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SAN DILGO -- (AP) - This B. I. says it is investigating nether a man arrested hore for an legen bank holdup may actually " D. B. Cooper, the first successful rachuting skyjacker.
Arvid Julius Kiperts, 41, of Post- nd, was arrested Monday in Sall icpo's Ocean Beach area and or. :red jailed in lieu of $150.000 bond. Couper was the name used by a an Who parachuted over Southwest asitington from a commercial jet.
which he had hijacked on Thanks- giving esc, 1971. To his chest was strapped $290,000 in ransom.
Cooper was never arrested and none of the money, whose serial numbers had been recorded, has turned tp.
The I. B. I said Kiperts, charged with an October 29 robbery at the King City, Ore., Savings & Loan Co., is suspected of 15 other Oregon bask robberies since 1970. Julius Mattson, the F. B. I. special agent at Pori-
land, said a possible link with Coop- er was discovered at one of those 15 bank holdups.
Mattson said the Incident took place in December 1971 while a Wil- sonville, Orc.
special agent at Pori-
land, said a possible link with Coop- er was discovered at one of those 15 bank holdups.
Mattson said the Incident took place in December 1971 while a Wil- sonville, Orc., bank was being robbed.
Arrangements are being made to show a photograph of Kiperts to the crew of the hijacked plane. an F. B. I. official said. He said Kiperts roughly matches the description giv- en of the hijacker.
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Hijacker was relaxed, say passengers
NOV 25 1971
By MIKE WYNE
A portrait of an unimpres- sive, cool and relaxed hi- jacker was sketched by pas- sengers last evening at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport as they tried to recall the seat- mate who held them more than three hours for $200,000 ransom.
unimpres- sive, cool and relaxed hi- jacker was sketched by pas- sengers last evening at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport as they tried to recall the seat- mate who held them more than three hours for $200,000 ransom.
As a Northwest Orient Air- lines stewardess handled the complicated instructions of the hijacker, only other flight-crew members knew he was threatening to dyna- mite their 727 from the sky.
A FEW PASSENGERS worried. Most said they be-
lieved the flight captain's an- nouncement that Flight 305 was experiencing mechani- cal difficulties and had to "burn" fuel by circling over Seattle.
Actually Capt. Bill Scott was burning time while ground personnel complied with the hijacker's orders.
Questioned after they left a questioning session con- ducted by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, passen-, "gers recalled their abductor: "A quiet guy."
"He had dark glasses."
. . kind of relaxed in his seat."
"Sort of slouched."
Robert B. Gregory
"Never said anything." "Didn't notice him until we were getting off."
"Middle-aged and well- dressed."
Passengers talked, read, napped and stared out the window as the busy drama unfolded of collecting the ransom, cordoning the air- port, .
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Passengers talked, read, napped and stared out the window as the busy drama unfolded of collecting the ransom, cordoning the air- port, . locating parachutes and preparing to secure a runway area for refueling and exchanging cash for pas- sengers.
Two of the debarking pas- sengers, however, were ea- ger to professionally deal with their abductor. They were Larry Finegold, assist- ant United States attorney for Western Washington, and Richard Simmons, head of Job Therapy, a prisoner-re- habilitation program.
Larry Finegold
"I hope we'll have a quick prosecution of this case," said Finegold, who was re- turning from Vancouver, Wash., where he has been representing federal govern- ment personnel in the $2.1 million civil lawsuit against San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto.
"I'll take care of him when he get put away," Simmons said. "We've never had one (a hijacker) before, but we've helped every other type of criminal."
"It wasn't until the money was being handed over that I thought of being hijacked," Finegold said.
"When they brought the money and parachutes aboard, we realized what had happened," said Bill MacPherson,
"When they brought the money and parachutes aboard, we realized what had happened," said Bill MacPherson, Seattle real-es- tate executive.
SIMMONS DEFENDED the crew's decision to lie to the passengers as necessary to keep the passengers from getting alarmed and upset- ting their abductor.
"I slept most of the time we were up there," Simmons said.
Simmons' wife, Barbara, also active in prisoner-reha- bilitation, said she first thought they had gotten on the wrong flight.
"First we went right past Seattle, then Everett," Mrs. Simmons said. "All I could think of was the plane was going to Vancouver and we were on the wrong flight."
"""Our concern now is for the people (crew) who stayed aboard," Mrs. Sim- mons said.
William Mitchell, 20, Red- mond, said he sat across the aisle from the hijacker and didn't realize what was hap- pening as the man issued his demands to the stewardess.
"He didn't move when we left the plane," Mitchell said.
Robert B. Gregor, Sumner, said he paid no attention to the man during the flight, but took a look at him as the passengers left the planc.
Gregor, Sumner, said he paid no attention to the man during the flight, but took a look at him as the passengers left the planc.
"He was quite relaxed," Gregory said. "'He was sit-
Richard Simmons and his wife, Barbara, told of. the hijacking after they and 34 other passengers and two stewardesses were allowed to deplane at Seattle- Tacoma Airport. Simmons is head of Job Therapy, a prisoner-rehabilitation program here .- Staff photo by Greg Gilbert.
ting on the back seat, star- board side."
Passengers said that short- ly after the take-off from Portland, little things hap- pened that later were under- standable as the first part of their abduction,
"I saw one stewerdess an- swer a call and her face dropped,". Simmons said, "She looked bewildered and gulped. I guess she learned what was happening then."
Another passenger re- called hearing a stewardess
say, "pull the curtain aside so he can see everything." The open curtain allowedthe man to see to the front croin door from his rearmost stat
Passengers praised the stewardesses for their cum- ness and the flight crew for their relaxed voices duing announcements.
open curtain allowedthe man to see to the front croin door from his rearmost stat
Passengers praised the stewardesses for their cum- ness and the flight crew for their relaxed voices duing announcements.
"We didn't realize wirt it was until we got out and found ourselves on a dark, cold and wet runway and they told us to get avay from the plane," said one passenger.
As the passengers humied across a runway to a wating bus for the ride to the air- port terminal they left.enky their luggage aboard the plane.
THE PASSENGERS vere smiling as they reached the airport terminal, a bit em- barrassed at the attentionto- cused on them.
A Northwest spokesman said that as F. B. I. agents organized the questioning, hostesses offered the pasen- gers sandwiches and orer- night toothbrush-shaving kits.
"Only four wanted san- wiches and nobody wanted a kit," the spokesman said. "We'll get their luggage to them as soon as we can."
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W ITH the arrival of spring there are unoffi- cial reports that Federal Bureau of In- vestigation agents have resumed their search of Southwest Washington for some trace of "D. B. Cooper."
Law-enforcement and aviation-industry offi- cials are pretty well convinced that "Cooper" has been dead in a tree in the densely wooded Lewis River-Lake Merwin country since his $200,000 Thanksgiving Eve skyjacking in 197[. They think "Cooper" perished in his parachute jump from a commandeered Boeing 727 en route from Seattle to Reno,
Whether or not the mystery of "D. B. Coop- er" is ever solved, his status as something of a folk hero is likely to diminish when air travelers begin to face up to the extra costs the likes of "D. B. Cooper" have imposed on them:
THE AVIATION INDUSTRY has estimated, that the new anti-skyjacking security measures, implemented last month in airports around the nation will cost up to $153 million a year.
Under the administration's plan, now in ef- fect, the costs of the added security measures are being borne by the airports and airlines, which they in turn probably
Under the administration's plan, now in ef- fect, the costs of the added security measures are being borne by the airports and airlines, which they in turn probably will pass on to air. travelers.
Most of the major carriers already have asked the Civil Aeronautics Board to authorize modest fare increases.
A strong bipartisan bloc in Congress wants Uncle Sam, instead, to pick up the tab. Either way, of course, the public pays. .
THE ARGUMENT OVER skyjacking controls does not end with the cost factor. Congressional opponents of the administration's local-responsi- bility plan believe a federal force of armed guards, especially trained for airport duty, would provide superior security.
"I do not regard skyjacking as a 'local' crime," says the Senate minority leader, Hugh Scott, in a rare break with President Nixon's views. "Nor do I feel that local law-enforcement officials have either the manpower or the exper- tise necessary 'to handle such a difficult and delicate operation."
Senator Howard D. Cannon, chairman of an
aviation subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee, calls the administration's local-po- lige plan "a hodge-podge enforcement
Cannon, chairman of an
aviation subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee, calls the administration's local-po- lige plan "a hodge-podge enforcement effort and a continuation of divided authority."
BUT FORMER TRANSPORTATION Secre- tary Volpe thinks use of federal officers at the airport would be "an unnecessary and un- warranted intrusion of the federal police power into the jurisdictions and responsibilities of state and local governments." Volpe sees no reason for the federal government to "get into the day-to-day crime-prevention business at our airports."
. Regardless of how increased airport security ultimately is financed and organized, the new. system seems to be working. Skyjacking| at- tempts have fallen off drastically since arined guards were stationed at airport boarding gates : six weeks ago.
And it is apparent that the vast majority of air travelers not only tolerate the delays and mi- nor inconveniences of the security procedules, but welcome them as providing reassurance against a side trip to Cuba or Algeria.
AN EXTRA MEASURE OF security is in force at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, which is one of eight
AN EXTRA MEASURE OF security is in force at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, which is one of eight major airports where com -; puterized metal-detectors have been installed. These devices are so sensitive they can spot concealed weapons while ignoring such items as keys and cigaret lighters.
If "D. B. Cooper's" 1971 adventure did not, in fact, end in the Cowlitz County backwoods, one doubts that he would elect to try for another $200,000 by challenging such a device with a pistol in his jump suit.
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DB Cooper-22341Reported Skyjacking Attempts ATTEMPTS IN U.S.A.
1930-67
12)
Worldwide Total
65
1968
(22)
Worldwide Total
35
1969
40
Worldwide Total 67
1970
[27
Worldwide Total 83
1971
27
Worldwide Total 60
1972
31
Worldwide Total 61
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1930-67
12)
Worldwide Total
65
1968
(22)
Worldwide Total
35
1969
40
Worldwide Total 67
1970
[27
Worldwide Total 83
1971
27
Worldwide Total 60
1972
31
Worldwide Total 61
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WOODLAND, Wash. (UPI) FBI agents have resumed the hunt for parachuting hi- jacker "D. B. Cooper" in this farm area where he disan- neared. 18 months ago, the Portland (Ore.) Journal said Monday.
The newspaper said several residents of the Woodland die- friet had notified it that feder- al agents were again search- - ing for the skvjacker ..
Asked about the report, an FBI agent said the search
might relate only to "a part of the continuing investigation in the 'D. B. Cooper' case,"
A man who signed the flight manifest as "Cooper" hi- jacked a Seattle-bound jetliner in 1971 and obtained a $200.000 ransom. He parachuted from the back door of the 727 with- out leaving a trace. . - . .
Authorities have searched this area across the Columbia River from Oregon several times in the past without suc- cess.
Authorities have searched this area across the Columbia River from Oregon several times in the past without suc- cess.
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The recurring reports and rumors of the continuing search for the parachuting airplane hijacker "D. B. Cooper," are afloat again.
A staff member of The Lewis River News in Wood- land, Cowlitz County, said there have been reports of persons purported to be Federal Bureau of Investi- gation agents who have asked permission of owners to come on their land.
He said the reports came ·from "six to eight miles up- stream from Woodland on the Lewis River."
The Woodland, Lewis Riv- er, and Lake Merwin areas have been the center of a hunt for traces of the
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A man listed as "D. B. Cooper"- hijacked a jetliner on Thanksgiving Eve in '1971
and obtained $200,000 in ransom. He apparently par- achuted from the rear door of a Model 727. No trace of. "Cooper" or the money has turned up since despite ex- tensive searches.
The F. B. I. has been r ported holding to the theor that "Cooper" was killed i! his jump.
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WOODLAND, Wash. - The Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion said . yesterday a daring hijacker who parachuted. from an airliner with $200,000. ransom probably landed in a tiny wooded area east of here, and might still be; there.
"We feel he's in this area," FBI Agent Thomas Manning said of the 3-by-5 - mile. stretch of rough timber coun- try 35 miles north of Port- land, Ore. "If we have to, we'll cover every square foot of it."
In addition. an . Army helf- copter was sent to check out "'something white" spotted by a search plane.
Search officials said. it could be a parachute shroud, but also a number of lother things, including white plastic Jelt by loggers.
The hijacker, a swarthy, middle - aged man who called
Artist's composite .draw- ing of man suspected of hijacking. Northwest Air- lines jet on Nov.
The hijacker, a swarthy, middle - aged man who called
Artist's composite .draw- ing of man suspected of hijacking. Northwest Air- lines jet on Nov. 24.
himself "D. B. Cooper," took over a Northwest Airlines 727
with a "bomb" during a flight from Portland Wednesday.
: He forced the plane to land at Seattle, collected four par- achutes and $200,000 in $20 bills in a white cloth bag and allowed the passengers off. Then he ordered the crew to fly him to Reno, Nev. . .
Somewhere along the way he parachuted into the night.
Manning said the plane's in- flight recorder showed that at 8:10 p.m., when the plane was over the target area of the search, instruments showed . the rear door being lowered.
Three minutes later, he said, a "slight change In atti- tude" of the plane indicated: that was the moment of the jump.
The FBI agent said skydiv- ers in the area had told him they doubted. a man wearing street shoes could jump with
a parachute of the type the skyjacker was using atid land without suffering injury.
"We've got to have a theo- ry," Mahning said.
a man wearing street shoes could jump with
a parachute of the type the skyjacker was using atid land without suffering injury.
"We've got to have a theo- ry," Mahning said. "This is the one we've adopted. Peo- ple say the aircraft crew does not know exactly when he went out but it's all been computerized and we feel he's in this area."
Meanwhile, a parade of au- tos, pickup trucks and motor- cycles carrying fortune - hunters looking for the 10,000 bills diminished yesterday. discouraged by the rough ter- rain.
A young farmer in a bat- tered pickup truck comment- ed that "even a good Chris- tian man" would be tempted to keep the money if he came across it in the woods.
"A man could buy himself a pretty nice farm with that kind of money."
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A new composite drawing of the skyjacker ,who parachuted from a Northwest Airlines jet November 23, 1971, with $200,000 ransom is being circulated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Cooper
Dan Cooper
A new composite drawing of the skyjacker ,who parachuted from a Northwest Airlines jet November 23, 1971, with $200,000 ransom is being circulated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Published in the December issue of the F. B. J. bulletin to law-enforcement officers, the drawing was accompanied by a description of ''Dan Cooper." "D. B. Cooper" previously was announced as the name used by the skyjacker.
The new composite - shows" Cooper with. and without wrap-around sunglasses. The new Cooper's mouth is more turned down at the corners than the old, and he has a hair- line starting farther lower on his forehead, The nose and the entire face are. wider and heavier ..
F. B. I. spokesmen here and in Washing- ton, D. C., have said previously they believe the skyjacker is dead.
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BY RICK ANDERSON
The FBI, after 13 months of looking, has given up its man- hunt for the first and most fa- mous folk hero of air piracy, D .. B. Cooper.
Apparently the problem was, there isn't any D. B., Cooper. Federal agents, according to this month's FBI Bulletin, are now; " running around. after somebody named Dan Cooper,
And the new Cooper, suspect- ed. of hijacking Flight 305 on Thanksgiving evening here last year and parachuting into his- tory with $200,000, doesn't look much like good ol' D.B. In fact, Dan. Cooper fits the role better, more rugged; dash- ing. If he has, a look alike, it might be a young Jolin Payne
D. B.
(Payne once starred in a move with actor Ben Cooper, and remember, you read it here first.)
Dan Cooper has more hair than D.B., the haillline." starting farther down the firehead.
(Payne once starred in a move with actor Ben Cooper, and remember, you read it here first.)
Dan Cooper has more hair than D.B., the haillline." starting farther down the firehead. The hair is combed .. differently, from the front swept back neatly to the .. right. D.B.'s hair was thin, curly, and was seemingly. finger-combed straight across like a slightly balding bank teller.
The new Cooper has a wider, thinner mouth, turned down more prominently at the corners.
His cheek lines are deeper, the chin rounder, the forehead broader and creased slightly and, unlike.D.B., Dan Cooper appears in new FBI sketches with AND without the infamous wrap-around sun glasses, reveal- ing "possibly brown" eyes.
The FBI in Seattle won't talk about the new Coop- er, or why one alias was replaced with another, if that is in fact true, and why suddenly there is, in effect, la nev suspect in the world's first successful skyjacking;
""If you want to write a news story about it," said an FBI spokesman, "then I have no comment."
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FBI -- SEATTLEThe FBI has been in the past going on the theory Cooper is dead, having been killed during his dramatic plunge from the low-flying 727 jet possibly in Southwest Washington, where major search efforts have centered.
Previous theories about how the hijacker got the name of D.B. Cooper were mainly that he may have selected it at random from the telephone directory in Portland, where he boarded his dream flight Thanks- giving afternoon, 1971.
Cooper were mainly that he may have selected it at random from the telephone directory in Portland, where he boarded his dream flight Thanks- giving afternoon, 1971.
There was, and still is, a Dan Cooper listed in the Portland book. There wasn't, and still isn't, a D.B. Cooper listed. (Seattle's 1971 directory had one Dan and two D.B.'s.)
Cooper, who at 3:22 p.m. on Northwest Orient Air- . lines flight No. 305 en route to Seattle, pulled out a supposedly bomb-rigged briefcase, demanded $200,000 ransom for the 36 passengers and went on to become a folk hero in absentia - inspiring D.B. Cooper T-shirts and a ballad even - is now described by the FBI as speaking:
"Low . . . intelligently (with) no particular accent, possibly . from the Midwest section of the United States."
The FBI also says he was "very polite at all times," as anyone with a bomb and a $200,000 gift might be.
Federal agents also now are looking for a new Cooper that is at least an inch shorter than the pre- viously reported height of 6-1; he's now 5-10 to 6-0.
- Some similiarities between D.
Federal agents also now are looking for a new Cooper that is at least an inch shorter than the pre- viously reported height of 6-1; he's now 5-10 to 6-0.
- Some similiarities between D.B. and Dan remain - age in the middle 40's, white, male, complexion of "Olive, Latin appearance, medium smooth," and he is, or was, a "heavy smoker of. Raleigh filter-tip ciga- . rettes," the ones with the bonus coupons.
