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[Bruce A. Smith]

Ah, shucks...

[Bruce A. Smith]

Dorwin Schreuder
I just received the following email regarding Dorwin Schreuder:


Hello Mr. Smith,

     I am writing to you because the web page of your "Mountain News" encourages stories of "rural lifestyles, crime and written contributions from readers and neighbors." Secondly I have read many of your comments concerning the D.B. Cooper case on sites such as the Drop Zone and others.
 
    Within these sites, the person referred to as "FBI Agent Dorwin Schreuder" is mentioned more than 50 times. A person dubbed "Snowman" (whoever he his) claimed he had a pleasant interview with him. You or other fans of the Cooper Blogs might find it interesting that there is a book recently published about Dorwin Schreuder.
 
    The book is titled Grandpa's Diary, subtitle From Country Boy to Counter Spy. The author is Adam Jake Schreuder who is the grandson of Dorwin.  I won't bore you with the description of the book other than it is a humorous chronicle of Dorwin's life and includes several stories of his experiences within the FBI. The book and reviews can be found on Amazon.com. I am personally acquainted with Adam and Dorwin Schreuder, and observed that they were recently featured in an article within The Yellowstone News, from Huntley, Montana.
 
    Don't expect to find secrets of the Cooper case in the writing because it is barely mentioned incidental to another topic. For most readers, the value of the book is it provides an insight into what made this particular FBI agent, how he thought, worked and lived. It contains all of the elements solicited in the Mountain News.
 
    This might appear as a thinly veiled advertisement for the book. That is not the intent of this message.  The Schreuders wrote the book as a "fun project" and as a supplement to Adam obtaining his writing degree from Montana State University. They have no ambition of the book achieving significant sales. However in view of the Global interest in all things "Cooper", you and your associates might find it an interesting, well written human interest sidebar about a breed of men who worked these events who are disappearing from our culture. If this message helps you discover this book or write a review, or even give it a casual mention, it would be a service to many.
 
    Thank you for your attention.
 
    Regards,
 
    Bozepatty
 
 

[Bruce A. Smith]

Just had a lovely chat with Dorwin. Among other things, I encouraged him to check out this forum.

He shed a little more light on the money retrieval at T-Bar. "We weren't as prepared as we should have been," he told me, explaining that the money shards they found were placed in whatever envelopes and baggies that were handy.  "Some agents had miniature crime kits," which was one of the means of preserving the fragments.

Dorwin also told me that Seattle agents were on the scene, with one agent from the Vancouver satellite office arriving first, and then the following day a contingent of agents from Seattle arrived, and all the evidence was turned over to them.

[georger]

Just had a lovely chat with Dorwin. Among other things, I encouraged him to check out this forum.

He shed a little more light on the money retrieval at T-Bar. "We weren't as prepared as we should have been," he told me, explaining that the money shards they found were placed in whatever envelopes and baggies that were handy.  "Some agents had miniature crime kits," which was one of the means of preserving the fragments.

Dorwin also told me that Seattle agents were on the scene, with one agent from the Vancouver satellite office arriving first, and then the following day a contingent of agents from Seattle arrived, and all the evidence was turned over to them.

and the size of the frags were -

miniature crime kits -

 

[Bruce A. Smith]

Dorwin said that 50% of fragments were the size of a quarter, and claimed, " it was not possible to retrieve all the little pieces. (There was) no evidentiary value."

My understanding of the "miniature crime kits," is that they were comparable to a pocket-sized first aid kit - a few baggies, a pair of latex gloves, a pair of tweezers, a couple swabs. Things like that. What would most special agents have in the trunk of their cars?

[georger]

Dorwin said that 50% of fragments were the size of a quarter, and claimed, " it was not possible to retrieve all the little pieces. (There was) no evidentiary value."

My understanding of the "miniature crime kits," is that they were comparable to a pocket-sized first aid kit - a few baggies, a pair of latex gloves, a pair of tweezers, a couple swabs. Things like that. What would most special agents have in the truck of their cars?

good explanation - thanks.

