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story was. the? difficulty: 'and: near-im- abatement program, but like so much possibility of: verifying any of, Cooper's under. the" Nixon, Administration, it doesn't work. People don't realize that. statements. To go to anyone, the airline, to Boeing, and certainly, to the FBI to They think these Republicans are effi-
verify the story would not be intelligent. That. would be, blowing my story,,and causing Cooper's arrest" even, before anything could be published
If there wa's now a chance Thomas
would be, blowing my story,,and causing Cooper's arrest" even, before anything could be published
If there wa's now a chance Thomas or someone else there might talk as seemed likely, then I would have to do something, quick. I telephoned Morgan in Atlanta, and he rapidly devised a plan: Ersense He left instantly for. Washington, went to the Justice Department, and re- ported that he had a client, unnamed, who had knowledge of a serious federal crime, that the client planned to pub- lish a story about it, and that the client would turn over the information he would print. - 10 days before. publica- tion-providing the client could get a promise of immunity. Here was the legal danger: were I to publish the story and Cooper take flight, then I might be liable for aiding and abetting a cri- minal to take flight to avoid prosecution, and other things. But if the FBI got the information 10 days ahead of publication, they'd have a. fair shot at doing their jobs, and for that matter, possibly estab- lishing whether Cooper's story was true.
fair shot at doing their jobs, and for that matter, possibly estab- lishing whether Cooper's story was true. The promise of immunity was made.
Meantime, Morgan urged me to hurry.
cient: because they don't make big, dreamy, Democratic promises and then fail to carry them out.
You can break modest promises too; but that hasn't sunk in any more than the Watergate Scandal or the Milk Scan- dal or the' Wheat Scandal or the You- Fill-in-the-Blank ", Scandal."" Nor does the country . over which this capital presides know about another scandal: the almost nightly escape from Washing. ton's jails.Since January they have averaged one escape every four days. They make good their get-aways not only singularly, but in groups.
Fat City, Rat City, who's to blame? One test of an administration is how it runs Washington. Do we blame the low caliber of' Nixon's appointees or are the crooks bribing their way out? That accusation has been made but not an -. swered. No questions get answered in the rat kingdom where the rodents come out of their holes, and a faceless Presi- dent slips down and out of sight
No questions get answered in the rat kingdom where the rodents come out of their holes, and a faceless Presi- dent slips down and out of sight broad- casting modest radio messages in the Television Age from impenetrable places. :: :
Many, many questions. There are questions to be asked about John Ales-
humanoid : keeper press secretary, the President has set over them to feed them occasional pellets of information and grains of news. With presidential press conferences abolished for all. practical purposes, the mice must live off Ziegler briefings, and they only have half enough of them because he has the cut the daily briefings from two to one, she
With their rations reduced to the level of ' pernicious anemia last week, they squeaked at their keeper as he stood in. front of the blue curtain in the White House, briefing room;"but;Ziegler, squelched. the weakened things, telling them that, "We're not going to have this type of chaos in future briefings ... (and) as far as this briefing is concerned, I'm ending it, it's ended.
The questions pile up.
weakened things, telling them that, "We're not going to have this type of chaos in future briefings ... (and) as far as this briefing is concerned, I'm ending it, it's ended.
The questions pile up. Instead of an- swers there are diversions., such . as Marina Whitman, the most presentable member of the Council of Economic Advisors, who makes those monthly ad- missions that prices have gone up again. "Dahlings," the ZsaZsa Gabor 'of eco- nomics says in effect, "we have our good months and we' have our bad months, and this was a bad one again, but not so bad if you know how to read the numbers" like us experts. Sure, bread's up, rent's up, milk's up, but we've got GM to hold the line on Cadillac, and diamond prices are stable."
Fat city, Rat city, who's to blame? Copyright, 1972, The Washington Post-King Features Syndicate
my Cooper is not the real Cooper. A private investigator checked aga last week and says that Murphy had n been employed at Boeing, and had military record of as a jumper. Neith fact, of course, is proof that Murphy d or did not hijack the airplane. In theo anybody smart enough to pull it off wou be smart enough to concoct an elab ately fictitious background for
In theo anybody smart enough to pull it off wou be smart enough to concoct an elab ately fictitious background for himse Or, anybody smart enough to do it wou be, smart enough to do it and, tell t story for money, but tell It in such a w that it appeared to be a hoax; But in the end, or to this point, it seen appropriate to conclude that. Murphy not Cooper, which means" I jumped hig I fell hard.
Long ago I played in a poker game wi a bristly-browed old curmudgeon; w had run whiskey for Capone in Phil delphia. He was one tough old man. H would try to goad me into calling h bets, when my cards didn't indicate should. "Go on. Take a chance," he taur ed. "Columbus took a chancek:
Yes. Columbus took a chance and di covered America. Now I had taken chance, everything on the line, and had discovered, what? A more than lik ly impostor, an actor, 'a pretender herculean deeds.
