Bureau of Prisons Classification Study, USP Leavenworth, on bank robbery inmate

Classification Form 1-A Rev. 4-1-55

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BUREAU OF PRISONS UNITED STATES PENITENTIARY LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS CLASSIFICATION STUDY

Committed Name [REDACTED] Reg. No [REDACTED] FBI No [REDACTED] True Name Inst. Soc. Se [REDACTED] Aliases

CLASSIFICATION DATE: May 2, 1962

Sentenced 3-23-62 Offense BANK ROBBERY & ASSAULT Sent. Begins 3-23-62 Sentence 30 Years Date Com. 3-30-62 Judicial Dist. D: NEBRASKA: OMAH Elig. Parole 3-22-72 Committing Judge Richard A. Robinson Elig. Min. Exp. 5-14-82 Detainers Supervision Exp. 9-24-91 Sent. Exp. 3-22-92 Com. Fine Prob. to follow b6 per BOP b7C per BOP Age 30 Date birth [REDACTED] Birthplace [REDACTED] Race White Citizenship U. S. Marital Status Single Education Status 12th Selective Service Reg.: Place? Date ? Classification

Military Service: Entered Discharged Service Rank Type Dschg. Serial No. 12-17-48 Sept. 1949 United States Air Force Pfc. Undesirable [REDACTED]

Employment Record: From To Employer Address Occupation Wages

Unemployed last 10 years

Residences: Place of Residence Transient From To Address With Whom

In penal institutions last 10 years.

164-81-1296 SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED USPO: Omaha, Nebraska DEC 30 1971 FBI -- SEATTLE

First Review: November, 1962. Annual Review: March 1964 DB Cooper-4811

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MAY 2 b6 per BOP b7C per BOP

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ASSOCIATION CRIMINAL FILE

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SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED DEC 30 1971 FBI -- SEATTLE

Committed Name [REDACTED] Reg. No. [REDACTED] b6 per BOP b7C per BOP Relatives and Interested Persons Name Relation Age Marital Address

[REDACTED] b6 per BOP [REDACTED] b7C per BOP VC [REDACTED] Fa 60 V [REDACTED] Mo 58 V [REDACTED] Bro 32 V [REDACTED] Bro 29 VC [REDACTED] Sis 17 [REDACTED] X-Wlf 19 VC [REDACTED] Friend [REDACTED] Son

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- see [guess: welfare] letter on right half of file [REDACTED]

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Names preceded by [REDACTED] correspondents, by "V" approved visitors. b6 per BOP Codefendants [REDACTED] b7C per BOP

Attorney of Record [REDACTED] Omaha, Nebraska USPO \ X Reports Rec'd: U. S. Atty. Pros. Agency USPO SJA Review Pending Verifications Sources V 1 Parental questionnaire--Mother V 8 Pre-sentence Investigation V12 Marital verification V13 Prior commitment records V14 F.B.I. Report V 6 Correspondent verification

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Classification Form I-A Revised 4-1-55

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DB Cooper-4812

Classification Form 1b Rev. January 1955

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BUREAU OF PRISONS CLASSIFICATION STUDY (Continued)

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Committed Name [REDACTED] Register Number [REDACTED] b6 per BOP b7C per BOP

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4-27-44 Yonkers, N.Y. Petty Larceny No Disposition FBI 1944 Lincolndale, N.Y. Petty Larceny 24-mos Detention Home FBI 3-8-45 Lincolndale, N.Y. Probation Violation No Disposition FBI 6-23-49 Craig, Colo Auto Theft Indet Sent Colo-SRef-[REDACTED] FBI Served 11-mos & Paroled 11-9-50 White Plains, N.Y. Burglary Given Susp Sent FBI 2-28-51 New York, N.Y. Auto Theft Dismissed FBI 4-25-51 New York, N.Y. Petty Larceny 3-mos Riker's Island [REDACTED] FBI ESCAPED; No Rel Date Given 7-22-51 Rainelle, W. Va. Armed Robbery 15-yrs W.Va-SPen [REDACTED] Par WVASP 11-1-55; Rtd 7-29-60 as FV; Disch Exp Sent 3-11-61 11-3-55 Hawthorne, N.Y. Kidnapping, Robbery & No Disposition FBI Aslt 3-14-58 Sacramento, Calif Robbery 5-life Calif-SPen [REDACTED] CSP Paroled 5-27-60 3-23-62 OMAHA, NEB CURRENT OFFENSE 30-YRS: Bank Robbery & Assault; Rec'd 3-30-62

