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twenty dollar bill which he said was a "token of good luck". © indi tated that he kept one of these twenty dollar bills and used the ether in payment of the bill he had at the WESTERN AUTO COMPANY E zn Grand and Chippewa. t wy On October 9, 1953, on etre : m i ard twenty dollar bill, Serial Number 241237434 oS ” whith was one of the twenty dollar bills of the ransom money. On . tne same day, , WESTERN AUTO CAPANY, 3736 Grand, t furnished the same agents with a twenty doliar bill, Serial Number G:1826262A, which was also one of the twenty dollar bills of the ranson money. Both of these bills are being maintained as evidence, advised that the twenty dollar bill he furnished Bureau Agents had keen received by him from in payment of a bill he had with his company. The following reflects investigation conduc 3 1¢. CR: IN @ Oetb2 93 During a re-interview of aT LACLEDE CAB driver, lone GP eavisea that he recalled that during the period between the > tam he picked HALL up at the tavern at 3225 Morganford and the time that he tock subject HALL to BROWNIE'’S TAVERN, he had driven HALL on Gravyoiz towards downtown St. Louis. HALL asked him during this ~- time where he could send a telegram and SP +014 him the main office at Ninth and Chestnut. When in the immediate vicinity of WESTERN UNION OFFICE, HALL suddenly changed nis mind and stated he did not want to send a telegram, During the same re-interview, identified the trunk and feot locker which he took out of the Arsenal Soreet address for HALL to be identical with the two specimens procured by the St. Louls Office from the Broadway Army Store whera HALL purchased the original bags in which the $300,000 which was recovered was found. GP estimtea the weight of the two pieces of luggage which he placed in his cab as weighing approximately 75 pounds and noticed that they were quite heavy when he carried them to the cab. Regarding the transfer of the bags from the trunk of the LACLEDE CAB to the trunk of the ACE CAB, stated that HALL took the heavier one from the trunk of the cab and the one from the front seat, pitting same on the street. ” ; During the time of the transfer, according to HALL watched very closely to make sure the bags were safely trans- ferred to the new cab. estimated that HALL pulled away in the ACE CAB at approximately 3 p.m. MMMM identified JOHN HACER as the ACE CAB driver involved, —- |