TeletypeNew Orleans to Acting Director and Seattle re NORJAK suspect Alvin Curtis Hartley19 January 1973page 3 of 4
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Part 111, page 511

DB Cooper-50945Serials NO 164-136

Document date 19 January 1973

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NO (164-136) PAGE THREE

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INVESTIGATION REGARDING AFOREMENTIONED ITSP MATTER DISCLOSED HARTLEY SERVED AS PATROLMAN FOR LAS VEGAS PD AND HUNTINGTON, CALIF., PD AND SERVED AS PARATROOPER WITH U. S. ARMY NINETEEN FORTY-ONE THROUGH NINETEEN FORTY-FIVE.

HARTLEY SUSPECT IN GOLD SMUGGLING MATTERS AND INVESTIGATION INDICATES HARTLEY IN PAST HAS OPERATED AS "CON MAN" IN ATTEMPTING TO SELL GOLD THAT DID NOT EXIST.

BERRY ADVISED DURING CONTACTS WITH HARTLEY, HARTLEY ALWAYS CARRIES THIRTY-EIGHT CALIBER SNUB-NOSED REVOLVER IN BELT AND HAS TWENTY-TWO CALIBER AUTOMATIC PISTOL IN BRIEFCASE AND, THERE- FORE, SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

BERRY FURTHER ADVISED THAT HARTLEY IS NOW BALD BUT FEELS THAT HE SHAVES HIS HEAD. IT IS NOTED THAT IN PHOTOGRAPH OF HARTLEY IN POSSESSION NEW ORLEANS OFFICE AS OF NINETEEN SIXTY-NINE HARTLEY HAD FULL HEAD OF HAIR. HARTLEY HAS WORKED AS PROSPECTOR AND MINER IN COLORADO AND ARIZONA AND IS DESCRIBED AS OUTDOOR TYPE. BERRY ADVISED SUBJECT HARTLEY CURRENTLY IN RANGELY, COLORADO OR PUEBLO, COLORADO, BUT ANTICIPATES HARTLEY TO COME TO BERWICK, LA., NEXT WEEK. END PAGE THREE

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