From Sam, former Mason County Sheriff, to U.S. Attorney Stan Pitkin re bank robbery suspect
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-117:112-112 Document: Letter from Sam, former Mason County Sheriff, to U.S. Attorney Stan Pitkin re bank robbery suspect Id: Cooper-Part-117:112-112 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-117%3A112-112 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 117 p. 112 (DB Cooper-53563), Letter — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-117%3A112-112
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MR. STAN PITKIN U.S. ATTORNEY % COURT HOUSE TACOMA, WASHINGTON
OFFICE [illegible] [illegible stamp] [illegible] Ref. to [illegible]
DEAR SIR
HERE IS WHAT I SINCERELY HOPE TURNS OUT TO BE A TIP ON THE UNITED AIRLINES HI-JACKING. AS I REMEMBER THE CASE, IN THE EARLY 1960,S THERE WAS A BANK ROBBED IN A SMALL TOWN OVER ON THE SEATTLE OR TACOMA SIDE OF THE INLET. THE WAY IT WAS ROBBED KEEPS WORKING ON MY MIND, AND PROMPTED ME TO WRITE THIS LETTER.
AS I REMEMBER THE BANK CASE, THE ROBBER TUNNELED UNDER THE BANK BLDG FROM A HILL SIDE, ABOUT 300 FEET IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, HE THEN BLEW THE VAULT AND GOT AWAY WITH QUITE A LARGE SUM OF MONEY, HE THEN GOT CAUGHT BY THE F.B.I. BY PASSING THE MONEY' I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU TRIED THE CASE AND WOULD REMEMBER THE NAME, HE WOULD PROBALLY HAVE BEEN OUT ON PAROLE JUST ABOUT THE TIME OF THE HI-JACKING. I 'WAS SHERIFF IN MASON COUNTY AT THE TIME, BUT I DONT REMEMBER THE MANS NAME, AT THE TIME I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THAT JOB BECAUSE IT TOOK QUITE A BIT OF SMARTS TO DO A JOB LIKE THAT, TO ME THIS MAN WOULD HAVE ALL OF THE QUALITIES TO PULL A JOB LIKE THE HI-JACKING, MR ALIAS D.B. COOPER IS A VERY SMART MAN BUT IT BURNS ME UP TO SEE HIM GET AWAY WITH IT. YOU WILL PROBALLY THINK I AM A NUT FOR WRITING YOU THIS LETTER, BUT I REALLY AND TRULY HOPE THIS TURNS OUT TO BE A GOOD TIP.
EFFECTIVELY SAM [illegible signature], X-MASON COUNTY SHERIFF P.O. [illegible] Sh[illegible]
PS THE MAN THAT DONE THE BANK JOB WAS EMPLOYED BY ONE OF THE MAJOR AIRLINES AT THE TIME HE PULLED THE JOB.
STOCK FORM DSHS-48-B (Rev. 3-72)
DB COOPER-53563
Serials: DSHS-48-B (Rev. 3-72)
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