Still there lingers a small gut feelin maybe self-serving, maybe. not, that had the right man all along. And if didn't, well, so be it. It was a breat taking story that didn't check out.
not, that had the right man all along. And if didn't, well, so be it. It was a breat taking story that didn't check out. An that is what a reporter is for.
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WHY HE HIJACKED PLANE FOR $200,000
By Karl Fleming
In, last week's first install- ment, the man claiming to be D.B. Cooper told how he planned the hijacking for more than a year, how he did it falone, "how The decided Aphere to do it, > how yafter The parachuted to earth with $200,000, he walked to his car and drove home. how he
there that he would surface and expose himself to capture? If Cooper was smart enough to essay such a slickly pulled-off crime, he doubtless would be smart enough to know withwhat appetite agents of the law were seeking his cap- ture, His getting away with it, after all, would only encourage others to mimic his deed, at God knows what cost to the airlines in hard. dollars, and possibly in human life.
to know withwhat appetite agents of the law were seeking his cap- ture, His getting away with it, after all, would only encourage others to mimic his deed, at God knows what cost to the airlines in hard. dollars, and possibly in human life.
"Advertise!
ground revolutionary bomber group to secret? Or would I be obligated, as"a tell his story: advertising. citizen with knowledge of a crime, to Accordingly, I placed a classified ad- turn Cooper in? vertisement in several Pacific North- west newspapers, addressed to Cooper, inviting him to contact me, and assur. ing him we could talk without exposing him to capture. An " imprudent and wasted effort, probably. I had not been one to shy away from risks Jyo only was
Moreover, suppose .in ; fact : someone came forward representing himself as" Cooper, How could I know he was the
right man? After all, the Clifford Irving hoax was much in the press. How could TI be sure someone wouldn't try the same cohome on me? There was one way seemed, to prove his identity: [ Cooper responded to my ad,.I could demand withthe prodite-the-money tout the"
there but a tiny chance Cooper would respond, but a minefield of booby-traps and pitfalls lay In wait.
I could demand withthe prodite-the-money tout the"
there but a tiny chance Cooper would respond, but a minefield of booby-traps and pitfalls lay In wait. "I would beBy Karl Fleming
In last, week's first install- ment. the man claiming to be D.B. Cooper told, how he planned the hijacking, for. more than a year, how he did alone how he decided There tor do irsshows after The parachuted to earth with $200,000 hes walked to his car and drove home, how he iscovered he couldn't spend the money. This week he ex. plains why he did it.
THREE WEEKS AFTER D.B. COOPER skyjacked a Northwest "Airline pland and got away with $200,000, the following letter appeared in a' Reno newspaper; "I didn't rob"Northwest Orient (sic) because I thought it would be romantic, heroic or any of the other euphemisms that seem to attach themselves to situa- tions of high risk. I am no modern-day: Robin Hood. Unfortunately, I do have only:14 months to live. My life has been one . of; hate,; turmoil, frustration . and more' bate. This"seemed like the fastest and most profitable way to gain a few la fis rains of peace of mind.
and more' bate. This"seemed like the fastest and most profitable way to gain a few la fis rains of peace of mind. I am not holed up in some obscure backwoods town. Neither am I a psychopathic kil- ler. As a matter of fact, I've never even received a speeding ticket."
? Here, the long-trained. reporter's in- stinct suggested, was a man who wanted to talk. . to justify, to rationalize and to do verbal penance for his deed.
What he had done was to execute, the most daring and ingenious airline hold. up in history-doing it all alone .and diving out of the plane . with $200,000 booty-and to all appearances; getting away with it. Half the FBI agents in the country were looking for him. Hundreds of military troops fanned out "on foot to search the countryside around . Lake Merwin, Wash.,, where it was believed he landed after parachuting. Northwest
there that he would surface and axpose himself to capture? If Cooper was smart enough to.essay such 's slickly pulled-off crime, he : doubtless " would be, smart enough to : know >with : what/ appetite agents of the law were seeking his cap.
essay such 's slickly pulled-off crime, he : doubtless " would be, smart enough to : know >with : what/ appetite agents of the law were seeking his cap. ture, His getting away with its after all, would. only encourage others to mimic his deed, at God knows what cost to the airlines in hard dollars;and possibly in human life.
Advertise!
Still, there remained the fact of the letter: After several days of pondering. I.decided to try a scheme I had success: fully used once before' to | lure from. hiding a member of a secret under:
The man who says he is D. B. Cooper.
ground revolutionary bomber group to tell his story: advertising.
Accordingly, I placed a classined Ad, vertisement .in several ; Pacifof North; west newspapers, addressed to Cooper Inviting 'him to contact me" and assur ing him we.could talk without exposing him- to capture." An . imprudent and wasted effort, probably. I had not been one to shy away from risks, No only was there but a tiny chance Cooper; would respond, but a minefield of booby-traps and .pitfalls lay in wait. I would; be working alone and underground, outside.
