Cleveland to Director re suspect Harry William Celk, armed and dangerous
Document date 3 December 1971
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 91 pp. 50–57 (DB Cooper-40420, DB Cooper-40421, DB Cooper-40423, DB Cooper-40424, DB Cooper-40425, DB Cooper-40426), Teletype, dated 3 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-91%3A050-057
NR 01 CODE CV. 215 PM URGENT 12-3-71 CLP TO DIRECTOR, FBI (ATTN:IDENT DIV.) SEATTLE PHOENIX BALTIMORE BUTTE MINNEAPOLIS PORTLAND
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FROM CLEVELAND (164-88) 8P
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE, CAA - HIJACKING, EXTORTION, OO:SEATTLE.
RE SUSPECT HARRY WILLIAM CELK, AKA HARRY W. CELK, ERIC CELK.
RE BUAIRTEL TO ALL OFFICES, NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE LAST, SEATTLE LETTER TO ALBANY, NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST, CLEVELAND TELEPHONE CALL TO SEATTLE DECEMBER TWO LAST, CLEVELAND TELEPHONE CALL TO BUREAU, IDENT SECTION, DECEMBER THREE INSTANT, CLEVELAND TELEPHONE CALL TO BALTIMORE, DECEMBER END PAGE ONE.
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SUSPECT HARRY W[guess: M] CELK
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[handwritten] See [guess: to] tel to [guess: Dai] + SE [illegible] Also su 87 [guess: tel to Dai.] [handwritten] [illegible] notes taken at [illegible] DB Cooper-40420 [stamp] 164-4205 [stamp partially illegible] [guess: SEARCHED] [illegible] [stamp] DATE: 1971 12-4-71
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PAGE TWO THREE LAST.
ON DECEMBER TWO LAST [REDACTED], WHO REQUESTED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED THE CLEVELAND OFFICE THAT SHE HAD INFORMATION REGARDING CAPTIONED MATTER. SUBSEQUENT INTERVIEW OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AT [REDACTED] [REDACTED], CLEVELAND, OHI, DISCLOSED THE FACT THAT HARRY WILLIAM CELK, ONE EIGHT SIX ONE THREE HILLIARD ROAD, ROCKY RIVER, OHIO BORE AN EXTREMELY CLOSE RESEMBLANCE TO THE UNSUB IN THIS MATTER. [REDACTED]
[REDACTED]. SUBJECT FURTHER DESCRIBED AS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO LOVED RACING WOMEN AND LEADS, IN GENERAL A FAST LIFE. HE LEFT OHIO IN SIXTYNINE WITH MANY DEBTS OUTSTANDING. [REDACTED] WHICH IN FACT, CLOSELY RESEMBLE ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF UNSUB. DESCRIPTION AND PERSONAL HISTORY DATA PROVIDED BY [REDACTED] SET FORTH IN DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECT WHICH FOLLOWS. END PAGE TWO
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DB Cooper-40421
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ON DECEMBER TWO LAST [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WAS INTERVIEWED. UPON VIEWING ARTISTS CONCEPTION OF UNSUB, SHE SPONTANEOUSLY STATED "THAT'S HARRY WILLIAM CELK". [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT SHE [REDACTED] AND THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT SHE HAD SEEN THE ARTIST CONCEPTION. SHE ADVISED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] DURING THIS TIME [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SHE STATED THAT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ACCORDING TO [REDACTED] CELK BRAGGED THAT HE WAS INTERESTED IN PARACHUTING AND HAD MADE SEVERAL JUMPS HIMSELF. [REDACTED] DESCRIBED CELK AS A SECRETIVE INDIVIDUAL, WHO WAS RELUCTANT TO APPLY FOR A PILOT'S LICENSE OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF LICENSE WHICH WOULD PROVIDE BACKGROUND OR IDENTIFICATION. [REDACTED] LAST SAW CELK IN [REDACTED]
THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION WAS OBTAINED FROM [REDACTED]
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NAME: HARRY WILLIAM CELK, AKA., HARRY W. CELK, ERIC CELK. DOB OCTOBER THREE THIRTYFIVE, POB CLEVELAND, OHIO, WHITE MALE, FIVE FEET NINE TO FIVE FEET TEN INCHES, ONE FIFTY TO ONE SEVENTY POUNDS, DARK COMPLEXION, BROWN HAIR, RECEDING HAIRLINE, BROWN EYES, ALWAYS WEARS SUNGLASSES, ALMOST PARANOID ABOUT CONCEALING HIS IDENTITY. COLOR PICTURES ON FILE AT CLEVELAND, OHIO, FROM SIXTYNINE, WITH HANDWRITING SAMPLES. REPORTED HAS HOMOSEXUAL TENDENCIES. SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS IN VIEW OF FACT REPORTEDLY CARRIES GUN. DESCRIBED AS A SMOOTH TALKING CON MAN, VERY CALM IN TIGHT SITUATIONS, BUT A VIOLENT TEMPER IF AROUSED. HAS LONG FINGERS AND HANDS, DESCRIBED AS EFFEMINATE, SMOKES VARIOUS BRANDS OF CIGAREETES, CHANGING BRANDS OFTEN, CONSTANT CHAIN SMOKER. SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER TWO EIGHT FOUR - THREE ZERO - SEVEN NINE EIGHT EIGHT, SSN THREE THREE - TWO EIGHT - THREE FIVE - THREE SEVEN FOUR, SSN THREE THREE - TWO EIGHT - THREE FIVE - THREE SEVEN FOUR, EDUCATION ELEVENTH GRADE, JAMES FORD RHODES HIGH SCHOOL, FIVE ONE ZERO ZERO BIDDULPH ROAD, CLEVELAND, OHIO. MILITARY
