i the r was the indivio uui^Tiat talked to him on nine the. evening of January 4-5 * 1975. â– u uo cne voices k .-. â–ºfor an extensive nfi Tei - L*- COVEK PAGE UNlltD STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE â– EDERAL E1UREAU OF INVESTIGATE "Copy (*•: • £ - USA, Cleveland Rcpoh of %A | Dole 1/30/75†Field Office File 9~2FS3 Title; UNKNOWN SUBJECT; RANDOLPH A. HEARST - VICTIM Cho'oOff: EXTORTION Office; CLEVELAND, OHIO Bureau F»Je s : Synoptn, Letter postmarked 12/30/74 at Cleveland, Ohio received by RANDOLPH HEARST. Letter signed "SLA n and demanded ‘ $250,000 be brought by Mr. HEARST to Cleveland, Ohio on 1/4/75 for safe return of PATRICIA HEARST. USA FREDERICK M. COLEMAN, Cleveland, advised on 1/3/74 he wou^^prosecut^sub ject identified in this matter. SA fllHmm^osed as CHARLES GOULD, Publisher of ^ar^Fran^^c^Examiner " , and received nine calls from male subjec-t between 8: 00 P^ on 1/4/75 and 1:44 AM on 1/5/75* Caller directed SA to Broottpark Motel pay phones, then to first drop site &i rear of 7719 Brookpark Road, Parma, Ohio, then to second drop site behind Mobil Service Station, 13349 Snow Road, Middleburg Heights, Ohio. Package left in rear of Mobil Stolen on trunk of Ford Maverick bearing Ohio license 'rora 10:00 PM, 1/4/75 until 1:50 AM, 1/5/75* Ho one took package o^observed in close proximity to pa cksra_, Vehl cler near_£AJBj^BWI^^ur in? nlnht registered to †_pnc TTna Tin* dnfuutm art not to Ur ji on Jo.-ngjr k l" 1 i i 1 1 i n |'|" a II I n \ e ' i Ohio Bell Teleph^^^^yj^ny unable to trace any of uTTTTTown subject's calls .^J^HPinterviewed on 1/15/75 and stated car In- 1 Mobil Statior^aue to electrical pr^b^ interviewed 1/27/75 and state d he was el residence on night of 1/4/75 *JMMB^st&-ceu he was at pay - p hw W fes at Brookpark Motel at hdou^1:00 AM on 1/5/75. He rf -* liould not locate phon^Turrber^h^de^red to call and went! some -where he locatedJ^HjB^^MMMB^te^ghjni^iirjber^je ontactedandcorroooraTe^^ 'Information. Secon^Tetter received by RANDOLPH - - nT7j«r r tc&m mrivd^i i on % no* condutmn* of FBI. It r> the property of the FBI «nJ i» lamed r 0 your agency; m und it* txmitn it difttnhu'cd Ou'tirte your agency. * l\ s. I-WIVTIM. « t 1 cv 9-2585 ! HEARS T on 1/10/75 directing telephonic contact, at Cleve- land Airport on 1/8/75* FBI Laboratory reports , 1/9/75 and 1/15/75 concluded both letters prepared with same i Rjji:al pica style typewriter. No latent fingerprints of value developed. DETAILS: TABLE OF CONTENTS cv 9-2585 PAGE NO. I. PREDICATION 4-6 II. U.S, ATTORNEY'S OPINION â– 7-8: III. PREPARATION OF EXTORTION PACKAGE 9-11 IV. EVENTS OF JANUARY 4-5, 1975 12-21 V. INVESTIGATION REGARDING YELLOW FORD MAVERICK . . 22-26 VI. INVESTIGATION REGARDING VII. INVESTIGATION REGARDING 27-33 fflCs 39-43 VIII. INVESTIGATION REGARDING BROOKPARK MOTEL . , . . .44-47 IX. INVESTIGATION R EGARDING I , 48-53 X. INVESTIGATION REGARDING FIRST DROP SITE, 7719 BROOKPARK ROAD, PARMA, OHIO 54-53 XI. FBI LABORATORY REPORT DATED JANUARY 9, 1975 . . . 56-58 XII. SECOND LETTER SENT TO RANDOLPH A . HEARST POSTMARKED JANUARY 6 , 1975 AT CLEVELAND, OHIO . , 59-60 XIII. FBI LABORATORY REPORT DATED JANUARY 15, 1975 - . 6 l- 6 £* - 3 - I. PREDICATION cv 9-2585 ( Investigation in this matter was predicated upon eipt of information from the .San Francisco Division of Federal Bureau of Investigation that on January 2, 1S75> CHAEigS GOULD, "San Francisco Examinerâ€, San Francisco, California, furnished to the FBI an envelope sent to RANDOLPH A. HEARST, postmarked Cleveland, Ohio, December 30, 1974, which contained the following typed letter: "Mr. RANDOLPH HEARST †I will get to the point and I think you should keep en open mind about what I have to say, first of all you are not to let anyone see this letter and don't let your feds friends in on this eather, up to now PATTY has been with us all the way but lately she keeps talking about one big bash I will tell you now we will never get cough alive and neather will she, but we will turn“"her~“ over to you Tor a price we only held on to her for insurance well now it is time for us to collect now hear is what you will do and nobody better know oT†it eather up to now your friends and cops have made it worse for all of us well -the question now is how much do you really want her or do you think you can get the money her grandfather left her, eather way hear is what you will do. "First of all you are to go to Cleveland Ohio and you are to be there by the 4th of Jan. 1975 no later then 8 o’clock Cleveland time P.M. You will go to the phones by the bank on the ground level there you will stay until we call you it will be one of the phones nearest to the bank there you will get futher news as