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OFFENSE 3- Petty Larceny 1- Probation Viol 2- Auto Theft 1- Burglary 2- Robbery 1- Kidnap, Rob & Aslt 10- Total

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ESCAPES 1- Riker's Isle

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DISPOSITIONS 2- SPen 1- SRef 1- Co Prison 1- Det Home 1- Susp Sent 1- Dismissed 3- No Disposition 10- Total

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DB Cooper-4813

Classification Form 1b Rev. January 1955

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BUREAU OF PRISONS

CLASSIFICATION STUDY (Continued)

Committed Name [REDACTED] Register Number [REDACTED] Page 2

b6 per BOP b7C per BOP

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PRESENT OFFENSE: Official Version: Official information available relates that on August 8, 1961 in Omaha, Nebraska, [REDACTED] took by force and violence and intimidation from an employee of the First Westside Bank at Crossroads Facility, Omaha, Nebraska, money in excess of $50,000 and U.S. Government bonds in excess of $20,000 and certain checks. Count III charged that while he was performing the bank robbery he willfully assaulted the bank employee and put him in jeopardy by using a gun. More detailed information concerning the offense was that Subject and his accomplice forced their way at gunpoint into the home of the bank manager and forced him and his wife to accompany them to the bank, where the bank manager in fear of his life was forced to open the vaults and turn the contents over to Subject. A rather brutal physical assault was perpetrated against the bank manager while he was being held at home. [REDACTED] plead guilty and on March 23, 1962 he received a 20-year sentence on Count I for the robbery and ten years on Count III for the assault, making a total of 30 years. His codefendant, [REDACTED] is at the present time in custody of authorities in the State of New York and federal prosecution will be processed.

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INMATE'S VERSION: When interviewed here concerning his offense, [REDACTED] made the follow- ing statement: "I have no idea why I committed the present offense. My codefendant [REDACTED] I know nothing about." It was apparent that [REDACTED] had no plausible explanation as to why the offense was committed. b6 per BOP b7C per BOP

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PERSONAL HISTORY: His parents are still living. The father, [REDACTED] is now 59 years of age, a native of Canada. Information available from the inmate's mother reveals that the father is in poor health at the present time and that he is steadily employed. His mother, [REDACTED] informs us she is 57 years of age, born in Massachusetts. She is gainfully employed as an administrative secretary at the present time in a private school for boys and maintains that she is self-support- ing. She advises that due to the excessive drinking of Subject's father, she has deemed it best that he live outside of the home and although they are not legally separated, they are not living together only by mutual consent. The father does not furnish any financial assistance to the mother. Information available reveals that the father has been arrested on innumerable occasions for being drunk. b6 per BOP b7C per BOP [REDACTED] has two brothers and a sister. Two children are deceased. He is not the only delinquent member of the family as his father was arrested on innumerable occasions for drunkenness and his brother [REDACTED] was in trouble as a juvenile. The mother points out that none of the other members of the family were ever involved in trouble.

[REDACTED] was born [REDACTED] the third child born in a family of six children. Two of the siblings are now deceased. The mother points out that he was a healthy child, walked at the age of nine months, progressed through the usual childhood diseases without any after-effects. He states that he enjoyed a warm relationship with his mother and father and also his sister and brothers, the relationship being more and more close to the mother due to the frequent absences of the father from the home. He was reared largely by his mother and due to the father being away from home so often, he was placed with relatives and in foster homes and orphanages at various times since the mother had an extremely difficult time supporting the four children.

Subject began school at the age of five, going through the tenth grade before

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DB Cooper-4814

Classification Form 1b Rev. January 1955

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BUREAU OF PRISONS

CLASSIFICATION STUDY (Continued)

Committed Name [REDACTED] Register Number [REDACTED] Page 3 b6 per BOP b7C per BOP

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he discontinued his schooling. From 1937 until 1945 he attended the St. Mary's School at Yonkers, New York, graduating from the eighth grade. From 1945 until 1948 he attended the Longfellow Junior High School in the same locality, going to the tenth grade, his schooling being discontinued when he went into the U.S. Army. While his mother points out and more or less emphasizes that he made an overall excellent adjustment during his formative years, it is believed that [REDACTED] got into numerous escapades during his youth and was somewhat of a juvenile delinquent in his home community. He is believed to have been more or less a constant delinquent since the age of twelve. However, he did not become involved in any serious difficulty until he was first picked up in May of 1949 on an auto theft charge.

