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i E t \ 1 t y i ’ gour days and returned to Joplin where he stayed at home Pe said that the photograph of Vernon Ce Miller is familier to hin es en... . that he would be unable to find this streete - ede wate BR ee tee Neweie tine be Ae ee a orn or 2: ead me ean al Ce eee gel othe ebtaeianantaeet abe seeder meee TT ee NN, i I I A Boos oe ye | around the cormére He denied that he yerained in hiding in Kansas City, claiming that he frequented gambling; houses and was at the Ma jestic Hotele When asked as to the persons he saw in Kanses City, he stated that he bought - a suit of clothes at Rothchilds, paying cash, fran an individual whom he does coe pot know and gave the names of Bt. Louis Dutch, who operates & gambling house lt. across fran the Baltimare Hotel, and Jack Haskell, proprietor of the Majestic =. Hotel and member of the Missouri legislature, as persons who saw hime He. claims to have seen mmorous other gamblers, but gave no further namese He a ‘advised that while in Kansas City he did not communicate with his wife in eny wt waye Faxuer first stated that he remained 4n Kansas City until three days i before his arrest at Joplin and that he returned directly to Jopling at the a subsequent interview he stated that he remained in Kemess City only three @& oan Farmer was shown photographs of the various suspects in this matter and denied’ - knowing any of them, with the exception of Harvey Bailey and Walter Le Raineye ye individual he hae seen at gambling houses but that he does not know hime feo denied ever having been to 6612 Edgevale Road, Kansas Citys Mis sourl, and stated bee Farmer stated that he hed read in the papers about the telephone calls reported © to bave been made to and from his home, but hed no kmowledge of them until he received his telerhone bill at about 11:00 otclock on 76=S5 which showed @® charge of 50¢ for one long distance calle He immediately instructed his wife. =. ‘ tg go to Joplin and advise Chief of Detectives Bd Portley that he was at home wea wanted to talk to Portleys Subsequently Faris advised that he had learned Ll. fran his wife that Mre. Haeb had mate a phone eall from his homte Howvers .” ae would not state when he bad learned this and said that it might have been after he got the phone bille . . 1 1 oe ‘| Farmer emphatically denied any connection with the Union station killing and jnsisted that his friend, Dick Galates, would have notbing to do with a matter of that kinds He denied any knowledge of the present whereabouts of Gelatase — fe stated that upon his return to his home on Friday night he was d4nformed by | someone, probably Mr. Bean, that three persone hai arrived at the place in@ + car and had waited for about three hours for him, stating that they were friends . cf hits He does not know "ho these persons were and stated that he wished he . —. aid know as these are the people who have himinthe jete © Copan With reference to his movements and whereabouts prior to the week of the killing, . Farmer stated that he had been in Hot Springs, Arkansas, with his wife for seven weeks, While there he lived in a rented house on Cedar Street which he rented from one Grannison (t)e He docs not know Grannison’s location, but stated ‘that he had rented an apartment from this man previously, put does not know the name — of the apartment house oF ite locations The rental was $60.00 a month, bub +he ot