Biography
John Edward Van Veenendaal was one of three defendants jailed in the 1970 Seattle post-office bombing prosecution. The Black Panther reported that all three had been held in King County Jail since March 3, 1970, and described a defense claim that police agent Jeff Desmond had supplied the plan and dynamite. The report describes his brief association with Weatherman and says he had been wounded in the neck during the October 1969 Chicago actions. Judge William N. Goodwin handled the case and Stan Pitkin was the prosecutor. The accessible sources do not establish the outcome or actual release date.
John Edward Van Veenendaal was one of three defendants jailed in the 1970 Seattle post-office bombing prosecution. The Black Panther reported that all three had been held in King County Jail since March 3, 1970, and described a defense claim that police agent Jeff Desmond had supplied the plan and dynamite. The report describes his brief association with Weatherman and says he had been wounded in the neck during the October 1969 Chicago actions. Judge William N. Goodwin handled the case and Stan Pitkin was the prosecutor. The accessible sources do not establish the outcome or actual release date.
The Black Panther, September 26, 1970, PDF page 14; supplemental FBI telegram, July 8, 1975, PDF page 103; supplemental FBI telegram, July 8, 1975, PDF page 104.
