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Skyjacking Probe Continues In Area

By DENISE KALETTE Sun Staff Writer

Federal investigation into the case of the elusive "D. B. Cooper" continued in the Bremerton area today with reports of questioning by FBI agents from at least three more businesses.

A Seattle resident also reportedly has been questioned.

Cooper was the name used by a man who hijacked a Northwest Airlines Boe- ing 727 last Nov. 24, parachuting from the plane somewhere between Seattle and Reno with $200,000 in extorted cash.

FBI agents have been questioning local businessmen and residents recently in connection with the skyjacking, and showing photos to those questioned for possible identification.

At the Melody Lane Restaurant, em- ployes indicated this morning that agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation have been there nearly every day this week, showing photos and asking ques- tions.

A cook at the restaurant, Mrs. Mary Jeffries, said she was shown three glossy photos, and that she thought she recog- nized one of the men photographed.

But, she said, "it would not be fair" to identify him publicly.

A car used by FBI officials was parked at the restaurant about 5 p.m. yesterday, and employes said agents had been in at least twice during the day.

J. Earl Milnes, agent in charge of the Seattle FBI office, said today that he has been "badgered by the press" but de- clined comment on whether pursuit of the hijacking case in Kitsap County had turned up significant new leads or whe- ther a suspect was being held.

A Seattle resident reportedly has been questioned by the FBI several times since Saturday night, according to one source.

The man reportedly was told that someone had accused him of being the skyjacker. Later, FBI agents allegedly informed the man he was no longer a suspect in the case, according to the source, who said he has been in contact with the FBI.

The Seattle man was located Saturday night at a Seattle restaurant and taken 'to the Federal Building for interrogation and to be photographed, according to the source.

One informed source told The Sun that the FBI definitely has narrowed its (Continued on Page 2, Col. 2)

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Date: 4/28/72 Edition: Author: Denise Kalette Editor: Gene Gisley Title: NORJAK Character: or 164-81 Classification: Submitting Office: Seattle

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(Continued from Page 1) search for the man in the photograph to someone who is bald headed. Joe Davis, vice president and general manager at Casey's Ford, Inc., in Pouls- bo, said three men paid a visit to his business about midday Wednesday. / · Two of the men identified themselves as FBI agents, he said, but Davis added that he is not convinced the men actually were from the FBI. "Looking back, they were very ner- vous. I don't think they were FBI. I think if they were, they would have ap- proached me differently." The men showed him photos, he said, and "They wanted to know about a yel- low car with dealers plates". The men said they wanted to speak to "Bill and Jack Lewis" Davis said. "They said they were having trouble locating them. "I said you shouldn't have any trouble locating them, they live out at Seabeck, and Bill is home most of the time." Jack Lewis has told the Sun he has been questioned by FBI agents "at least eight times" since last Saturday. Bill Lewis is Jack's father. Agents also questioned employes at the Kitsap Golf and Country Club Tuesday and Wednesday and asked whether they could identify photographs, employes said. Mrs. Elmer (Jerry) Driver, a bar- tender at the club, said an FBI man showed her three photographs about lunchtime Wednesday. The first two showed a man in dark glasses, with a wig and a tam, a type of cap, on his head, and a photo of a bald man. That photo was similar to one that appeared in The Sun yesterday, she said. "I didn't recognize the man. The FBI agent thought he might have been in the club," she said. "I said, 'but this is a private club' " she continued. The agent told her the man "might have come in as a guest" and that he was merely "checking all the angles". But the agent did not say what he was checking, or who he was looking for, she said. The agent showed her a third picture of a younger man with dark hair, and a dark beard "that just barely outlined his face". She did not know that man either, she said, but the agent "did not seem too concerned. He seemed to know who this other person in the third picture [was]," Mrs. Driver said. Other employes said they were shown photos too, but did not recognize those pictured.

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