Last seen, Cooper was cuddling up to $200,000 in marked $20-bills and four parachutes in the rear of the 727 heading slowly towards Reno, where, the FBI Bulle- tin explains:
When the plane landed, it was determined that Cooper, two parachutes, and the ransom money, had disappeared.'
¡ Which is to say he jumped.
Into history, maybe into hiding, possibly into his grave.
Whatever, it was his big moment. And somebody messed up on the name.
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Apparently the problem was, there isn't any D. B. Cooper. Federal agents, according to this month's FBI Bulletin, are
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(Payne once starred in a move with actor Ben Cooper, and remember, you read it here first.)
Dan Cooper has more hair than D.B., the hairline starting farther down the forehead. The hair is combed differently, from the front swept back neatly to the right. D.B.'s hair was thin, curly, and was seemingly finger-combed straight across like a slightly balding bank teller.
's hair was thin, curly, and was seemingly finger-combed straight across like a slightly balding bank teller.
The new Cooper has a wider, thinner mouth, turned down more prominently at the corners.
His cheek lines are deeper, the chin rounder, the forehead broader and creased slightly and, unlike D.B., Dan Cooper appears in new FBI sketches with AND without the infamous wrap-around sun glasses, reveal- ing "possibly brown" eyes.
The FBI in Seattle won't talk about the new Coop- er, or why one alias was replaced with another, if that ", is in fact true, and why suddenly there is, in effect, a new suspect in the world's first successful skyjacking.
"If you want to write a news story about it," said an FBI spokesman, "then I have no comment."
The FBI has been in the past going on the theory Cooper is dead, having been killed during his dramatic plunge from the low-flying.727 jet possibly in Southwest Washington, where major search efforts have centered.
Previous theories about how the hijacker got the name of D.
727 jet possibly in Southwest Washington, where major search efforts have centered.
Previous theories about how the hijacker got the name of D.B. Cooper were mainly that he may have selected it at random from the telephone directory in · Portland, where he boarded his dream flight Thanks- giving afternoon, 1971.
There was, and still is, a Dan Cooper listed in the Portland book. There wasn't, and still isn't, a D.B. Cooper listed. (Seattle's 1971 directory had one Dan and two D.B.'s.)
Cooper, who at 3:22 p.m .. on Northwest Orient Air- 'lines flight No. 305 en route to Seattle, pulled out a supposedly bomb-rigged briefcase; demanded $200,000 ransom for the 36 passengers and went on to become a folk hero in absentia - inspiring D.B. Cooper T-shirts and a ballad even --- is now described by the FBI as · speaking:
"Low . . . intelligently (with) no particular accent, possibly from the Midwest section of the United States."
The FBI also says he was "very polite at all times," as anyone with a bomb and a $200,000 gift might be.
Federal agents also now are looking for a new Cooper that is at least an inch shorter than the pre-
Federal agents also now are looking for a new Cooper that is at least an inch shorter than the pre- viously reported height of 6-1; he's now 5-10 to 6-0.
Some similiarities between D.B. and Dan remain -- age in the middle 40's, white, male, complexion of "Olive, Latin appearance, medium smooth," and he is, or was, a "heavy smoker of Raleigh filter-tip ciga- rettes," the ones with the bonus coupons.
Last seen, Cooper was cuddling up to $200.000 in marked $20-bills and four parachutes in the rear of the 727 heading slowly towards Reno, where, the FBI Bulle- tin explains:
". . . When the plane landed, it was determined 'that Cooper, two parachutes, and the ransom money, had disappeared."
' Which is to say he jumped. Into history, maybe into hiding, possibly into his grave.
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Whatever, it was his big moment. And somebody messed up on the name.Can You Identify This Hijacker?
DEC 2: LAW ENFORCEMENT BULLETIN
The Crime
A lone white male using the name Dan Cooper boarded Northwest Orient Airlines Flight No.
DEC 2: LAW ENFORCEMENT BULLETIN
The Crime
A lone white male using the name Dan Cooper boarded Northwest Orient Airlines Flight No. 305 at Portland, Oreg., on November 24, 1971. At approximately 3:22 p.m., while the flight was en route to Seat- tle, Wash., he indicated to a stew- ardess that his briefcase contained a bomb which would blow up the plane unless his demands were met.
The hijacker demanded $200,000 and four parachutes in exchange for the safety of the 36 passengers aboard the plane. When the aircraft landed at Seattle, Northwest Orient Airlines complied with his instruc- tions. After he received the parachutes and money, the hijacker allowed all passengers and two of the airline stewardesses to deplane.
He then ordered the remaining crew members into the first-class section of the aircraft and informed them he desired to fly to Mexico City. The hi- jacker instructed that the plane pro- ceed in a southerly direction and fly at a low altitude and slow speed which en- abled the rear door of the planeny be opened during the flight.
The hi- jacker instructed that the plane pro- ceed in a southerly direction and fly at a low altitude and slow speed which en- abled the rear door of the planeny be opened during the flight.
The hijacker apparently bailed out somewhere between Seattle and Reno, Nev., where, when the plane landed, it was determined that "Cooper," two parachutes, and the ransom money had disappeared.
The Criminal
Artist conception drawings of the aircraft hijacker were prepared by the FBI Exhibits Section and are con- sidered an excellent likeness. He is described as follows:
Race White.
Sex
Male.
Age
Middle 40's.
Height 5 .fcet 10 inches to 6 feet.
Weight
170 to 180 pounds.
Complexion -Olive, Latin appear- ance, medium smooth. Hair Dark brown or black, parted on left, combed back.
Eyes
Possibly brown. Dur-
· ing latter part of flight he put on dark, wrap-around sunglasses with dark rims.
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Wearing apparel Black or brown suit; narrow black tie; black dress suit; black rain-type overcoat or dark topcoat; dark brief- case or attache case; carried a paper bag- 4 by 12 by 14
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Wearing apparel Black or brown suit; narrow black tie; black dress suit; black rain-type overcoat or dark topcoat; dark brief- case or attache case; carried a paper bag- 4 by 12 by 14 inches; brown shoes. Remarks Very polite at all times.
Notification
Anyone having any information or ·knowledge believed to refer to this in- dividual, please notify the Acting Di- rector of the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation, Washington, D.C. 20535, or the Special Agent in Charge of the nearest FBI field office, the telephone number of which appears on the first page of most local telephone direc- tories.
"FINDER" BEGINS OPERATION
A prototype automatic fingerprint reader system, known as "FINDER," which utilizes advanced optical scan- ning techniques and a computer to 4 automatically classify, search, and compare fingerprints, is now in opera- tion in the Identification Division of the FBI. The equipment will permit the FBI 18 test, evaluate, vand perfect on the job its theories of automatic fingerprint identification which, when fully operational, will insure greatly increased operating efficient, and re- sultant economies to the Government.
The equipment will permit the FBI 18 test, evaluate, vand perfect on the job its theories of automatic fingerprint identification which, when fully operational, will insure greatly increased operating efficient, and re- sultant economies to the Government.
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin,
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1972 O - 479-408
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A Ballad
To the Man Called D.B.
It is the first anniversary of the "D. B. Cooper" sky- jacking. To this day, officials are unable to confirm whether "Cooper" survived his parachute jump from the rear exit of a Northuoest Airlines 727 with his $200,000 ransom money.
P-I reporter Dick Clever covered the story and made tup trips to Clark County to cover the subsequent searches fo; "Cooper" and/or his remains. He offers this balladeas a spoof on the legendeering surrounding "the man called D. B."
BY DICK CLEVER Copyright, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1972.
He was cool, he was calm, The man with the "bomb," Who boarded Flight Three- Six with ease.
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BY DICK CLEVER Copyright, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1972.
He was cool, he was calm, The man with the "bomb," Who boarded Flight Three- Six with ease. And pilot Bill Scott, Not suspecting the plot, Took off with the man called D.B.
They were just in the air, When the stew caught the stare,
Of the man in the back of the plane.
He passed her a paper, Which she thought she'd read later, She thought him a flirt and quite vain.
""Read the note," his wave told,
And she thought him quite' bold,
To make such a pass in mid-flight.
But she did as he asked,
And she read and she gasped,
As the jet fiew on into the night.
The crew was quite fi shocked,
To find this short hop, İ Thil; all-stop, short -hop flight skyjacked. I But they did as he ordered, For a pirate had boarded, And they circled the field at Sea-Tac.
The runway. lights. went dim, The plane coasted in, And sat pale as a ghost on the field.
"Give me chutesy give me money, He said, "Nothing funny? He used Tina, the stew, as; a shield,
"Get this show' on the road,"
Officials were told, And the plane thundered into the night.
He used Tina, the stew, as; a shield,
"Get this show' on the road,"
Officials were told, And the plane thundered into the night.
"Fly it slow, fly it low,' He said, "On to Mexico!" And the rear doer stayed open in flight.
"D. B. COOPER" Living or dead legend?
-It's:jump or face jail; And he stood at the tail, Watching the darkness be- low. . He took a deep breath; Said, ""It'll be. a quick death," And leaped into space all alone;
Clark County lay still In the, brisk evening chill, And the heart of the Land skipped a beat. There was something not #right, In the primeval night, There were thumps, bumps and clumping of feet.
When the morning mist cleared, And the story of D.B. was known, Thanksgiving was here, And the story of D.B. wass known. The hills of Clark County. Swarmed with hunters for **** bounty, And the seeds of a legend were sown.
It spread near and far .. In the taverns and bars, Was repeated with relish and glee. Might you ever suppose, The woods will disclose, The bones of a man called D.B .?
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Might you ever suppose, The woods will disclose, The bones of a man called D.B .?
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A Year Without Trace of Air Pirate and $200,000 Cash
. BY ELBON BARRETT United Press Intersational
With $200,000 cash strapped to lus chest, he jumped out the rear exit of a 727 jet into the murky night to become the first of the ransom skyjackers, a legend . known as "D.B. Cooper."
: The question today is whether .D. B. Cooper is a living legend of a dead one -- "screwed" into the ground up to the elbows," .as the chief of security for the Federal Aviation Ad- ministration in this region.
Cooper is a living legend of a dead one -- "screwed" into the ground up to the elbows," .as the chief of security for the Federal Aviation Ad- ministration in this region. believes.
It was a year ago this Thanksgiving Eve that the mysterious Cooper, whoev- er he may be, pulled his infamous hijacking, bran- dishing what appeared to be a homemade bomb in a. carrying case, he hijacked a .Northwest Orient. 'Air- lines 727 shortly after it. took' off from Portland, Ore., for Seattle: .
He demanded $200,000 in $20 bills . and four. para- chutes and when these were put aboard at the Se- attle-Tacoma International Airport, he allowed. the flight's 36 passengers and two stewardesses to disem- bark unharmed. Then he ordered Capt. William Scott, the pilot, and flight officers W. "Bob" Ratac- zak and H. E. Anderson and stewardess Tina Muck- low to Make off for Mexi- co."
He demanded the plane fly at about 10,000 feet and . at about 200 miles per hour and he prescribed a route that held it over the low- lands of Western Washing- ton and Oregon.
When the plane landed at.
at about 200 miles per hour and he prescribed a route that held it over the low- lands of Western Washing- ton and Oregon.
When the plane landed at. Reno for a "refueling stop". . 315 hours later, the hijack- er, the money, one . para- chute and tlie "bomb" ; were gone. The four crew- members were unscathed.
The FBI is convinced the hijacker bailed out over southwestern Washington, most likely in the Lake' Merwin area between the show-mantled cone of 9,677- foot Mt. St. Helens and the Columbia River.
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"Since then this area has been scoured by searchers. including a contingent of more than 300 soldier's from Ft. Lewis sent there on. "maneuvers." The bod- ies of two murdered wom- en have been found, but not a sign of Cooter.
. Nor have any of the $20 bills given the hijacker. turned up at any bank or clearing house, and the se- rial numbers were noted before the bills were gath- ered from four Seattle banks for delivery to the, 727.
Last month, Donald W. Nyrop, Northwest Airlines president, announced the company __ is offering
$25,000 reward to any per- son who returns the + $200,000 ransom.
Nyrop, Northwest Airlines president, announced the company __ is offering
$25,000 reward to any per- son who returns the + $200,000 ransom.
A finder of the money also will be able to keep 15 per cent of any lesser amount recovered,
The Post-Intelligencer is offering a $5,000 reward, as · a part of its Secret Witness "program, for information , leading to the arrest and. conviction of the missing skyjacker.
· Max Shaffer; chief of se- curity for the Northwest FAA region, has been. as. close to the mystery as, anyone.
"I'm inclined to go along with the FBI's theory that " he's dead," said Shaffer "I feel that one of these : days some hunter in Ore-2 gòn or Washington, is going to find the skelton of this. man screwed, into, the ground up to the elbows.'
He pointed out that al- though the hijacker seemed;" to be familiar with the pro- cedures for bailing out, :: conditions for a jump wert far from id lal! He wore oxl' fords, not Jump boots; he was clad inja business suit not a jump suit; the night . was very dark, and it was. raining.
He wore oxl' fords, not Jump boots; he was clad inja business suit not a jump suit; the night . was very dark, and it was. raining.
Yet, the crew reported" that the hijacker appeared to be "very relaxed:"
The folks who live f around the 12-mile lake are . convinced that Cooper dropped in ,among them, but their opinions are. di- vided on whether he, ,sur- vived or "is hanging up in some tree as crow bait .? '
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SEARCHED, INDEXED SERIALIZED, IN FILED NOV 29 1972 FBI-SEATTLE/AEven so, a lot of odd things happened around Lake Merwin on Thanksgiving Eve and the night before. .. : For example, Jess Hat- field heard a thumping on .
SERIALIZED, IN FILED NOV 29 1972 FBI-SEATTLE/AEven so, a lot of odd things happened around Lake Merwin on Thanksgiving Eve and the night before. .. : For example, Jess Hat- field heard a thumping on . his rooftop. And in the , community of view, a small plane was reported to have landed at an isolat- ed strip near the home of .Mrs. Melvin Anderson Emil Neiger's wife re- called the plane circling : overhead.
: And at La . Center, five miles .west of View, Mrs. Donald Haun remembered a small plane landed on a strip adjacent to the Haun's blackberry ranch the night before the hijack. The craft took off with the aid of automobile head- . lights, returned about 45 minutes later and - then both the car and the plane . left. Was that a rehearsal? The night of the hijack, the Hauns, like just about every one else in . and around La Center, were at- tending a wedding in the Evangelical Church, :
And for some inexplica- ble reason, an organized search for. Cooper did not, 'get really going in. this area until the Saturday aft-, er Thanksgiving. The sol- diers' helicopters much of the time were unable to penetrate the" mist that shrouds the foothills' and farmland around Lake Merwin.
The sol- diers' helicopters much of the time were unable to penetrate the" mist that shrouds the foothills' and farmland around Lake Merwin. The 300-foot maxi- mum depth of the : lake made a thorough search of its cold waters impracti- cal:
Meantime, . the 'FBI has checked out every possible ciue - letters purportedly written by Cooper to news- papers and television sta- tions;, cigaret butts found in the forest, because the hi- jacker .was a chainsmoker, and even a Seattle area. skydiver who resembles .; the composite of Cyoper drawn from : description says! Cooper is "white with an olive complexion," "6 -. foot-1, 170-175 pounds, and 1 in his( mid-40s. His, dark' hair was ;cut short and neatly combed. He wore.
tinted glasses, with dark frames and in addition to a dark suit, was clad in a . white shirt with narrow black tie and a. dark trenchcoat.
Regardless of whether he got away with the $200,000, , several other persons were. able to cash in on the epi- ·sode, some with dire re- grets. ..
Dick Daiser, ... a 29-year- old .
Regardless of whether he got away with the $200,000, , several other persons were. able to cash in on the epi- ·sode, some with dire re- grets. ..
Dick Daiser, ... a 29-year- old .Portland restaurant worker, wasted no time in designing and manufactur- ing D. B." Cooper' T-shirts . which he sold at $1.50 wholesale, although a con- signment obtained at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport gift shop never were put up ' for sale.
: And a Portland, night club singer. named .Tom Bresh wrote and recorded . a. record' :called "D; . B. . Cooper, Where Are You?' : with short-lived success.
... At Ariel, Anna: Friday `penned and published. a. whimsical little book enti- tled "Skyjacker's Guide " -.. .. Or Please. Hold This: Bomb : While I Go to the; Batli- : pom." It was illustrated : by her cartooning brother- in-law, Bill. One of his car- 'touns " shows , a" sleeping;
conterited bear with para- chute shrouds dangling out' of his mouth.
. And then there is .the case of former Newsweek writer Karl Fleming of Los Angeles. He paid out $30,000 for an exclusive in- terview with D. B. Cooper for the new weekly "LA," of which he is editor.
He paid out $30,000 for an exclusive in- terview with D. B. Cooper for the new weekly "LA," of which he is editor. That case comes up in federal court .in Seattle Nov. 27 with. William J. Lewis, 33, and Donald S. Murphy, 49, a couple of Bremerton, Wash., real estate develop- ers charged with conspira- cy to defraud Fleming.
Since the Cooper hijack- ing, there have been 21 ex- tortion - hijacks of air- planes. In these a total of $12,712,000 has been de- manded, Shaffer said. Only the . $200,000 paid Cooper and $303,000 extorted May 5 by Frederick W. Hannenen has not been accounted for ..
Three extortionist hijack- .ers have been killed by. FBI agents.
- Six of the hijackers para- chuted, but only :Cooper has not been found. 3!
"Since Cooper," said Shaffer, "we're : getting |.a new animal in this thing. The out-and out criminal.
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Year later, D. B. Cooper SulB legend grows
By BYRON JOHNSRUD
Soft breezes brush the fir and hemlock along the Lewis River dividing Clark and Cowlitz Counties in what, natives say, has
Cooper SulB legend grows
By BYRON JOHNSRUD
Soft breezes brush the fir and hemlock along the Lewis River dividing Clark and Cowlitz Counties in what, natives say, has "been the loveliest autumn in years."
Bright leaves spiral down and an ócca- sional cone chunks into the leafy under- growth.
But, alas. Nary a D. B. Cooper $20 bill.
So now, on the anniversary of the first parachute-skyjacking, D. B. Cooper grows larger than life in lore and legend in the area. But what actually may have happened to him is as much a mystery as ever.
