AirtelSAC San Antonio to SAC Seattle re suspects Gerald Franklin Hammer and Riley Lafayette Ticer11 December 1971page 2 of 3
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Part 101, page 338

DB Cooper-45826Serials SA 164-111

Document date 11 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 101 p. 338 (DB Cooper-45826), Airtel, dated 11 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1262 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-101/pages/338

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SA 164-111

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Braniff Employee:

Sex Female Hair Black Age 30 - 35 years oa age

[REDACTED] further described Unknown Subject #1 as looking like Vice President AGNEW in the face but said that the man was not as heavy as AGNEW. [REDACTED] also stated that both unknown subjects seemed to have a slight accent, possibly German. According to [REDACTED] Unknown Subject #1 also mentioned Northwest Airlines when talking about going to Seattle. Unknown Subject #1 flew to Dallas on Flight 8.

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[REDACTED] MATOUS, Special Agent, FBI, Seattle, was telephonically contacted at approximately 5:30 p.m. on 11/23/71, and he advised that investigation should be conducted at the airport in Austin to ascertain the names of the two unknown individuals that [REDACTED] was suspect of. [guess: in]

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On 12/8/71, [REDACTED], Texas, Braniff Employee, advised she does not recall the above incident.

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For information of Seattle and Minneapolis, photographs perviously submitted by Houston of GERALD ELMER HAMMER and RILEY LAFAYETTE TICER are most recent ones available to the Texas Department of Public Safety Identi- fication Division.

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On 12/8/71, photographs of GERALD FRANKLIN HAMMER may be identical to GERALD ELMER HAMMER, and RILEY LAFAYETTE TICER were obtained from the Texas Department of Public Safety Drivers License Section. Their driving records describe them as follows:

GERALD FRANKLIN HAMMER:

Race White Sex Male Born 10/4/32 Eyes Hazel Height 5'9"

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DB COOPER-45826

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