Handwritten letter from Howard F. Hubbell describing Clair Young as D.B. Cooper
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Id: Cooper-Part-112:304-306
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-112:304-306 Document: Handwritten letter from Howard F. Hubbell describing Clair Young as D.B. Cooper Id: Cooper-Part-112:304-306 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-112%3A304-306 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 112 pp. 304–306 (DB Cooper-51152–51154), Handwritten note, serial 4-81-3846 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-112%3A304-306
Howard F. Hubbell
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Dear Friend:-
I met Clair Young in 1953 when he had a spudnut shop in auburn. Clair is around [REDACTED] [REDACTED] than [REDACTED] which would make him about fourty five years old now. Clair has always had his own business, a nice home, a Cadilac. Always in debt, and lived a little beyond his income. Had a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and opened a restaurant in Richland Washington about 1964. Married his [REDACTED] a girl [REDACTED] before I [REDACTED] in 1963, when he [REDACTED] was running with his [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] [REDACTED] followed Clair's [guess: lead] pretty much. Had a spudnut shop for years, and drove a Cadilac, always in debt and opened a restaurant when he got some big money. Lent Clair a few thousand dollars enough times for Clair to put two and two together and come up with the
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DB COOPER-51152 sub 448 16 4-81-3846
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right answer. So Clair wanted some big money too. Now we come to Thanksgiving eve. last year, and when I read it, and saw the Composit drawing. I just knew it had to be [REDACTED] and I was so positive because of the things [REDACTED] had told me, the name, and drawing, that I wrote Stan Pitkin U.S. Attorney in Seattle a sealed envelope. Never heard anything. I had [REDACTED] phone [REDACTED] and found out [REDACTED] was still there. So I had jumped the gun, and made a fool of myself. I never even thought of Clair until I bought a magazine with the story and a FBI composite drawing and gave his age as forty five. Everything fitted and I could see how he might use the same name for an alias, and why the resemblance was so close to [REDACTED]. This time I told [guess: an] F B I agent, and have heard nothing. How in the world could all this be a coincidence. I know several times [REDACTED] used this name, and all this is true. I know too that if the witness
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DB COOPER-51153
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was unable to identify Clair and it was him he would not change his life pattern. He would live the same life style, but without any money worries. He wouldn't pay cash for big things. [redacted box] never did. I know that if my information could solve this one I might have a chance to live a few years outside. I would say for sure if the witness says it could possibly be Clair than it would have to be him, and I know how to make him tip his mit. When a person is trying to cooperate they would appreciate a word instead of silence. I can think of one more answer to fit this puzzle together, but I don't like it as well as this one. I would take a lie detector test if it would help. If I could have wrote you when this came up I would have asked your advise before making a move. This is three letters to you & I would appreciate knowing you received them. Your Friend Howard
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DB COOPER-51154
Serials: 4-81-3846