Nitel SAC Phoenix to Seattle and Denver re interview of Walter Lewis Hampton, Sr.
Document date 22 May 1972
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 109 pp. 379–382 (DB Cooper-49892–49895), Teletype, dated 22 May 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-109%3A379-382
NR 001 PX PLAIN 301AM 5-23-72 5-22-72 NITEL WKC LO: SEATTLE (164-81) DENVER (164-98) FROM: PHOENIX (164-100) (4P)
NORJAK. OO: SEATTLE. SUSPECT: WALTER LEWIS HAMPTON, SR.
RE PH TEL MAY FIFTEEN LAST.
WALTER LEWIS HAMPTON, SR., AN UNEMPLOYED DISABLED VETERAN, RESIDES TWO TWO SEVEN EAST THIRTYTHIRD STREET, TUCSON, TELEPHONE SEVEN NINE TWO - ZERO FIVE TWO TWO, AND LIVES WITH TWO OTHER DISABLED VETERANS. ALL THREE RECEIVING DISABILITY COMPENSATION FROM VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION. HAMPTON DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, BORN AUGUST FIFTEEN, NINETEEN THIRTY, PHILADELPHIA, FIVE FEET EIGHT INCHES, ONE HUNDRED FORTYTWO POUNDS, HAZEL EYES, DARK BLOND, LONG HAIR, RECEDING HAIRLINE, SERVED IN U. S. ARMY RANGERS, SN R A ONE THREE TWO SIX SIX FOUR FIVE NINE. HE IS A
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Sub 366 164-81 - [guess: 34449]
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SEARCHED ......INDEXED SERIALIZED ....FILED MAY 23 1972 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB COOPER-49892
PAGE TWO PX 164-100
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KOREAN VETERAN AND ADVISED HE HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF VA HOSPITALS, HAVING HAD ABDOMINAL AND ESOPHAGUS OPERATIONS FOR SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITY AND IS CURRENTLY SUFFERING FROM OSTEOMYELITIS (DISEASE OF THE MARRROW OF THE BONE) FOR WHICH HE IS BEING TREATED AS AN OUT PATIENT AT THE VA HOSPITAL IN TUCSON.
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HAMPTON STATES HE IS GRADUATE OF UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA WITH MASTERS DEGREE IN TRANSPORTATION. CLAIMS THAT HE ONCE WORKED FOR [REDACTED] SOME YEARS AGO. SAID HIS GROUP [REDACTED] CLAIMS THAT THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER TWENTYONE, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE, HE WAS IN TUCSON RESIDING AT ABOVE SAME ADDRESS AND HAD BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL UP UNTIL THE FIRST PART OF NOVEMBER FOR A PERIOD OF EIGHT VEEEKS AFTER HAVING SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK ON HIS ARRIVAL IN TUCSON AND WAS HOSPITALIZED AT THE VA HOSPITAL IN TUCSON. PRIOR TO THAT TIME HE HAD BEEN A PATIENT AT THE VA HOSPITAL IN CHEYENNE, WYOMING.
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DB COOPER-49893
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PAGE THREE PX 164-100
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HAMPTON DENIES HAVING BEEN IMPLICATED IN INSTANT OFFENSE. HE STATES, HOWEVER, HE IS TRAINED IN USE OF PARACHUTES AND GIVEN SUCH TRAINING WHEN [REDACTED] HE CLAIMS TO BE ONE OF TWENTY PERSONS IN THE UNITED STATES WHO COULD JUMP FROM A PLANE FROM SIXTY THOUSAND FEET AND LAND SUCCESSFULLY.
HAMPTON ADVISED THE TWO MEN RESIDING IN THE HOUSE WITH HIM ARE RICHARD PRINTY AND CLIFFORD L. TEMPLE, BOTH OF WHOM, ACCORDING TO HAMPTON, ARE ALCOHOLICS.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED AT THE TIME HAMPTON WAS INTERVIEWED, HE, TOO, APPEARED TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE; HOWEVER, DISCLAIMS BEING AN ALCOHOLIC. FOR INFORMATION OF DENVER, EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO LOCATE AND CHECK HAMPTON'S VA CLAIM FILE AT THE VA HOSPITAL IN TUCSON. HE ALSO CLAIMS THAT PRINTY AND TEMPLE CAN VOUCH FOR HIS PRESENCE IN TUCSON ON NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE.
HAMPTON'S ADDRESS AS GIVEN ABOVE, THE HOUSE IN
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DB COOPER-49894
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PAGE FOUR PX 164-100 WHICH HE RESIDES, IS PART OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS PERERSON'S COURT, AN OLD RUN-DOWN TOURIST COURT LESS THAN SECOND RATE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE VILLAGE OF SOUTH TUCSON, ARIZONA. DENVER WILL ADVISE MORE DETAILS AS TO WHY HAMPTON IS CONSIDERED A SUSPECT INASMUCH AS IT DOES NOT APPEAR HIS PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION IS SIMILAR TO UNSUB NOR DOES HE RESEMBLE COMPOSITE OF UNSUB. PHOENIX WILL TRY TO VERIFY HAMPTON'S PRESENCE IN TUCSON IF POSSIBLE FROM SOURCES OTHER THAN THE TWO DISABLES VETERANS WITH WHOM HE RESIDES. PENDING ARMED AND DANGEROUS. END. SWD FBI SEATTLE CLR
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DB COOPER-49895
Serials: DN 164-98, PX 164-100, SE 164-81