Editing Fred Crisman (section)

==Final years==
Beginning in 1970, a photocopied document called the "Torbitt Document" or "Nomenclature of an Assassination" circulated among Kennedy assassination buffs claimed that Crisman was one of the "[[three tramps]]" allegedly employed by a secret government agency.<ref name="Knight2003">{{cite book |author=Peter Knight |title=Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qMIDrggs8TsC&pg=PA690 |date=2003 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-57607-812-9 |pages=690–|access-date=November 2, 2016|archive-date=April 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426072526/https://books.google.com/books?id=qMIDrggs8TsC&pg=PA690|url-status=live}}</ref>  The document incorrectly names him "Chrismon" and falsely claims he was a Syrian immigrant.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/nsia-NomenclatureoftheAssassinationCabal-TorbittDocument/nsia-NomenclatureoftheAssassinationCabal-TorbittDocument/Nomenclature%20Torbitt%20Doc%2001/page/n27 | title=Nomenclature of the Assassination Cabal-Torbitt Document | publisher=The Weisberg Archive, Beneficial-Hodson Library, Hood College }}</ref>

In 1971, Crisman ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the civil service board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/735155470/|title=The News Tribune 19 Sep 1971, page 2|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/735155686/|title=The News Tribune 22 Sep 1971, page 14|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref>  In 1973, Crisman resigned from the Tacoma Library Board of Directors.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/735496626/ |title=7 Oct 1973, 2 – The News Tribune at Newspapers.com |access-date=January 9, 2022 |archive-date=January 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109122437/https://www.newspapers.com/image/735496626/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
Crisman unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the Tacoma city council.In September 1974, Crisman was hospitalized for kidney failure. On April 12, 1975,  Crisman married Mary Frances Borden.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/735596867|title=The News Tribune 13 Apr 1975, page 49|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

In April 1975,  True Magazine published a photo of Crisman, speculating he was one of the "three hobos" of JFK conspiracy lore.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/735581027 |title=22 May 1975, 9 – The News Tribune at Newspapers.com |access-date=December 6, 2021 |archive-date=December 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206092509/http://www.newspapers.com/image/735581027/ |url-status=live}}</ref>  The November 1975 issue of [[Crawdaddy (magazine)|Crawdaddy Magazine]] repeated this claim and further claimed, without evidence, that "Olympia police suspected [Crisman] of narcotics activity in connection with a group called "Servants of Awareness".<ref>Crawdaddy, Nov 1975 p. 56, [http://historiadiscordia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/197511-magazine-crawdaddy-article-fred_crisman.jpg archive] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109105404/http://historiadiscordia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/197511-magazine-crawdaddy-article-fred_crisman.jpg |date=January 9, 2022 }}</ref>

Fred Crisman died on December 10, 1975.<ref name="KT">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KR1HGcLLeTQC |title=JFK and UFO: Military-Industrial Conspiracy and Cover-Up from Maury Island to Dallas |isbn=9781936239061 |last1=Thomas |first1=Kenn |date=2011|publisher=Feral House |access-date = May 5, 2021|archive-date = May 5, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210505025504/https://books.google.com/books?id=KR1HGcLLeTQC|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/735592404|title=The News Tribune 11 Dec 1975, page 49|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref> At his death, it was noted that Crisman was a graduate of Willamette University with degrees in political science, history, and education and psychology.<ref name="LeF"/>