Butte investigative insert re Idaho State Penitentiary record on Kane
Document date 6 December 1971
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Id: Cooper-Part-104:215-216
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-104:215-216 Document: Butte investigative insert re Idaho State Penitentiary record on Kane Id: Cooper-Part-104:215-216 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-104%3A215-216 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 104 pp. 215–216 (DB Cooper-47177–47178), Report, dated 6 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1585 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-104%3A215-216
BT #164-26 LBD/spr Page 1
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The following investigation was conducted by SA [REDACTED]
AT BOISE, IDAHO
On December 6, 1971, [REDACTED] Idaho State Penitentiary, advised he has no record of a BEN R. KING ever being incarcerated in the Idaho State Penitentiary.
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On December 6, 1971, [REDACTED] Department of Law Enforcement, State of Idaho, advised she has no record of issuance of a driver's license to a BEN R. KING. She stated motor vehicle registra- tion records reflect Idaho license S14923 was issued July 20, 1971, to a BEN R. KANE, Box #95, Kellogg, Idaho, and N24164 was issued to BEN R. KANE, care of [REDACTED] Idaho. She stated [REDACTED] records reflect driver's license #893295 was issued to BEN R. KANE, Box #381, Kooski, Idaho. This license expired in 1967 and there is no photograph of KANE available. She stated KANE is described as follows:
Sex Male Date of birth January 10, 1918 Height 5'11" Weight 165# Eyes Blue Hair Blond Glasses None Employment Employed as a mechanic
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On December 7, 1971, [REDACTED] Idaho State Penitentiary, advised his records reflect BENJAMIN ROBERT KANE,
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[guess: leu. 26] [guess: 164-81-1585] [partially illegible stamp] DEC 29 1971 [illegible signature/initials]
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DB COOPER-47177
BT #164-26 LBD/spr Page 2
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Inmate #8877, was received at the Idaho State Penitentiary on April 30, 1954, for a term of 20 years following conviction of 1st degree arson at Boise. The record reflects KANE is described as follows:
Race White Sex Male Nationality American Date of birth January 10, 1918 Place of birth Lewiston, Idaho Height 5'10¼" Weight 156# Eyes Blue Hair Blond Complexion Ruddy Build Medium FBI # 3473308 IQ 98 U. S. Army Serial # 39305451, served from January 19, 1942 to April 5, 1943
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The record reflects KANE set some 20 fires in Washington and Idaho from August 8, 1953 to April 13, 1954, causing damage in excess of $385,000.00. Further, KANE was released on parole on April 28, 1960, to custody of Grant County, Washington.
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[REDACTED] advised he recalls KANE eventually arrived at the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla, Washington, and may still be there.
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DB COOPER-47178
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Serials: BT 164-26, SE 164-81-1585