. I said I refused to answer, then they took me to the police station &amp; began writing<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>X-3-e-42c<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-2-<\/p>\n<p>my statement on a piece of paper. Officer Naught took the statement. He began questions such as my name, where I was from, where are my parents, what do my parents do, where I live in the States. My responses were my parents\u2019 names are Yew Lim Lee &amp; Fung Trey Lee. My dad is a [illegible word] who is now on a leave of absence, and my mother is a seamstress. I live at 644 Jackson St., Apt 7. Also asked what was my occupation back in the States. I told him I left during my 3rd year in college and I had a part-time job at the San Franciscans Center taking care of patients. Also he asked for my birth date &amp; age. I said, &#8220;I was born on Dec. 5, 1956,&#8221; which he had already asked me at hotel but by mistake he wrote on Dec. 15, 1956. After all this he asked, &#8220;where is Terry&#8217;s husband?&#8221; I told him he is in the Northwest. He again asked what does he do there. I said &#8220;he is in agriculture.&#8221; Then asked if Tim is also from Northwest and originally from the US. I said &#8220;yes.&#8221; He asked if he&#8217;s married &amp; has any children. I told him one son she &amp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>X-3-e-42d<\/p>\n<p>the child are in the Northwest. He asked for Terry&#8217;s husband&#8217;s name. I told him it is Lou [Lew] Jones \u2013 asked for his nationality \u2013 responded Korean. Again he brought up Cathy Hunter, how she is related to us. Asked if I know her \u2013 I said &#8220;no, I have never met her before. All I know is that she is a journalist write bad things about Peoples Temple. Asked if Tim has spoken at the hotel. I told him no. Then he asked if she was member of Peoples Temple. I said &#8220;no.&#8221; He then began asking about Peoples Temple. I told him we are located in the Northwest in Port Kaituma. We have started this agricultural project 4 years ago. We have a free medical clinic that opens to the public. Then he said if I got rich can I come. I said &#8220;yes.&#8221; Also I mentioned, we adopt needy children, we have adopted Guyanese Amerindians etc. He asked if the headquarters is in SF. I said &#8220;yes.&#8221; And asked who&#8217;s the leader. I said Jim Jones. Asked where he is<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-3-<\/p>\n<p>X-3-e-42e<\/p>\n<p>I said he is in the Northwest also. Ask for Jim Jones&#8217; nationality. I said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know.&#8221; The last question also on the Peoples Temple was the population. I said over a thousand. He asked what I do in the interior. I told him I&#8217;m a schoolteacher \u2013 teach 8-9 years of age purpose teach them read &amp; write. Going back he asked me how long have I been in Guyana, and do I have a passport and did my passport state that I would stay here permanently. I told him in the passport it stated 2 weeks visit. After being here I decided to [illegible word]<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>X-3-e-42f<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, he said we will check it out tomorrow &amp; give the house a call and I signed my name.<\/p>\n<p>[3 illegible words] I went to immigration to help them grant me a permanent stay which they did. Just before the end he again asked why I was going upstairs. I told him I was just curious when I saw the lad going up since I&#8217;ve never been to the Pegasus before I said to him I wouldn&#8217;t have gone up if there was a sign saying restricted and I also said in the US where there&#8217;s no sign it is open to the public. I also said if it was your first time you would have done it too. Just going back once more, at the hotel I was told that I&#8217;ve been there before. I denied that strongly. About making the phone calls, I told them I have the right to, there was nothing wrong calling home but one of the detectives said the number 66787 is not my home. I yelled at him saying it is my home phone. I know I live there. But he kept on arguing it. When I arrived at the police station I was told if my statement is the truth I will not be arrested because I didn&#8217;t do anything serious wrong but don&#8217;t trespass a restricted area open to hotel guests only.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Editor\u2019s note: This unsigned document was handwritten by Jonestown resident Daisy Lee Stroud, who wrote a similar account published here.] X-3-e-42a -1- At 4:30 I was approached by the hotel manager at the [illegible word]. He asked where I was going. I told him nowhere. 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