I had not been one to shy away from risks, No only was there but a tiny chance Cooper; would respond, but a minefield of booby-traps and .pitfalls lay in wait. I would; be working alone and underground, outside. the law, treading a delicate constitu- tional line. If I found Cooper, would I have. constitutional privilege as a Je- porter to keep my source of information
jecrott Or would I be obligated.
citizen: with i knowledge of it crimes to turn Cooper in Moreover Ffpuppose in fact, comoono came forward representing himself Cooper - How could I'know howwas the right mantrAfter all, the Clifford trying boax was much in the press .; How could L bo juro someone wouldn't try the same scheme on'mel There was one way. It seemedto prove his identity: if Cooper responded to my nd,"I could demand that be produce the money from the skyjacking That would be strong proof. Preparing for such an eventuality: obtained the 34-page FBI booklet cop. taining the numbers of every one of the stolen bills. The FBI was circulating it to banks and other money institutions.
Midnight Phone Call
Then an entire month passed.
The FBI was circulating it to banks and other money institutions.
Midnight Phone Call
Then an entire month passed." The few respondents to the ad were cranks. Nothing more. Then on the night of Jan. 31, precisely at midnight, my phone rang and when I answered a voice said: "This call is from the Pacific Northwest." I was fully prake in'on instant and said "Don't say a word mitore. Call-me tomorrow night at 9"o'clock and I will have made arrangements forus to talk on a safe telephone,'
; As is many a reporter who has been Involved in hairy, " dangerous stories (I had ; covered. 'Birmingham, Selma (Jackson, Watts, and four assassinations) I was careful almost to the point of para- noia about . telephone tapping: Once down South, a reporter friend was dic- tating his integration story to his office by long-distance call when a voice, ob- viously white, probably cop, broke in and said:"You goddamned " nigger loving son-of-a-bitch.
One's learned /to be:"careful { about phones: By next morning, I had arranged an elaborate:system: involving four phones: my, answering service, was;in.
One's learned /to be:"careful { about phones: By next morning, I had arranged an elaborate:system: involving four phones: my, answering service, was;in.Row of: doordat dorbay od pdatorecife habe one summary turmoil, frustration and more hate This seemed like the fastest and most profitable; way to gain a few last grains of peace of mind, I am not holed!up in some obscure backwoods towns Neither am,I a psychopathic kil- ler. As a matter of fact, I've never even received a speeding ticket Heren the long-trained reporter's stinct suggested, was a man who wanted. to talk, to justify, to rationalize and to do verbal penance for his deed. What he had done was to execute the most daring and ingenious airline hold; up in history -doing it all alone and diving out of the plane with $200,000, booty-and to all appearances getting. away with it. Half the FBI agents in the country were looking for him. Hundreds of military troops fanned out on foot to search the countryside around Lake Merwin, Wash., where it was believed he landed after parachuting.
Hundreds of military troops fanned out on foot to search the countryside around Lake Merwin, Wash., where it was believed he landed after parachuting. Northwest posted a $25,000 reward. So no matter how urgently Cooper might have wanted. to talk, he would be laying extremely low.
Nevertheless, I brooded, if a reporter could somehow get to Cooper" what a story there was to be had. Not only was the crime daringly unique, but Cooper's letter suggested an extremely uncommon and thus, potentially fascinating mo- tive. If a reporter was good at his craft, he looked for this extra dimension in a story - a situation or an occurence of ' an extraordinary nature that instantly crystalized some aspect of the human spectacle.
Given the intensity of the search for Cooper, however, what. real hope was
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st. saids"Don't say a word more Call me tomorrow night at 9 o'clock and!I-will haye made arrangements for us to talk on a safe telephone.
As is many a reporter who has been involved" in" hairy,: dangerous stories (I) had covered Birmingham, Selma, Jackson, Watts, and four assassinations) I was careful almost to
As is many a reporter who has been involved" in" hairy,: dangerous stories (I) had covered Birmingham, Selma, Jackson, Watts, and four assassinations) I was careful almost to the point of para- noia. about telephone tapping: . Once down South, a reporter friend was dic- tating his integration story to his office by long-distance call when a voice, ob- viously white, probably cop, broke in and said. "You goddamned nigger-loving son-of-a-bitch." One learned to be : careful about phones. By next morning, I had arranged an elaborate system involving. four phones; my answering service was in-
KARL FLEMING . was associated with Newsweek magazine as correspondent, Los Angeles bureau chief and contributing editor for 11 years before resigning. April 15 to found LA. While with Newsweek, he covered virtually every significant civil rights story of the turbulent '60s, including Birmingham, Selma, Ole Miss, Little Rock and Watts. He covered the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and it's bro; ther Robert and those of Martin Luther King and Medgar Evers. He was assigned to Richard Nixon during the last, Presi- dential campaign and has covered Lyndon Johnson,
He was assigned to Richard Nixon during the last, Presi- dential campaign and has covered Lyndon Johnson, George Wallace, Hubert Hum- phrey, Barry Goldwater and Ronald Rea- gan. He also reported on the Charles Man- son and Jack Ruby trials for Newsweek. and the trial of Pueblo spy ship captain Lloyd M. Bucker.
