Part 13, page 338

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How to steal $200,000 Or the Great Ransom-Hijacking

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Call me Michael Cooper, the newspapers are. I always wanted to commit the perfect crime. Now I've got $200,000 tax free to prove it. That's a lot of bread even after a three-way split. I've been hatching this plot a long time--in fact ever since I got out of the Army. Returned to Portland, my home town. Couldn't find a job and I tried hard, real hard. But no one appreciated my ability. Now the whole world is appreciating my ability. There's no denying $200,000. Boarded this Boeing 727 November 24th at Portland. It was just what I wanted. Soon as I got on I handed this stewardess a note ordering her to stick close and if anything went wrong my briefcase would go off taking everyone with it. I had dynamite wired up in my case and I showed it to the broad to prove I was serious. Told her to tell the pilot to notify the airport in Seattle to have money ready when we arrived. And two sets of parachutes should be thrown in for good measure. I wasn't about to take chances. This was kind of a milk-run so chances were against an air-marshal being on board. This would be the first major heist in the Northwest ever. That Green Baret training in Viet Nam came in handy for something. I stayed in the back close to this stewardess. Don't think anybody really knew what was coming off, except the crew. And they were very efficient and cooled it. They knew enough not to spook me. I had long before decided that my life and that of a few others were well worth the risk for all that money. Besides before I had nothing to show for my life, now I do. I grant you money isn't all, just 99% and besides someday I can make another mint off my memoirs. Circling the area for two and a half hours, we finally settled down. They didn't fool me none. The old Northwest Airlines Inc. was probably recording the serial numbers, all 10,000 of them, because I wanted the money all in 20's. Maybe even a big outfit like that had trouble putting together $200,000 at that time of night. Once on the ground I allowed the 36 passengers and two stewardesses to disembark.

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b6 b7C [stamp:] SEARCHED___ INDEXED___ SERIALIZED [guess: MM] FILED___ [guess: disembark] [guess: 03] 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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