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DB Cooper-40423
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PAGE FIVE SERVICE - ARMY, ALLEGED RANK LIEUTENANT; POSSIBLY DISHONORABLY DISCHARGED IN FIFTYSEVEN. SUSPECT TOLD [REDACTED] HE WAS STATIONED AT FORT LEWIS, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, AND WAS AN MP IN THE CANINE UNIT. MARITAL STATUS, [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED], RELATIVES, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] MOTHER- AND FATHER DECEASED. OTHER NAMES OF IMPORTANCE: [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED], KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, ALSO [REDACTED] [REDACTED], HELENA, MONTANA. OCCUPATIONS: ONE. DROVE A YELLOW CAB, DATE UNKNOWN IN CLEVELAND AREA. TWO. LABORER AT CHEVROLET, STUMPH AND BROOKPARK, CLEVELAND, OHIO AND THREE, WILLIAMS FORD, SEVEN THREE NINE FRONT STREET, BEREA, OHIO.
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BUREAU IS REQUESTED TO GRANT BALTIMORE AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT AN IMMEDIATE BALTIMORE SOURCE FOUR CHECK ON CELK SEATTLE AND MINNEAPOLIS BE ADVISED THAT PHOTOGRAPHS OF SUSPECT END PAGE FIV
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DB Cooper-40424
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PAGE SIX CELK WILL BE ARRIVING INSTANT DATE VIA NOR HWEST AIRLINES. CLEVELAND WILL ADVISE TELEPHONICALLY FLIGHT AND ETA.
BUTTE AT HELENA, MONTANA, WILL ATTEMPT TO LOCATE AND INTERVIEW HARRY WILLIAM CELK AT [REDACTED] [REDACTED], HELENA, MONTANA. WILL CONDUCT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] HELENA, MONTANA WHO IS REPORTEDLY [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. WILL INTERVIEW [REDACTED] REGARDING HIS RELATION- SHIP WITH HARRY WILLIAM CELK AND THE CURRENT WHEREABOUTS OF CELK.
PHOENIX AT SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA WILL LOCATE AND INTERVIEW [REDACTED] SCOTTSDALE, REGARDING SUBJECT'S CURRENT ADDRESS OR CURRENT WHEREABOUTS.
PORTLAND AT KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON WILL LOCATE AND INTERVIEW HARRY WILLIAM CELK, EIGHT FOUR FIVE CALIFORNIA, KEMATH FALLS, OREGON. WILL CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION AT ONE THREE TWO ZERO PACIFIC TERRACE, KEMATH FALLS, OREGON, TO DETERMINE DATES OF EMPLOYMENT AND DEVELOP INFORMATION REGARDING CURRENT WHEREABOUTS OF HARRY WILLIAM CELK. WILL END PAGE SIX
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DB Cooper-40425
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CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INQUIRIES AT THE UNITED NATIONAL BANK OF OREGON, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WHERE SUSPECT HAD A LOAN IN SIXTYNINE LOAN NUMBER TWO NINE - ONE ONE ONE, - ONE SEVEN - FIVE ONE FOUR SEVEN ZERO. WILL ATTEMPT TO LOCATE AND INTERVIEW [REDACTED], KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON REGARDING SUSPECT AND PRESENT WHEREABOUTS OF SUSPECT. WILL CONDUCT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION OF [REDACTED], WHO IS REPORTEDLY [REDACTED] PRIOR TO INTERVIEWING HIM.
BALTIMORE AT BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, CONDUCT IMMEDIATE BALTIMORE SOURCE FOUR CHECK ON SUSPECT FOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND RECENT EMPLOYMENTS.
MINNEAPOLIS AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, WILL UPON RECEIPT OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF SUSPECT DISPLAY TO MEMBERS OF CREW AND AND OTHER WITNESSES AVAILABLE.
SEATTLE AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, WILL UPON RECEIPT OF PHOTOS OF SUSPECT, DISPLAY TO ALL AVAILABLE WITNESSES.
CLEVELAND AT CLEVELAND, OHIO WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALL POSSIBLE BACKGROUND DATA REGARDING SUSPECT.
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DB Cooper-40426
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INVESTIGATION CONTINUING AT CLEVELAND.
SUSPECT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS IN VIEW OF FACT HE REPORTEDLY CARRIES GUN.
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