SA Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle re Hotel Olympian source and man claiming to be retired Lt. Colonel
Document date 4 February 1974
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Id: Cooper-Part-117:149-149
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-117:149-149 Document: Memo SA Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle re Hotel Olympian source and man claiming to be retired Lt. Colonel Id: Cooper-Part-117:149-149 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-117%3A149-149 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. 149, Memo, dated 4 Feb 1974 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-117%3A149-149
SAC, SEATTLE 2/4/74
SA ROBERT H. WICK
UNSUB; aka [redacted] INFORMATION CONCERNING
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On February 1, 1974, [redacted], retired, Hotel Olympian, Olympia, Washington, advised that he met the subject in the bar at his hotel during November 1973. The subject claimed to be a retired Lt. Colonel, USAF from Spokane. He was quite personalbe [sic] and became acquainted with MARY HODGINS, a barmaid in the hotel. The three of them went out to dinner that same same [sic] evening after HODGINS got off work. The following day, [redacted] the subject. The subject began using his acquaintanceship with [redacted] in meeting other people. Within several days, he informed [redacted] that he [redacted] and he asked [redacted] to go to Reno [redacted] Subject wrote checks for all three fares and persuaded [redacted] to go along.
After their return from Reno, subject and [redacted] moved into [redacted]. They continued to see [redacted] and on one oocas-ion [sic], because the subject was sleepy, [redacted] told him to go up and take a nap in [redacted] room. In fact, subject went through [redacted].
[redacted] said subject carried his pretense for several months, [redacted] Dnning [sic] December 1973, he [redacted] went to Astoria, Oregon, [redacted] Subject allegedly [redacted] subject disappeared. Several days after his disappearance, [redacted] Since that time, he has also been reported as a possible suspect in the "D. B. Cooper - Hijacking Case."
Subject was described as white, male, 35 to 40, 6', 185, large nose, rose bud mouth, thick and curly brown hair, gol[d tanned/rimmed] glasses, flashy dresser.
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For record purposes.
cc: 164-81 [redacted]
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164-81-[illegible] [handwritten initials/stamp] FEB 5 1974 FBI - SEATTLE
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[guess: Sub J] [illegible handwritten notation]
Serials: SE 164-81