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wre, : ‘ >} _ever geen eny of them. He was closely questioned before being shown eee et 2 atte * i “e wien i a ll hovel in ‘the “vicinity of Send Street ent troadways Thies hotel, he said, wes directly across the street from some enall ‘theatre; . This theatre suggested the name Albin to him, but he felt sure that" - this was not the right name of the theatre whict was opposite the emall hotel where he steyed, Re eaid thet trune Palm Garden was low — cated at &34 Main Street, Forest Park, Illinois, He stated that he Was the only person knomm aa Jimmie, who stayed arowd the 0.P, Inn. He state? that the bic attraction at the 0.P. Inn tad formerly been o famous steak dinner which was first served at $1.50 but Jeter reduced to $1.0, Moat of the ruests at the 6,P, Inn were golfers, tho \were { “going to or from golf courses loceted in the Testern suburbs, Many \ prominent Chicago men, he said, years ago would stop at the 0,P. Ina for meale, He denied ebsolutely having ever known of hoodlums staying “at the O.P. Inn and when shom pictures of Nesh, Keating, Holden and __ the various guspecta in this case he positively denied thet he had tie pictures, covcernicg the receipt of s telephone call on June 16, ; icsc, from Kaneas City or from some other ¢own, and delivering a message 3o-Doc Stacey to the effeat thet *“Jelly* had been tekeng Burns said that he had enswered the telcphone several times on June 16, since it was on the night of June 16, about ten p.m. that his mother had peesed ‘gmey. Ae ssid th.t hia novher had lived in Kenoshe, Wisconsin, ant that follot- ing is mother’s deeth he hac been notified by telephone, He had “inforned Doe Stecey thet it would be necessary for him to heve the week-end off and in consequence he had left Elmer in cherge on Scturdey morning and had gpre to his mother’s funeral, not returning to the 0.P. Inn until Mondeys, * Burns seid thet he felt sure that if he hed received a telephone call, similer to t~e one mentioned by agent, that he rould heave remembered 4t. At first he esid he did not remember whether he had received this . telephones call or not. Burna said thet if Frances hed called he was sure he would have remembered her voice, although he could never yPemenber Deving received \ telephoze call from her in the Paste. / } ° at was ‘evident tron surne* attituae t thet he ‘nad no intention of divuletne any information concerning the criminel associatio-s of “warious members of this gang at the 0.P, Inne He repeatedly said thet he was not afraid of the gang, but it is believed that this man fe ~~~ possibly in possession of valueble informetions Burns wes closely questioned in this regard end it ves intimated thet he might be hele iM 8 conspiracy to obstruct justice but he remained ademant: in ‘= assertions to the effect that he had not received a lonc distance telephone call on June 16, 1033, or thet he knew any of the suspects in this case,