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State of Tezas 2 ‘ : aa Wee County of Galveston: Before mo the undersigned, a Deyity United States Clerk, personally appeared R. J, Harrell, who being duly sworn, Geposes and states as follows: My name is R. J. Harel, and I reside et 1908 Avenue » Galveston, Texas. I am employed as an extra Messenger and Inspector tor "the United Fruit Company, at Galveston. - —_ . “On June 11, 1933, I met H. C. Howell in Houston, * ‘Texas. , He is employed as a Candy Maker at hia home, and sells home made candy, He told me he was studying detective work under a wen in Houston, whose neme I do not recall, I told Howll that I bad just come from Prescott, Arizona, and a day or two before, I believe I said Friday, June 9, 1955, while I was standing on the street corner in Prescott, a man came by me and asked me to hold a package for awhile; that I etood at this corner som time and the man did not return, and I came on to Galveston and ~ brought the peckage with ms. I told him I opened the package and found an eutomatic gun in it. I do not believe that I said it was a sub-machine gune I do not remember whether or not I said the gun was loaded. At the - . time I told Howell about the man giving me a package, I told him itwas in - Prescott, Arizona, for Howell knows that I occasionally make trips for © - .-. _ the United Fruit Dispatch thru that section, however, I have not been in ~ ‘Prescott, Ariana, for over a year. I merely told this tale about the mn ¢ giving me a package which proved to be a gun, just to excite Howell's curiosity, and I wish to etate that there is no truth in =v otatement to Howell, and it was told to him only as a joke. ; No one has ever given me a subdemachine gun or any other kind of a gum. I never sew a sub-machine gun, and do not know what one would look like. I wish to state that in telling Howell this story about the sub-machine gun or eutomatic gun, I had no intention of causing any . trouble, and did not expect that he would tell the story to enyons, which = - would result dn the Government making an investigation edout the matter. oe T have read the above statement and same is true and correc te . eo. (Signed) R. 3. Barrell Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th dey of Tune, ! A. D. 1953. -— (seal) (signed) G. predecki, Oe Deputy United States District clerk, Southern District of Texes. Copy = _ COPIES DERTROVED 848 AUG25S 1964