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- that in the course of hip acquaintance with Covell, the letter told - him that he, Covell, served time in the Leavenworth Penitentiary and there beceme acquainted with Frank Nash, Big Tim Murphy and others; thet a few daye after the newspapers carried reports of the _-Kanses City- Union Station affair and of the killing of Frank Nash, C_Henshaw bad occasion to telk with Covell on 14th Street, at which time he, Renshaw, brought up the subject of this maseacre; that Henshaw asked Covell aa to the primary motive for the Kansas City shooting in which Nash wes killed, whether the motive was to free Nash or “to bump him off*; thet Covell replied that in his opinion "the boya* probably wanted to free Nash according to a probable pre-arranged plen and might have been told by Nesh that in case they could not free him "to give him the works" as he, Nash, would rather be dead then return to the penttentiery; that Covell told him on that oecasion thet he knew Bailey and the "Big Polak" who were in on a job with him in New Orleans end thet he, Covell, would not be surprised to hear thet Befley and the “Big Polak" hed a hand in the Union Station killing. oO, enshaw ‘etated that thic was the entire conversation relative to this -affetf end that he and Covell did not talk about thie matter any more after thet, although he met Covell several times later; thet he met Covell subsequent to the escape cf Harvey Bailey from the Okleboma Jail but that nothing was mentioned about this by either Covell or himself, Henshaw enphatically denied having been told by Covell that the letter knew that Beiley wes to be “sprung” and thet his friends were in on it and also denied having made such 6 stetement to Mayne. A4gente then asked Meyne as to his source of information, he previously heving stated thet he obtained this specific informetion from Hanshaw, whereupon Nayne, with visible embarrasement, stated "Well, this wae. my natural assumption; easociating in my mind the names of Neeah, Bailey, the Sig Polek’, their acquaintances with Covell, putting two and two together, thie was the only logical assumption." Henshaw stated , further that he never sax Covell under the influence of liquor and 41d not+eo etete to Vieyne; thet the only conversation ebout the Kansas City - Tnion Station affair he had with Covell was on the occasion of their meeting on léth Street; thet Covell did not sey he had knowledge of the affeir end kmew the participants therein or the ringleaders thereof; thet Covell, in referring to the affair of the Fansas City - Mnion Stetion stated thet he believed thet Bailey and the "Big Folsk* probably might heve hed e hand in it and it was his, Covelits, belief that the mtive