"About the best we can do in the way of Cooper bills," said Anna Friday of Ariel, "are some reasonable facsimiles. The Oaks Restaurant has printed its Thanksgiving menu on them. as a sort of anniversary me- mento, Cooper and Thanksgiving all in one."
IT WAS a misty, cloudy, miserable Thanksgiving Eve when Cooper, obviously an alias, jumped from a Northwest Orient Airlines 727, $200,000 in $20 bills attached to his person.
Along with the ransom, he had asked for four parachutes and (demanded that the plane
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be flown at 10,000 fees and 200 miles an hour.
Along with the ransom, he had asked for four parachutes and (demanded that the plane
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be flown at 10,000 fees and 200 miles an hour. When the 727 landed at Reno, Cooper, the money and one of the parachutes were gone. The Ariel-La Center-Woodland area has.been fixed as the most probable spot of his drop ..
"Around here," said Mrs. Friday, a writ- er on The Lewis River News, "people de -; plore the horrors of the skyjackings that came after. But Cooper never hurt anybody -- a Little Boy Blue, or Little Lord Fauntle- roy by comparison.
"So, even though people here are in full accord that something must be done about skyjacking, most of us have adopted Cooper as a sort of folk hero.
"Most of us think he got away with it and l'a bet most hope lie did."
NONE OF the Cooper money has turned up. This could mean that Cooper still is lying low or that in his drop to earth "he screwed himself into the ground up to the elbows."
If it's the latter, no clues have been found. "But It's a wild country above the flatlands along the river and a body or shreds of chute might go undiscovered for years.
"But It's a wild country above the flatlands along the river and a body or shreds of chute might go undiscovered for years.
Elk hunters flooded the area during hunt- ing season, many of them as eager for Coop-
ersloot as for elk. Some didn't even get an ell.
There are rumors afloat that Federal Hu- retu of Investigation agents still prowl the hilis.
"But if so, they don't drop into my place for a beer and chat about it with me," said Germaine Tricola.
Mrs. Tricola operates the Ariel general store and tavern, a favorite gathering place for Cooper gossips from near and far.
"NEWSMEN STILL come around once in awhile," said Mrs. Friday. "That's fine with me. They always seem to mention my little book and we've had to start printing another : thousand copies."
Mrs. Friday wrote a Cooper skyjacking spoof titled "Skyjackers Guide-Or Please Hold This Bomb While I Go to the Bath- room."
(Cooper pulled off his stunt with what he said was a bomb.)
There are a few indefatigable amateur Cooper hunters.
. "There's an old fellow from Portland still: afround quite a bit," Mrs.
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There are a few indefatigable amateur Cooper hunters.
. "There's an old fellow from Portland still: afround quite a bit," Mrs. Tricola said. I The local joke is that this fellow realkt is G. B. Cooper come back to look for a wallet he dropped in his jump.
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How the D. B. Cooper case was-'solved'-or the plot thickened
Dv ALEXANDER AUERBACHI Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES - "What happens to people Is news. What happens to reporters isn't," a cigar chewing Bos- ton city editor used to shout at reporters who turned in first-person accounts of events they had witnessed.
But what happens if the re- porter is (A) the sleuth who solved one of the most publi- cized crimes in recent histo- ry, or (
But what happens if the re- porter is (A) the sleuth who solved one of the most publi- cized crimes in recent histo- ry, or (B) the victim of the cleverest hoax since Clifford Irving's bogus autobiogra- phy of Howard Hughes, or (C) both?
LA, a new weekly newspa- per serving the Los Angeles area, has just concluded a three-installment series re- counting the "solution" of the successful $200,000 hi- jacking of a Northwest Ori- erd! Airlines. jet November 24.
Only at the end of the se- ries did LA tell its readers that the whole account was an apparent hoax that cost the paper's backers $30,000.
Karl Fleming, LA's editor, says he chose to tell the sto- ry in a way that some read- ers found misleading in or- der to let them vicariously undergo the same experience he did. Without realizing it, they were rending a story about Fleming, not simply by him,
THE FIRST Installment told of D. B. Cooper ("an or- dinary, God-fearing, patriot- ic, country club-oriented, up- ward-climbing WASP engl- neer") leaving his suburban Seattle home with a brief- Lun atyffed with two wigs.
Cooper ("an or- dinary, God-fearing, patriot- ic, country club-oriented, up- ward-climbing WASP engl- neer") leaving his suburban Seattle home with a brief- Lun atyffed with two wigs. an altimeter and compass, a make-up kit, gloves and
three red fieros wired to look like a dynamite bomb.
Fleming, a respected vet- eran newsman (formerly bu- reau chief and contributing editor with Newsweek for 11 years), went on to describe every detail of Cooper's hi- jacking, in an article that ran some 4,000 words and took five pages of the tab- loid, not counting a cover photo and a last-page teaser for the next installment.
' One illustration showed Xerox copies of three $20 bills given to. Fleming as proof .of Cooper's identity; their serial numbers matched those on the Feder- al Bureau of Investigation's list of bills that made up the ransom paid by the airline.
The' second piece de- scribed how Fleming got the. story. While still on News- week's staff, he put a classi- : fied ad in newspapers around Oregon and Washing- ton, asking Cooper to contact him.
Later, while Fleming and Max Palevsky, millionaire, were organizing LA, an in- termediary offered to put the newsman in
Later, while Fleming and Max Palevsky, millionaire, were organizing LA, an in- termediary offered to put the newsman in contact with Cooper - for $30,000. Palev- sky put up the money and Fleming flew up to meet Cooper, taking along two tape recorders, a motion-pic- ture camera, two camera- men and $30,000 in cash.
THE HEADLINE on the third and final installment read: "Is D. B. Cooper the . real D. B. Cooper?" There is considerable reason for duubi, shuce the mon who po- lice say talked to Fleming -- and who reportedly took his $30,000 - have been arrested by the F. B. I. on charges of defrauding Hemring of his money.
The artpet tank, place on May 2, long before Fleming wrote his story for LA.
Why did Fleming publish the story in a manner that led some readers, unaware of the fraud arrest, to be- tieve that the carly install- ments were the real thing?
Fleming doesn't feel that the initial installment was deceptive, noting that "there were disclaimers in it," re- ferring to two lines near the end: "The foregoing narra- tive was related to me by the man I believed to be Cooper .
Fleming doesn't feel that the initial installment was deceptive, noting that "there were disclaimers in it," re- ferring to two lines near the end: "The foregoing narra- tive was related to me by the man I believed to be Cooper . . . " and, "Doubts about whether I had the right man would avise later
"I wanted the reader to · experience it just exactly as I did," Fleming says. "It's an adventure story, as much ' about me as about D. B. . Cooper, and I wanted to put the reader in my shoes. If the reader was reasonably alert. he would have seen in the press that these guys had been busted by the F. B. I."
IF THE MAN Fleming in- terviewed was not D. B. Cooper - and Fleming isn't totally sure he was not the. hijacker - then he was a masterful con man, to hear Fleming tell it.
"I gave him the whole $30,000 at our first meeting, after I was convinced that this was D. B. Cooper." Fleming says. "At that point a con man would have taken the money and run like hell. but this guy, Cooper, came back and submitted himself to eight hours of teped in-
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SWEB terviews, ->30 minutes of filmed interviews and still photographs.
"His intermediary signed a contract (saying the $30,000 would be used for Cooper's legal defense) with his real name and left his fingerprints all over the contract."
The story was to have been , in the opening issue of LA. To avoid charges of aiding a fugitive from jujstice, Flem- ing turned his material over to the F.B.I. 10 days before publication, (He had told Cooper not to tell him any- ing he didn't want the police to know.)
Included were Xerox copies of the $20 bills Fleming had been shown as proof of Coop- er's identity.
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Included were Xerox copies of the $20 bills Fleming had been shown as proof of Coop- er's identity. The serial num- bers matched those on the list of ransom bills, but F.B.I. documents experts said that the photo - copies indicated that the bills were counter- feit.
With all the information Fleming's subjects had sup- plied, the F.B.I. had no trou- ble rounding them up.
(The meeting with Flem- ing, according to police re- ports, took place at the Swept Wing Inn near the Seattle-Tacoma Airport.)
WITH THE trial scheduled to begin Noventber 27, Flem- ing Jays he still finds it "dif- ficult to accept" the possibil- ity that he was duped.
"I asked that guy ques- tions to con man could have prepared for," he says. "I went over him like a vacuum cleaner."
He has an Ingenious, mlr- ror within-2-mirror theory of his own.
"I'm not saying that the F. B. I. was wrong," he said, "and I would never suggest that they would deliberately distort the facts - though if I, one lonely reporter, could get the story when 8,000 F.
was wrong," he said, "and I would never suggest that they would deliberately distort the facts - though if I, one lonely reporter, could get the story when 8,000 F. B. I. agents couldn't, then that's not the kind of publici- ty that J. Edgar Hoover, then alive, would want for the F. B. I."
Noting that "Cooper" was aware the information would be published and get to the police, Fleming said, "it is very, very difficult for me to accept the fact that a mind brilliant enough to concoct a story as sophisticated as the one this guy told me would be stupid enough to turn around and expose himself to capture this way."
"I don't exclude the possi- bility that he was both smart enough to pull off the hijack- ing, sell me the story and spread enough false olves in the story so it would not look right and the F. B. I. would say he isn't the hijacker," Fleming said. "So, if he does do any time, it's for fraud, not for hijacking. And when he comes out, the $200,000 is still there."
IN THAT CASE, of course, Fleming's series would be a true account of the hijack- ing, as readers of Part One might have thought, not the
account of how a reporter got duped, as
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IN THAT CASE, of course, Fleming's series would be a true account of the hijack- ing, as readers of Part One might have thought, not the
account of how a reporter got duped, as Part Three in- dicates, or perhaps it would be both.
Fleming may have some
lingering doubts about the man he interviewed, but Pla- typus Publications, publisher of LA, appears to have nonc. It has filed a $30,000 civil
suit against the men arrest- ed by the F. B. I., charging that it was defrauded Le- cause the men were not the people they purported to lie.
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Bones found by three hunter's near Cougar Sunday may be those of a Bat- tle Ground youth who became lost, hunting last November according to the Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office.
'There was some speculation that the "skeletel parts might be the remains of famed skyjacker D. B. Cooper, but · authorities said it is more likely they are those of 16-year-old James Annis, who was reported missing east of Cou- gar on Nov. 13, 1971.
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Cooper, but · authorities said it is more likely they are those of 16-year-old James Annis, who was reported missing east of Cou- gar on Nov. 13, 1971.
Glen C. Johnson, of Camas, Carl Campbell and Charles M. Campbell, both of Amboy, found the bones scat- tered over a fairly wide area on rugged terrain Sunday.
They were. leading a search .party back to the spot today according to' Sheriff Chuck Gill. Dr. D. F. Winebren- ner, county coroner, Undersheriff Bill Stuart and Deputy Sheriff Bob Swanson ,were among those making the trip.
The sheriff said several skeletel . paits were found, including a skull with the lower jaw missing, but the upgjer teeth intact.
The hunters found no clothing, rifle : or personal belongings of the victim.
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COUGAR. - Cowlitz County sheriff's- deputies went into a rugged area near Cougar today to check what were re- ported to be human bones found by · three hunters on Sunday.
'The sheriff's office reported that the bones were found in an area east of Cin- namon Peak, which is about three and one-half miles north of Cougar, not far from the Skamania County line.
The remains were scattered over' a large area; the hunters reported.
No clothing was found, and deputies said the identity probably would have to be established through examination of the teeth. .
Hunters who found the bones welje Carl Campbell and Charles M. Campbell of Amboy and Glen C. Johnson of Cami- is.
The area being checked is brush and tree covered land containing 'lava caves.
Although identification of the victim would be only speculation at this time, the area is not far from where James .
Although identification of the victim would be only speculation at this time, the area is not far from where James .Annis, 16, of Hockinson, disappeared while on a hunting trip in November 1971.
Annis apparently was seen for the. last time by two hunters southeast of Grass Lake, which is on the Cowlitz- Skamania county line. This is northeast of Cougar and southeast of Cinnamon Peak.
Some speculation also has been voicell that the remains might be those of D. E. Cooper, who parachuted from a jet liner vjith ransom money late last. year. The FBI has searched the Lewis River coun -. try for some trace of Cooper, but so far has not reported any concrete results.
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A Disc-Point Landing
ACCURACY first is the name of this competition. Here, Earl Cossey of Seattle reaches for the center disc (shown by arrow) in the target area at the National: Parachuting Championships being held in Tahlequa, Okla., through July 1. The Seattleite was one of 137 con zefy 4-in the individual accuracy, event, -AP Photo
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On October 12, 1972, SA THOMAS J. MANNING gave a speech to the "Cowlitz Game and Anglers Society." At that time, SA MANNING passed out the circular describing the location into which UNSUB parachuted into as well as information on the
" At that time, SA MANNING passed out the circular describing the location into which UNSUB parachuted into as well as information on the reward to approximately 200 members of the society.
On October 18, 1972, SAC, Seattle, spoke to the Longview Rotary Club and, in addition, distributed approximately 130 information circulars.
Information contained in the circular made available to the Vancouver "Columbian" newspaper, Longview, Washington, and the "Centralia Daily Chronicle" newspaper, Longview, Wash- ington.
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.SEATTLE (R)-Hunters moving into the southwest Washington wilds for the opening on the general hunting season Saturday have been asked to look for $200,000-the money Northwest Airlines paid to the hijacker known as D. B. Cooper.
And they have been of- fered a $25,000 reward If they come up with the whole amount. The re- ward scales down to 15% of any lesser amount re- covered.
And they have been of- fered a $25,000 reward If they come up with the whole amount. The re- ward scales down to 15% of any lesser amount re- covered.
Cooper,' the only suc- cessful parachute hijack- er, is believed to have bailed out of a Northwest 727 : jetliner last Thank's. giving Eve somewhere over the southwest Wash- ington area. Law enforce- ment agencies have scoured the area- several times but without success. . Northwest, still con- vinced Cooper didn't sur- vive the jump, hopes a hunter will stumble on the Ipot.
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IN THIS SECTION;
A young, new breed of American criminal is jockeying for power in the nation's families of crime. A complete change in leadership is seen within the next five years. Page 2,
Most Americans living abroad will not be able to vote in the presidential election, They will, however, have nonvoting, delegations at the con- ventions who can air their views. Page 5.
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living abroad will not be able to vote in the presidential election, They will, however, have nonvoting, delegations at the con- ventions who can air their views. Page 5.
No Trace of Hijacker in Foot-by-Foot Search
Fate of 'D. B. Cooper,' Who Jumped From Airliner With $200,000 Still a Mystery
BY DARYL LEMBKE Timas Staff Writer
LAKE MERWIN, Wash, -- Vince Tricola, proprie- tor of a grocery store and adjoining pub here on the shores of Lake Merwin, is waiting. for delivery .of a painting which he plans to. display behind the bar.
It will commemorate the search for the- elusive "D.B. Cooper," who the .. FBI thinks bailed out over this area with $200,000 on a rainy day last Thanks- giving eve after hijacking. a Northwest Orient, Air- lines plane,
Tricola said he doesn't know if the artist is going to depict the hijacker floating safely and serenly to earth, or hanging by hs . parachute from a tree.
Tricola's customers have debated both possibilities endlessly since the hijack- ing.
Mystery Remains, The fate of "D.B. Coop- ' er" is as much a mystery ,now as when he jumped, despite a new, intensive . search of a 10-square-mile area around the lake by 200 soldiers from Ft Le- wis, Wash.
Coop- ' er" is as much a mystery ,now as when he jumped, despite a new, intensive . search of a 10-square-mile area around the lake by 200 soldiers from Ft Le- wis, Wash.
That 18 day hunt ended last week without finding either the hijacker's body. or a single clue as to what happened to him. There was no parachute, no clothing and none of the 10,000 $20 hille which
hunt and who described the search as "cold, miser,- able and a lot of walking. :"Either he got away alive or he's at the bottom of the lake, or the FBI cal- culations of where he jumped aren't correct, but I have no doubt that this is. where he dropped."
Capt. Charles Markham, an Army helicopter. pilot with two hitches in Viet- nam' who participated in ·the search, 'said , troops covered every three to five feet of the search area on foot.
Tapes were stretched out to make sure that ev- erything was ,systemati- cally covered .. Observers in eight Army helicopters also . scanned the terrain -from the' air. Every bro- ken treetop was examined. : Markham was asked if he believes "Cooper", sur- vived.
scanned the terrain -from the' air. Every bro- ken treetop was examined. : Markham was asked if he believes "Cooper", sur- vived.
"I think it's quite possi- ble he did," replied Mark- ham. "There's a lot of wide open area in which he could have jumped and got away. It's possible that he's dead somewhere in there and we didn't find him, but not probable.".
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Shiroma said that hay. ing divers search the bot- tom of the lake, which is 12 milog Inn
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Contact with representative of the Las Vegas Review Journal and the Las Vegas Sun on October 17, 1972, disclosed that they had previously received the nous release by DONALD W. NYROP from the Wire Services to which they both subscribe and in fact hed publicized sce in the Sunday clitions of their respective newspapers appearing October 15, 1972.
On basis of the foregoing no additional contact is being made at Las Vegas.
NYROP from the Wire Services to which they both subscribe and in fact hed publicized sce in the Sunday clitions of their respective newspapers appearing October 15, 1972.
On basis of the foregoing no additional contact is being made at Las Vegas.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)-The FBI in Portland announced today that Nor- thwest Orient Airlines is offering a $25,000 reward for recovery of the $200,000 ransom paid to skyjacker D.B. Cooper last November.
The FBI release quoted Northwest - Orient president Donald W. Nyrop as Authorizing the $25,000 "finder fee" for recovery of the total ransom, or 15 per cent for any portion of the money returned to the airline.
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Reward offered for data aiding skyjacker capture
Hunters have been alerted to be on the lookout for game that's bigger than deer or elk-like money.
Still pressing the search for skyjacker "D.B. Cooper," the FBI has announced that the president of Northwest Orient > Airlines, Donald W. Nyrop, has author- izedja reward of $25,000 to the finder of evidence of the missing. skyjacker, or
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15 per cent of the $200,000 ransom money the skyjacker is believed to have parachuted with on Nov. 24, 1971. -
"D.B. Cooper" was the name used by a man who hijacked a Northwest Air- lines jet last Thanksgiving Eve, got $200,000 and four parachutes from the airline, and then apparently bailed out . of the plane between Seattle and Reno, Nev.
