Of SA Charles E. Farrell, Seattle, re UNSUB aka Dan Cooper - cover, administrative, enclosures and table of contents
Document date 8 May 1972
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-59:139-145 Document: Report of SA Charles E. Farrell, Seattle, re UNSUB aka Dan Cooper - cover, administrative, enclosures and table of contents Id: Cooper-Part-59:139-145 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-59%3A139-145 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 59 pp. 139–145 (DB Cooper-24282–24288), Report, dated 8 May 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-59%3A139-145
FD 263 (Rev. 12-19-67) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
REPORTING OFFICE: SEATTLE OFFICE OF ORIGIN: SEATTLE DATE: 5/8/72 INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD: 2/17/72 - 5/5/72
TITLE OF CASE: "CHANGED" UNKNOWN SUBJECT, aka Dan Cooper, NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305, PORTLAND, OREGON TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, 11/24/71.
REPORT MADE BY: SA CHARLES E. FARRELL CHARACTER OF CASE: CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION; ITSP; FBI[redacted]
TYPED BY: klb
64-150[redacted] 164-497-411[redacted] 164-497-4/5/487 (64-497)-400 Title changed to add subjects [redacted] and [redacted] who have been [redacted]
REFERENCE:
Seattle report of SA CHARLES E. FARRELL dated 2/16/72.
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS CLAIMED: NONE CONVIC. | AUTO. | FUG. | FINES | SAVINGS | RECOVERIES | ACQUIT-TALS
CASE HAS BEEN: PENDING OVER ONE YEAR: NO PENDING PROSECUTION OVER SIX MONTHS: NO
APPROVED: [blank] SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE: [blank]
DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW 164-497-[stamped] SEARCHED___INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___FILED___
COPIES MADE: 8 - Bureau (164-2111) 1 - USA, Seattle (Encl. 6) 2 - Los Angeles (164-497) 2 - New York (164-627) 3 - Seattle (164-81)
Dissemination Record of Attached Report Agency: Request Recd.: Date Fwd.: How Fwd.: By:
Notations: [blank]
COVER PAGE DB Cooper-24282
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ADMINISTRATIVE:
Information obtained from [REDACTED] was furnished by [REDACTED] b6 b7C Information obtained from [REDACTED] was obtained from [REDACTED] b7D
Information contained in the details of this report furnished from the records of the [REDACTED] b6 in [REDACTED] was made available by [REDACTED] and information b7C furnished from the records of the [REDACTED] b7D [REDACTED] in [REDACTED] was made available by [REDACTED]
A copy of the [REDACTED] as obtained in response to a subpoena duces tecum is being furnished to the United States Attorney, Seattle. However, since the [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] the Bureau is not being furnished a copy of the b3 [REDACTED] received from [REDACTED] b6 b7C
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LEADS:
SEATTLE DIVISION
At Seattle, Washington
Will follow and report prosecution of subjects [REDACTED] b6 b7C Copies of this report are being furnished to Los Angeles and New York, in view of the possibility they may have additional investigation in this matter.
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DB Cooper-24283
FD-204 (Rev. 3-3-59)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Copy to: USA, Seattle (Enclosures - 6)
Report of: SA CHARLES E. FARRELL Office: Seattle Date: May 8, 1972
Field Office File #: SE 164-81 Bureau File #: BU 164-2111
Title: UNKNOWN SUBJECT, aka Dan Cooper, NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305, PORTLAND, OREGON TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, 11/24/71.
Character: CRIME ABOARD AIRCRAFT - HIJACKING; EXTORTION; INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF STOLEN PROPERTY; FRAUD BY WIRE
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Synopsis: [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
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Synopsis: On 3/9/72, [REDACTED] California, advised the Los Angeles FBI Office that during a conversation [REDACTED] with [REDACTED] a Los Angeles [REDACTED] stated that he and a friend had recently flown to Seattle, Washington, to [REDACTED] on the beach, near Seattle, [REDACTED] From conversa- tions during [REDACTED] [REDACTED] the hijacker of a Northwest Airlines plane on Thanksgiving Eve, 1971. When interviewed 4/20/72, [REDACTED] said he and [REDACTED] of Los Angeles, and furnished details of their trip to Seattle on 2/22/72. [REDACTED] said they met at the Edgewater Inn, and were driven by a man named [REDACTED] to the scene of [REDACTED] When shown a picture of [REDACTED] [REDACTED] said he closely resembled [REDACTED] said the person [REDACTED] Records of the Edgewater Inn, con- firmed that [REDACTED] stayed there 2/20-23/72 and made a call on 2/22/72, to the residence of [REDACTED] Seabeck, Washington. [REDACTED] phone bill in turn, showed calls to the
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This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. DB Cooper-24284
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residence of [REDACTED] in Los Angeles, and showed one b6 on 2/13/72, to the Swept Wing Inn, at approximately the b7c same time that the Swept Wing Inn received a call making a reservation for a ground floor room for [REDACTED] On 4/15/72, a [REDACTED] purporting to be [REDACTED] [REDACTED] "D.B. COOPER", was delivered to the Dept. of Justice, by Atty. [REDACTED] of Atlanta, Ga. Accompanying the [REDACTED] were two pictures of the [REDACTED] which photos later were identified by [REDACTED] as the person [REDACTED] Man in photographs identified as [REDACTED] Silverdale, Washington. On 4/21/72, [REDACTED] furnished a Xerox copy of three $20 bills which were represented as part of the ransom money paid in connection with the hijacking of Northwest Airline (NWA) plane, Flight #305. Originally, all of the above material had been in possession of [REDACTED] [REDACTED] When examined by the FBI Laboratory, it was determined that the bills were bogus. Four photographs furnished to the FBI during this investigation, viewed by witnesses to the actual hijacking of NWA Flight #305. They advised either that the person in the photo was not identical with the hijacker or at best he had some characteristics similar to the hijacker. Results of the interview with [REDACTED] set b3 out. [REDACTED] on interview, admits knowing [REDACTED] but b6 denies participating in [REDACTED] In b7c response to subpoena duces tecum,
[REDACTED] were obtained through [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Four latent fingerprints of [REDACTED] found on documents. Complaint filed 5/2/72,
[REDACTED] 5/2/72, and on arraignment same day, were remanded to custody of U.S. Marshal, in lieu of [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] bonds respectively. Both subjects released 5/3/72, after bail was provided for both defendants by [REDACTED] and the latter's wife, [REDACTED] Preliminary hearing set for 5/15/72.
