Part 99, page 205
DB Cooper-44699Serials SE 164-81
Document date 4 March 1974
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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.8 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) DATE: 3/4/74
FROM : SA ROBERT H. WICK
SUBJECT: NORJAK Sub 39
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Reference memo of SA[REDACTED], 1/31/74.
SUBJECT NO. 39
At Olympia, Washington
On February 14, 1974, [REDACTED], Washington State Board of Prison Terms and Paroles, made available the file, number 6737 concerning HAROLD RAY HARDESTY, FBI Number 109 477. Also made available was a photograph of HARDESTY taken on July 2, 1954, which is the most recent photograph available in this file.
According to the file, HARDESTY committed 19 armed robberies during the year of 1941; was the ring leader of three robbers; used a pistol in the execution of these robberies and offered as an explanation after being caught that he was obtaining money for which to buy an airplane. He was sentenced out of King County for a 9-year minimum sentence on January 30, 1942. On July 4, 1944, HARDESTY escaped from the Walla Walla Penitentiary by fire bombing a guard tower and using grappling hooks and lines to scale the walls. Subsequently he was apprehended by Federal authorities in the Detroit, Michigan area and was convicted for interstate transportation of stolen property. For this he was committed to the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth. At the expiration of this term he was returned to the Walla Walla Penitentiary on March 3, 1950. He was then tried and found guilty of escape and sentenced to 10 years. He was paroled on September 28, 1954 to the custody of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. HARDESTY, 14301 East Burnside, Portland, Oregon. He was handled by the Portland Office of the Probation and Parole Division in the State of Oregon. He was still interested in flying at that time; he found a job in a cheap hotel and was still living with his parents at the time of his conditional discharge from
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