Interview report (FD-302)Interview of New York man who placed newspaper ads seeking the hijackerInterviewed 25 April 1972page 3 of 5
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Part 59, page 273

DB Cooper-24417Serials NY 164-627, SE 164-81

Interviewed 25 April 1972Dictated 28 April 1972Transcribed 28 April 1972

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 59 p. 273 (DB Cooper-24417), FD-302 interview, interviewed 25 Apr 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-59/pages/273

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NY 164-627 SE 164-81

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[REDACTED] was not one of the individuals present when wig was purchased. He does not recall seeing [REDACTED] without a hat or cap whenever he met him. [REDACTED] described himself as a devout Catholic who had been married to the same woman for 25 years. [REDACTED] alleged he owned a boat, a camper and three automobiles. Further description not known. [REDACTED] indicated he had two children, a married daughter, and a son in college. [REDACTED] indicated he had worked for Boeing Aircraft Company, Seattle, for 14 years and had been discharged and replaced by a man 15 years younger than himself, approximately two years ago when there was a general lay off at Boeing. [REDACTED] indicated he formerly lived next door to an Episcopal minister. [REDACTED] described [REDACTED] as a white male, almost [REDACTED] years old, about 5' 9" to 5' 10" tall, 160 to 175 pounds, large ears, thin lips, sharp nose, with balding dark brown hair, right handed, and a heavy smoker of filtered-type cigarettes. [REDACTED] has some sort of [REDACTED] further description not noticed. on the [REDACTED] [REDACTED] has a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and has slightly prominent veins in the center of his forehead, which are somewhat obvious in the photograph of [REDACTED] taken on the street. [REDACTED] has [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] of them. He concealed these [REDACTED] with makeup prior to being photographed on February 23, 1972, by [REDACTED] advised that he was furnished a Xerox copy of three twenty dollar bills and the photograph of [REDACTED] on the street. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] delivered these items to the New York Office on April 21, 1972, based on instructions from [REDACTED] [REDACTED] personal attorney, to furnish all information to the FBI. [REDACTED] had previously furnished a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] to the Department of Justice, along with the [REDACTED] in the black and white cap which [REDACTED] on the beach. This [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] except for three twenty dollar bills he kept for comparison with any published list. [REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] at the Edgewater Inn Motel,

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DB Cooper-24417

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