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ngiennSkyjacking Robin Hood saysf•gm:nb)xhe has only 14 months to liveot-1 LOS ANGELES (AP) - A re person claiming to be the man *who bailed out of a jetliner with $200,000 he extorted fromNorthwest Airlines savs he is*dying and committed the crime “to gain a few fast grains of peace of mind ”In a copy of a typewritten note received Monday by the Los Angeles Times, a man signing the name “DB Cooper” said he knew he wouldn’t be caught because of his di-gu'se, lack of fingerprints and other unspecified means he I said he used to baffle authorities.njtely J do have only 14 monthsto live ”The letter was the latest of“I am no modern day Robin Hood,” the note said Unfortu-sever.il received by various newspapersThe hiiatker armed with what appeared to be a bomb, took control of a 72? jetliner on a flight from Portland, Ore . to Seattle on Thanksgiving eve After receiving $200,000 m $20 bills at Seattle, the man ordered the plane to Mexico and bailed out somewhere between Seattle and a refueling stop at Reno, Nev.The hijacker is believed to be a man who boarded the plane at Por,land under the name ‘DB Cooper”' I’ve come and gone on sev-cial . irline flights and am not holed up in some obscure backwoods town ” the man said in the note postmarked in Seattle las! Saturday ; Neither am I a psycho-pathic killer As a matter of fad, I ve never even received a speeding ticket ”(idoming a life of “hate, turmoil. hunger and more hale ” the writer sard the hijacking ard extortion “seemed to be the fastest and most profitable way to gain a few last grains of1 peace of mind ”Tne letter was turned over to1 FBI .gents FBI spokesmen refused to comment on its validity 'ihe letter indicated copies also were sent to the New YorkTune-, Seattle Times and Washington Past The New York Times and the Post aid they had not received Midi a letter.PHILSOLID STATE Swith FM St*r*o• 20 watts* peak mu* 4-speaker stereo slt; featuring exponent• Automatic/manual♦ Floating-Touch tonlt;sapphire stylus; Sci* lighted slide-rule ti
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Newark Advocate
Newark, Ohio, US
Mon, Dec 13, 1971
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