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D B Cooper — Part 3

23 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: War & Geopolitics · Topic: D B Cooper · 23 pages OCR'd
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sing. to the? American people’ ou tiene Sitiontet religio reason:for the'skyjacking, but Cooper at everything possi at a ma as -having:a. hard time financially. He “hold dear,” hes i. asn't able to spend the $200,000, for the 4% Item: When ‘y money was hot. The FBI had the numbers ‘tgame and ‘somebody, of the bills, therefore, he wanted to sell," the ‘Star-Spangled Bann ory. for $48,000, to be paid in three the feathers come: up! ints: $15,000 when I was sure I had 2°T heart’. (3°46 ish vo } the: right ‘man;.,$15,000-when my inter) Item:{sWhen Dhad'my ref. sexual ex: perience with a girl,'J.was-17 years old.4:, would call back: When‘he { -2yThis was an older woman. I was s0 dumb.?: phoned again, He was not tn 1 was drinking beer with her. I was away. the secretary ‘said, but, she. wo from, home ‘and it. was Christmas Eve.?, him call, He didn’t. Cooper; tel Sateen ene ’ “Sa PSC A We went to her:apartment, She asked? again..He was in conference, the: & iy ‘sNextiweek, the intermediary:came tome i¢ 1 wanted to play-cards. So I said: tary, said, Finally, another bolt < i Los. Angeles, and weimet at the Airport gure.’ So we're playing strip poker, For i his old pal at Northwest, hig: Marina ‘Hotel,’ where: had “taken °®2yeq), So, the next. thing, I had to go to,” golf partner, was avoiding : black-haired,’ spade-bearded ‘real, €8-* she was in bed, So'T said ‘Well, l.guess:. As the out-of-work days passed, tate broker and inveatment counselor = =") be going, ‘Irene.‘And‘she said ‘Oh, began dipping ‘into his; savings or,-s0. he. described’ himself—and he ‘it's cold in here. If you'd just come over: thinking of what he would ‘do: with'th “ie; graphs of his client, pictures that looked sharp fellow. I-just-got.in, clothes and. “Any man who gets up and goos to.wor' i remarkably. like the-composite drawing:': a1, 1 took’ my shoes off. That's all. Pl in the morning is a proud man,” he said to newspapers. He; also produced &° nefore I was much older. .. ,/ptant embarrassment, || * (2 rae > paper containing three serial numbers, Item: “A_woman is different from: a.’ “People look at you with a sympathetic: “ which ‘calnelded with three,: numbers “ man. A woman comes from some other - ‘eye, and this is the thing thet kills yours § ve on the | Be tf a *. place. Bhe com e land < a" Id 1 y or’ nearly anyone ,could obtain the list” the ‘dominant tole’ jn the. bedroom,: =! , I o otk RAS FR and’ copy, numbers out of it How about “there's something wrong with him. A. ‘Abortive Business Attemp ~ the real billets Se. Laos * 4 mam can go out {nto an.alley or the back” ; He tried to get a construction comp teat CAS We dickeréd over the interview fee, o¢ a-car or something. But a woman has ‘going, but couldn't raise “the | sapital. : oy He made an abortive attempt to go. into, he promised the real bills would be. ‘ os to have some feeling of security in her, . the bouse traile r busl ness;-but had t So Cooper telephon x, tary’ said hei;was on, another, Jing: ‘didi co ‘ ylows by completed (he suggested ai iN produced. We.agreed on & price, $30,000,,:; ovemaking.”” 17": wees ae Oo and.on Feb, 15, 1 nervously boarded a: Item: .“A man's’ reeling of manhood, ng money 6.000 AI ws: = Western Mlight-to Seattle, carrying cam: "pis masculinity,, is ‘directly associated .° Finally, -he gritted: his teeth: oe eras, two tape recorders, and $30,000 «with his ability'to provide for himself gomething inimical to ‘everything. he’: Wasghaas {a'$20 and $50 bills, concealed In several " sna to earn a good living. When all of ~ stood for: he Yen, to the unemployment |: HNEONG envelopes and buried in my tennis ~ sudden he is unable ta do this, if he has office. A typically crisp, impersonal," ter _ equipmentcase: © | been a red-blooded man who stood on ‘Juiceless woman bureaucrst, he: said, / _/s Shortly after checking into The Swept _ his feet and worked all his life and asked coolly interrogated him about his quall<: AG “v Wing Motel near the ‘Seattle airport - no quarter from anyone, asked for noth- fications, then suggested he take’a job wa ic! Thomas arrived, and minutes later, - ing, then you in effect have emasculated" ™ an “side.” He left in a boiling rage.;, EN © Gooper himself appeared, entering my , this man. It means cut the balls offhim.” The humiliation of that -experience,” (J tan ‘ ” hL room furtively from the parking lot. He: ° item: “I guess you would have to say. the anger at being fired and tossed on: if he, “Was & nervous, slightly-built, balding . that sex is better on payday.”. "the junkheap, the betrayal of his friend,» era middle-aged man who wore a black rain: Jtem: “You work hard for Dear Old they all came together at once and wash-.. te coat, black shoes and black gloves. He Ironworks and do a good job and putin ed. over him in. tear-esealding anger.) a+...» kept the gloves on while he chaln‘smoX™ your years there and‘do the best you ~ ‘ at ” eats ‘eride was! "+" sa ed filter cigarettes. He spoke in a raspy: en and make money for them and get He couldn't get work. His pride waa, '. +s voice that reminded me instantly of the., long: well with everyone and you will ~ deteriorating. He began to contemplate: ae . oy . 76 * guicide, Pills, he finally decided, woul ra . ’ y . “a . ? 7 : Cooper was en ious o havethe money . check and your annual leave and your ? do it. The Catholic Chu reh had instill ed: W tantatnd an saatindg a nw 1A we rs tahae urn , se mtataa re” Karl Flemina and DB: Cooper
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