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mors 50. Ritt . ey Fe gt ~ teat, et ee sine in Aue Sete Be oe BA es aeeataiel TAPCO ? al AL ye wae we drove to the Blossom Hotel and let the laiy cut. I learned + F.3. Smith 10-13-26 _ 21. talked wath a woman that roomed there, and later suid that she wes going to point out the place mentioned above. we tuen ell fcur go in the Ford car and drove east on First Street to .deirel Boulevar and on east to Lewis, turning south on Lewis tvs or three streets,’ then turned west some four or five blocks waen this oman pointed out a house stating "There is the house with thet white fence™. We drove vast the house and urwin took the number of the house. We then returned to First and Boulder where opringer got out of the car Fae i later thet the sarty Orvin had reference to - her nemée was =mma Weaver. Springer asked us if we knew of unvesnsexwho could be had to do some privete work, that there was a woman workings et the Mayo Coffee Shop by the name of Mayo, that he wanted to «st some informna--- tion from her or some LGUUErS, IT told him thet I aian't kee. of enyone but thet if 1 found anyone T would send them to him. i later went to the eyo Hotel and had an interviéw with C.D. Pierce, who was house detective at the hotel at thes tine, and eskedi him if. he knew @ woman by the nume of lisyo who worked in the Coffee Shop. He caida thet he did. I told him that Springér wanted to get some- one to do some private work for him end that he could =o anc see Sprinser. He asked me why I did not do it myselr anc 1 told sim that I wis workings for the City and that Chief of Detectives sihiis Was & <ood friend of ull of the peoole at Pawhusha unc that 2 didn't think that the Cuief would want me to have anything to do with it. Pierce stated "“AVsll, Chief is a sood friend of mine alse and waybe I hud not cught to have anything to do with it". 2 said MWell, o@rnupS you ere right, maybe he would not want you te do sny work on it", IL told him before that I would nov have anything to @o with it. The conversation Gropped there. That was the end of the conversation, cond later 1 was With 2@ Zrwin on the street when we met attorney Sofinger and there wus sume conversation between Erwin end nim. Zyrvin said ‘Vell, when cre you goings to set cn tne parrel-head with thet cough”. Later urvin tola ine Saat Saringer was looking for someone wilo would do some private work for aim and he seid that he knew of 4 lot of informution thet would Go Suringer good on the 3..ith murder case. I usked him what it was ana us told me thet he knew a man tat wus at that time in tse Penitenticry Tor life th.t would get up and testify thet he was the one that murdered Smith. I dust Lewy shea ond that was ull there was to it, excent that irvin seid that it sould be worth 310,000.00 to she defense to get tiat een g Later there was a 2arty geinted cue to u me that as overheard Bron me, o fellow by tue nune of Ryan, und told ue tu 9 erhe a 2 state lat he «new scnoehing Spout the Smith murder, 4 fae a wowed ater @ith this fellow Ryan und he told me thet ue ew souetai nes ue cause. I told him that if he cid ne should see gone of ending attorneys and suggested that he see Springer, who lived in Tadsa. He said he would if I would show fila where Soringer's office was. JI nade an .p ointment with him to meet him at hird 2rd Main otreets sone time later that day, and aid meet him there ix ‘ me about the ae _ — *, “ eee