The FBI has indicated the belief that the man parachuted in the area north of the North Fork Lewis River and
The FBI has indicated the belief that the man parachuted in the area north of the North Fork Lewis River and south of the Kalama River.
J. E. Milnes, special agent in charge of the FBI at Seattle, has specifically advised travelers, hunters and others in the forested area northeast of Woodland to watch for the remains of a man, pos- sibly dead for about a year. Other want- ed evidence is remnants of a parachute, harness or parachute shroud lines; a deteroirated raincoat or overcoat; and a small briefcase or attache case.
The money consisted of 10,000 twenty- dollar bills wrapped in a parachute canopy. All serial numbers are known and can be identified.
Persons discovering evidence of the skyjacker are requested to call the FBI in Seattle collect. The number is code 206, MA 2-0460.
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$25,000 Reward Offer
Northwest Orient Airlines an- nounced yesterday that it will pay $25,000 to any person who returns the $200,000 ransom paid last year to "D. B. Cooper."
Northwest president Donald W. Nyrop also said the finder would be able to keep 15 per cent of any lesser amount recovered.
In the meantime, the FBI has dis- tributed notices to hunters and hikers in Clark County and Cowlitz County south of the Kalama River to be on · the watch for traces of the hijacker or his equipment.
The airliner, a Boeing 727, was hi- jacked Nov. 24, 1971, by a man who later parachuted from the plane.
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Enclosed for Portland Division is one copy of a circular describing the area into which Unsub parachuted, specific things to look for, and reward information. This circular is being distributed to game wardens having cornizance over the area into which Unsub parachuted.
This circular is being distributed to game wardens having cornizance over the area into which Unsub parachuted.
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ON OCTOBER THIRTEEN SEVENTYTWO, DONALD W. NYROP , PRESIDENT , NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES, AUTHORIZED HIS APPROVAL FOR RELEASE TO NEWS MEDIA IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AREA OF THE FOLLOWING NEWS RELEASE :
"DONALD W. NYROP , PRESIDENT, NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES, MINNEAPOLIS DASH ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, HAS AUTHOR- IZED A FINDER FEE OF TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TOTAL RE- WARD OR FIFTEEN PERCENT OF ANY PORTION OF THE D. B. COOPER RANSOM MONEY THAT IS RETURNED."
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164-81-3990'Pot of gold' for hunters
A $25,000 finders-fee re- ward for the return of the D. B. Cooper . ransom money was announced late yester- day by Northwest Orient Air- lines. A man using Cooper's name parachuted with $200,000 on November 24, 1971, from a Northwest jet.
The reward coincides with the opening of hunting sea- son. The airline hopes hunt- ers might find the ransom.
Donald W. Nyrop, airline president, said a reward `of 15 per cent will be paid for anyone finding any part of the ransom.
Cooper jumped from the rear door of a 727 after collection 10,000 $20 bills.
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MRS. MIDGE SERVOS'S, a Great Falls, Mont .; police: woman, sat in an auto last night holding part of the money she brought from a bank to give to the man who hijacked ari Air Canada jetliner on route from Vancou- ver, B.C.,. to Montreal which he ordered to land. at Great Falls to obtain the money .. Authorities reported he was given $50;000.
to Montreal which he ordered to land. at Great Falls to obtain the money .. Authorities reported he was given $50;000. He had: demanded $1.5 million. (AP Photo.):
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sengers would be released, . but after a half. hour; : the piane . returned to Great Falls. and the: passengers were released there,
.While' the plane was on the ground in- Great Falls, .. an unidentified FBI agent tried - urisuccessfully to talk the hijacker into giving up. The plane. took- on. 130,000 gallons" of fuel at Great Falls for the possible flight to Ireland:
The plane took off for a second time with the pilot, Capt. Verhon Ehmian; filing: a flight plan ; for. Phoenix, Ariz. But. later . the. DC8. made .a midcourse change and the plane headed for Calgary:
Five crewmen, including a stewardess, remained on the plane.
The passengers were tak- en by police van from the. plane to the air" terminal. Officers refused to let news: men talk with them,
Police said the hijacker warned the. passengers not to talk about what happened on the four-engine aircraft- or he would kill the crew: Officers said he.
passengers not to talk about what happened on the four-engine aircraft- or he would kill the crew: Officers said he. had a. tran- sistor radio_and was listen- ing to local newscasts while the, \ 'plane .was on .the ground:
· One passenger :: a young woman, appeared dise traught- and was placed in a wheelchair after she was helped out of the plane.
Stewardes's Anna M. Smith told officials' none of the passengers was aware
of the hijack until the plane made its first landing here.
Policewoman: Midge Ser- voss brought the money to the hijacker. She said the money was provided by the First Westside National Bank of Great Falls. She refused to disclose who or- dered . the payment of the ransom.
Sean Kelly, an IRA repre- sentative touring 'Western Canada, told' a Great Falls television newsman that his organization : abhored . hi-
jackings and, disavowed" the current attempt.
The plane landed at Great Falls International Airport. and the man gave the pilot 15 minutes to. refuel. and ob- tain the money. The pilot wa's ordered to" circle the airport until the money: was brought' , to the _ facility; about:
The pilot wa's ordered to" circle the airport until the money: was brought' , to the _ facility; about: 100 miles south- of. the Canadian-border;
The plane was carrying. 115: paid . passengers, three. airline . employes, and" crew of ninc.
2 Arrested on Dope Charge
Two' Alaskans; a man 45. and a woman, 31, were ar 'rested at a- motet parking lot in the 18700 block of Pa- cific Highway S. after po- lice found them in posses- sion of two ounces of her- oin, police reported yester day.
The" two were ordered held in city jail on suspi- cion of narcotic law viola- tion:
Tivo, ounces of heroin ,at street. prices would. be vat- ued at more than $2,000,, po lice said;
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hijacking the ming following a suspentes lion' ransom ah'd 'afflight to firelani.
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fered lacerations on his head. A local hospital reported the hijacker suf- chute he was carrying. Air Canada';said, man was bending over to put on a para- member struck him with a. fire ax as the. The hijacker was captured when a crew",
It had flown' back and forth between deered with 127 persons aboard.
The hijacker was captured when a crew",
It had flown' back and forth between deered with 127 persons aboard. couver, B.C. to Montreal. - ' was comman- The plane - originally bound from Van-
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the Irish Republican Army. (IRA). to go to Ireland. He claimed to belong; to of the hijacker who at first said he wanted.
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CALGARY, Alberta - (UPI) - A masked hijacker carrying more than 40 pounds of `dynamite was knocked unconscious today by an Air Canada crewman wielding a
Hijacker knocked out after 6-hour ordeal
CALGARY, Alberta - (UPI) - A masked hijacker carrying more than 40 pounds of `dynamite was knocked unconscious today by an Air Canada crewman wielding a fire ax. The crew- man's action 3,000 feet in the air ended a six-hour hijack- ing which skipped hack. and forth over the United States- Canadian border.
The hijacker, reported in fair condition today with a possible skull fracture, was putting on a parachute to bail out of the DC8 over Cal- gary when he was struck by the ax.
: The hijacker. carrying a shotgun in addition to the dy-
namite, . took control last night of the Calgary to Mon- treal flight carrying 123 per- sons. Claiming to be a mem- ber of the Irish Republican Army, the man demanded $1.5 million and a free pas- sage to ireland. (A touring I. R. A. spokesman denied that the hijacker belonged to the. I. R. A.)
After landing in Great Falls, Mont., the man ac- cepted $50,000 ransom. The plane took off, landed again at Great Falls, and the man -let the passengers go un- harmed. But he ordered the plane with its five-member crew to take off again.
The plane took off, landed again at Great Falls, and the man -let the passengers go un- harmed. But he ordered the plane with its five-member crew to take off again. Inde- cision on the part of the hi-
Cambodian troops flee city after siege
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - (AP) - Cambodian sol- diers abandoned the ruins of Rumlong today after a 19- day enemy siege. leaving be- hind more than 400 wounded, the high command an- nounced.
"The "garrison escaped in small groups from the town 52 miles northeast of the:' capital, and about 50 of the 1,000-man garrison have so- far reached Cambodian: lines, the command said.
Reliable sources also re- ported that . Communist-led forces had set fire to tanks in the capital's fuel-storage depot, but the extent of dam- age was not immediately de-
termined. A heavy pall of smoke hung over the north- ern . outskirts of. Phnom. Penh.
The loss of Rumlong leaves a four-mile stretch of Highway 6 in North Viet- namese control.
The retreat came while Cambodian reinforcements were only 100 yards from the town's northern outposts. a Cambodian spokesman said.
The retreat came while Cambodian reinforcements were only 100 yards from the town's northern outposts. a Cambodian spokesman said. The battle of Rumlong pit- ted . Hanoi's 9th Division, reinforced by the 69th Artil- lery Regiment, against 20,000 Cambodian troops' who had been engaged in an offensive? to try to clear Highway 6.
jacker led the plane back and forth across the border before he apparently decided to jump. .
An Air Canada official said that as the hijacker was pre- paring to jump, the pilot, Capt. Vernon Ehman, . 42, jumped him and a purser came up behind him and "let' him have it with a fire ax."
Flight 812 made its first landing at Great Falls after the hijacker had taken over 40 miles west of Winnipeg, Manitoba. There it was re- fueled, and the $50.000 was handed to the hijacker by. a. policewoman. The money was raised by bankers as the plane circled the city for two hours.
The plane then took off for a scheduled stop in Regina, Saskatchewan, to let the 114 passengers . aboard .disem- bark. The plane did not Jand in Regina, however, but turned back and set-down in.
The plane then took off for a scheduled stop in Regina, Saskatchewan, to let the 114 passengers . aboard .disem- bark. The plane did not Jand in Regina, however, but turned back and set-down in. Great Falls again where the passengers and three of the nine crew members were set free.
On its second take-off from Great Falls, Air Canada offi- cials said the hijacker want- ed to be taken to New York City before proceeding to Ireland. The man, described as 5-feet-7, dark-haired and in his 30s, then decided he. wanted to go to Phoenix, Ariz., but finally settled for Calgary.
At Great Falls Airport, Gov. Forrest Anderson and hundreds of onlookers stood by. Anderson said he came to persuade the hijacker to surrender or at least release the passengers. He never saw the hijacker, however.
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WASHINGTON -- (UPI) - President Nixon has indicat- ed .he feels the Federal Bu- reau of Investigation investi- gation of Danfel Schorr, C. B. S. correspondent, was handled "in a clumsy way.' according to the White House.
- Senator Sam. J. Ervin, North Carolina Democrat, said his constitutional-rights
subcommittee would investi- gate the incident.
Ervin, North Carolina Democrat, said his constitutional-rights
subcommittee would investi- gate the incident.
White . House Press Secre- tary Ronald L. Ziegler told newsmen yesterday that be- cause of his concern, Mr. Nixon has ordered . "that whenever anyone is being considered for a government job that he always be in- formed' beforehand and be
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The Investigation of Schorr was first disclosed in Thurs- day's editions of The Wash- ington "Post, which said. the probe was conducted mostly during the weekend of Aux gust 20 and involved ques- tioning of Schorr's friends, neighbors and employers.'
The White House said Schorr was being considered for an administration envi- ronmental post. Schorr said he never was informed about the job.
Ziegler said Mr. Nixon had planned to emphasize to re- porters. if asked at his news conference yesterday, that "no intimidation was intend -. d in this case and never has
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FBI hopes hunters may find clues
The FBI is hopeful that one of sever- al thousand deer hunters beating the brush
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The FBI is hopeful that one of sever- al thousand deer hunters beating the brush in Cowlitz and Clark counties this fall may run across evidence of D.B. Cooper (or whatever his name is) who parachuted out of a jetliner nearly. a year ago with about 40 pounds of $20 bills.
The State Game Department is coop- erating with the FBI and will distribute thousands of form letters asking hunt- ers for their help and outlining what to
look for. J. E. Milnes, special agent in charge at Seattle, asks hunters or campers to contact the FBI if any of the following is noticed:
(1) The remains of a man, possibly dead for one year.
(2) The remnants of a parachute, harness or parachute shroud lines ..
. (3) Ten thousand $20 bills wrapped in a parachute canopy. The serial num- bers are known and can be identified.
. (4) Deteriorated raincoat or over- coat.
(5) Small briefcase or attache case! .. Tom Manning, special FBI agent In Longview, urged anyone having any information concerning this matter to.
Tom Manning, special FBI agent In Longview, urged anyone having any information concerning this matter to. report to the nearest FBI office or call the Seattle office collect, MA2-0460.
The area where the search is being concentrated is bound on the west by Interstate Highway 5, on the south by the Columbia River, on the north by. the Kalama River, and on the east. the Skamania-Clark county line,
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I [F] YOU DON'T think the Federal Bureau of Investigation . is tena- cious, read. the story elsewhere in to- day's edition asking hunters to be alert for either "D. B. Cooper" or the $200, 000 he bailed out of a jetliner with,
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Cooper" or the $200, 000 he bailed out of a jetliner with,
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nearly a year ago. . The FBI clings to the belief that : skyjacker "Cooper" parachuted from . a Northwest Airlines jet with. 40 pounds in $20 bills somewhere in the ;rugged Lewis River drainage country. Because none of the $20 bills have turned up anywhere in the country/ the FBI thinks the money and per laps Cooper's remains are somewhere in far eastern Cowlitz County or northern Clark County.
The bureau has spent thousands of dollars and employed the services of hundreds of Army troops in massive searches of the terrain around Merwin ind Yale Lakes. They turned up noth- g Cooper" is the only skyjacker who. has never been caught or identified. That bothers the FBI and so it dogged- ly continues to search for its man. It will keep after the case until either "Cooper" or the money or both are found. Such determination is one llea- son the FBI is such a successful law enforcement agency. They just Iteep working at their cases until they are solysd.
Such determination is one llea- son the FBI is such a successful law enforcement agency. They just Iteep working at their cases until they are solysd.
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PP&L's Merwin Park could have passed for a mini-military base last month when the FBI and the U.S. Army moved in to resume the search for the mysterious "D.B. Cooper" who hijacked a Northwest Airlines 727 last November, demanded $200,000 in ransom and parachuted with the money into the rainy night-most likely as the plane was over the Lake Merwin area.
The area was pinpointed by the FBI based on the position of the plane when the crew last spoke to the skyjacker over the plane's phone approximately two miles east of Woodland. Winds between 25 and 40 miles per hour were taken into account in determining that the hijacker could have drifted toward Lake Merwin.
A portion of the Company's property and surrounding area on the Lewis River in southwestern Washington was searched fol- loving the skyjacking but the November weather hindered
A portion of the Company's property and surrounding area on the Lewis River in southwestern Washington was searched fol- loving the skyjacking but the November weather hindered the operation.
Then in March, four months after the
event, the FBI contacted Pacific wanting to renew the search of the rugged, woodeji terrain and use Merwin Park as its head- quarters. Two weeks later 200 men, nine helicopters and the support facilities need- ed to maintain the men and machines of the squadron from Ft. Lewis moved into the Company's recreational facility to assist in the air and ground search.
The resumption of the search, although what prompted it was not made public, was coordinated with PP&L personnel. Tom Selliken, assistant vice president in charge of insurance and security, along with Larry Ouzts, loss prevention engineer; G. EIdon Drennan, vice president of engineering and power operations; Stan Piper, division pow- er superintendent; and Joe Nichols, man- ager of public affairs, met with the FBI to help determine measures that would insure the security of PP&L's hydroelectric dam and property.
division pow- er superintendent; and Joe Nichols, man- ager of public affairs, met with the FBI to help determine measures that would insure the security of PP&L's hydroelectric dam and property. 1
Normally open to the public, the park
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The command post for the operation where FBI agents coordinated men and helicopters was set up in one of the Com- pany buildings at the site. The troops were bivouacked in the adjoining park area which also served as a helicopter pad.
The man who boarded the plane in Port- land as "D.B. Cooper" literally vanished into the air that November night and as this issue went to press nothing new
Cooper" literally vanished into the air that November night and as this issue went to press nothing new had been unearthed in the recent search.
This fact, coupled with a popular theory that the skyjacker ended up entangled in a tree in below-freezing weather and never made it any farther, may make look-( ing for "D.B. Cooper" and the $200,000: ransom a recreational fad on the Lewis, Hiver this summer. &
MEASURES TO INSURE security of PP&L's hydroelectric diam and property was worked out prior to the resump- tinn of the search. Larry Ouzis, left, loss prevention engineer, stops at Merwin Park gate to check in with FBI agent.
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SKYJACKTHE. THE PLANE, STORY OF D.B. COOPER
It's the crime with the "young look." Everyone hates the airlines. Everyone loves a hijacker. If the thought of being considered anti-social has kept you from a life of crime, consider the crime with the wings on!
Before 1960 there were only 33 air- craft hijackings. In the last ten years there have been 150. More than half of these have been in the U.
Before 1960 there were only 33 air- craft hijackings. In the last ten years there have been 150. More than half of these have been in the U.S. Clearly air- line hijacking is as American as apple pie.
The beginnings of this new amateur sport were Cuban but anti-, not pro- Castro. After the revolution, thousands of Cubans, unhappy with the new gov- ernment, finding exit visas scarce, began hijacking Cuban planes, forcing the pi- ; lots to fly to Miami. During the first such flight, the crew of an entire Cuba- na airliner asking for asylum came as sweet news. to Uncle Sam. The plane was not returned. Castro asked but Washington. did not answer. In October. of 1960, it happened again: This time the Cuban pilot wasn't a part of the rip- off and as a result, he was wounded, à guard was killed, and the plane limpea. into Key West, Florida. The gunmen were hailed as Freedom Fighters.
Then on July 24, 1961, the worm turned.
An American plane, an Eastern Air- lines Electra with 38 passengers on board, was forced to fly to Cuba. The U.S.
An American plane, an Eastern Air- lines Electra with 38 passengers on board, was forced to fly to Cuba. The U.S. Air Force was notified of the ac- tion when the plane was en route. They sent up a F-102. which flew helplessly alongside the .Electra till the plane neared Cuba. It had only been 3 months since the Bay of Pigs. America wasn't looking for more trouble.