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"stricted to take the call and refer it to another number, where a friend was. standing by with instructions to take the call, refer the caller to yet another number-where I was waiting-and then get out of the house.
standing by with instructions to take the call, refer the caller to yet another number-where I was waiting-and then get out of the house. In case'the call was traced to that number, the friend would be absent if anyone came knock- ing
At 9 p.m., I was waiting, and at 9:10, the phone rang. The caller identified himself as "Mr. Thomas" and said he was acting as an intermediary for Cooper. He said Cooper was interested in ex- plaining to the American people the reason for the skyjacking, but Cooper was having a hard time financially. He wasn't able to spend the $200,000, for the money was hot. The FBI had the numbers of the bills, therefore; he wanted to sell his story for $45,000, to be paid in three segments: $15,000 when I was sure I had the right man; $15,000 when my inter- views were completed (he suggested a filmed Minterview, with masks); and $15,000 upon publication of the story.
Seth Thomas Shows Up
" Next week, the intermediary came to Los Angeles, and we met at the Airport Marina Hotel, where I had taken a room. "Seth "Thomas" was a plodding, black-haired, "spade-bearded "real ves tate Broker and Investment
Seth Thomas Shows Up
" Next week, the intermediary came to Los Angeles, and we met at the Airport Marina Hotel, where I had taken a room. "Seth "Thomas" was a plodding, black-haired, "spade-bearded "real ves tate Broker and Investment counselor of so he described himself-and . he brought with him several Polaroid photo: graphs of his client. pictures that looked
felt guilty even when stealing cookies from a jar when he was a child. He had been married to the same woman for 25 years, had never cheated on her once, belonged to the country club, the PTA and had been so faithful an upward-aspiring engineer at Boeing that he carried two cheese sandwiches to lunch every day, and often toiled into the night at his job. He was a perfect Free enterprise specimen.
Feathers His Neck
Item: "You don't laugh at motherhood. You don't laugh at tradition, at religion, at everything possible that a man could hold dear," he said.
Item: "When you're at the football game and somebody gets up and sings the 'Star-Spangled Banner,' it still makes the feathers come up on my neck when I hear it."
Item: "When I had my first sexual ex- perience with a girl, I was 17 years old.
"When you're at the football game and somebody gets up and sings the 'Star-Spangled Banner,' it still makes the feathers come up on my neck when I hear it."
Item: "When I had my first sexual ex- perience with a girl, I was 17 years old. This was an older woman. I was so dumb. I was drinking beer with her. I was away from home and it was Christmas Eve. We went to her apartment. She asked me if I wanted to play cards. So I said sure." So we're playing strip poker. For real. So, the next thing, I had to go to the bathroom and when I came back, she was in bed. So I said Well, I guess
be going, Irene.' And she, said 'Oh, it's cold in here. If you'd just come over rand warm me up a bit.' Well, I'm a pretty
phase out everybody in their 40s because it would be cheaper, and better econo- mics to keep the young blood coming in. If you can suck the last drop of gray matter from the ones you're going to dump and put it into the brains of the younger ones, then see how much more money you're ahead!"
The first shock passed, and Cooper realized that his situation-though he had a $300 a month mortgage on a subur- ban home, two cars, a boat, a camper and two children to support- wasn't too bad.
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The first shock passed, and Cooper realized that his situation-though he had a $300 a month mortgage on a subur- ban home, two cars, a boat, a camper and two children to support- wasn't too bad. After all, this executive at Northwest, upon whom occasionally Cooper paid service calls, had "made a standing offer that any time I wanted to change companies ... it would be great to have me 'on the Northwest team." The North- west man had been buttering him up, courting him even.
So Cooper telephoned him. The secre tary said he was on another line and would call back. When he didn't, Cooper phoned again. He was not in the office, the secretary said, but she would have him call. He didn't. Cooper telephoned again. He was in conference, the secre- tary said. Finally, another bolt of truth; his old pal at Northwest, his occasional golf partner, was avoiding him. There would be no job.
As the out-of-work days passed, Cooper began dipping into his -savings, and thinking of what he would do with the rest of his life, His pride had been hurt. "Ary man who gets tin and goes to workHe said, "Cooper was Interestedfingex.
As the out-of-work days passed, Cooper began dipping into his -savings, and thinking of what he would do with the rest of his life, His pride had been hurt. "Ary man who gets tin and goes to workHe said, "Cooper was Interestedfingex. plaining, to , the American " people" the reason: for the skyjacking, but Cooper was having a hard time financially. He wasn't able to spend the $200,000, for the money.was hot. The FBI had the numbers of the bills, therefore, he wanted to sell his story for $45,000, to be paid in three segments: $15,000 when I was sure I had the right man; $15,000 when my inter- views. wero completed (he suggested flimed'interview, „with> masks);" ;. and $15,000 upon publication of the story.
