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| Brigade Linked | To Bombings — By Martin Works The Scattle office of the Federal Burcau of in- vestigation yesterday received a tetter — believed 40: be authentic — in which the fugitive George Jack- soa Brigade claimed responsibility for three recent bombing incidents at local auto dealerships. The spokesman said investigators found the right thumbprint of John W. Sherman on the fetter. He has been identified with the brigade for the past two years. ‘fhe fetter describes the explosive devices used in the three incidents “in great detail,” the spokes- mansaid. The document states that the brigade placed, explosive devices at three auto dealerships here: because it is “in support of" the five-month-old strike by Auto Machinists Local 289. [ It claims the Jackson Brigade sent the letter so that the owners of the dealerships involved in the bombing incidents would know the striking me- chanics were not responsible. It bad been rumored that the brigade was re- sponsible for the bomb incidents, but law enforce- tment agencies had not believed the reports. . ; The one-page, typed letter arrived in the morn- ing mail at the FBI office. It bore a Seattle post- imark, the spokesman said. Copies were sent to the auto machinists, BBC Dodge, the King County Auto Dealers Association, and KOMO television, the spokesman said. An official of Local 289 said the union was “a- re” of the letter but would make no comment on: it. - “We're not making any comments at this point,” sald the official, who did not want his name used. He added: “We have been in touch witb our attor- neys and they told us not to make any comments on The latest bombing incident occurred late Sat- urday night at the BBC Dodge dealership in Burien, and caused damage estimated by the county police at 2,500. In an earlicr incident explosives caused damage to vehicles at the S. L. Savidge agency in downtown Scattie. Two weeks ago an unexploded bomb was found North Seattle. covered what they said was at least $5,000 in slashed, tires at the Fouthills Ford dealership in Eastgate. Police said & or more tires on new Cars, vans, and pickup trucks were punctured with an “ice pick-tike device.” at the Westlund Buick-Opel-GMC dealership in, ; Meanwhile yesterday, Bellevue police dis-, The following newspaper article is from the October 19, 1977 issue of the Seattle- Post Intelligencer, Seattle, Washington (page A-1). The damage was discovered at 2:45 a.m. by po lice, a spokesman said. A police dog found a track at the scene but lost it a short distance away, appar- ; ently where the person who left the track got into a ; vehicle, police said. . There have been many incidents of property damage at Seattlearea auto dealerships since the mechanics went on strike, but yesterday's incident seemed to be the largest yet. . Sherman, 35, bas been sought by federal and ‘local law enforcement officers since his bloody es- cape from Harborview Medical Center March 10, 1976. cS | County police offficer Virgil Johnson was shot’ jin the abdomen and critically wounded in that inci-" dent. Sherman at the time was being held in connertion with a holdup ane gun battle at a bank ip Tukwila in January of 1976. That rob Ww committed by Jackson Brigade members. ery was it has been about a month since the brigade was beld responsible for striking a bank in Skyway, rob- bing a teller and getting cleanly away. And it has been almost two-and-a-half years since the group emerged out of the remnants of the leftdominated prison reform movements, saying it would steal from the rich (“the capitalist class") and give to the Poor (the masses, ” ey are here, there and everywhere,” Seattle FBI head John Reed told United Press International. “They are like Patty Hearst, with a few friends to help them out, probably living in a community where they blend in.” + “They could bave a place way out in the boon- docks,” Bellevue Police Chief Donald Van Blaricom ; says. “They might have a mUlelong driveway with a thundred yapping dogs, or they could be that lovely ; couple who just moved in next door.” { ek auras whpwepmetgriinetie tia feept ae