The Electra made a safe landing. The passengers and crew-only 3 months after a Bay of Pigs invasion-were sent back to Miami.
Not the Electra. Why should it be sent back? Uncle Sam had kept the last 6 Cuban ships. Was a new Age of Adven- ture about to begin? Would we have pi- rate-ship battles in mid-air? Errol Flynns in airtight cabins, battling it out in the stratosphere with Olivia de Havillands in space suits?
Alas, no. Law and Order rules the world. Castro, the Arab countries, America are all members of the same world airplane organizations. They in- sure each other against losses. How can
The new American hero, right up there with Jesse James and Sergeant York: super- skyjacker D.
How can
The new American hero, right up there with Jesse James and Sergeant York: super- skyjacker D.B. Cooper, complete with wig and putty makeup.
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there be a war when each side has to pay the other for losses? When Israel destroyed several planes in Lebanon it was among the countries which had to pay the fee to the central insurance fund for their replacement.
But if the nations of this world do not love hijackers, the people do. The hijackers caught the front pages and soon the race was on. It was so easy! All you had to do was hold up an object, declare to the stewardess it was a gun or a bomb, and tell them where you want- ed to go.
Romance! The sky, the night, the ex- citement, the fainting pregnant women, the FBI clumsily disguised as repairmen surrounding the -plane when it stopped. to refuel. Many flocked to the new Thing: the patriotic, the young, the ro- mantic, the demented. Cuba, a false em- blem of Freedom, was the favorite tar -. get. The reality was harsh.
Many flocked to the new Thing: the patriotic, the young, the ro- mantic, the demented. Cuba, a false em- blem of Freedom, was the favorite tar -. get. The reality was harsh. The hijackers were treated with suspicion. Several re- turned home.
There were metal-detecting devices put around the airlines, but these have proven ineffectual. Eveyone has metal somewhere on them, and lots of bombs are non-metallic.
The game was good. The question was-the goal: One hijacker, Raphael Minichiello, a Vietnam vet, took his cap- tive airplane to Italy and was greeted
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there be a war when each side has to pay the other for losses? When israel destroyed several planes in Lebanon it was among the countries which had to pay the fee to the central insurance fund for their replacemer.t.'
But if the nations of this world do not love hijackers, the people do. The hijackers caught the front pages and soon the race was on. It was so easy! All you had to do was hold up an object, declare to the stewardess it was a gun or a bomb, and tell them where you want- ed to go.
All you had to do was hold up an object, declare to the stewardess it was a gun or a bomb, and tell them where you want- ed to go.
Romance! The sky, the night, the ex- citement, the fainting pregnant women, the FBI clumsily disguised as repairmen surrounding the plane when it stopped to refuel. Many flocked to the new Thing: the patriotic, the young, the ro- mantic, the demented. Cuba, a false em- blem of Freedom, was the favorite tar -. get. The reality was harsh. The hijackers were treated with suspicion. Several re- turned home.
There were metal-detecting devices put around the airlines, but these have proven ineffectual. Eveyone has metal somewhere on them, and lots of bombs are non-metallic.
The game was good. The question was-the goal: One hijacker, Raphael Minichiello, a Vietnam vet, took his cap- tive airplane to italy and was greeted
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But where to go if you're not Italian? You can always just disappear.
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That's what the last, most efficient hijacker, "D.B. Cooper," did.
D.B., the first (but probably not the last) of a new breed of Disappearing Hi- jackers, got on a Northwest flight in Portland, Oregon. Later, a passenger who was sitting across from him noted that he was "quite relaxed." It was the night of November 24th. The plane, a Boeing 727, was on the last leg of its flight. It had been in Minneapolis and Montana and was due to go from Port- land to Spokane.
The plane, a Boeing 727, was on the last leg of its flight. It had been in Minneapolis and Montana and was due to go from Port- land to Spokane.
: D.B., our hero, showed the stewardess a briefcase containing two red cylinders and wires. He told her he would blow.
up the aircraft unless he got $200,000 and four parachutes.
The plane stopped at Seattle. It was refueled and the passengers disem- barked. The $200,000 was rounded up along with two military-model para- chutes.
He refused to take them. He wanted sporting models. The difference? The sporting models were opened manually. The military models opened automatic- ally after 200 feet of fall. If you wanted
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THE SAGA OF D.B. COOPER
That's what the last, most efficient hijacker, "D.B. Cooper," did.
. D.B., the first (but probably not the last) of a new breed of Disappearing Hi- jackers, got on a Northwest flight in Portland, Oregon. Later, a passenger who was sitting across from him noted that he was "quite relaxed." It was the night of November 24th, The plane, a Boeing 727, was on the last leg of its flight. It had been in Minneapolis and Montana and was due to go from Port- land to Spokane.
. D.B., our hero, showed the stewardess a briefcase containing two red cylinders and wires. He told her he would blow. up the aircraft unless he got $200,000 and four parachutes.
.. The plane stopped at Seattle. It was refueled and the passengers disem- barked. The $200,000 was rounded up along with two military-model para- chutes.
He refused to take them.
It was refueled and the passengers disem- barked. The $200,000 was rounded up along with two military-model para- chutes.
He refused to take them. He wanted sporting models. The difference? The sporting models were opened manually.
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to fall free in the night air, not be a. white moving target, floating and visi- ble, you needed a sporting parachute.
He got two.
He instructed the plane to take off. He knew the parachutes would be good. He had a stewardess beside him. They knew he could take her with him when he jumped.
He had chosen a 727 because the 727 is the only kind of commercial jet from which it is safe to parachute. He had asked them to to go Mexico but they told, him the plane's range would not permit it so he instructed them to go
He had asked them to to go Mexico but they told, him the plane's range would not permit it so he instructed them to go to Reno: He told them the plane was to keep below 10,000 feet and that the rear exit was to be left open.
'When the plane took off he locked the crew'in the cockpit. He had the en- tire cabin to himself.
When the plane landed in-Reno, D.B. was gone. So were the two parachutes. So was the briefcase with the possible explosives.
So was $200,000.
The good people of Seattle did not organize a posse as they had years ago for a horsethief. He who steals a horse is a villain. He who steals a car is a thief. But he who steals a plane and $200,000 and leaps out into the night sky is a 'hero.
The New York Times noted on De- cember 19th, in a story sent from Seat- tle, that the name D.B. Cooper is ad- vancing în notoriety on the names Jesse James and Black Bart. '
Allen King of the. Alpine Silk Screen · Products of Portland, brought out D.B. COOPER WHERE ARE YOU? T-shirts and quickly sold 3,000 of them, sending them to far-flung admirers in Houston, Los Angeles and New York.
T-shirts and quickly sold 3,000 of them, sending them to far-flung admirers in Houston, Los Angeles and New York.
· A letter signed D.B. Cooper was sent to The New York Times, The Washing- ton Post and The Los Angeles Times. It read:
SIRS:
I knew from the start that I wouldn't be caught.
I didn't rob Northwest Orient be- cause I thought it would be roman- tic, heroic or any of the other euphe- misms that seem to attach themselves to situations of high risk.
I'm no modern day Robin Hood. Unfortunately I have only. 14 months to live.
My life has been one of hate, tur- moil, hunger and more hate, this seemed to be the fastest and most profitable way to gain a few fast grains of p. cca of mind.
He informed the authorities that he would be hard to spot. He told them:
"I left no niny prins I word e toupee.
Y I wore putty makeup.
The FBI is studying the letter careful- ly. It seems they have a lot to learn Maybe they should wear toupees an putty makeup.
. . Meanwhile in Seattle, a bowling all has . advertised a D.
It seems they have a lot to learn Maybe they should wear toupees an putty makeup.
. . Meanwhile in Seattle, a bowling all has . advertised a D.B. Cooper bowl sweepstakes.
With casb Brictioper-22380FBI's Search for Parachuting Skyjacker No Picnic Around PP&L's Merwin Area
PP&L's Merwin Park could have passed for a mini-military base last month when the FBI and the U.S. Army moved in to resume the search for the mysterious "D.B. Cooper" who hijacked a Northwest Airlines 727 last November, demanded $200,000 in ransom and parachuted with the money into the rainy night-most likely as the plane was over the Lake Merwin area.
The area was pinpointed by the FBI based on the position of the plane when the crew last spoke to the skyjacker over the plane's phone approximately two miles east of Woodland. Winds between 25 and 40 miles per hour were taken into account in determining that the hijacker could have drifted toward Lake Merwin.
A portion of the Company's property and surrounding area on the Lewis River in southwestern Washington was searched fol- lowing the skyjacking but the November weather hindered the operation.
A portion of the Company's property and surrounding area on the Lewis River in southwestern Washington was searched fol- lowing the skyjacking but the November weather hindered the operation.
Then in March, four months after the
event, the FBI contacted Pacific wanting to renew the search of the rugged, wooded terrain and use Merwin Park as its head- quarters. Two weeks later 200 men, nine helicopters and the support facilities need- ed to maintain the men and machines of the squadron from Ft. Lewis moved into the Company's recreational facility to assist in the air and ground search.
The resumption of the search, although what prompted it was not made public, was coordinated with PP&L personnel. Tom Selliken, assistant vice president in charge of insurance and security, along with Larry Ouzts, loss prevention engineer; G. Eldon Drennan, vice president of engineering and power operations; Stan Piper, division pow- er superintendent; and Joe Nichols, man- ager of public affairs, met with the FBI to help determine measures that would insure the security of PP&L's hydroelectric dam and property.
Eldon Drennan, vice president of engineering and power operations; Stan Piper, division pow- er superintendent; and Joe Nichols, man- ager of public affairs, met with the FBI to help determine measures that would insure the security of PP&L's hydroelectric dam and property.
Normally open to the public, the park
PICNIC TABLES ON A HELICOPTER PAD? Pacific's Merwin Park with scenes of Army life -- mess ten!, mili- tary vehleles, first aid truck and helicopters - as the FBI and Army used the park as headquarters dur- ing the recent search for "D. B. Cooper," missing skyjacker.
MEASURES TO INSURE security of PP&L's hydroelectric dam and property was worked out prior to the resump- tion of the search. Larry Ouzts, left, loss prevention engineer, stops at Merwin Park gate to check in with FBI agent.
was closed during the search to guard against crowds of curious people on the grounds.
The command post for the operation where FBI agents coordinated men and helicopters was set up in one of the Com- pany buildings at the site. The troops were bivouacked in the adjoining park area which also served as a helicopter pad.
The man who boarded the plane in Port- Iand as "D.
The troops were bivouacked in the adjoining park area which also served as a helicopter pad.
The man who boarded the plane in Port- Iand as "D.B. Cooper" literally vanished into the air that November night and as this issue went to press nothing new had been unearthed in the recent search.
This fact, coupled with a popular theory that the skyjacker ended up entangled in a tree in below-freezing weather and never made it any farther, may make look- ing for "D.B. Cooper" and the $200,000 ransom a recreational fad on the Lewis River this summer.
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HOW HE FOILED FBI
Last November24th, 'a man identifying himself 2s D.B. Cooper' parachuted from a Northwest Orient irlines 727 jelliner between Seattle and Reno Nevada Ath a parcel conti Inlog 10,000 twenty dollar blits which as the ransom money that: had been delivered to him hlie be held the planes crew bostage at the Seattle- acoma international airport.
The F.B.L and other state and.local Law enforcement gents assisted by companies of G.
had been delivered to him hlie be held the planes crew bostage at the Seattle- acoma international airport.
The F.B.L and other state and.local Law enforcement gents assisted by companies of G.L's from Fort Lewis kve futilly wasted many hours and thousands of tar- ayers dollars looking for cooper.
So far Cooper has successfully eluded is following the same ingenlons manner that he pulled off his kyjack caper, cooly staying a safe distance away from inger.
The F.B.I. headquaters Io.Seattle has vowed to ser- Inize every foot of land between the Sea-Tac airport ad Reno:to turn up clues in the case.
Despile rewards of 5,000 dollars by the Medias " Ink.on your Friends" programe the public has generally Fanted Cooper adoratlon and somewhat a hero status. An anonymous interviewer from the twice weekly Swspaper the 'Seattle Flag' has produced a story from taped Interview with D.B. Cooper which Is validated the presentation of one of the recorded twenty dollar It's included in the ransom money.
This story was run in the "Flag' because the inter- lewer was unable to send it to the 'Post-Intellingener' cause they had the 5,000 dollar reward out for Cooper's ad also television stations
This story was run in the "Flag' because the inter- lewer was unable to send it to the 'Post-Intellingener' cause they had the 5,000 dollar reward out for Cooper's ad also television stations would have requested a tape om which voice prints could possible be produced. herefore; running the story in the Flag was the only lution.
Cooper :sald that the witnesses description were off about fifteen-pounds and a couple of inches .. Also that e artist's.Impression were very poor. When asked why .
was stil in Washington state he added that he felt was szier to hide where no one would Imagine him to .rather then to go to some place like Mexico or South merica where the authoritieswould naturally expecthim CO.
He said he started actual work od his skyjacking plan st June . The Idea had come to bim while he, was tohing. T.V. He figured that skyjackers.before him had. en fools - with their hijacking planes to go to Cuha, Je risking the death penalty when all they had to do is charter a boat or go to Mexico and take a plane om therel
He stated that he did it for the incney, realizing that e answer was not merely how to get it but rather how get away with it.
their hijacking planes to go to Cuha, Je risking the death penalty when all they had to do is charter a boat or go to Mexico and take a plane om therel
He stated that he did it for the incney, realizing that e answer was not merely how to get it but rather how get away with it. After making extensive preparations destroyed, hundreds of timetables, graphs, aircraft jorplans, weather reports.and pages-of-note's. He felt at he had done. enough preparatfors to be worth 200,000 Bars.
He described jumping from 2 jet. going 200 miles an xir as being cold, dark, loud; windy and scarey, very lareyl'
He had: prepared to some extent with long under wear id gloves but in order to remain unnoticed onboard the bne he had, to sacrifice some elements of comfort e had activated the stairs and opened .the iback door og before. he has over the touchdown area to confuse e .F.B.L .. .. Finally using Kleenex for earplugs 'be ilked down to tie tenth step and-stepped off into the ercy of the wind and gravity ... In. the darkness he beard. e engines of the following planes, But he realized that
It was a calculated risk that's why he jumped In bad weather and at night, also he waited 2 little longer than.
e engines of the following planes, But he realized that
It was a calculated risk that's why he jumped In bad weather and at night, also he waited 2 little longer than. usual. before pulling his ripcord. Adding that his free [all was about 5,000 of the total 7,000 feet. Which was very risky doing at night.
He-cama down about a hundred miles away from S. W .. Washington contrary to the F.B.L, report that he touched down near Vancouver Washington.
The first thing he did on landing was bury his chute, be was within five miles of where he had intended In an evergreen wooded terrain, He credited this.accuracy to his projected calculations and his Japanese watch. He wouldn't say whether be had an accomplice oo the ground. He said he had lived in Seattle and had once.
two parachutes he had ordered. A stewardess came back with the money in a. canvas bag to where couper was holding another stewardess as 'hostage in the rear of the passenger cabin.
Cooper checked out the loot, first thing and policed that they reeked of duplicating find. Then the stewardess made two more trips out on to the run way to bring in the chutes.
Cooper checked out the loot, first thing and policed that they reeked of duplicating find. Then the stewardess made two more trips out on to the run way to bring in the chutes.
Then one of the fuel trucks pulled up ... then he ord- ered .the passengers off-the plane, and everyone else Into the cockpit ... a middle-aged, executive looking man
started to push his way back through the Line into the tourist cabin. Cooper tensed up expecting the guy-to try something herolc - but he had just.left his briefcase on his seat and was retrieving it ..
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worked at Beoing's on the construction of the first Boeing 727 in 1963 and gof to know -the 727 from the inside out.
The reason he was attracted to the plan was the alignment of the thifee Pratt & Whitney engines two cu the sides of the rear fuselage and the third at the base of the T-tall' assembly .. Also the doun- flaps stalling speed, One hundred and mine inlies per hour which was risky but jumpable.
Also the doun- flaps stalling speed, One hundred and mine inlies per hour which was risky but jumpable.
Then also be took into account the small crew: Three og the flight deck and the three stewardesses, Two central galleys and the wardrobes with the two -toflots to the rear, figuring that they might come In handy -as z-place to hold a stewardess hostage. THE ACUTAL JUMP
First the briefcase bomb was only real In the sensa that It worked, it was constructed of gillette shaving cream cans, painted red and rigged up with prima-cord fuses. When he flashed them to the stewardesses they carried out his instruction's because they were well-indoctrinated and thoroughly trained. Also they obeyed instructions from Mir. Nyrop of the head of Northwest,
Nyrop figured that It was easier to payi mere 200,000 than to risks four lives and a: $ 5.million dollar. airplane. Cooper could smell reros fuld on the money and Knew that the twenties had been duplicated.
He stayed close to his original plan, only having oda nervous moment when he was still negotiating.
He stayed close to his original plan, only having oda nervous moment when he was still negotiating.on the
ground at Sea-Tac airport. The fueling was being stalled, and he was getting edgy, Oguring someone was planning some kind of stragey in an effort to shoot him or some- thing. One of the pllots brought out the money and the
He figured if the F.B.L was going to make;a move It would be at Sea-Tac. Everybody but the stewardess be was holding hostage and the three man crew was clear of the plane. Buzzing the cockpit. he asked the captain whatthe hold-up was, Trouble with the vapor lock was the answer. And another truck was coming. Cooper told the Captain: "Not more than one fuel truck sta time! but eventually five fuel trucks came out, only. three of which were able to dellyer, Cooper almost blew his cool, he went forward to the cockpit and told the captain it was take off time, and to take.the plane to Mexico.
The plane was again airborn at 7:40 pm four hour's and fourty two minutes after leaving.
the plane to Mexico.
The plane was again airborn at 7:40 pm four hour's and fourty two minutes after leaving. Portland:
The- parachutes were imacceptable so-he decided to jump without a reserve chile,, he cuf the extra chute up and used the strips to tie the money.to his waist, ·Next he took the stewardess forward and ordered the captain to lock the door from the inside. Then he returned aft, closing the first class and tourist compartments .behind himn.
Then he got on the intercom, and told the captain to hold: the alreratt at 7,000-feet, and speed at 200 miles per hour.