Seth Thomas Shows Up
Next week, the intermediary came to Los Angeles, and weimet at the Airport Marina 'Hotel, where : I , had taken, a room .: "Seth Thomas", was a :plodding, black-haired, spade-bearded : real es- tate broker and investment counselor - or so. he .. described: himself-and he brought with him several Polaroid photo- graphs of his client, pictures that looked remarkably like the composite drawing. of D.
described: himself-and he brought with him several Polaroid photo- graphs of his client, pictures that looked remarkably like the composite drawing. of D.B. Cooper which the FBI circulated to newspapers. He also produced a paper containing three serial numbers, which ( coincided with three! numbers on the FBI list .:
That, I told him, was-hardly real proof, for' nearly anyone could obtain the list and copy numbers out of it. How about the real bills ?:
As we dickered over the interview fee, he promised . the real bills would be produced. We agreed on a price, $30,000, and on Feb, 15, I nervously boarded a Western flight to Seattle, carrying cam- eras, two tape recorders, and $30,000 in $20 and $50 bills, concealed in several envelopes and buried in my tennis equipment case.
Shortly after checking into The Swept Wing Motel near the Seattle airport Thomas arrived, and minutes later, Cooper himself appeared, entering my room furtively from the parking lot. He. was a nervous, slightly-built, balding middle-aged man who wore a black rain. coat, black shoes and black gloves.
was a nervous, slightly-built, balding middle-aged man who wore a black rain. coat, black shoes and black gloves. 'He kept the gloves on while he chain-smok- ed filter cigarettes. He spoke in a raspy. voice that reminded me instantly of the. Pueblo spy ship commander Pete Bucher. Cooper was anxious to have the money
Item:" You don't laugh at motherhood You don't laugh at tradition, at religion, at everything possible that _ man could hold dear," hesaid,
Item: "When you're at "the" football game and somebody gets up and sings the 'Star-Spangled Banner,' it still makes the feathers come up on my neck when I hear'it'
Item: "When I had my first sexual ex- perience with a girl, I was 17 years old. This was an older woman. I was so dumb. I was drinking beer with her. I was away from home and. it. was Christmas Eve. We went.to her:apartment. She asked me if I wanted to play cards. So I.said 'sure.' So we're playing strip poker. For real. So, the next thing I had to go to. the bathroom and when I came back, she was in bed.
' So we're playing strip poker. For real. So, the next thing I had to go to. the bathroom and when I came back, she was in bed. So I said 'Well, I.guess I'll be going Irene.".And she said 'Oh, it's cold in here. If you'd just come over and warm me up a bit.' Well, I'm a pretty sharp fellow. I just got"in, clothes and all. I took my shoes off. That's all. I'll tell you what: she gave me an education before I was much older."
Item: "A woman is different from a. man. A woman comes from some other place. She comes from the land of Nod or something ... , If .... man. doesn't take: the dominant "role : in the bedroom, there's something wrong with him. A. man can go out into an alley or the back of a car or something But a woman has to have some feeling of security in her lovemaking."
Item: "A man's feeling of manhood, his masculinity,: is 'directly associated with his ability to provide for himself and to earn a good living When all of sudden he is unable to do this, if he has been a red-blooded man who stood on his feet and worked all his life and asked no quarter from anyone, asked for noth- ing, then you in
living When all of sudden he is unable to do this, if he has been a red-blooded man who stood on his feet and worked all his life and asked no quarter from anyone, asked for noth- ing, then you in effect have emasculated this man. It means cut the balls off him."
Item: "I guess you would have to say that sex is better on payday.".
Item: "You work hard for Dear Old Ironworks and do a good job and put in your years there and do the best you can and make money for them and get along well with everyone and you will be rewarded. Because besides your pay check and your annual leave and your
upon whom ocessionally Coopersfrid service. call had made standing offer that any time I wanted to change companies ... it would .bo :creatoto;havo! me on the Northwest team " The North; west man had been: buttering himrup. courting him even.
So Cooper telephoned himi The secre tary said he was on; another lize ;and would call back. When he didn't; Cooper phoned again, He was not in the office, the secretary said, but she would have him call. He didn't. Cooper talepboned again. He was in conference; the secre: tary said, Finally, another bolt of truth; his old pal at Northwest, his occasional golf
He was in conference; the secre: tary said, Finally, another bolt of truth; his old pal at Northwest, his occasional golf partner, was avoiding him There would be no job.
As the out-of-work days passed, Cooper began dipping into his; savings, and thinking of what he would. dowith the rest of his life. His pride had been burt. "Any man who gets up and goes to work in the morning is a proud man," he said. He had been fired, so he suffered con- stant embarrassment:
"People look at you with a sympathetic eye, and this is the thing that kills you. Sympathy is the one thing I could never stand all my life."
