FD-302<\/p>\n
Federal Bureau of Investigation<\/p>\n
Date of transcription 12\/1\/78<\/u><\/p>\n
Madeline [Madeleine] Josephine Brooks was interviewed in the presence of Special Agent (SA) [name deleted], United States (US) Secret Service, and SA [name deleted], US Customs Service, on board Pan American Airline flight 228 at John F. Kennedy International Airport on November 29, 1978. Mrs. Brooks provided the following information:<\/p>\n
Mrs. Brooks advised that she has been a member of the Peoples Temple (PT) Church since 1971 and has resided in Guyana since late September, 1977. Mrs. Brooks advised that she was not present in Jonestown during the murder of Congressman Ryan or during the suicide. Mrs. Brooks stated that she had been at Georgetown for emergency dental work. Mrs. Brooks stated that she had no active involvement in the operation of the church and had no knowledge of any conspiracy in connection with the murder of Congressman Ryan or any threats against public officials. Mrs. Brooks stated she had no knowledge of any cache of weapons at the camp or any type of weapons training.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Brooks stated that she was never forced to take or sign any oaths of any type while at Jonestown, Guyana. Mrs. Brooks advised that she was not forced to give her money to the church, but freely contributed $60 monthly to the church. Mrs. Brooks advised that Eva Pugh handled the money situation in Jonestown. Mrs. Brooks advised that at one time last year, the members took part in a suicide practice.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Brooks advised that Reverend Jones always had a security unit around him for protection, but that she never saw any type of weapon visible. Mrs. Brooks<\/p>\n
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stated that to her knowledge, the basketball team did in fact play basketball, but that games and practices were always held in Georgetown. Mrs. Brooks stated that to her knowledge, the basketball team was in Georgetown, Guyana, at the time of the murder of Congressman Ryan and the mass suicide. Mrs. Brooks advised the following people are members of the basketball team:<\/p>\n
Tim Jones
\nAdopted son of Rev. Jones.
\nWhite male, 18 years old, 5 feet 7 inches, 145 pounds, short black hair.<\/p>\nJim Jones, Jr.
\nBlack male, 16 years old, 5 feet 6 inches, 130 pounds, dark medium hair.<\/p>\nSteven [Stephan] Jones
\nNatural son of Reverend Jones.
\nWhite male, 19 years old, 6 feet, 145 pounds, long black hair, dark eyes.<\/p>\nLou [Lew] Jones
\nAdopted son of Reverend Jones.
\nKorean nationality.
\nBelieved killed.<\/p>\nHerbert Newel (phonetic) [Newell]
\nBlack male.
\nBelieved dead.<\/p>\nChris Newel (phonetic) [Newell]
\nBlack male.
\nWhereabouts unknown.<\/p>\nCalvin Douglas
\nBlack male, 19 years old, 5 feet 6 inches, 135 pounds, kinky hair.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nBQ 89-495
\n[3]<\/p>\nJohnny Cobb Jones
\nBlack male
\n17 years old
\nFive feet, seven inches
\n135 pounds<\/p>\nLoen [Leon] Perry
\nNo information<\/p>\nJoe Wilson
\nNo information, believed dead.<\/p>\nStanley Greg (phonetic) [Gieg]
\nWhite male.
\nBelieved dead.<\/p>\nFirst name unknown (FNU) Greg (phonetic)
\nWhite male.
\nBelieved dead.<\/p>\nDon Sly
\nBelieved dead.<\/p>\nDoug Sanders
\nBlack male
\nNo information<\/p><\/blockquote>\nMrs. Brooks stated that Dr. Lawrence Schact [Laurence Schacht] was the camp physician and to her knowledge, was educated in Mexico. She described him as friendly and considerate. Mrs. Brooks advised that she had no knowledge of drug activity in Jonestown and if necessary to take medicine, the people would have to go to the camp dispensary for the dosage. Brooks stated Don Harris [Don Fields] was the pharmacist and to her knowledge was dead.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Brooks stated that, to her knowledge, former<\/p>\n
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\n4<\/p>\nmembers of the church who now reside in the US are\u00a0 Tim Stoen, lawyer, resides in San Francisco, Susan Cartnel [Cartmell], adopted Korean daughter of Reverend Jones, in her mid 30\u2019s, and (FNU) Myrtles [Elmer and Deanna Mertle]. Mrs. Brooks stated that other residences of the PT were 998 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, California and 1029 Gary Street [1859 Geary Boulevard], San Francisco, California.<\/p>\n
The following physical description of Brooks was obtained by interview and observation:<\/p>\n
\n\n
\n Name<\/td>\n Madeline Josephine Brooks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Race<\/td>\n Black<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Sex<\/td>\n Female<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Date of Birth<\/td>\n December 15, 1904<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Place of Birth<\/td>\n Trinidad, Colorado<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Height<\/td>\n 5 feet 5 inches<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Weight<\/td>\n 137 pounds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Build<\/td>\n Small<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Hair<\/td>\n Black\/gray<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Eyes<\/td>\n Brown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Scars or Marks<\/td>\n Scar on bridge of nose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Residence<\/td>\n Will reside at 29 Cortland Avenue, San Francisco, California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Occupation<\/td>\n Unemployed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Education<\/td>\n One and one half years of high school<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Marital Status<\/td>\n Divorced<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Family Members<\/td>\n [name and address deleted], Los Angeles, California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Social Security Account Number<\/td>\n 565-24-6915A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Passport Number<\/td>\n F 1707261, issued August 22, 1975<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n BQ 89-495
\n5<\/p>\nMrs. Brooks was unable to provide any further information at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FD-302 Federal Bureau of Investigation Date of transcription 12\/1\/78 Madeline [Madeleine] Josephine Brooks was interviewed in the presence of Special Agent (SA) [name deleted], United States (US) Secret Service, and SA [name deleted], US Customs Service, on board Pan American Airline flight 228 at John F. Kennedy International Airport on November 29, 1978. Mrs. Brooks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":87660,"menu_order":74,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-91078","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91078","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=91078"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107278,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91078\/revisions\/107278"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}