Butte to Seattle and Portland re suspect William Deems, retired airline pilot

Document date 9 February 1973

Part 95pages 192–1932 pagesDB Cooper-42593–42594

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Document: Teletype Butte to Seattle and Portland re suspect William Deems, retired airline pilot
Id: Cooper-Part-95:192-193
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 95 pp. 192–193 (DB Cooper-42593–42594), Teletype, dated 9 Feb 1973, serial PD 164-41-11995 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-95%3A192-193

NR 007 BT PLAIN- 7:50 PM NITEL 2/9/73 TDS TO SEATTLE (164-81) PORTLAND (164-41) FROM BUTTTE (164-26) (P)

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NORJACK OO:SE.

RE - SUSPECT WILLIAM DEEMS. RE SEATTLE NITEL TO BUTTE, 2/5/73.

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ON 2/9/73, [REDACTED], MONTANA, ADVISED THAT WILLIAM DEEMS WAS AT ONE TIME A PILOT FOR UNITED AIRLINES AND WAS LAST EMPLOYED FOR AN UNKNOWN AIRLINE CARRIER IN FLORIDA. DEEMS RECEIVED AIR EXPRESS FREIGHT AT KALISPELL CONSISTING OF EXOTIC LIVE PETS, SUCH AS DUCKS AND GEESE, WHICH CAME FROM MIAMI, FLORIDA. THE NAME ON THE CARTONS WOULD VARY FROM [REDACTED] TO DEEM [REDACTED], BUT HIS TELE- PHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, WOULD ALWAYS BE RIGHT.

SUSPECT APPLIED FOR A JOB WITH AIRWEST IN KALISPELL AND HIS EMPLOYMENT QUESTIONAIRE WITH ALL OF HIS BACKGROUND SHOULD BE IN THE AIRWEST OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

[REDACTED] COULD OFFER NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. END PAGE ONE

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8:24 2/14/73 [illegible initials] OBS [illegible]

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164 41-11995 SEARCHED ___INDEXED SERIALIZED ___FILED /27 * FEB 9 1973 FBI—PORTLAND

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DB Cooper-42593

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[REDACTED], ADVISED ON 2/9/73, HE KNEW THE SUSPECT, WILLIAM DEEMS, AND STATED HE WAS A RETIRED AIRLINE PILOT AND FOR A HOBBY RAISED GGREAT DANE SHOW DOGS AND THE REASON HE WAS LEAVING CORUM, MONTANA, WAS BECAUSE HE AD TO TRAVEL SO MUCH TO SHOW HIS DOGS AND WANTED TO BE CLOSER TO THE SHOWS.

LAST FALL WHEN SUSPECT WAS FISHING ON A MOUNTAIN STREAM NEAR CORUM,MONTANA, ANOTHER FISHERMAN CAME ALONG TO FISH NEAR HIM. SUSPECT PULLED A GUN AND RAN THE OTHER FISHERMAN OFF. [REDACTED] KNEW OF NO OTHER INFORMATION IN REFERENCE TO HIM.

THE CREDIT BUREAU OF KALISPELL WAS ALSO NEGATIVE.

LEADS ARE BEING LEFT TO THE DISCRETION OF THE OO.

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LLD FBI PD OREGON CLR TO U

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DB Cooper-42594

Serials: BT 164-26, PD 164-41, PD 164-41-11995, SE 164-81

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