Abortive.Business Attempts
He tried to get a construction company going, but couldn't raise the capital. He made an abortive attempt to go. into the house trailer business,'but he had no money .:
Finally, he gritted: his teeth and did. something inimical . to 'everything., he stood for: he went to the unemployment office. A typically crisp, impersonal, juiceless woman bureaucrat, he, said, coolly interrogated him about his quali- fications, then suggested he take a job.
A typically crisp, impersonal, juiceless woman bureaucrat, he, said, coolly interrogated him about his quali- fications, then suggested he take a job. as an "aide." He left in a boiling rage. The humiliation of that experience, the anger at being fired and tossed on the junkheap, the betrayal of his friend, they all came together at once and wash- ed. over him in . tear-scalding anger,
He couldn't get work. 'His pride was deteriorating. He began to contemplate suicide. Pills, he finally decided, would be the way. He tried, but he couldn't do it. The Catholic Church had instilled minida like
Karl Fleming and D. B. Coopererstwo tape recorder and $30,000 n $20 and $50 bilis concealed in severa! envelopes -and- barfed firmy, tennis
equipment case: Shortly after checking Into The Swept Wing Motel , near`the ( Seattle, airport Thomas arrived, and minutes later, Cooper himself appeared, entering my room furtively from the parking lot. He was . a. nervous,"slightly-built, balding middle aged man who wore a black rain coat, black shoes and black gloves.
nervous,"slightly-built, balding middle aged man who wore a black rain coat, black shoes and black gloves. He kept the gloves on while he chain-smok ed filter cigarettes. He spoke in a raspy voice that reminded me instantly of the Pueblo spy ship commander Pete Bucher, Cooper was anxious to have the money handed over, But-I insisted on seeing the real money, whereupon. Thomas, extracted a wallet and produced three) crisp $20 bills. I checked their serial numbers against the FBI list, They. matched.
Cooper asked if I would like to have the three $20 bills. "And I have $199,940 more of them buried in the ground that I will be happy to give you in exchange for other bills," he said. I told him I didn't think I wanted to have any stolen bills in my possession.
I continued to hesitate, prodding Coop- er to yield up details of the hijacking- few of which had appeared In the press. He began hesitantly, but soon con- vinced me I had the right man. Subse- quently I handed over the money, with the stipulation that it be held for, Coop- er's legal defense were he caught.
Subse- quently I handed over the money, with the stipulation that it be held for, Coop- er's legal defense were he caught. What helped convinced me was what Cooper said was his motive.
He. was raised in an authoritarian Catholic household, Cooper said, and
him soulinity f.directly.choclatod with his ability to provide for himself
and to barn a good living, When all of Sudden he is unable to do this if he has been a red-blooded man who stood on his feet and worked all his life and asked
no quarter from anyone, asked for noth- ing, then you in effect have emasculated this man. It means cut the balls off him.' Item:\"I guess you would have to say
that sex is better on payday. Item: "You work hard for Dear Old Ironworks and do a good job and put in your years there and do the best you can and make money for them and get along well with everyone and you will be, rewarded. Because besides your pay; check and your annual leave and your vacation, if you get a little higher up, you can look forward to a bonus and the pension and be well-fed and, of course, you'll get the gold watch or whatever.
Because besides your pay; check and your annual leave and your vacation, if you get a little higher up, you can look forward to a bonus and the pension and be well-fed and, of course, you'll get the gold watch or whatever."
That was D.B. Cooper, and that was the way he had lived his life, patiently hoeing out the row, obeying the rules, and waiting to cash in on the American Dream, as advertised.
Bitter Payoff
His payoff, he related bitterly, carne one day when he went to his Boeing desk and found a pink slip of dismissal. He was crushed.
"It made me feel just like the first time I jumped out of an airplane. just bereft of everything that's inside you, that's all," he said.
He was being replaced, he discovered, by a man 15 years his junior, a junior man he had carefully trained. He had been a believer, an unquestioning cog, but now a jolt of hard truth hit him: "You're dead wood. If they could, they'd
something in mica \\to :everything-he stood for; he went to the unemployment office: A' 'typically: crisp,- impersonal juiceless woman bureaucrat , he said! coolly interrogated him about his quali fications, then suggested he take a job as an ""aide.
If they could, they'd
something in mica \\to :everything-he stood for; he went to the unemployment office: A' 'typically: crisp,- impersonal juiceless woman bureaucrat , he said! coolly interrogated him about his quali fications, then suggested he take a job as an ""aide." He left in a boiling rage, The humiliation: of that" experience, the anger at being fired and tossed on the junkheap, the betrayal of his friend, `they all came together at once and wash" ed over him' in tear-scalding anger.
He couldn't get work. His pride was deteriorating. He began to contemplate suicide. Pills, he finally decided, would be the way. He tried, but he couldn't do it. The Catholic Church had instilled too strongly in him that suicide, like marital infidelity, is a sin.
At home every day, he read a lot of newspapers. They were full of hijacking stories, which he read after vainly searching the classified job section!
