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bag dept ceemetn Ae neteetS an ieieeebents Pact chante nities erubetiaieietine ata tate algae anand hes Se Reade ae re gc mc ad ee oe re En ek me ee MI gn iin teal oak aerate em olin + mt *Johnaon advised that the man, whan he describes as 40 to 45, "portly, / Weighing about 200, dressed ine brow suit with o panama hat, gave him |. | @irections end he drove directly to the Midway. ‘he fare wes £07 ani be was _. given SOg ani told to keep the change. The party had three bags ~ @ square - FX" "gait ease, e handbag, and a ladies bat box, all black, He could give no 3 i 2 description of the woman except that she was comparatively young, in the 80° “ qnd he estimted the child's age at 5 or 6. He believes he would recognise * : "7; ‘the man. He couldn't recall any insignia in the man's lapel, Johnson insist= no “" od that he had not given the Virginia aveme address to the office, and denied 3-¢: "that his passengers had requested thet be not reveal their destination, “2.0% ; ““ .. [Mr, Dave Catching, Assistant Manager, Conner Hotel, permitted an exe.) -gmination of his records, which show the registration of John Stacker at 6:58. iP. Me, June 16, 1053, Fhe signature is illegible, but the hotel records carry. ~ @% as "Stacker." He registered fran Hot Springs, Arkanses; wes assigned Room - 16, and paid $1.50 in advame, heaving no baggage. There were no phone calls. -: oF other charges, and it is not know at what time he left the hotel, he hay “paid in advance for the room, The registration card is #21060. 3). SES, Lo "ur, Catching advised that be registered this party in, end recalis that "he wore an aviator's bracelet. Within a fow minutes after his arrival, an in- _quiry was mde at the desk for the aviator, umer a name different from that = “2 whieh the hotel had determined from the registretion, _fhe inquirer was e large “gan wearing © brom suit and eitter a straight straw or panama hat, and hed a =: " ghrine emblem in his lapel. He was apparently not deaf end mde no disturbance 2 pat when told by the clerk then on duty that the individual he was seeking was. - - pot in the hotel, advised that be felt sure there ms a mistake. Mr, Catching, who overheard the conversation, then asked for the description of the in-.- >" @gyidual and recalled the registration of the aviator and his as - tie, Gatehing stated that there was something familiar about the man mik- *' gng the inquiries, but he cannot say whether he is a Joplin man or not, oF why: —J~_ he bas the feeling of femiliarity. He stated that he would probably de eble to -""" pesognize this man, end be was accordingly show the pictures of ell the sus=_ -. pests, but could not identify any of them, He promised to try to recall same: ,-¢hing about the man, and to advice agents further, Mr. Catching that 8! - - wiaiter apparently went to Btacker's room in the hotel. an Pn) en aoe 1 ee oe ree po engine pee eee