Wanted By FBI / Emily Montague Harris; Wanted By FBI / Patricia Campbell Hearst
- Mailer measuring 8 x 15 ¾ inches, folded in fours
- Washington, D.C.: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1974
Washington, D.C.: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1974. Mailer measuring 8 x 15 ¾ inches, folded in fours. Yellow tape to seal; else Fine.. An FBI mailer soliciting information about Emily Harris and Patricia Hearst of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), a left-wing militant group based in California and responsible for several killings and bank robberies between 1973 and 1975. Hearst, the granddaughter of publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst, had been kidnapped by the SLA in February of 1974; in April, she turned up on surveillance video robbing a San Francisco bank with other members of the SLA. Harris was involved in Hearst’s kidnapping and was, at the time this mailer was distributed, on the run with her husband William Harris and Hearst, and wanted for firearms violations. The mailer describes the three as “armed and very dangerous.”
The trio was arrested in San Francisco in 1975. The Harrises served eight years in prison but were re-arrested in 2002 for the murder of Myrna Opsahl during a 1975 bank robbery. Hearst served two years of a seven-year sentence; her sentence was commuted by Jimmy Carter, and in 2001 she was pardoned by Bill Clinton.
The trio was arrested in San Francisco in 1975. The Harrises served eight years in prison but were re-arrested in 2002 for the murder of Myrna Opsahl during a 1975 bank robbery. Hearst served two years of a seven-year sentence; her sentence was commuted by Jimmy Carter, and in 2001 she was pardoned by Bill Clinton.