On December 16, 1948 he entered the U.S. Army and was dishonorably discharged September 27, 1949. This was the result of a conviction for motor vehicle theft in Colorado for which he got into trouble in 1949. At that time he was committed to the state reformatory at Buena Vista, Colorado with an indeterminate sentence, served eleven months and was paroled. At the time [REDACTED] entered the Army he was 17 years of age and this was the first time that he had more or less permanently separated himself from the parental home. For receiving the civil conviction he received an Undesirable Discharge. b6 per BOP His mother points out that the beginning of his employment experience was his b7C per BOP attempt in a small way to help her by shining shoes and thus be in a position to contrib- ute to the household expenses. She states that whatever occupation he engaged in he did well and that his employers always had a good recommendation for him. Since leaving school and getting into trouble after joining the Army, [REDACTED] has spent the larger portion of his life in various penal institutions. He claims that he has not had any civilian work for the last ten years. He has worked at minor construction jobs and has worked as a salesman at times. Other than this, his work history can be considered insignificant.

After his release from the state reformatory in Buena Vista, Colorado in 1950, he returned to New York City and in November of 1950 was picked up on a robbery and burglary charge, and in April of 1951 served an indeterminate sentence at Riker's Island for petty larceny, this being stealing an automobile. At that time he is believed to have escaped from the institution. In January of 1952 he became involved in a robbery charge in West Virginia and received a 15-year sentence in the state penitentiary at Moundsville, West Virginia and was paroled from there November 1, 1955. At the time of his parole from the West Virginia institution he was taken into custody by New York authorities and returned on kidnaping, robbery, assault and escape charges. There is no information available as to how long he had to serve, but it is believed that he was paroled by that authority as he returned home and through the kindness of a certain county official he was given employment. His mother points out that he was doing very well at this county job, that he secured his own apartment, anticipated sharing it with her and his younger sister, and at this time her son was very happy and making new friends daily which gave him a feeling of security and contentment. He was reaching the point where he felt he had paid his debt to society, when elections came around and the official who had been so solicitous of his welfare was one of the candidates for office. The mother points out that the opponent made it known that her son was an ex-convict and the pressure became too great and he left town. Information available shows that he gravitated towards the west coast. At the time he left he absconded from parole supervision from New York State due to the Parole Officer's pressure and the

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DB Cooper-4815

Classification Form 1b Rev. January 1955

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BUREAU OF PRISONS

CLASSIFICATION STUDY (Continued)

Committed Name [REDACTED] Register Number [REDACTED] Page 4 b6 per BOP b7C per BOP

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political maneuvering he found himself in. In February, 1958 he and a companion robbed a home in Sacramento and threatened the occupants. For this he received a 5year to Life sentence in the State Prison in California for Robbery, 1st Degree, was paroled from there on May 27, 1960, taken back to West Virginia to satisfy a parole violation. He apparently was released by the Virginia authorities in March, 1961. b6 per BOP b7C per BOP His mother informs us that as far as she knows her son has never married. He claims that on September 8, 1961 at Wise, W. Virginia he married a [REDACTED] Information available from the authorities in that locality state that a [REDACTED] and an [REDACTED] were married on September 8, 1961. Additional information reveals that a divorce was granted to [REDACTED] on March 21, 1962 at Cincinnati, Ohio. There were no children involved. [REDACTED] claims that his wife knew nothing of his past record and when she found it out she instituted divorce proceedings. After she discover- ed his prior criminal history she separated and he started to live in common-law relation- ship with another woman. He claims that he now has a fiancee by the name of [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and information available from this woman states that she has known subject for nine months to a year and desires to correspond. She seems to be a suitable correspondent.