"So then, I started thinking about it," he said. "The more I thought about it, the more I. thought how easy it would be. Because the security is very weak, very. lax, almost non-existent. So I started to organize, mentally, to do this. I would go on with everyday living.
lax, almost non-existent. So I started to organize, mentally, to do this. I would go on with everyday living. But I would begin to think about this in earnest."
Then followed a period of moral wrestling. "There's the code: you can't take what's not yours. But wait a minute. Who says it's not mine? Where would this money come from? Either the stock- holders or the company that insures them. Now, wait a minute. Insurance. Who has a strangle hold on the American economy? Insurance companies. And
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the insurance companies, they're trying to hide the money. They're buying land. They're loaning money. They're build ing skyscrapers. They're into everything. And then you get thoughts like: how many millionaires made $1 last year and didn't pay taxes. And look at the oil companies. I could put the money I would steal down as a depletion al- lowance," Cooper said.
So he planned. "I didn't want to give anything I had up, and in order to even maintain what I had, I had to do some- thing.
"I didn't want to give anything I had up, and in order to even maintain what I had, I had to do some- thing. And then I was, if you'll pardon the expression,, very much pissed off right then. So more and more, I planned, for over a year, and still I was not sure I would go through with it. But my bit- terness was changing to hard cynicism."
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even all of it. I had more coming than that, I didn't do anything wrong" he said.
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the rat race again? Or would be fulfil his fantasy and travel?
: "If anything. I've done the people a favor," he said.
Or would be fulfil his fantasy and travel?
: "If anything. I've done the people a favor," he said. "I've shown them that it can be done. You don't have to be the -neantemed 'Individual: that ' hijacks
and their, escape through drugs. Well, I showed. them. I'm not over the hill, I can make another jump tomorrow. I can make one 10 years from now, God. willing. You bet."
And: "I proved to the Establishmentbenefits and his few investments, would be "about $12,000. He went to "Seth Thomas," >investment counselor, , who had approached him several times pre- vious about putting his money into land. How much of a capital sum, Cooper asked would a man have to invest to yield an annual income of about $12,000? Thomas took his pencil and worked it out: $250,000. Cooper thought about it, but then decided his needs were modest, so he scaled down the figure to $200,000. And that was how he decided to hijack the plane for $200,000.
After relating how he hijacked the plane 'and drove home in his car with the money, he insisted he didn't feel guilty over the crime, or over the pos- sibility that
After relating how he hijacked the plane 'and drove home in his car with the money, he insisted he didn't feel guilty over the crime, or over the pos- sibility that he might encourage others to stage hijackings, until someone got killed.
I took what I figured was mine, not
even all of it. I had more coming than that, I. didn't do anything wrong." he said. l'
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When we finished some eight hours of taped interviews, he put on make-up and a wool cap and allowed himself to be filmed by a freelance cameraman and soundman I had brought up after in- structing them to hear nothing, see nothing, ask no questions. I made them stick wads of wax into their ears while I interviewed Cooper, and made them. turn their backs from the camera when he raised the photostats of the stolen bills to be filmed.
That afternoon, we rode-along with Seth Thomas, whose name I now knew to be Jack Lewis-down Interstate 5, and he showed me all the key spots"in the hijacking. As we drove, he talked about his future. Would he get back in
the rat race again? Or would be fulfill his fantasy and travel?
As we drove, he talked about his future. Would he get back in
the rat race again? Or would be fulfill his fantasy and travel?
'If anything, I've done the people a favor," he said. "I've shown them that it can be done. You don't have to be the stereotyped individual . that #hijacks planes. You don't have to even raise your voice. You don't have to use any violence. You don't have to use any threats, and you can still tell that plane where to go and not jeopardize all those people. I showed them their screening system doesn't work."
He "never dreamed I would be saying anything against the ' Establishment" but here he had hijacked this plane in a cold vengeful rage. Now he had a mes- sage "to the younger generation that wants to shoot everybody over 30. They've botched every single one they've ever done, with all their bombings and all their riots and cold-blooded murders
and their escape through drugs. Well, showed them. I'm not over the hill. I can make another jump tomorrow. can make one 10 years from now, God
willing.
I'm not over the hill. I can make another jump tomorrow. can make one 10 years from now, God
willing. You bet.
"And: "I proved to the Establishment that I'm not just a faceless number. I'm a person. I'm a human being. I proved that Old Dad can still do it.">
Jubilantly, I packed my film, my tapes, my copies of the bills and headed home. :I was still euphoric when the plane reached Los Angeles." I felt that if I never wrote another story, I had justi- fied my existence, by creating some- thing worthwhile, something that would stand I presumed to Imagine- as a classic commentary on " American | so- ciety.
NEXT WEEK: a gift, a book publisher's be trayal of trust, some indictments, and the growing suspicion that it was all a hoar.
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?Zhappens to people is news. ampens to reporters isn't." a Swings Beston city editor shout at reporters who ₹In first-person accounts of ? they had witnessed.
That happens if the reporter the sleuth who solved one of at publicized crimes in recent or (B) the victim of the clev- $ Choax since Clifford Irving's autobiography of Howard as, or (C) both?
