{"id":87019,"date":"2019-03-24T18:35:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T01:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=87019"},"modified":"2019-03-24T18:35:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T01:35:34","slug":"serial-484","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=87019","title":{"rendered":"Serial 484"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: The Peoples Temple member referred to in this serial is Tish Leroy. Her identify was not known at the time this serial was written.]<\/p>\n

United States Department of Justice
\nFederal Bureau of Investigation
\nMemorandum
\nDate: 11\/27\/78
\nTo: Mr. Herndon
\nFrom: [name withheld]<\/p>\n

Subject: RYMUR<\/p>\n

PURPOSE<\/u>: To set forth results of Laboratory and Fingerprint examinations of handwritten note obtained from the body of deceased Reverend Jim Jones.<\/p>\n

DETAILS<\/u>: On 11\/24\/78, the Document Section, Laboratory Division, was furnished a handwritten note taken from the body of Reverend Jim Jones. The note was delivered in a sealed container and opened by Laboratory personnel. The note, written on a piece of lined notebook paper approximately 6 inches by eight inches contained the following message:<\/p>\n

Dad<\/p>\n

Dad:<\/p>\n

I see no way
\nout \u2013 I agree
\nwith your decision \u2013
\nI fear only that
\nwithout you the
\nworld may not make it
\nto communism \u2013 Tish<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

CONTINUED \u2013 OVER<\/p>\n

Memorandum to Mr. Herndon
\nRE: RYMUR<\/p>\n

For my part \u2013 I
\nam more than
\ntired of this
\nwretched, merciless
\nplanet & the hell
\nit holds for so
\nmany masses of
\nbeautiful people \u2013
\nThank you for the only life Ive known<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since the note was heavily saturated with body fluids and moisture it was placed in an exhause [exhaust] hood and aerated in order to dry out the document as much as possible.<\/p>\n

Writing of James W. Jones, consisting of a signature on a fingerprint card FBI# 70597N2, and a signature on an FOIA request received from Jones in 1977 (190-12318) were found to be too limited in nature and in adequate to identify him as the author of this note. The same is also true of Marceline Mae Jones whose known signatures and limited writings appear on two FOIA requests received in December, 1977 (190-12318).<\/p>\n

Since the letter is signed \u201cTish” efforts are being made to obtain writings attributable to Jones\u2019 followers who could logically be thought to have written the note. No writings of such individuals have been received as yet.<\/p>\n

Latent Fingerprint examinations were conducted but no latent fingerprints of value were developed.<\/p>\n

RECOMMENDATION<\/u>: This memorandum and attachments be forwarded to Investigative Division for information and appropriate action.<\/p>\n

[Page 3 is outside of transmittal envelope]<\/p>\n

[Page 4 consists of short handwritten note: “Enclosed is the actual note taken from the body of Rev. Jim Jones that was heavily saturated with body fluids.\u201d]<\/p>\n

[Pages 5-9 consist of photocopies and photographs of note]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Editor\u2019s note: The Peoples Temple member referred to in this serial is Tish Leroy. Her identify was not known at the time this serial was written.] United States Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Memorandum Date: 11\/27\/78 To: Mr. Herndon From: [name withheld] Subject: RYMUR PURPOSE: To set forth results of Laboratory and Fingerprint […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":86799,"menu_order":100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-87019","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87019","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=87019"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87021,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87019\/revisions\/87021"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}