Last he ordered that nobody, under any circumstances, whas to atiemtp-to make any further contact with hlin. Shortly after he fumped,
Cooper, declared to the reporter that he was going to retire the night of the interview and head to an undis- closed destination. He said he would be back In Five year's, thanks to."the Statue of Limitations!"
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- Two men charged with attempting to sell a fake interview with skyjacker "D. B. Cooper" to a former Newsweek editor pleaded not guilty yesterday in Federal Court.
U.S. District Judge Wal- ter McGovern set Nov. 27 as trial date. for William John Lewis, alias Jack Lewis, . 33, and Donald Sylvester Murphy, 49, both of the Bremerton area.
The government charges Lewis answered newspaper ads placed by Karl P .. Fleming of Los Angelest asking "D. B. Cooper" for- al confidential interview. The government contends
Murphy posed as Cooper in the interview with an ask -. ing price of $30,000:
Cooper was the . name given by the man who; hi- jacked a jetliner. between. Seattle and Portland last 'Thanksgiving eve.
Cooper demanded : and. got . $200,000, bailed out somewhere between Seattle and Reno and has not been : seen since.
Assistant : U.S. : Attorney Larry Finegold,. one of the- passengers aboard the . skyjacked Northwest Air- lines plane, will try the case against.
one of the- passengers aboard the . skyjacked Northwest Air- lines plane, will try the case against. Lewis and- Murphy for the govern- ment.
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Two Kitsap County men charged with carrying out a $30,000 "D. B. Cooper" hoax pleaded innocent yesterday in federal court here. They are scheduled for trial No- vember 27.
William J. Lewis, 33, .Sea- beck, and Donald S. Murphy, 49, Bremerton, were charged with a plot in which Murphy impersonated Cooper, the only parachuting airline hi- .
Murphy, 49, Bremerton, were charged with a plot in which Murphy impersonated Cooper, the only parachuting airline hi- . jacker not yet, caught.
They are accused of ob- taining $30,000 from Karl .Fleming, a former News- · week-magazine editor, after Murphy, posing as Cooper, submitted to a filmed and tape-recorded interview. 1 man using the name I. B. Cooper hijacked an airlift- erf last Thanksgiving Ele aild parachuted from the plane with $200,000 ransom.
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.The federal government has added a conspiracy count to earlier charges filed against two Kitsap County men accused of setting up a phony interview with "D. B. Cooper," who hijacked an airplane here last Novem- ber.
Four additional counts were filed here yesterday by United States Attorney Stan Pitkin against William John Lewis, also known as Jack Lewis, and Donald Sylvester Murphy.
The conspiracy count in yesterday's information charges that Lewis and Mur- phy conspired together and with other unknown persons to defraud Karl Fleming of Newsweek Magazine . and Platypus Publications, Inc., of Los Angeles, of more than $5.000.
The charge also says that as a part of the conspiracy Lewis demanded $45,000 for the bogus interview.
In an additional count, the · federal government charges the two men with transmit- ting messages by wire and telephone communications in interstate commerce be- tween Seattle and Los Ange- les to defraud.
an additional count, the · federal government charges the two men with transmit- ting messages by wire and telephone communications in interstate commerce be- tween Seattle and Los Ange- les to defraud.
Lewis, 32, of Seabeck, and Murphy, 49, of Bremerton, were charged originally in May. Lewis posted $60,000 bail, and Murphy posted $8,000 bail.
They were charged with. trying to swindle Fleming, a former contribumig editor of
Newsweek, by convincing him Murphy was D. B. Coop- er.
Pitkin filed the added charges yesterday after the defendants waived their rights to go before the feder- al grand jury which could in- dict them.
Lewis and Murphy asked for and were granted a delay so they could review govern- ment evidence, including tapes and films.
"D. B. Cooper" was the name used by the man who
hijacked a Northwest Air- lines flight between Portland and Seattle last Thanksgiv- ing ove and parachuted out enroute to Reno after extort- ing $200,000 from the airline. No trace of Cooper or the money has been found.
Two additional counts in the new charges deal with the dates from February I, 1972, continuing to May 2, 1972, in which the defendants ace accused of devising their scheme to
Two additional counts in the new charges deal with the dates from February I, 1972, continuing to May 2, 1972, in which the defendants ace accused of devising their scheme to defraud. knowing their information was false,
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U.S. Attorney Stan Pitkin yesterday - filed charges. against two Kitsap County men, contending they con- spired to swindle a former Newsweek employe out of $45,000 in return for an "exclusive interview" with air hijacker "D. B. Cooper."
Pitkin filed his charges . after William John Lewis, 32, of Seabeck and Donald Sylvester Murphy, 49, Bremerton, ' waived their rights to go before the fed- eral grand jury which could indict them.
after William John Lewis, 32, of Seabeck and Donald Sylvester Murphy, 49, Bremerton, ' waived their rights to go before the fed- eral grand jury which could indict them.
The defendants had : asked for and were granted a delay so they could pe- ruse government evidence against them, including fapes and films.
Pitkin charges that Lew- s on Feb. 1, telephoned Karl Fleming, a former
contributing editor in Los Angeles, saying he could arrange an interview with the still-elusive skyjacker D. B. Cooper in Seattle.
Fleming flew to Seattle and paid Lewis and Mur- phy, the latter posing as Cooper, $30,000 of a $45,000 fee payable in three install- : ments for the interview, ac- cording to the information.
Pitkin said Fleming, no longer employed by News- week at the time of the transaction, got the money from Platypus Publications, Inc., of Los Angeles.
"D. B. Cooper" was the name used by the man who : extorted $200,000 from. . Northwest Airlines, . then. bailed out after the plane left Seattle for Reno last Thanksgiving eve. D
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:` . Two men, charged with conspiracy to defraud in connection with the selling .' of what was represented as "D. B. Cooper's" personal account of his $200,000 sky- jacking in November, were released on bail yesterday. Bail for William John.
Cooper's" personal account of his $200,000 sky- jacking in November, were released on bail yesterday. Bail for William John. Lewis, 32, Seabeck, Kitsap : County, was set by the U.S. magistrate at $50,000; for -Donald Sylvester Murphy, 49, Bremerton, $8,000.
They are accused of re- ceiving $30,000 cash from "Karl Payne Fleming, Los Angeles, for what Fleming said he was told was a per- sonal interview with Coop- er on a Puget Sound beach in King County.
A man identified only as "D. B. Cooper" is believed to have parachuted over Clark County from a North- west Airlines plane Nov. 24. With him he had $200,000 that the airline had given him on his de- mand before the plane left Seattle. . .
The complaint against Lewis and Murphy says that the latter impersonat- ed Cooper in the interview with . Fleming and that Lewis arranged for the in- terview.
. In the interview, "the complaint says, Fleming represented a Los Angeles publishing __ firm, from
Which he said he got . the $30,000.
Although Cooper is being sought for questioning in connection with the sky- jacking, there is no warrant for his arrest and he has
Although Cooper is being sought for questioning in connection with the sky- jacking, there is no warrant for his arrest and he has not been indicted, unless secretly.
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Two Kitsap County men were arrested yesterday and charged in federal court with scheming to swindle a former News- week contributing editor out of $45,000 in return for an "exclusive interview" with airline skyjacker "D. B. Cooper."
Arrested and held in King County Jail following a bail hearing were William John Lewis, 32, of Seavue Estates, Sea- beck, also known as Jack Lewis, and Don- ald Sylvester Murphy, 49, of 540-4th Ave.
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Arrested and held in King County Jail following a bail hearing were William John Lewis, 32, of Seavue Estates, Sea- beck, also known as Jack Lewis, and Don- ald Sylvester Murphy, 49, of 540-4th Ave., Bremerton.
U.S. Attorney Stan Pitkin said during the bail hearing he believes the two men have $30,300 obtained from Karl Payne Fleming, the former Newsweek editor, who got the money from Platypus Publica-
tions, Inc., of Los Angeles. An affidavit by FBI Agent Charles E, Farrell said $15,000 was to be paid when Fleming was con- vinced he was talking to the hijacker, $15,000 to be paid after the inverviews and a final $15,000 after publication of the story.
· The complaint said Fleming gave Lew- is $300 for expenses.
The complaint said Fleming conducted interviews with Murphy, who was dis- guised as "Cooper," on Feb. 22 and 23. According to the complaint, the sound man and cameraman recording the inter- view Feb. 23 at a Seattle-area beach had to work from "an extreme distance while wearing earplugs" to give "added credi- bility-te the fraudulent scheme."
"D. B. Cooper" is the name used by a skyjacker who extorted $200,000 from Northwest Airlines, then apparently bailed out with his
Cooper" is the name used by a skyjacker who extorted $200,000 from Northwest Airlines, then apparently bailed out with his money after the plane left Se- attle en route to Reno last Thanksgiving eve. "Cooper" has not been arrested.
Pitkin said Newsweek was not a party to the interview agreement and that Fleming is no longer employed by the magazine.
Bail for Lewis has been set at $50,000, $5,000 of which must be posted in a cash- ier's check and the remainder in a proper- ty-bond agreement to be signed by his wife and parents. Murphy, who told U;S. Magistrate Charles Schaaf that he went
bankrupt two years ago, is required to post an $8,000 cashier's check or "suffi-, cient sureties."
The complaint said the scheme started after Fleming placed a classified adver, tisement Feb. 1 seeking a confidential in- terview with "Cooper."
The complaint says Fleming flew to Se- attle, and on Feb. 16 met Murphy who was disguised as "Cooper" at an airport mo- tel.
On Feb. 21 according to the govern- ment, copies of three $20 bills said to have.
16 met Murphy who was disguised as "Cooper" at an airport mo- tel.
On Feb. 21 according to the govern- ment, copies of three $20 bills said to have. been taken in the hijacking were shown to Fleming. In the complaint, the govern- ment said the bills in the copy were phon- ies because serial numbers of hijack mon- ey had been superimposed.
The government claims that on the same day Fleming paid $30,000 to Lewis, who was acting as the go-between using the name "Seth Thomas," and that on the next day, the interviews began.
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FBI-SEATTLE-P-I Photo by Tom Barlet. DONALD MURPHY, LEFT, AND WILLIAM LEWIS LEAVING COURTHOUSE The Kitsap County men are accused of a hoax to swindle $45,000
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LEFT, AND WILLIAM LEWIS LEAVING COURTHOUSE The Kitsap County men are accused of a hoax to swindle $45,000
A written agreement stipulatod that the money would be held in a defense fund for "Cooper" if he was apprehended. The gov- ernment said in the complaint that finger- prints lifted from the receipts for the $30,000 "have been identified as belonging to William John Lewis."
The film, tape and copy of the three bills are in custody of the FBI, Pitkin saiti. .
Lewis, a land developer and dance hall operator, was arrested by FBI agents at his home. Murphy, a real estate develop- er, was arrested outside Jack's Cafe at Gorst. Each man is the father of three children.
The men are charged with two counts -. conspiring to defraud Fleming and in- ducing him to travel to Seattle for the execution of the scheme. The maximum sentence on the two counts combined is 15 years in jail, $15,000 fine, or both. A
Pitkin described the purported plan of lewis and Murphy as "a very curious scheme that had trappings of credibility."
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William John Lewis, 32, charged with carrying out a Clifford Irving - style fraud involving the "D. B. Coop- er," airplane hijacker, was ordered held for $50,000 bail yesterday by . United States Magistrate Charles Schaaf.
Donald Sylvester Murphy, 49, accused of impersonating Cooper in a meeting with a former contributing editor for Newsweek magazine, was ordered held for $8,000 bail.
· Schaaf said that he set the high bail for Lewis because $30,000 which the govern- ment says was paid by Karl Fleming for a bogus Inter- view with Cooper has not been recovered.
Lewis, a former employe of the City of Bremerton, manages a dance hall there and also is involved in free- lance engineering work and land development. He lives in Sea-Vue Estates, near Seabeck.
Murphy told Schaaf he "lost everything two years , ago" and has been slowly paying off. a $3,500 federal tax lien. He lives in down- town Bremerton.
LEWIS was charged with a "similar event" several years ago in Port Angeles, Stan Pitkin, United States at- torney for Western
LEWIS was charged with a "similar event" several years ago in Port Angeles, Stan Pitkin, United States at- torney for Western Washing- ton, said during the hearing. Bruce Harrod, defense attor- ney, said that charge later was dismissed. Pitkin did not explain the nature of the earlier charge.
Lewis and Murphy are" charged with using inter- state facilities to obtain money under false pretens- es, and with conspiracy. If convicted, they could be sen- tenced to up to 10 years in prison and fined $10,000 on the interstate-facilities count, and sentenced to five
years and fined $10,000 on the conspiracy count.
Last week Lewis told The Times he had been"inter- `viewed by federal agents and now wished the whole thing-"a publicity stunt" never had happened. He did not give any details of the stunt.
IN THE COMPLAINT filed yesterday Lewis is ac- cused of telephoning Flem- ing in Los Angeles where he did work for Newsweek and telling hmi he knew Cooper and could arrange an inter- view. Fleming had placed 'an advertisement in The .
Lewis is ac- cused of telephoning Flem- ing in Los Angeles where he did work for Newsweek and telling hmi he knew Cooper and could arrange an inter- view. Fleming had placed 'an advertisement in The . Times seeking information about "D. B. Cooper," who hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 November 24 and ransomed it and 36 pas- sengers for $200,000 by say- ing he had a bomb.
The hijacker parachuted from the airliner somewhere between Seattle and Reno. The hijacking is the only one in this country not yet solved by the Federal Bureu of In- vestigation.
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The complaint said that Lewis introduced -Murphy, posing as Cooper, to, Fleming ; ¡ during a meeting February- 16 at the Swept Wing Inn near the Seattle-Tacoma In- ternational. Airport. Lewis: told Fleming his name was "Seth Thomas," according to the complaint ..
THE'DEFENDANTS de- manded $45,000 from Flem- ing but later settled for $30,000 the government says. Platypus Productions, Inc., . Los Angeles, provided Flem- ing with the money to buy the "confession" after News- week rejected the story.
Fleming; filmed and tape-
recorded" an interview jbf Murphy February 22 and 23 on a beach in King County, the complaint said.
Fleming; filmed and tape-
recorded" an interview jbf Murphy February 22 and 23 on a beach in King County, the complaint said.
Lewis and Murphy, it said, supported their. statements by giving Fleming copies of three $20 .bills purported to be part of the ransom mon- ey. The complaint said that, serial numbers of ransom bills were superimposed on other bills by the defendants. The serial numbers of the ransom bills have been made public by the F. B. I.'
FLEMING also received photographs of "Cooper." The complaint said the pho- tos were posed by Lewis, showing Murphy dressed as the hijacker and wearing a wig and glasses.
It also said Fleming has told federal authorities the bills were shown him by Lewis and that two receipts Lewis gave Fleming for the money were found to have Lewis' fingerprints,
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An exhibit attached to the complaint - a copy of a note signed by Lewis - said the $30,000 was to be held in trust for Cooper to pay attor- ney fees should he be arrest- ed or surrender.
PITKIN would not com- ment when asked if Lewis also sold his information to The Seattle Flag, a bi-week- ly newspaper.
The Flag Monday pub- lished a purported interview with Cooper, saying it had baid $1,000 to the interview- er, who was not identified. The newspaper carried ba
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Lewis last week' said he began investigating the jacking in hopes of collecting
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Lewis last week' said he began investigating the jacking in hopes of collecting
@ $10,000 reward. He described reports about the Cooper. investigation imoving to the - Bremerton area as a "publicity stunt, rather than a hoax.
1 Manacled and carrying their personal possessions in envelopes, Donald Sylvester Murphy, left, and Wil- liam John. Lewis were taken from the United States Courthouse to jail.
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By DEE NORTON
Two Kitsap County men were charged today with de- frauding a former represent- ative of a national news magazine of $30,000 by set- ting up a phony interview with "D. B. Cooper," air- plane hijacker.
Arrested were William John Lewis, Bremerton dance-hall manager, and Donald Sylvester Murphy, Silverdale real-estate sales- man.
They were accused of con- spiring to use interstate com- merce to obtain $30,000 from Platypus Publications, Inc., Los Angeles, by having Mur- phy pose as Cooper in meet- ings with Karl Fleming, who then was a contributing edi- tor in Los Angeles for News- week magazine.
, Los Angeles, by having Mur- phy pose as Cooper in meet- ings with Karl Fleming, who then was a contributing edi- tor in Los Angeles for News- week magazine.
Lewis, who also works as a free-lance engineer and land developer, telephoned Fleming February 1 in re- sponse to an advertisement in The Times placed by Fleming seeking information about Cooper, the complaint said.
Lewis told Fleming he had talked with Cooper, knew his true identity and could ar- range an interview, accord- ifig to the government.
A man using the name "D. Ej. Cooper," hija ked a North-
west Orient Airlines 727 and its 36 passengers and collect- ed $200,000 ransom last No- vember 24. The man para- chuted from the plane.
Lewis and Murphy super- imposed the serial numbers of $20 bills given Cooper on other bills and gave Fleming copies of them to convince him that Murphy was' Coop- er, the complaint said.
The complaint said Mur- phy dressed like an artist's sketch of Cooper, using a wig and glasses, to be pho- tographed by Lewis. The photographs were given Fleming to support the fraud, the complaint said.
said Mur- phy dressed like an artist's sketch of Cooper, using a wig and glasses, to be pho- tographed by Lewis. The photographs were given Fleming to support the fraud, the complaint said.
Lewis and Murphy met Fleming February 16 at the Swept Wing Inn near the Seattle-Tacoma Airport, the complaint added. It said Lewis used the name "Seth Thomas" and introduced Murphy to Fleming as Coop- er and demanded $45,000.
The defendants agreed to settle for $30,000, however, according to the government. On February 22 and 23 Mur- phy posed as Cooper and submitted to an interview filmed on a beach in King County and confessed the hi- jacking, the complaint said.
Platypus Publications pro- vided Fleming with?"he
money after Newsweek re- jected Lewis' story, the com- plaint said.
Lewis' fingerprints have been found on two receipts Lewis gave Fleming after getting the money, the com- plaint said.
An exhibit attached to the complaint said Lewis had agreed that the $30,000 was to be used only for legal de- fense for Cooper, when he was apprehended or sur- rendered.
