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“ae aa nek a 2a ae ered 2S ala ae ar emia er aan at lari el dad “ater had «shy persoram] -sonverzetion with PAUL GREENLEASE . ToLes : ‘ rscollastion he -mst BONNIE HEALY aboot thw middie, or possibly the latter part of Kr, 1952, while re Wee WOrki bg, Tor =né Seafford Estor Company . Conserning this emp] oyment he stated he worked for Swafford Motor Cowpany for upproximately : 1 one month tut did not make any mong, and then secored-a job with the Commercial Life Inaurence Company, whose headquarters are in the Rialto Building, Kansas City» Mas cori, telling Life insurence He statec thet hig immediate eupervisor for the Commercial Life Insurance Company was a man by the name of BOWERS, at the adivags previcariy mentioned. HALL stated in about forty-sight hours efter he first met BONNIE HEAD?’ he had moved into her homa and hay life, in a mutual common lew -_ he bieg of the de - eet RONNTE OPATIY | lail onahip whith Bont anced GE "il RT TLDS Vl Limtai “dor cayc DV Aes Dk g & confirmed alooholic, found HALL a fit sompanion who shared her drinking actictties emdtisie detby conramption-wse wémittedly two fifths a day. PREPARATION FOR INSTANT KIDNAPPING HALL on interview sdvised that he hes hed it in his mind to perpetrate amaidor kidmapping fcr at lesst two years. He eteted, however, eo that he naver aptually consantraved on farmulating final plans until after ; f his release from the Penitentiary » He stated, hewever, thet he hed thought | our auesrous details relative to a kidnapping while in the Penitentiary bus ay thet time had not picked out any roscific vistin. He stated that WE a. wealthy mano da had no knowledge of the exact amount of his wealth, but he kues that he was one of the weaithier men in Kansas City, Missouri, and could afford to pay an extremely high amcunt of money for ransom. He wtated that it ie tras that he attended Kemper Military Academy with PAUL GREENLBASE, the adopted gon of RORERT C. GREENLEASE, &2., but that he did not know him intimately, He atated that, to his reesllestion, he doubted that he had ever 4 rd Le meleagm he knew that SOBCET ©. GRIENLSASE, Sro, wag an extremel ¥ \ In furtherance ef the preparebicn after dectding that the GREENLEASE family would be wuitable, he made telephone calls to the GREENLEASR residence | ané to th» motor company and ercerteined at-thet tims thet the GREENLEASE i femily was in Borope on vacetion, but he did obtain information relative +o | their expested return to their home in Kensas “ity, Missouri, He stated that oo | if i | i he commenced to drive ty the GREBNLBEASE home and observed oun two or three oscasions Mr. GREENLEASE teking victim from his home in a bine Cadilias sedan to ths French Inetitute Netre Dams De Sion, losated at 38th and Lesust : Strests, Kansas City, Missouri. -He dented emphatically that he hed-ever ro engaged the wictim in any conversetion, but he realized that the victim r wes clesely chaperonsd te amd from school which would possibly prevent hin ; from abducting the victim from the curtedy of hie parents. He atated (oy that the reason that he picked out the erine of kidnapoing was that in hia - . opinion it was a certein way of chtaining a great deal of money with the ‘ greatest degree of safety. He stated it was his idea to obtain a lot ef monsy and obtain it quickly. Ee stated that if he had turned to the cashing of checker or armed robbery to obtain money he weuld have to constantly repeat