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, a new weekly newspaper z the Los Angeles area, inst rinded a three-installment series 3:Snting the "solution" of the suc- 61 $200,000. hijacking of = rthwest Orient Airlines jet last OV. 24.
Only at the end of the series did & Tell its readers that the whole ac- at was an apparent hoax that ) the paper's backers $30,000.
Karl Hlening, LA's editor, says he se to tell the story in a way that mahe readers found misleading in #der to let them vicariously under- the same experience he did. Without realizing it. they were read- a story about Fleming, not simp- hy him.
The first installment told of D. B. Gooper ("an ordinary, God-fearing, Patriotic, country club-oriented, up- ward-climbing WASP engineer") leaving his suburban Seattle home with a briefcase stuffed with two wigs, an altimeter and compass, a `makeup, kit, gloves and three red "flares wired to look like a dynamite - bomb.
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One illustration showed Xerox co- pies of three $20 bills given to Flem- ing as proof of Cooper's identity; their serial numbers matched those on the FBI's list of bills that made up the fansom paid by the airline.
The second piece described how Fleming got the story. While still on Newsweek's staff, he put a classified
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Later, while Fleming and millionaire Max Palevsky were organizing LA, an in- termediary offered to put the newsman in contact with Cooper-for $30,000. Palevsky put up the money and Fleming flew up to meet Cooper, dragging along two tape recorders, a motion picture camera, two cameramen 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 doubt, since the men who police say talked to Flem- ing - and who allegedly took his $30,000 - have been arrested by the FBI on charges of defrauding Fleming of his money.
Arrested Before Story The arrest took place on May 2, long before Flem- ing wrote his story for LA.
Arrested Before Story The arrest took place on May 2, long before Flem- ing wrote his story for LA.
Why did Fleming pub- lish the story in a manner that led some readers, un- aware of the fraud arrest, to believe that the early installments were the real thing? 1
Fleming doesn't feel that the initial installment was deceptive, noting that "there were disclaimers in it," referring to two lines near the end: "The fore- going narrative was relat- ed to me by the man I be- lieved to be Cooper and, "Doubts about wheth- er I had the right man would arise 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 FBI."
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.
isn't totally sure he was not the hijacker-then he was a masterful con man, to hear Fleming tell it.
Paid at First Meeting
"I gave him the whole $30,000 at our first meet- ing, after I was convinced that this was D. B. Chop- e"," 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 taped interviews, 30 minutes of filmed inter- views and still photo graphs. 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 jus- tice, Fleming turned his material over to the FBI 10 days before publication (he had told Cooper not to tell him anything he didn't want the police to know.) Included were Xe- rox copies of the $20 bills Fleming had been shown as proof of Cooper's identi- ty. The serial numbers matched those on the list oi ransom bills but FBI documents experts said that the
The serial numbers matched those on the list oi ransom bills but FBI documents experts said that the photocopies indi- cated that the bills were counterfeit.
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LEWIS phoned Karl Fleming in Los Angeles, California; that defendant LEWIS identified himself as "Seth Thomas" and told Fleming that he could ar ange an interview between Fleming and "D. B. Cooper."
3. It was further a part of said scheme and artifice.
Fleming in Los Angeles, California; that defendant LEWIS identified himself as "Seth Thomas" and told Fleming that he could ar ange an interview between Fleming and "D. B. Cooper."
3. It was further a part of said scheme and artifice. to defraud that on or about February 13, 1972, defendant WILLIAM JOHN LEWIS made a reservation for Karl Fleming at the Swept Wing Inn, Seattle, Washington.
4. It was further a part of said scheme and artifice to defraud that on or about February 16, 1972, defendant WILLIAM JOHN LEWIS met with Fleming at the Swept Wing Inn. Seattle, Washington, and informed Fleming that an interview with "D .. B. Cooper" would be arranged by WILLIAM JOHN LEWIS for the sum of $15,000, payable in three installments; and : that defendant WILLIAM JOHN LEWIS knew said representation and promise would be and was false when made.
5. It was further a part of said scheme and artifice to defraud that on or about February 23, 1972, defendants WILLIAM JOHN LEWIS and DONALD SYLVESTER MURPHY met with Kerl Fleming at the Edgewater Inn, Seattle, Washington, and represented that defendant MURPHY was "D. B. Cooper," well knowing said representation would be and was false when made.
It was further a part of said scheme and artifice to defraud that on or about February 23, 1972, defendants WILLIAM JOHN LEWIS and DONALD SYLVESTER MURPHY met with Kerl Fleming at the Edgewater Inn, Seattle, Washington, and represented that defendant MURPHY was "D. B. Cooper," well knowing said representation would be and was false when made.
6. It was further a part of said scheme and artifice i to: defraud that on or about February 23, 1972, defendants WILLIAM JOHN LEWIS and DONALD SYLVESTER MURPHY took the sun of $30,000 from Karl Fleming as payment for an interview With "D. B. Cooper
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