Stan Pitkin, United States attorney for Western Wash- ington, would not comment when asked if the informa- tion Lewis gave
Stan Pitkin, United States attorney for Western Wash- ington, would not comment when asked if the informa- tion Lewis gave Flemming also was the basis for a "D. B. Cooper" .interview pub- lished yesterday by 'The Seattle . Flag, a biweekly newspaper. The Flag said it paid $1,000 for an interview conducted by an unidenti- fied person.
Lewis told last week how F. B. I. agents had ques- tioned him extensively. Lew- is said he had begun investi- gating the D. B. Cooper hi- jacking in hopes of collect- ing a $10,000 reward.
Lewis mentioned Cooper's name in an advertisement tó sell some land. Response; to the ad started him on "a better theory than what the F. B. I. has been doing." he said.
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Two Kitsap Men Face Cooper Fraud Charges
By DENISE KALETTE and OREN CAMPBELL Of The Sun Staff
Two Kitsap County men today were charged by the federal government with a plot to impersonate skyjacker "D. B. Cooper" in order to extort more than $30,000 from. a Los Angeles writer.
According to U. S. Atty. Gen. Stan Pitkin, the FBI arrested William "Jack" Lewis, 32-year-old land develop- er from Seabeck, and, Donald Sylvester Murphy, 49, a Bremerton real estate promoter, after a complaint was- signed today by a.U. S. magistrate in Seattle ..
The two were to appear in federal court in Seattle this afternoon for a preliminary hearing ..
According to U.S. Atty. Gen. 'Stan Pitkin, the plot revolved around one of the men masquerading as. "Coop- er," the name a man gave last Thanksgiving eve .when ho balled out of a Northwest Airlines 727 jet with $200,000" he had extorted from the" airlines .
when ho balled out of a Northwest Airlines 727 jet with $200,000" he had extorted from the" airlines .:
The skyjacker has not been found, and the money apparently has not turned up, according to FBI reports.
Lewis and Murphy are charged with conspiring to defraud Karl Fleming of Los Angeles, former Newsweek contributing editor, in return for an exclusive story from "Cooget" on how the hijacking was carried out.
It is a federal crime to induce a person to cross state lines in furtherance of 'a fraud.
Lewis was arrested at his home at Sea-Vue \Estates near Scabeck, while- Murphy, a resident of Higgs House,
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Both arrests 'were made abou. Murphy maintains a business office at 6608 Khisap Way.' Lewis his af office for Seven Beaver Lakes Country Club at the same address.
Charges filed by Pitkin contend that Lewis and Murphy used photo copies of three $20 bills with serial numbers from money given to the hijacker superimposed over the, original numbers as part of their scheme to get Fleming to accept their story that Murphy was "Cooper."
The Associated Press said the two are charged with dressing Murphy in a wig and glasses to make him look like an artist's drawing of "Cooper." .
A news release this afternoon from the FBI said Flem- ing allegedly paid the men $30,000 for an exclusive story, pointing out to them that Newsweek couldn't support the undertaking but that a partner of Fleming's in Platyapus Publications, Inc., would put up the money.
A news release this afternoon from the FBI said Flem- ing allegedly paid the men $30,000 for an exclusive story, pointing out to them that Newsweek couldn't support the undertaking but that a partner of Fleming's in Platyapus Publications, Inc., would put up the money."
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:-.; Federal authorities claimed Fleming met with Lewis and a disguised Murphy on Feb. 16 at a Seattle motel. " ." The affidavit from FBI Agent Charles E. Farrell said Fleming came to Seattle again Feb. 20 with $30,000 in cash and turned the money over to Lewis after both signed a statement that the money was to be held in trust as a legal defense fund should "Cooper" ever be captured or should surrender. The agent said Fleming also gave Lewis $300 for expenses.
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An Interview with Murphy posing as' "Cooper" wa carried out on a Puget Sound beach near.Seattle on Feb. 23, the charges said. A motion picture camera and a tape recorder were placed so that their operators could not see or hear the interview by Fleming of "Cooper", and Lewis. Both operators were told to wear earplugs, the charge said.
:" The film, tape and copy of the three alleged ransom bills are in custody of the FBI, Farrell said.
:" The film, tape and copy of the three alleged ransom bills are in custody of the FBI, Farrell said.
». An advertisement in at least one Seattle newspaper late last December is believe to have started a chain of events that eventually led the FBI to, the charges, The Sun has learned.
The advertisement, in the personal columns of the Seattle Times the week of Dec. 23, said in part;
"D. B. Cooper'
"If you are interested in telling your poignant. story to an absolutely. discreet and trustworthy writer for a re. sponsible national magazine without jeopardizing your. safety in any way, phone area code 213-826-5457
That was the home phone number of Fleming, who at that time was a contributing editor of Newsweek magazine, in West Los Angeles.
That advertisement was noticed by William "Jack" Lewis, 32-year-old Seabeck man who-among other occupa tions: is a land developer. Lewis later told The Sun that ad gave him an idea for an advertisement he placed in, The Sun on Dec. 30.
Lewis' . ad read:
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Lewis later told The Sun that ad gave him an idea for an advertisement he placed in, The Sun on Dec. 30.
Lewis' . ad read:
"D. B. Cooper
"Have 216 acre investment tracts. Will' defer down payment. Call MY 2-6864-MY 2-2815."
What happened after that ad appeared has not yet been determined, but FBI agents apparently have. been trying to find out if the parachuting hijacker who extorted $200,000 from NorthwestAirlines last Nov. 24 answered Lewis' ad,
Several times since the first of this year, Lewis has told The Sun he thought he had been contacted by the skyjacker, whose voice he recognized on the telephone.
However, Lewis also has said at various times before the FBI began questioning him that:
-He has been acting as a go-between to sell the sky jackerls `story.
-Ile has made 'contact with Fleming and given him the facts for a story.
-He has been seeking a guarantee of amnesty for the skyjacker,' who would like to surrender' himself and all the money at a time that would coincide with publication of the story.
He has
ived some money from Fleming for ex- penses incurred in arranging details of the story's sale,
He has
ived some money from Fleming for ex- penses incurred in arranging details of the story's sale, "He has been waiting for verification that the, story will be purchased. He assumes that perhaps the deal is off He has no proof that the man with whom he has been in contact actually Is the skyjacker . . . . he's mere- ly operating on a "supposition."
Fleming was contacted Saturday by The Sun and de- clined to confirm or deny anything about the case. Flem- ing, who recently resigned from the Newsweek staff to edit a weekly tabloid to be published in Los Angeles start- Ing next month, said Fleming himself would keep his."big.
fat, vulnerable mouth shut."
He declined comment on whether or not the FBI has been questioning him about his knowledge of the skyjacker or Lewis, and he declined to say if any money has been paid by him to Lewis.
In March, when The Sun had first contacted Fleming In an attempt to verify Lewis' story, the writer said at first that he knew nothing about a hijacker or about a forthcoming story concerning a hijacker.
In March, when The Sun had first contacted Fleming In an attempt to verify Lewis' story, the writer said at first that he knew nothing about a hijacker or about a forthcoming story concerning a hijacker.
But he telephoned the newspaper later the same day to say he remembered a call about midnight bre night "from someone purporting to have a yarn about D. B. Cooper." "He had a supposition that he wanted to report to me. He continued to bend my ear with such incredible non- sense that I turned. around and went back to sleep," Flem., ing said in that conversation.
'Aportion of the ad Fleming placed in the Seattle Times urgedi the skyjacker to "call the phone number after mid- night and I'll direct you to a safe phone."
Fleming was asked Saturday if he would 'stand by the comments he had made to The Sun in March. . He gave no direct answer, saying he would leave that up to The Sun.
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J. Earl Milnes, special agent bottom would be "a staggering ey and "because it was fun." in charge of the Seattle FBI job.
Earl Milnes, special agent bottom would be "a staggering ey and "because it was fun." in charge of the Seattle FBI job." Merwin Lake is nine miles long. office, would not comment Monday on the possibility of having divers search Lake Mer- win- for the airplane hijacker ¿known as D. B. Cooper.
: He also declined to make a statement about an alleged in- terview, with Cooper which was published in the Seattle Flag, à biweekly newspaper just five editions old.'
A. ground search of several weeks ended last week in the área near Merwin, in the Lewis River country, where Cooper was believed to have. parachut- ed.
. Maj. Warren Shiroma, opera- tions officer for the search, said Cooper "got away alive or 'he's at the bottom of the lake, or the FBI calculations of where he jumped aren't cor- rect.“
A man who registered in the name of D. B. Cooper hijack- ed a plane last November and parachuted from it with $200,- 000 ransom.
Search for' Cooper was cen- tered in the Woodland area in the fall, and was resumed this year by the FBI, with the help of Army troops, some In heli- copters.
Search for' Cooper was cen- tered in the Woodland area in the fall, and was resumed this year by the FBI, with the help of Army troops, some In heli- copters."
In Seattle, the Flag news- paper has published what it claims was a transcript of a taped interview with Cooper.
The newspaper said in Mon; day's edition it paid $1,000 for the interview conducted by an anonymous . "ordinary-looking man of 20 years plus" and sign- ed "an agreement of confi- dentiality.'
The Flag quoted .. Cooper as telling the anonymous inter-
The major was quoted by United Press International as' viewer that the hijacking-ex- saying that search of the lake tortion was committed for mon-
The newspaper, staffed pri- marily by persons in their 20s, said it agreed to buy the in- terview after the anonymous reporter showed a photograph of a $20 'bill which had a serial number identified as among those in the marked bundle of $20 bills given to."Cooper."
Of the agreement to buy the transcript, the Flag remarked: "It stated that under no con- ditions could we divulge our sources, that we were not allow- ed to print the intervietr before the: 1st of May, that .
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Of the agreement to buy the transcript, the Flag remarked: "It stated that under no con- ditions could we divulge our sources, that we were not allow- ed to print the intervietr before the: 1st of May, that . after transcriptions the tape must be destroyed, in addition, we agreed not to cooperate in any way with local police authori- ties."
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central figure in the local, entered the, office , of Curtis! According to the Flag's story, Investigation of the ."D. B. Coo-[ Coons, 509 4th Street, 'at 9:09 a man , contacted the publica- (Indicate page, name of per" case met for more than .one hour this morning with his attorney.
William '"Jack" .
Coo-[ Coons, 509 4th Street, 'at 9:09 a man , contacted the publica- (Indicate page, name of per" case met for more than .one hour this morning with his attorney.
William '"Jack" .Lewis, 32- year-old Seabeck land developer,
a.m. and.emerged at 10:27 a.m. Lewis' entered the attorney's office alone. . His father," Wil- liam "Bill" Lewis, arrived there at 9:24 a.m. The two Jeft togeth- er.
: Last week Lewis said the FBI had warned him of his.constitu- itional rights after questioning him several times. He said Wed- nesday night that he was waiting for Coons to return from Call- fornia and that the FBI had agreed to leave him alone until' he could confer with an attor- ney.
( FBI . officials continued their silence on the matter today, and also refused to comment on a report published in a- weekly called the Seattle Flag.
That . publication published information it claims came from a tape recording of the . sky- jacker's voice.
tion. early this year and want- ed to sell the taped interview, The man demanded $1,000;' ac; cording to' the story, and offered P . 1 a photo ofca $20 bill as proof; The paper said it checked with a bank.
early this year and want- ed to sell the taped interview, The man demanded $1,000;' ac; cording to' the story, and offered P . 1 a photo ofca $20 bill as proof; The paper said it checked with a bank. and was told that the bill was one of those given to the skyjacker in the $200,000 ransom , from Northwest Air- lines,
-The Flag's story claims that the paper had to agree.that."un- der do conditions could we di- vulge our source, that we were not allowed to print the inter- view before the, first, of May, that after transcription the tapet must be destroyed . . . in addi- tion we agreed not to cooperate. In any way with local police au- thorities.'
The . interview, with - Cooper. was alleged to have taken place in the Seattle, area inMarch.
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J. Earl Milnes, special agent in charge of the Seattle office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, would not comment today on the possibility of having div- ers search Lake Merwin, Clark County, for "D. B. Cooper," airplane hijacker.
Army men last week ended an 18-day ground search of a 10-square-mile area into which it was believed the hi- jacker might have parachut- ed with $200,000 last November 24.
Maj. Warren Shiroma, op- 'erations officer for the search, said, "Either he got away alive or he's at the bottom of the lake, or the R. B. I. calculations of where
he jumped aren't correct. But I have no doubt that this is where he dropped."
Observers in eight Army helicopters checked every broken tree top.
Shiroma said it would be a. staggering project to search the bottom of the lake, which is 12 miles long and 300 feet deep.
Milnes and Stan Pitkin, United States attorney for. Western Washington, would not comment on a purported interview with "D.
Milnes and Stan Pitkin, United States attorney for. Western Washington, would not comment on a purported interview with "D. B. Coop- er" published in The Seattle Flag, biweekly newspaper.
The Flag said it paid $1,000. to transcribe a tape reconli- ing of the , purported inter- view.
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Lewis Maintains Position On 'D. B. Cooper" Case
By DENISE KALETTE Sun Staff Writer
William "Jack" Lewis, who has been repeatedly questioned by the FBI in connection with a federal investigation of the, "D. B. Cooper" hijacking case, said today that his "whole sup- position remains the same."
:"But,". Lewis- added, "there's no way in the world I'll be able to contact this guy" at the pres- ent.
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:"But,". Lewis- added, "there's no way in the world I'll be able to contact this guy" at the pres- ent. .
-. Lewis said he feels he may know who the hijacker is, "but I've got no proof and until I have proof I can't -name any- body."
That hijacking of a Boeing 727 took place Nov. 24 and net- ted a skyjacker $200,000. The skyjacker parachuted from the plane after it took off from Se- attle, headed toward Reno.
Lewis said he would be sitting in the office 'of his attorney, Curtis Coons, at 9:30 a.m. Mon- day.'
Coons has been in California, and he has not been in contact- with him recently, 'he said.
"When he gets back to His office, I will sit down and try to explain the whole thing to him," Lewis said. "I don't real- ly know what to do until I'talk to my attorney.'
Lewis, who has been in con- tact with other news media this week, said he is "talkirig to the press"? because . "I want them to tale my comments and not suppositions on what the FBI. is talking to me about.
He said FBI officials "went through each long distance call I've ever made in the last six
months.
He said FBI officials "went through each long distance call I've ever made in the last six
months." They 'have been ques- tioning . friends and associates of his, also, Lewis said.
He said the Seattle business- man questioned this week was a friend of his. "They drug him out of a restaurant in the middle of a meal and drug him in for, questioning. The guy had noth- ing to do with it." .
"Well, hell, if this guy (Coop- er) ever was gonna give me a · handful of money to invest, for him, Christ, now he never will. . He'll be out to Timbuktu by now and I don't blame him if he if." Lewis said FBI ,officials in- formed him. of his rights Wed- nesday, and that they have not questioned him since.
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This sketch of skyjacker "D. B. Cooper". has been circulated throughout the na- tion by the Federal Bureau of Investi- gation.
By DENISE KALETTE and OREN CAMPBELL of The Sun Staff
The search for skyjacker "D. B. Cooper" apparently is centered this week in the. Bremerton area.'
Agents for the Federal Bureau of Investi- gation are visiting downtown businesses asking for help in identifying some photo- graphs of a man. they believe resembles the hijacker-parachutist who collected $200,000 ransom last Thanksgiving eve from Northwest Airlines officials in Seattle.
At least one of the photographs appear- ed to be taken in downtown Bremerton. That photo - of a man with stylish long, dark hair - apparently was taken on the sidewalk in front of L.
That photo - of a man with stylish long, dark hair - apparently was taken on the sidewalk in front of L. H. King Imports, a' wig store at 427' Pacific. Avenue ..
A spokesman for that store said .FBI agents told them the photo was received . in the mail last week from an unidentified tipster. The spokesman said employes were told that the man in the photo might be D. B. Cooper. J. Earl Milnes, agent in charge of the Seattle office of the FBI, declined to make
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, But Milnes told the Associated Press in Seattle today that Army units from Ft. Lewis have been pulled out of the area southeast of Woodland in the Merwin Dam vicinity, where a search for clues in the Cooper case has been conducted.
"We don't have a mass of men there any longer but we are still working on it," Milnes said.
He declined to tell the AP whether any evidence has been found in the investiga- tion.
The search in southwestern Washington was resumed last month. Authorities said none of the marked currency given the hi- jacker had turned up.
Mrs. David (Joy) Jenson, manager at King Imports, said four FBI agents have been to the store three days this week.
She said she was shown two photos. One day she said she was shown a photo of a man without the wig and another day. she was shown a photo of a man with a wig. . She said the man in the photos looked familiar: "It was just a man that, if I saw him I'd recognize him.
She said the man in the photos looked familiar: "It was just a man that, if I saw him I'd recognize him."
Mrs. Jensen said she remembered when
the photos were taken "a couple of months . ago."' . Three men came in. at that time, she said.
She remembered that the man in the photo tried on wigs because "he was ir- ritating in a way and they spent an 'hour trying different colors and styles and, then they didn't buy."
„Mrs. Jensen said it was unusual that three men would spend so much time in the wig shop.
Photos were taken just in front of the shop, she said. "They kept running in and out and trying different ones on," she said.
In addition to seeking the identity of the man in the photos, the FBI is question- ing William "Jack" Lewis, 32, of Seavue Estates near Seabeck.
Lewis, who told The Sun he believes he might know the identity of the skyjacker, said he has been visited by FBI agents "at least eight times" since last Saturday.
"I've seen seven or eight agents,", he said. 1
Lewis reportedly has declined to tell the FBI/who he thinks the skyjacker is.
"I've seen seven or eight agents,", he said. 1
Lewis reportedly has declined to tell the FBI/who he thinks the skyjacker is. He contends that he has no proof.
A one-time assistant city engineer in Bremerton (for several months in 1970)
Lewis said agents visited him at his home "last night and "informed him of his rights.
He said they agreed to leave him alone until his, attorney,' Curtis Coons, returns Sunday . from. California.
Speaking to The Sun by telephone, Lewis ' acknowledged that his telephone might be wiretapped.
"I've spoken to Northwest Bell and I' know how it's being tapped," Lewis com- mented. He said telephone officials didn't admit the wiretapping, but they told him about wiretapping procedures and informed him what wiretap evidence is admissable in court.
FBI agents have asked Lewis not to speak with "certain persons" about the questioning, he said, but they didn't say he shouldn't speak with the press . . . or' with the man he thinks may have commit- : ted the crime.
