Part 53, page 71
Document date 27 April 1972
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 53 p. 71 (DB Cooper-22409), News clipping, dated 27 Apr 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-53/pages/71
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the photos were taken "a couple of months ago." "Three men came in at that time," he said. She remembered that the man in the photo tried on wigs because "he was irritating in a way and they spent an hour trying different colors and styles and then they didn't buy." Mrs. Jensen said it was unusual that three men would spend so much time in the wig shop. Photos were taken just in front of the shop, she said. "They kept running in and out and trying different ones on," she said. In addition to seeking the identity of the man in the photos, the FBI is questioning William "Jack" Lewis, 32, of Seavue Estates near Seabeck. Lewis, who told The Sun he believes he might know the identity of the skyjacker, said he has been visited by FBI agents "at least eight times" since last Saturday. "I've seen seven or eight agents," he said. Lewis reportedly has declined to tell the FBI who he thinks the skyjacker is. He contends that he has no proof. A one-time assistant city engineer in Bremerton (for several months in 1970)
Lewis said agents visited him at his home last night and informed him of his rights. He said they agreed to leave him alone until his attorney, Curtis Coons, returns Sunday from California. Speaking to The Sun by telephone, Lewis acknowledged that his telephone might be wiretapped. "I've spoken to Northwest Bell and I know how it's being tapped," Lewis commented. He said telephone officials didn't admit the wiretapping, but they told him about wiretapping procedures and informed him what wiretap evidence is admissable in court. FBI agents have asked Lewis not to speak with "certain persons" about the questioning, he said, but they didn't say he shouldn't speak with the press . . . or with the man he thinks may have committed the crime. Lewis is a part-owner of Perl's Dance Pavilion, is a land developer in partnership with his father, William B. Lewis of Seabeck, and says he is a representative of a firm called World Wide Engineering. That firm, Lewis said, markets — among
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This sketch, by Sun staff artist Doug Richards, is similar to a photo being shown by FBI agents to persons in some downtown Bremerton businesses.
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This sketch of skyjacker "D. B. Cooper" has been circulated throughout the nation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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DB Cooper-22409