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SL 7-29 f He noticed a cab driver in the bar watching the world series i on television, which would definitely place the time as the early after- noon. He had the cab driver to take him to a shopping district where an appliance store might be found, but after some driving they were unsuccessful in locating an appliance store and they returned to the bar. They then discovered that there was an appliance store very close to the bar, and he and the driver entered the appliance store and purchased a radio for twenty-eight dollars. He thought the cab driver had a Laclede Cab. He had the cah driver drive him to a corner near the apartment and he got out and walked to that address. HEADY was passed out. He tried tc awaken her with no success. He plugged in the radio, laid down, and arose shortly, after which he walked back to the same general neighborhood Bane wel m™ from which he had just come and called a cab from another tavern on Morganford Road. He remembered that it was Morganford because it had been necessary for him to ask the bartender the name of the street several times before he properly understood it and could tell the cab where to meet him. A Laclede Cab arrived in approximately fifteen minutes and returned him to the apartment. He told the cabby to wait, went inside and wrote a note to HEADY to the effect that someone had looked at the bag suspiciously and that he had heard some disturbing news on the radio. He then took the suitcases, one at a time, and carried them to the entrance. The cab driver helped him carry them to the cab from the entrance. At this time he noted absolutely no difference in the weight of either of the bags from their weights at the time they were filled. or em eee S They drove downtown and he told the driver just to drive around for awhile. He believes he may have dosed briefly in the cab. The ° guitcases were in the trunk of the cab. He recalled they ware cruising in the vicinity of the Jefferson Hotel when he decided that he wanted a girl to send to Los Angeles to mail a letter to BARNEY in the belief that the letter would be intercepted and that the authorities would believe he was in Los Angeles. He said that he never had any intention of abandoning HEADY, and that he had expected to return to her after disposing of the money. The cab driverhad no connections in regard to the above mentioned, Sag so he made inquiries of other cab drivers in the vicinity and finally came rs ffo up with JOHNNEPYAGER. HAGER had a fare for the Union Station and told the ry Laclede driver to meet him at the Reed Hotel or Reed Bar. ‘ihe Laclede Cab = drove him to the Reed Bar where he had another drink and where his bags S were transferred to JOHNNY HAGER's Ace Cab on the latter's arrival. HALL x stated that in every instance, with the exception of the Nash in which the a : bags had been placed on the rear seat, and one other possible exception in which one bag had been placed in the trunk and the other beside the iF memenemmmian iret ee err ena eh ee -9\- Ae Se ort aT oat ee