ReportDallas investigative insert DL 164-1928 re bank robbery subject Howard J. Hubbell, Abilene TX15 April 1980page 1 of 2
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Part 112, page 131

DB Cooper-18005Serials DL 164-1928, SE 164-81-53

Document date 15 April 1980

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DL 164-1928 GEG:ls 1

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[stamp: SUB] [handwritten: -/14/[illegible]]

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The following investigation was conducted by SA [REDACTED]

AT ABILENE, TEXAS

On April 15, 1980, [REDACTED] U.S. Probation Officer, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, advised Howard J. Hubbell was on parole for twelve years after serving a 13 year sentence on being convicted in Federal Court for bank robbery in the State of Washington. [REDACTED] made available his file on Hubbell and the following information was collected:

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Howard J. Hubbell, Carl H. Bistram, [REDACTED] were arrested [REDACTED] by Washington State Highway Patrol, Pierce County Sheriff's Office and Tacoma Police Department following an [REDACTED] [REDACTED] at Tacoma, Washington on that day. All men were armed. Bistram had a .22 caliber magnum revolver and extra shells on his person during the [REDACTED] at the time of his arrest. As of the day of the [REDACTED] Hubbell was 57 years of age, Bistram was 45 years of age, and [REDACTED].

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The [REDACTED] were surprised during the attempted [REDACTED] until stopped at a road block on the Highway en route to Olympia, Washington.

None of [REDACTED] although the defendants offered some resistance at the time of arrest and all were slightly bruised.

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Howard has a long list of arrests and convictions dating back to April 14, 1926 when he was arrested for two counts of grand larceny, on both of which he was convicted and served one and a half to two years per count. His list of accomplishments from that date include a one to five

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DB Cooper-18005 [handwritten: 164-81-53 [illegible]]