On FD-350: Washougal River money finds (The Columbian)
Document date 22 February 1980
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 43 pp. 264–266 (DB Cooper-17484–17486), News clipping, dated 22 Feb 1980 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-43%3A264-266
FD-350 (Rev. 10-19-77)
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This catch wasn't the big one Fishing for D.B. Cooper's loot
By PAT MOSER Columbian Staff Writer WASHOUGAL — Bob Devaney watched the ducks peck away at something floating in the Washougal River near the Riverside Bowl.
It was March 22, 1977, and Devaney of 4221 F Circle, Washougal, was fishing for steelhead. The muddy runoff waters had cleared, and the river was in shape for catching the ocean-going trout.
"I watched the ducks nibbling away," Devaney said. "I waded out to see. That's when I saw the money. At first, I thought it was play money."
But Devaney picked up a bill and examined it. It was a real $20 bill, and there were six others to be grabbed from atop the water.
Devaney's story became more significant last week when part of the D.B. Cooper hijacking money was found washed up on a Columbia River beach nine miles downstream from Vancouver. One theory contends the money could have washed out of the Washougal River watershed during the nearly 8½ years since Cooper parachuted from an airliner over Southwest Washington.
A check with the Federal Bureau of Investigation list of serial numbers on the $200,000 given Cooper didn't match those found by Devaney. Devaney still has his $140 tucked away in cellophane bags.
The D.B. Cooper money find also brought significance to a green bank bag found by Jack Smith who lives up the Washougal River in Skamania County.
Smith was driving down the river
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on Highway 140 in March 1976 when he spotted what looked like a woman's purse in the roadway. The purse turned out to be a bank bag with $6,040 inside, all 20s, except for two 10s. "Being an honest person, I turned it in," Smith said. "Then I waited a year. The FBI checked to see if it was part of the Cooper money. I wasn't." After a year, no one claimed it, so Smith got half. Under state statute, the other half of the money goes to the state general fund. Devaney's and Smith's experi- ences may mean that the Washou- gal River, while possibly not the source of the Cooper money, is a veritable stash of someone else's. In fact, soon after the Cooper money was found near Vancouver, an FBI agent said an anonymous person called to tell agents that three 20s folded together were found in the river. The caller said they were already spent, ruling out a serial number comparison.
While Devaney has kept his money, Smith spent his $3,020. "I didn't have to 'launder' it," Smith said. "I used it to drill my well and put in a septic tank." With tales of money along the Washougal River and the possibili- ty of the D.B. Cooper cash coming from its watershed, suprisingly, no FBI agents have seemed to be around asking the river folks if they know of money being found.
"I haven't seen anyone that well dressed today," said Sharrol Fuller, one of the owners of the Riverside Grocery, a meeting place for Washougal River residents.
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FD-350 (Rev. 10-19-77)
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This catch wasn't the big one
Fishing for D.B.
Cooper's loot
By PAT MOSER Columbian Staff Writer
WASHOUGAL — Bob Devaney watched the ducks peck away at something floating in the Washougal River near the Riverside Bowl.
It was March 22, 1977, and Devaney of 4221 F Circle, Washougal, was fishing for steelhead. The muddy runoff waters had cleared, and the river was in shape for catching the ocean-going trout.
"I watched the ducks nibbling away," Devaney said. "I waded out to see. That's when I saw the money. At first, I thought it was play money."
But Devaney picked up a bill and examined it. It was a real $20 bill, and there were six others to be grabbed from atop the water.
Devaney's story became more significant last week when part of the D.B. Cooper hijacking money was found washed up on a Columbia River beach nine miles downstream from Vancouver. One theory contends the money could have washed out of the Washougal River watershed during the nearly 8½ years since Cooper parachuted from an airliner over Southwest Washington.
A check with the Federal Bureau of Investigation list of serial numbers on the $200,000 given Cooper didn't match those found by Devaney. Devaney still has his $140 tucked away in cellophane bags.
The D.B. Cooper money find also brought significance to a green bank bag found by Jack Smith who lives up the Washougal River in Skamania County.
Smith was driving down the river
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Page 1 East County News The Columbian Vancouver, Wa.
Date: 2/22/80 Edition:
Title:
Character: 164-81 or Classification: Submitting Office: SE
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SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED FEB 25 1980 FBI - SEATTLE
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Serials: SE 164-81