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Se er ne EE a ES SL i SD es te gag rar dame lel ee oe XG wr On the evening of June 5, Lieutenant Alvin Hegge of the L.A.P. D. used the automobile key, which had been taken from Q) en os = siimnwaaoste =. ake nent Sirhan's pocket at the Rampart station, in a successful attempt to operate the lock on a door of a 1956 DeSoto parked in the vicinity of the Ambassador Hotel. On the basis of this successful entry, Hegge applied for and obtained the issuance of a warrant to search the vehicle at approximately 12:30 a.m., (June 6), and the following items were recovered: 1. From inside the glove compartment, a wallet containing among other items, current membership card in Sirhan's name in the Ancient Mystical Order of Rosacructan, as well as other cards iden- tifying Sirhan by name and address; 2. From inside the glove compartment, a business card from the Lock, Stock and Barrel Gun Shop in San Gabriel and a receipt -dated June 1, 1968, from that gun shop for the purchase of mini-mag hollow point .22 caliber ammunition, and two boxes of Super X .22 caliber ammunition (a total of-200 bullets); 3. From inside the glove compartment one live round of .22 caliber ammunition and an empty carton labeled .22 caliber "“mini- mag"; And an the pri “Te Fass wT hE white ag 4h Documents obtained from the California Department of Motor Vehicles established that Sirhan was the registered owner of the DeSoto searched in the vicinity of the Ambassador Hotel. Evidence introduced at trial established that at 8:00 a.m. on the morning of June 6, Officer Thomas Young of the Pasadena eo) Police Department arrived at the Sirhan residence, having been as- signed to security at the rear of the residence to guard the Dremises from unauthorized persons. At approximately 11:00 a.m. upon discarding a paper cup of coffee into the trash which lay inside several boxes and cans of trash on the Sirhan property, he observed an envelope which bore on its face the return address of the Argonaut Insurance Company. Mr. Laurence Sloan, handwriting specialist of the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, testified that the writing on the back of the envelope was that of Sirhan. The following words, repeated several times, were written on the reverse side of the envelope, which had been put in evidence by the prosecution: "R.F.K. must be...disposed of properly. Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy must soon die." Other trial evidence introduced was testimony of Mr. and Mrs. John Weidner, the owners of a health food store in Pasadena, who had employed Sirhan as a box boy and delivery boy. The Weidners had discussions with Sirhan on the subject of politics in which Sirhan asserted that violence was the only means by which American Negroes would achieve their goals, and that the state of Israel had taken nis home, and that the Jewish people were on top and directing the events in America. When Sirhan stated to the Weidners that there was more freedom in Russia and China than in America, Mr. Weidner had inquired, "Why don't you go there yourself?" Sirhan replied, "Maybe one day I will go." QO - 10 -