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+e eee ae ee ee gavieea that he had interviewed Lis. Hopkins who informed him that the parties. - to whom she referred as Vernon Miller and hie wife had stopped at her. place for: : 36 ‘a few minutes on October 18, 1933, ani that she was of the opinion that they - . " posgibly stopped at tue Alpine Tourist ‘Canp located ten miles west of. ‘DePuniak ra Springss Reo Fa eed a ae agents Rorer, Roberts and nance {mediately ‘proceeded to" i Hees oe BSF Seo 4 4 the Alpine ‘ourtet cone and thoroughly looked the place over and found no care : “7 or persons there, or in the vicinity, other than the man who operates the - plece and a girl employe who is approximately 15 years of age. There are. only four cottages at this camp, none of which were ) occupied, and no automobiles’ were found there. St oe i: oe , ° . Agente then proceeded, eight. niles east Sof ‘DeFubiair ; Springs to the Osceola Touriet Camp and filling station,. which is also known _ ae “es the Hopkins Service Station. This camp and station are owned and operated by Lirs. Zasie Gaither Hopkins, a woman approximately 46 years of ap and who. admitted to Agents that in addition to operating a tourist camp, soft drink parlor, and gasoline service station, she maintains four girls, one-of whom. is her daughter, whom she works as prostitutes. She was‘ very willing to talk ----: concerning Vernon liller and edvised that about & P.Li, on October 16, 1933, a’ new Ford Sedan, eight cylinder, with a Floride license plate turned upside down on. the rear, ana occupied by a man and woman, carrying no baggage, drove vo ..up to her place and called her out. She advised that she did not recognize - them and that they asked for liquor, which she did not have; that these people a appeared to know her and she asked their identity but in reply was told that she. _eu0uld know them since they once etayed with her several years previously. :* LT " She stated that they remained there only eome ten to twenty minutes end were - 3 an being about 35 years of age, dark complexion, hair at the temples turning | desoribe these Personss r oye PS 7” a ate also observed by a Lire Allen, who ie employed at this tourist: camp; that - neither of the occupants got out of the automobile; that the occupants informed, | her that they were living in the vicinity of Marianna, Fier iaee where they 7 : bos 4 . + had been for saxetims. . ; io. Cote AE an lb ees * 7 MTN S Bas. ws urs. Hopkins decribed the man ‘occupant ‘of ets car ao. gray, of heavy build, and wearing a moustache. She described the woman as fe 7 “being @ blond, well. Greased, about 50 years. ot 8804: She. gould not further ey Tae wv ; _ a . ete * wy a fice vy 5 ie ve . Ae ; ; 2g - an ye “ies. Hopkina ‘stated that a few minutes after the. pan! Ae and woman lett ip the Ford Sedan Sheriff Mi. H, Prescott drove up and, having :/ seen the car depart, asked her who the occupants were; that she edvised the . Sheriff that she did not know their identity but that they apparently knew . her and that she believed she recognized them as old acquaintances, although she could not recall their names. Mrs. Hopkins stated that the Sheriff then suggested to her that perhaps they were Vernon Miller and wife since he had - heard taat they were in that vicinity and that he had besn trying to get a line on them; that as soun as the Sheriff mentioned the name Liller she =- 2 =