Molly Conger

Frank's mother had mailed him some more cash before all this trouble got started, and it arrived in Rhodesia after he was already gone, and he wanted Hickman to put it back in the mail for him. His letter, which Hickman has actually held on to all these years, is dated August 22nd, 1975.

So, if he's already home and realizing his mail is missing and writing the letter in August of 75, that all the events before that happened earlier in 1975. You get it. In addition to asking Hickman to mail back the money from his mother, Frank tells the investigator that life in America is loathsome compared to the time he spent in Rhodesia.

So, if he's already home and realizing his mail is missing and writing the letter in August of 75, that all the events before that happened earlier in 1975. You get it. In addition to asking Hickman to mail back the money from his mother, Frank tells the investigator that life in America is loathsome compared to the time he spent in Rhodesia.

So, if he's already home and realizing his mail is missing and writing the letter in August of 75, that all the events before that happened earlier in 1975. You get it. In addition to asking Hickman to mail back the money from his mother, Frank tells the investigator that life in America is loathsome compared to the time he spent in Rhodesia.

So now he's back in the United States, and this is during the same time period that he's placing those ads in gun magazines to recruit other Rhodesian mercenaries. He's also placing some other classified ads. So he's engaging in this federal crime of recruiting foreign mercenaries using his own legal name and his parents' address. That's not a problem.

So now he's back in the United States, and this is during the same time period that he's placing those ads in gun magazines to recruit other Rhodesian mercenaries. He's also placing some other classified ads. So he's engaging in this federal crime of recruiting foreign mercenaries using his own legal name and his parents' address. That's not a problem.

So now he's back in the United States, and this is during the same time period that he's placing those ads in gun magazines to recruit other Rhodesian mercenaries. He's also placing some other classified ads. So he's engaging in this federal crime of recruiting foreign mercenaries using his own legal name and his parents' address. That's not a problem.

The United States government had no real appetite for enforcing the statute prohibiting him from recruiting people into a foreign army. But when he placed ads offering four MP40 Schmeisser submachine guns for sale, he didn't use his own name. He used the name Francis August Shellhammer, the name from the forged passport, and he listed a commercial address in Fort Lee, New Jersey.

The United States government had no real appetite for enforcing the statute prohibiting him from recruiting people into a foreign army. But when he placed ads offering four MP40 Schmeisser submachine guns for sale, he didn't use his own name. He used the name Francis August Shellhammer, the name from the forged passport, and he listed a commercial address in Fort Lee, New Jersey.

The United States government had no real appetite for enforcing the statute prohibiting him from recruiting people into a foreign army. But when he placed ads offering four MP40 Schmeisser submachine guns for sale, he didn't use his own name. He used the name Francis August Shellhammer, the name from the forged passport, and he listed a commercial address in Fort Lee, New Jersey.

It seems Frank never actually had these Nazi submachine guns, but he did collect the money sent by many interested collectors who thought they were buying these imaginary guns. It seems like a great hack to make free money, but unfortunately for Frank, that is mail fraud.

It seems Frank never actually had these Nazi submachine guns, but he did collect the money sent by many interested collectors who thought they were buying these imaginary guns. It seems like a great hack to make free money, but unfortunately for Frank, that is mail fraud.

It seems Frank never actually had these Nazi submachine guns, but he did collect the money sent by many interested collectors who thought they were buying these imaginary guns. It seems like a great hack to make free money, but unfortunately for Frank, that is mail fraud.

So in March of 1976, he's being interviewed by a reporter from the LA Times, and he's telling this reporter he's enjoyed his time in Rhodesia so much that he's actually planning to move back to South Africa in just a few weeks. Notice he's moving to South Africa, not Rhodesia, because he is not allowed in Rhodesia. But he's planning this big move. He's telling this reporter about it.

So in March of 1976, he's being interviewed by a reporter from the LA Times, and he's telling this reporter he's enjoyed his time in Rhodesia so much that he's actually planning to move back to South Africa in just a few weeks. Notice he's moving to South Africa, not Rhodesia, because he is not allowed in Rhodesia. But he's planning this big move. He's telling this reporter about it.

So in March of 1976, he's being interviewed by a reporter from the LA Times, and he's telling this reporter he's enjoyed his time in Rhodesia so much that he's actually planning to move back to South Africa in just a few weeks. Notice he's moving to South Africa, not Rhodesia, because he is not allowed in Rhodesia. But he's planning this big move. He's telling this reporter about it.

He's bragging about his time in Rhodesia. But at the same time, in March of 1976, he's also entering a guilty plea to that federal mail fraud charge. The LA Times article, which doesn't make any mention of his former or current criminal charges, does say that Frank said that he'd recently been visited by the FBI.

He's bragging about his time in Rhodesia. But at the same time, in March of 1976, he's also entering a guilty plea to that federal mail fraud charge. The LA Times article, which doesn't make any mention of his former or current criminal charges, does say that Frank said that he'd recently been visited by the FBI.

He's bragging about his time in Rhodesia. But at the same time, in March of 1976, he's also entering a guilty plea to that federal mail fraud charge. The LA Times article, which doesn't make any mention of his former or current criminal charges, does say that Frank said that he'd recently been visited by the FBI.

And Frank says they came to his house to try to pressure him to provide information about other mercenaries. It seems a little more likely that he's a compulsive liar who got a thrill out of working in this kernel of truth. Because the FBI had just been to his house. That part's true. But they were there to arrest him for mail fraud. But he wasn't lying about his plans for an upcoming move.