Lewis is a part-owner of Perl's Dance 'Pavilion, is a land developer in partner- ship with his father, William B.
Lewis is a part-owner of Perl's Dance 'Pavilion, is a land developer in partner- ship with his father, William B. Lewis of 'Seabeck, and says he is a representative , of a firm called World- Wide Engineering. That firm, Lewis said, markets -. among; (Continued on Page 2, Col. 1)
This sketch, by Sun staff artist Doug Richards, is similar to a photo bring shown by FBI agents to persons in some downtown Bremerton businesses.
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other things-a device for tapping telephone lines.
Lewis also describes himself as a free- lance civil engineer. He formerly worked as project engineer for several heavy con- struction jobs.
. Lewis insists that the man pictured in the photos shown to him by the FBI is not the man"he believes to be "Cooper."
In addition to the photo of a man with the long hair-possibly a wig, FBI agents are showing photos of a man with the same facial features-with hair only on the sides of his head and in back-With a cap and heavy coat pulled around his face.
to the photo of a man with the long hair-possibly a wig, FBI agents are showing photos of a man with the same facial features-with hair only on the sides of his head and in back-With a cap and heavy coat pulled around his face.
Several other downtown businesses re -. ported that FBI agents. paid visits this week.
Mrs. Georgia Ambler, a cashier at Pay Less Drug Store, across the street from .King Imports, said an FBI agent came to the store this week and showed her a photo, , too.
She said the man in wig and dark glasses looked familiar, but she did not know his name.
At Simpson's Barber Shop, where an FBI agent came Tuesday, Tom Phillips reported he was shown two photos. He was under the impression one photo showed a partly bald man with hair combed forward to cover the baldness, he said.
The man in the photo "looked real famil- 'iar" he said.
. Jay D. Simpson told The Sun the agent. did not say what they were investigating, but asked "if I recognized the fellow in. the picture, if I'd ever seen him before,"
Simpson said he did not know the man. "In the picture he showed us, he told us
the man was completely bald and when the picture was taken he had a wig' on,", he said.
"In the picture he showed us, he told us
the man was completely bald and when the picture was taken he had a wig' on,", he said.
A customer who was in the barber shop , at the time, Dennis A. Smith, co-owner of The Apothecary Shop, said today he, re- members the FBI agent's visit.
"Both barbers said he (the man photo- graphed) looked real familiar but they couldn't place him."
"Stephanie Wahl next door at L. H. King 'Imports told me they were looking for D ._ B. Cooper," he said.
"Apparently they're hitting all the barber shops and wig shops," Smith said.
The skyjacking occurred last Nov. 24 on a flight from Portland to Seattle.
The FBI, in a circular to law enforcement. agencies, listed "Cooper" as being white, male, in his mid-40s, 5-foot-10 to 6-foot, 170- 180 pounds, average to well-built, with an olive complexion, medium smooth and a Latin appearance:
. The .circular said he had dark brown or black hair, normal style, parted on the. left and combed back, with sideburns at How. ear level.
Other details from the circular included: .
left and combed back, with sideburns at How. ear level.
Other details from the circular included: .
"Eyes: Possibly brown. During latter part of flight put on dark, wrap-around sun. . glasses with dark fims. ". . ! \. . .
"Voice; Low, spoke intelligently; no particular accent, possibly from Mid- west section of the U.S. - +. + F. "Characteristic: Heavy smoker of Raleigh filter tip cigarettes.
"Wearing apparel: Black or browh suit; 'white shirt; narrow black tie; black; dress suit; black rain-type overcoat or dark top coat; dark briefcase or attache case; car- ried paper bag 4"x12"x14"; brown shoes."
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By DENISE KALETTE Sun Staff Writer
Federal investigation into the case of the elusive "D. B. Cooper" continued in the Bremerton area today with reports of questioning by FBI agents from at least three more businesses.
A Seattle resident also reportedly has been questioned.
' Cooper was the name used by a man who hijacked a Northwest Airlines Boe- ing 727 last Nov.
A Seattle resident also reportedly has been questioned.
' Cooper was the name used by a man who hijacked a Northwest Airlines Boe- ing 727 last Nov. 24, parachuting from the plane somewhere between Seattle and Reno with. $200,000 in extorted cash. FBI agents have been questioning local businessmen and residents recently in connection with the skyjacking, and showing photos to those questioned for possible identification.
/At the Melody Lane Restaurant, em-
" ployes indicated this morning that agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation have been there nearly every day this, week, showing photos and_asking ques; tions. A cook at the restaurant, Mrs. Mary Jeffries, said she was shown three glossy photos, and that she thought she recog- nized one of the men photographed.
But, she said, "it would not be fair" to identify him publicly>
A car used by FBI officials was parked at the restaurant about 5 p.m. yesterday, and employes said agents had been in at least twice during the day.
J. Earl Milnes, agent in charge of the Seattle FBI office, said today that he has been "badgered by the press" but de- clined comment on whether.
Earl Milnes, agent in charge of the Seattle FBI office, said today that he has been "badgered by the press" but de- clined comment on whether. pursuit of- the hijacking case in Kitsap County had. turned up significant new leads or whe- ther 'a' suspect was being held.
A Seattle resident reportedly has been questioned by the FBI several times since Saturday night, according to one source.
The . man reportedly was told that someone had accused him of being the skyjacker. Later, FBI agents allegedly. informed the man he was no longer a suspect in the case, according to the source, who said he has been in contact with the FBI.
The Seattle man was located Saturday night at a Seattle restaurant and taken 'to the Federal Building for interrogation and to be photographed, according to the source ..
One informed source told The Sun that je FBI definitely has narmwed its (Continued on Page 2, Col. 2)
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Joe Davis, vice president and general manager at Casey's Ford, Inc., in Pouls- bo, said three men paid a visit to his business about midday Wednesday.
. Two of the men identified themselves. as FBI agents, he said, but Davis added that he is not convinced the men actually were from the FBI.
"Looking back, they were very ner- vous. I don't think they were FBI. I think if they were, they would have ap- proached me differently."
The men showed him photos, he said, and "They wanted to know about a yel- low car with dealers plates". 1
. The men said they wanted to speak to "Bill and Jack Lewis" Davis said. "They said they were having trouble locating them.
The men said they wanted to speak to "Bill and Jack Lewis" Davis said. "They said they were having trouble locating them.
"I said you shouldn't have any trouble locating them, they live out at Seabeck, , and Bill is home most of the time."
Jack Lewis has told the Sun he has been questioned by FBI agents "at least eight times" since last Saturday. Bill Lewis is Jack's father.
: Agents also questioned employes at the Kitsap Golf and Country Club Tuesday and Wednesday and asked whether they could identify photographs, employes said.
· Mrs. Elmer (Jerry) Driver, a bar- tender at the club, said an FBI man showed her three photographs about 'lunchtime Wednesday. The first two showed a man in dark glasses, with a wig and a tam, a type of cap, on his head, and a photo of a bald man.
That photo was similar to one that appeared in The Sun yesterday, she said.
"I didn't recognize the man, The FBI - agent thought he might have been in the club," she said. "I said, 'but this is a private club' " she continued, The agent told her the man "might have come in .
"I said, 'but this is a private club' " she continued, The agent told her the man "might have come in . as a guest" and that he was merely "checking all the angles". But the agent did not say what he was checking, or : who he was looking for, she said.
The agent showed 'her a third picture of a younger man with dark hair and a dark beard "that `just barely outlined his face". She did not know that man elther, she said, but the agent "did not stem too concerned. He seemed to know ho this other person in the third picture
Tu " Mrs. Driver said.'
Other employes said they were shown photos too, but did not recognize those pictured.
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A Brenmorton area land . developer said yesterday that he and a friend have been questioned in connec- tion with the "D. B. Coop- er" hijacking of a North- west Airlines plane last Thanksgiving eve.
The hijacker was thought to have parachuted from the plane somewhere in Clark County with $200,000 extorted from the airline after he had commanded the pilot to
The hijacker was thought to have parachuted from the plane somewhere in Clark County with $200,000 extorted from the airline after he had commanded the pilot to fly from Seattle to Reno.
William "Jack" Lewis, of Seabeck, the land devel- oper who is also a free- lance engineer, said the FBI first talked to him last - Saturday after he ran a # gimmick newspaper &d- vertisement promoting his development and addressed to "D. B. Cooper," the. name used by the hijacker. Lewis said FBI - agents have also talked to a friend of his who resembles Coop- lieves is not the hijacker .. Lewis said last January he told the Bremerton Sun he thought he knew who the hijacker was. - . It was not the friend questioned by the FBI, he said.
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By DENISE KALETTE Sun Staff Writer William "Jack" Lewis, who tas been repeatedly questioned by the FBI in connection with a federal investigation of . the 'D. B. Cooper" hijacking case, said today that his. "whole sup- position 'remains the same." "But," Lewis added, "there's o way in the world! I'll be able. o contact this guy" at the pres- ent.
Lewis said he feels, he may know who the hijacker is, "but 've got no proof and until I have proof I can't name any- body:"
That hijacking of a Boeing 27 took place Nov. 24 and net- ed a skyjacker $200,000. The skyjacker parachuted from the plane after it took off from Se- attle, headed toward Reno.
24 and net- ed a skyjacker $200,000. The skyjacker parachuted from the plane after it took off from Se- attle, headed toward Reno.
Lewis said he would be sitting In the office of his attorney, Curtis Coons, at 9:30 a.m. Mon -: lay.
Coons has been in California; nd he has not been in contact vith him recently, he said. "When he gets back to his! ffice, I will sit down and try o explain the whole thing to im," Lewis said. "I don't real- y know what to do until I talk o my attorney."
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Lewis, who has been in con- act with other news media this veek, said he is "talking to the ress" because "I want them o take my comments and not uppositions on what the FBI . talking to me about."
He said FBI officials "went hrough each long distance call I've ever made in the last six ;
months." They have been ques- tioning friends and associates of his, also, Lewis said.
He said the Seattle business- man questioned this week was a friend of his. "They drug him out of a restaurant in the middle of a meal and drug him in for. questioning.
He said the Seattle business- man questioned this week was a friend of his. "They drug him out of a restaurant in the middle of a meal and drug him in for. questioning. The guy had notfr ing to do with it." 1
"Well, hell, if this guy (Coop- er) ever was gonna give me a handful of money to Invest for him, Christ, now he never will. He'll be out to Timbuktu by now and I don't blame him if he is."
Lewis said FBI officials In- formed him of his rights Wed -: nesday, and that they have not questioned him since. 9
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Dennis Leo McLaren, ar- rested here this week, was ordered returned yesterday. to San Diego to face charges involving the smuggling of marijuana into the country from Mexico.
United States Magistrate Alan Froelich also ordered McLaren to continue to be held under $50,000 bail. Fed -. eral authorities said Mc- Laren took part in a mari- juana-smuggling ring for -. merly centered in San Diego. AMcLaren also faces charges of failing to appear. fpr trial and for jumping L'ail.
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By DEE NORTON William (Jack) Lewis, a Bremerton dance-hall opera- tor, who has been inter- viewed by federal agents about the."D. B. Cooper" hi- jacking November 24, said today he wishes he never had begun investigating the hijacking on his own.
Lewis, 32, Seabeck, who also works as a free-lance engineer, said that as many as four Federal . Bureau of Investigation agents inter- viewed him eight times be- tween Saturday morning and Wednesday, asking about the man who ransomed a North-' west Airlines 727 for $200,000.
The interviews ended, Lewis said, when the agents informed him of his constitu- tional rights and he said the wanted an attorney present during the questioning.
LEWIS SAID he has inves- tigated the hijacking in hopes of collecting a $10,000 reward. In January he in-
cluded Cooper's name in an" advertisement to sell some property, he said, Response to the advertise- ment started "him on a "bel . ter theory than what the -la" B. I. has been doing," Lewis said.
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the F. B. I, but now. I Just ant to; forget the whole thing," he said.
has been doing," Lewis said.
"I have cooperated with.
the F. B. I, but now. I Just ant to; forget the whole thing," he said. "A, friend who looks like 'Cooper But : who I'm sure is not was' pulled away from his dinner table and treated very un' gentlemanly and I have lost a friend. I'm sure he'll never
talk to me again."
Lewis would not identify the' friend today'. or say where the friend lives
LEWIS 'SAID AF wagents showed him "photo graphs of an unidentified man. in a sig standing sin
ffront of a Bremerton wig store. The photographs were mailed. anonymously to the F. B. I.,
:"No way is the real Coop- er going-to stand in a plainly identifiable background and have his picture taken,' Lewis said.
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hewill meet with agents Monday when his attorney," Curtis Goons, returns from: California. 1. expect to be called before the grand `jury: now," he said. I just want to. forget. the whole thing
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By DENISE KALETTE and OREN CAMPBELL of The Sun Staff
The search for skyjacker "D. B. Cooper" apparently is centered this week in the Bremerton area.
Agents for the Federal Bureau of Investi- gation are visiting downtown businesses asking for help in identifying some photo- graphs of a man they believe resembles the hijacker-parachutist who collected $200,000 ransom last Thanksgiving eve from Northwest Airlines officials in Seattle.
Agents for the Federal Bureau of Investi- gation are visiting downtown businesses asking for help in identifying some photo- graphs of a man they believe resembles the hijacker-parachutist who collected $200,000 ransom last Thanksgiving eve from Northwest Airlines officials in Seattle.
At least one. of the photographs appear- ed to be taken in downtown Bremerton.
That photo -- of a man with stylish long, dark hair - apparently was taken on the sidewalk in front of' L. H. King Imports, a wig store at 427 Pacific Avenue.
A spokesman for that store said FBI agents told them the photo was received in the mail, last week from an unidentified tipster. The spokesman said employes were Told that the man in the photo might be D. B. Cooper.
J .. Earl Milnes, agent in charge of the Seattle office of the FBI, declined to make
any statement abut the FBI investigation here ..
But Milnes fold the Associated Press in Seattle today that Army units from Ft Lewis have been pulled out of the area southeast of Woodland in the Merwin Dam vicinity, where a search for clues in the Cooper case has been conducted.
"We don't have a mass of men there any longer but we are still working on it," Milnes said.
southeast of Woodland in the Merwin Dam vicinity, where a search for clues in the Cooper case has been conducted.
"We don't have a mass of men there any longer but we are still working on it," Milnes said.
He declined to tell the AP whether any evidence has been found in the investiga- tion.
The search in southwestern Washington was resumed last month. Authorities said' none of the marked currency given the hi- jacker had turned up.
Mrs. David (Joy) Jenson, manager at. King Imports, said four FBI agents have · been to the. store three days this week.
She said she was shown two photos. One day she said she was shown a photo * of a man without the wig and another day she was shown a photo of a man with a wig. She said the man' in the photos looked familiar. "It was just a man that if I saw him I'd recognize him."
Mrs. Jensen said she remembered when!
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She remembered that the man in the photo tried on wigs because "he was ir- ritating in a way and they spent an hour trying different colors and styles and then they didn't buy."
Mrs. Jensen said it was unusual that three men would spend so much time in the wig shop.
Photos were taken just in front of the shop, she said. "They kept running in and out and trying different ones on," she said.
In addition to seeking the identity of the man in the photos, the FBI is question- ing William "Jack" Lewis, 32, of Seavue Estates near Seabeck.
Lewis, who told The Sun he believes he might know the identity of the skyjacker, said he has been visited by FBI agents "at least eight times" since last Saturday.
"I've seen seven or eight agents," he said.
Lewis reportedly has declined to tell the.
Lewis, who told The Sun he believes he might know the identity of the skyjacker, said he has been visited by FBI agents "at least eight times" since last Saturday.
"I've seen seven or eight agents," he said.
Lewis reportedly has declined to tell the. Fil who he thinks the skyjacker is. He contends that he has no proof.
"A one-time assistant city engineer in Bremerton (for several months in . 1970)
Lewis said agents visited him at his home last night and informed him of his rights. He said they agreed to leave him alone until his attorney, Curtis Coons, returns Sunday from California.
Speaking to The Sun by telephone, Lewis acknowledged that his telephone might be wiretapped.
"I've spoken to Northwest Bell and I know how it's being tapped," Lewis com- mented. " He said. telephone officials didn't admit the wiretapping, but they told him about wiretapping procedures and informed him what wiretap evidence is admissable in court. .
FBI agents have asked Lewis not to speak with "certain persons" about the questioning, he said, but they didn't say he shouldn't speak with the press . . . or with the man he thinks may have commit- ted the crime.
FBI agents have asked Lewis not to speak with "certain persons" about the questioning, he said, but they didn't say he shouldn't speak with the press . . . or with the man he thinks may have commit- ted the crime.
Lewis is a part-owner of Perl's Dance 'Pavilion, is a land developer in partner- ship with his father, William B. Lewis of Seabeck, and says he is a representative · of a firm called World Wide Engineering. That firm, Lewis said, markets . among
This sketch, by Sun staff artist Doug Richards, is similar to a photo being shown by FBI agents to persons in some 'downtown Bremerton businesses.
This sketch of skyjacker "D. B. Cooper". has been circulated-throughout the na- tion by the Federal Bureau of Investi-, gatien.
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other things -- a device for tapping telephone lines.
Lewis also describes himself as a free- lance civil engineer. He formerly worked as project engineer for several heavy con -. struction jobs.
. . Lewis insists that the man pictured in .the photos shown to him by the FBI is not the man he believes to be "Cooper.
Lewis insists that the man pictured in .the photos shown to him by the FBI is not the man he believes to be "Cooper."
In addition to the photo of a man with the long hair-possibly a wig, FBI agents are showing photos of a man with the same facial features-with hair only on the sides of his head and in back-With a cap and heavy coat pulled around his face,
Several other downtown businesses re- . ported that FBI agents paid visits this week.
Mrs. Georgia Ambler,, a cashier at Pay Less Drug Store, across the street from King Imports, said an FBI agent came to the store this week and showed her a photo, too.
She said the man in wig and dark glasses looked familiar, but she did not know his name.
At Simpson's Barber Shop, where an FBI agent came Tuesday, Tom Phillips reported he was shown two photos. He was under the impression one photo showed a partly bald man with hair combed forward .to cover the baldness, he said.
The man in the photo "looked real famil- iar" he said,
. Jay D. Simpson told The Sun the agent did not say what they were investigating, bijt asked .