to what to do from there, now I teTl you again no one is to know and if. you fail to comply with us you will never see PATTY again I swear it to you on my oth as a honest S.L.A. leader. "if you think your money is more important then she is then don’t show up and you will live reget it. And you can take this letter as a phony but the real truth will be how much do you - 5 - cv 9-25S5 really want PATTY back sorry for the bad wording and paper but you see we don't live as good as you. We have to live the best way we can right ' now. PATTY has lost weight but other then that she is alright and she doesn't think, much of you eather and she is right all you think of is your money and posision well my friend when you come to Cleveland bring along 250,000 dollars with you in small bills and don't get any ideas about gettin_ it marked becoause we will fine out and if it is and if you let anyone know about it you will get a chance to see PATTY but not the way . you want to if you know what we mean, so we will see you on the 4th. "We will live to the end. S.L.A." following investigation was conducted by unless otherwise noted. i>76/ cv 9-2565 II. U.S. ATTORNEY 1 S OPINION cv 9-2585 DRH/clo ay 1 On January 3, 1975, FREDERICK M. COLEMAN, United'- States Attorney, Northern District of Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, was Contacted by ASAC HERBERT L. MONAHAN, JR; , and a discussion was held concerning the facts of this matter, Mr. COLEMAN adyised ASAC MONAHAN that he cons iuereci this natter to be a violation of the Federal Extortion Statute and further stated that he would consider prosecuting -any subject identified in this matter. - 8 - V cv 9-2585 III . PREPARATION OF EXTORTION PACKAGE - r J jDERAl BUREAU OF JNVESUGATION I'nV - t 1 1/8/75 Special repared a packacoxOeavy bro'tf^rj^^pxui. pped Id heavy brown cord. SAsflHH^ nd placed their fingerprints on raSSJ^aaplings oi the paper inside the package. . The dimensions of the package were 13" X 18" X 36 J". The package was then placed in a 24" Boyal Traveller suitcase, dark gray in color. Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland 7- fill' : : ^ wasllmagining things. . The caller stated cars parked in the area watching to which SaHHv replied there were cars all over the place including the motel, the gas station, the parking lot and in the car lot down the street, but that no one was in them. The caller then stated he understood the answering party’s •' problem but that he had to check a few things out with his people and get some answers, a.nd wou^^c^^^^he answering party back at 2:30 AM. At that point SA J|^UHrrefused to wait until 2:30 AM stating he was going back to get the money and the caller said Just take^^^^^^^ go have a cup of coffee and make it 1:30 AM. SA fl^m^again refused and he said he would call back at 12:30 AM and not a minute later. He then terminated the call after approximately six minutes. At 12:49 AM, January 5, 1975, received another call at which time the caller apolog^eafor calling late and stated that they did not want to deal any further that night, that from now on it would be strictly face to f ace^that^Ms man would deal with SA only and SA^BHI^* cou ^ not be accompanied by . hlsc^panion. He said we know what you look like and what your car looks like to which SA replied no you don’t, we had to take the car back to the rental agency because the heater went out on it and we are now driv ing another car, a new yellow Plymouth Fury with a white top, then told him he would not be Kfcatmd the following day, that he had business in Los Angeles the next day which ha a handled before he returns to San Francisco. SA( then told the caller he did not believe he had PATTY at all and he felt he was just somebody who likes to make telephone calls and furthermore, he was not dealing any further with gangsters or walking down any dark alleyB. The caller then stated all right take it easy, I will call you back at 1:30 AM and terminated the call. -*• At 1:44 AM, -January 5, 1975, the writer received another call at which time the caller stated you be at phone at 10:00 AM tomorrow if you want to deal with, usi at which time the writer refused. The caller then huK ujiv"* V 'The voice of the caller appeared to be that of a wh le , possibly in his 20s or early 30s, no accent was noted and he appeared to be well spoken. The same person v - 15 - r •, { - 16 - • t • > i FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATE 1 Dale ol ifocutf Jffion .1/10/75 I At approximately 11:55 PK, January 4, 1975 , during physical observation of a Mobil Station, 13349 Snow Road, Brook Park, Ohio, a late model, li...
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