[Bruce A. Smith]

That Woman

That woman called me again. The one who has publicly suggested that I murdered Earl Cossey. Maybe, Shut, you should have a call-in service, here, for folks who prefer not to use computers. This way, everyone can stay in touch, because right now, EVERYONE on this forum is depending on me to keep the lines of communication open with Mrs. Cooper.

I wouldn't want a crisis to develop here. It's kind of like politics - do you want someone in your party's tent pissing out, or do you want them outside pissing in. Either way, there's gonna be pee.

Just sayin'.

[nmiwrecks]

That Woman

That woman called me again. The one who has publicly suggested that I murdered Earl Cossey. Maybe, Shut, you should have a call-in service, here, for folks who prefer not to use computers. This way, everyone can stay in touch, because right now, EVERYONE on this forum is depending on me to keep the lines of communication open with Mrs. Cooper.

I wouldn't want a crisis to develop here. It's kind of like politics - do you want someone in your party's tent pissing out, or do you want them outside pissing in. Either way, there's gonna be pee.

Just sayin'.

I don't think anybody on this forum is depending on you to keep communicating with Jo.  That's your gig.  I don't think anybody here really cares what Jo, Mr. Blevins or anybody else who is delusional and stuck in the past has to say about the Cooper Case.  I think it's great you guys keep yourselves busy talking to each other, but we don't really need to hear about it or be involved.  Individuals stupid enough to get themselves perma-banned, or who have perma-banned themselves  really don't deserve to have a voice here.  Merry Christmas.   

[Bruce A. Smith]

Ah, yes, what is our responsibility to stupid people?

[Shutter]

Jo is a bit of a different story. she posted here once, and all hell broke loose 

Many came to the conclusion that she would not be a positive approach to the forum. Jo also emailed me explaining she didn't want to post, only to be able to read the forum. it doesn't bother me one way or the other if an update about her pops up. she seems to have a lot of troubles at the moment. I hope she works them out...

[Shutter]

Let me try and clarify a few things that happened the other day with a member of this forum...

I don't want people to think I favor conspiracies, but I do believe any theory should be noted and looked over. I realize the room can be "tough" but I don't want to see things out of hand to where a member doesn't present things. the last time I checked we are here looking for answers. this is a forum for discussion, no 

we all take pot shots at things, and that's fine, but I don't like people holding things back in fear of being ridiculed...it's seems to come down to "why bother posting it" vs being afraid of posting things. that doesn't fly very well at all with me.


I think for the most part we work together pretty well. I guess that could fall under the "happy forum" thingy...

I believe everyone seen the comments made the other day. I decided to remove them because I don't want that on this forum as a permanent record.

I want people to feel free to post anything they believe could be of value. if it's not, we simply move on. I don't want this to be a one sided forum like Blevins has created. his only poster is already questioning his censorship.

[Shutter]

Dorwin said that 50% of fragments were the size of a quarter, and claimed, " it was not possible to retrieve all the little pieces. (There was) no evidentiary value."

Where were they located from the find, and approx. how many pieces?

[Bruce A. Smith]

Thousands, according to Dorwin when I first spoke with him in 2011 (?) Equally scattered throughout the sand column to a depth of at least three feet, and radiating out 20 yards from the spot where Brian found/made/planted/created history.

Dorwin also said that they found one-third of the briefcase. No bomb materials, though. I have no confirmation on this latter bit, none whatesoever.

[Bruce A. Smith]

Dorwin Schreuder

The biography on Dorwin is written by his grandson, Adam Jake Schreuder, and is titled:  Grandpa's Diary - From Country Boy to Counter Spy. Available at Amazon as an E-Book or hard-copy.

My copy is in the mail. Looking forward to reading it.

[georger]

Greetings - hope everyone has had a nice holidays - so Happy New Years to all.

I apologise for any inconvenience in the past week or so. I will be on my best behavior from here on out. Thanks to all! Sincerely - Georger.

BTW we are smack in the middle of a blizzard - winter storm called Goliath. States east are even worse than us after many problems in the southern States as this system developed before moving north. To see where the storm is currently see: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

At present this storm stretches from the UP of Michigan all the way to Florida. Now I must go out and get some snow blowing done ... later. And thanks again to all.