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DB Cooper-24285
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ENCLOSURES TO THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Enclosed to the United States Attorney, Seattle, Washington, are the following:
1. One copy of a [REDACTED] obtained by subpoena duces tecum, 4/30/72.
2. One Xerox copy of three $20 bills.
3. Four photographs, numbered 1 through 4.
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DETAILS:
At Seattle, Washington
The basis for this particular phase of investigation, which ultimately resulted in the arrests of [REDACTED] on 5/2/72, on charges [REDACTED] was the following information furnished by [REDACTED] to the Los Angeles Office of the FBI, on 3/9/72.
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DB Cooper-24286
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TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGES
BASIS FOR CURRENT PHASE OF INVESTIGATION------------------ 3
INTERVIEWS WITH [REDACTED]-------------------------------- 6-8 b6 b7C INTERVIEW WITH [REDACTED]--------------------------------- 19-29 b7D
INTERVIEW WITH [REDACTED]--------------------------------- 30-40
INVESTIGATION AT EDGEWATER INN, SEATTLE------------------- 44-49
[REDACTED]------------------------------------------------ 55-57
INTERVIEWS WITH [REDACTED]-------------------------------- 58-77
BACKGROUND OF [REDACTED]---------------------------------- 78-82
INTERVIEWS OF FRIENDS & ASSOCIATES OF [REDACTED]--------------------------------------------- 83-104 b6 b7C [REDACTED]------------------------------------------------ 105-107 b7D
INVESTIGATION AT SWEPT WING INN--------------------------- 108-113
[REDACTED] RECEIVED AT WASHINGTON, D.C., FROM ATTORNEY [REDACTED] ATLANTA, GEORGIA----------------- 114-115
DISPLAY OF PHOTOGRAPHS TO WITNESSES TO HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305--------------- 116-125
PHOTOGRAPH #1-------------------------------------118 PHOTOGRAPH #2-------------------------------------119 PHOTOGRAPH #3-------------------------------------120 PHOTOGRAPH #4-------------------------------------121
MONEY----------------------------------------------------- 126-130
INTERVIEWS WITH [REDACTED]-------------------------------- 131-137
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TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGES
INVESTIGATION TO IDENTIFY PHOTOGRAPH OF THE MAN STANDING ON THE STREET WEARING THE WIT (PHOTOGRAPH #3) ---- 138-140
INVESTIGATION TO IDENTIFY PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BALD HEADED MAN WEARING SUNGLASSES ------ 141 - 152
INTERVIEWS WITH [REDACTED] AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION ----------- 153-169
INTERVIEW WITH [REDACTED] (FATHER OF [REDACTED] ----------- 170-172 b3 b6 [REDACTED] ----------- 173-174 b7C
[REDACTED] AND [REDACTED] FOR [REDACTED] (SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM) ----------- 175-190
RESULTS OF EXAMINATION BY FBI LABORATORY CONCERNING [REDACTED] FOR [REDACTED] ----------- 191-194 b6 b7C LABORATORY REPORT OF HANDWRITING AND FINGERPRINTS ----------- 192-193
PROCESS---------------------------------------------------- 195-208
ARRESTS OF [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED] ----------- 209-215
SEARCH----------------------------------------------------- 216
RE: [REDACTED] ------217-220 RE: [REDACTED] ------221-228
ARRAIGNMENT------------------------------------------------ 229-230
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Serials: 164-2111, 64-497-400, BU 164-2111, LA 164-497, LA 164-497-411, LA 164-497-45487, NY 164-627, SE 164-81