Document date 21 October 1972AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
She went back to [guess: Les] Cooper[,] went to the kitchen[,] turned on the radio and listened to news bulletins about the skyjacking while he had coffee. Then he went out and brought in the money and examined it with a "black" light to see if he could detect whether it had been marked by the law with special paint. It hadn't. He stowed the money [text continues below photograph, partially cut off/illegible]
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After Cooper hit the ground, he stashed the money and parachutes in this marsh, walked to his car, returned to collect everything, and drove home.
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[partial/illegible at column top] this story, [illegible] [guess: handed] [illegible] Cooper $[30,000?] in cash $20 and $50 bills, to his intermediary Seth Thomas, on condition the money be set aside and used for Cooper's legal defense if and when he was captured.
Next week: Why Cooper hijacked the plane, how he contemplated suicide, and why he asked for precisely $200,000.
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