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Pa ted . #8 ° ere yee an eet agont’s automobile, and the trip was irmediately begm out of town. | , “The entire trinmotion at tw cigar storp could not have token over five minutes. This agent did not see anyone in the cisor store whom he recopnized as a erininal with whom ho had been previously acquainted, ani — io extrewly doubtful that be would again recognize anyones whon he saw in this cigar store, a Little Rock. At Benton, Arkonecs, at a gas station on the west edge of tom, we Wore stopped by three man with rifles and sawed off shotruns end after establishing our identity, were told by these men thet Hot Springs bad ; toleph med that a mon wearing a Wack muatachs, hed been kidnapped at thet place. ke ther. proceeded to Little Rook, and on the outskirts of Little Rook, wre stopped by two police oars bearing officers with riot gms, who stated that they had been requested by Hot Springs authorities to stop agent's car as it we thoucht that a man therein bed deen kidnapped at Hot Springs, Acont reaoxbores that he ws stopped at Little Rock just fifty-five minutes after loaving Hot Springs, a distance of fifty-eicht miles, ané it 4s doubtful thet any pursuit from Hot Springs would have been successful, ae thie fa a fairly mowmtainous and crooked stretch of raid. It was agent's veh intmtion to proceed directly to Fors omith anf not knowing the road thro “Little Rock, tut kmowing the fact that the road thiouch Little Rock to Fort anith ran over the sane real fron Little Rock to Joplin for the first 55. ° miles, agent asknd those officers t show hin the road out of tomn to Joplin, which the officers did. I¢ was approximately 12:50 or 12:55 when agents * passed the northern outc&irta of Little Rock emi were then on the open read . ani left the police officers, ‘There were no stops mide until we reached Russellville, where wo stopped for sore thing to eat and then proceeded to Fort aaith, where wo arrived at about 6:00 o’clock. wat Fort Saith, we ecamnicuted with Special agent ia Charge, Colvin, who had in the meentime commumnionted with the Bureau, and received authority > for agents to conduct subdjeat Kash to Leavenworts. Special agent in Charge Colvin instructed tickets be purchased anf a Greving room prowred en Mis- souri Peoific trein lesving Fort Suith at 6:50 Pe Mo, ant the tickets mentiomd ‘were puroha eed om goverment trensportetion, by this agent, the tickets being purchased to Kansas Oity, Missouri, where Special Agent in Charge, Colvia, advised that Special Agent ia Charge Yetterli of the Kunsas City effice would -_