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Shirt fade 7 VICTIM." reflects that on July 20, 1933, SAs and t Elkhorn, Wisconsin, with ee cn ct ee comme een ee ceeane tee nan at arm ae set mane ne errno oe 62-4098 where HAMM had ‘been. held by kidnappers. That would be» ; ; evidence against us. I whispered an explanation to the. a others, and we wiped off the bottles with our handkerchiefs — except for Sharkey: he had no Bandkerchiet, 50 he used his” ae “From the yer offices, | we were ‘taken to “Chicago © vn ©: Police Headquarters. In charge of the detective bureau. — a there were two tough, but almost unbelievably honest police we officers. They were Chief of Detectives William Schoemaker ° and his second in command, Lieutenant William Vv. Blaul.” "'wWe're going to give you a square show-up, ' Schoemaker said. McFadden, Stevens, Sharkey and I stood. handcuffed to each other on a raised platform with bright ° white lights shining down. Out in front of us in a darkened - auditorium were victims of various crimes. They could see us, but we couldn't see them. — a hy , 1A police officer with a “microphone had us turn his way and that to show us both in profile and full face. We answered questions so the witnesses could try to recognize our voices. It was a spooky experience. When it was over, - Chief Schoemakertold me: ‘You men are clean so far as we're concerned. Nobody fingered you at the show-up.' He added that Factor had been in the audience. CO “They chained us up > again, put us in cars and took” us back to Elkhorn. Stevens remarked glumly: ‘They're going to a lot of trouble to get $22. 50 for that telephone Pole. ’ "In Elkhorn, FBI Agent Purvis read us warrants. _ charging us with kidnaping Hamm. It was a federal offense, _ he saki, because the evidence was that Hamm had been taken ~~ across a state line from Minnesota to Wisconsin. We were oo liable to life terms in prison under the Lindbergh antikidnap o law, if we could be convicted An St. _ Paul.’ Woes ated” July 22, 1933, at Chicago captioned, VUNKNOWN R - - Fact: a | The report of SA - SUBJECTS; JOHN (Jake the Ba -3- cee wee ne ee ne pee eee me ERT ete