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[REDACTED] then went west again where he became acquainted with the co-defendant in his current offense. He had already known this party, having met him while both were con- fined in the California institution. They finally gravitated to Omaha, Nebraska where they soon made up their minds to rob the bank which resulted in subject's present sen- tence. b6 per BOP b7C per BOP

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CURRENT SITUATION: This 30 year old offender is serving his first Federal institutional sentence although he has served several prior State commitments and has been more or less constantly under confinement since 1949. He has been involved in several vicious robberies, has definitely indicated anti-social attitudes, shows little regard for his fellow man. He seems to be interested only in himself. While his mother feels that he is the victim of unfortunate circumstances and accumulative frustrations, it is more apparent that he has an aversion to work, feels that the world owes him a living. In all his escapades he has been armed, the victims have been seriously threat- ened and it is felt that [REDACTED] would not hesitate to harm people if they stood in his way. While serving the various State sentences [REDACTED] for the most part adjusted satis- factorily although he was involved in minor infractions of the regulations at times. He shows a history of escape, in 1951. [REDACTED] should be considered a Close custody risk, an individual who may have a difficult time settling down to the serving of his long sentence. He has no one who relies upon him for support and it will be many years before he is again released to society however based on his prior criminal activities he offers a rather dis- mal prognosis for a good future adjustment. His institutional adjustment will no doubt be routine with minor difficulties encountered at times. He has shown considerable migratory habits during the past years, has never settled in any locality long enough to establish bonafide residence and for all practical purposes he must be considered a transient.

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PLACE OF CONVICTION: Omaha, Nebraska

USPO: Omaha, Nebraska Dictated 4/20/62 ATM/rc

DB Cooper-4816

Classification Form 1b Rev. January 1955

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BUREAU OF PRISONS

CLASSIFICATION STUDY (Continued)

Committed Name [REDACTED] Register Number [REDACTED] 5-2-62 b6 per BOP b7C per BOP 30 Yrs. Bank Robbery & Assault (Tent. Rel. 5-14-82)

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ADMISSION MEDICAL SUMMARY

MEDICAL HISTORY : On admission to Leavenworth, [REDACTED] related the following medical history. Subject states he wears glasses but feels his present ones are satisfactory. He states he suffered a fractured nose in 1949; a fractured skull in 1949, claims hospitalization for 6 months. He gives a history of a acid indigestion, no problem now. He had a hemorrhoidectomy in 1952, no problem now. He admits the treatment of gonorrhea in 1960. He denies any history of narcotic addiction, tuberculosis, or c nvulsive disorder.

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PSYCHIATRIC SUMMARY : [REDACTED] was seen for psychiatric evaluation after he gave an unconfirmed past psychiatric history of being hospitalized on two previous occasions. He indicates that he was hospitalized in 1950 for pre-sent- encing observation for a period of 5 weeks at the Valhalla State Hospital at Valhalla, New York. After the five weeks period of observation he was returned to the court [guess: finding] found to be mentally competent and sentenced. His second hospitalization occurred at the California Medical Facility at Vacaville, California, under the name of [REDACTED] with a number of 45892. This Vacaville hospitalization was not actually a real psychiatric hospitalization. He was at Vacaville originally as a new case admitted as routine to the reception center. He was retained there as a worker but was a patient status. He indicates that he was sent there by the state court but not for any overt psychiatric disorder. He states that he was an inmate clerk during his stay at this institution and received no psychiatric treatment except group therapy during his incarceration there. In connection with his current offense he received a psychiatric pre-sentence ev- aluation while incarcerated at Omaha, Nebraska. He was again declared competent and responsible by the court. The request for pre-sentence psychiatric examination was made by inmate's attorney. The inmate presented no particular overt symptoms . The examination was requested supposedly because of the serious nature of the offense and accordingly an examination ordered by the court without other indications for question- ing competency or sanity.

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In reviewing this man's past social adjustment we find that since he was 12 years of age he has been involved in numerous law violations. As a youth he became involved in truancy and stealing and as an adult he was incarcerated for Robbery, Car Theft, and Bank Robbery. He is presently serving a 30 year sentence for Bank Robbery and Assault. [REDACTED] has never presented any symptoms of overt psychiatric disturbance in th b6 per BOP past. He has been hospitalized on two occasions for presentencing evaluation but was b7C per BOP found to be mentally competent. His other hospitalization was at the California Medical Facility where he was sent as an inmate worker but received no treatment for any overt psychiatric disturbance other than group psychotherapy on the basis of his character disorder. He actually has never suffered a nervous breakdown. At the present time he denies the chronic use of alcohol or narcotics. He presents a satisfactory interview impression. He appears to be interested in a clerical assignment and other than his basic character disorder does not present any overt psychiatric symptom s at the pre- sent time. D DIAGNOSTIC IMPRESSION: Antisocial Personality

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DB Cooper-4817