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III, CHRONOLIGAL SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIFS OF SUBJECT IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI A. ACTIVITIES OF CARL AUSTIN HALL _ . The following in ation regardi 's ‘activities Was ~~ obtained by SA and SA on October 12, 1953, ad during interview wi HALL stated that he and HEADY picked up the ransom money at the appointed place between 11:30 p.m. and midnight, Sunday, October 4, 1953, He stated that both of them had been drinking heavily prior to the pick ‘up. He put the duffel bag containing the ransom in the back of the car and started out as fast as possible. He estimates that they were approxim:tely ten to twelve miles east of Kansas City, Missouri. They travele? on U. S. 40. HALL stated that he thought a car followed him after the pick up and that by the time they reached N ~th Kansas City he became convinced that he was under surveillance and that the car had obtained his license number. He said it was at that time he realized that the jig was up. He stated that it threw him into a panic. He did not believe HEADY had reached the same decision as she wanted him to return to their residence in St, Joseph. He said they had no prior plan of coming to St. Louis and that it was decided by him on the epur of the moment, This was the reason he had no luggage or toilet articles in the car. He said that he had approximately $56 to $100 of his own money at that time. He stated that they had stopped at 3ist and Forest in Sansas City at a bar which he knew to be open between 12:00 and 1:30 and called the GREENLEASE residence telling them he would ‘ wire them the following morning as to where the child could be found in Pittsburgh, Kansas. “e estimated that he was approximately thirteen miles from the place of the ransom pick up at the time he made the call. They continued east on U, S. Highway 40. He was unable to estimate the speed but stated that he must have been driving quite fast as there was very little traffic. He said some time after they leftthe out- skirts of Kansas City he stopped the car and told HEADY he was going to see if they had a bag of money or a bag of paper. He opened the trunk of the ear and raised the flap of the duffel bag till he could see it actually contained currency. He slipped one package of the currency out of the bag and put it in his pocket. He did this without untieing the knotted rope. He got back in the car and told HEADY he had never seen so much money. f He had no recollection that he had changed license plates on the automobile. HALL stated that the condition of his kidneys requires that he stop every haif hour to forty-five minutes in order to relieve himself; -89- we - re ee an cee MURAL Ser QO Ty TY RRR Res SURE Rr ;