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kidnapping, intent
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Activities of
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apprehension and
substantial corroboration
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Physical evidence
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At Midnight, October 6, 1953, Chief of Police JEREMIAH
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CARL HALL was interviewed
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Department, at which time he advised he was born July 1, 1919 and that he
was an insurance salesman and had been living with BONNIE HEADYfor several g
months in St. Joseph, Missouri.
HALL was in a miserable physical condition
and vomited and slipped out of his chair on several occasions.
It was
necessary to have a waste basket in front of him, and it could not be
determined whether he was suffering from the effects of alcohol or whether ihe
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morphinewas wearing off.
was sent to the City Hospital.
When he returned on a stretcher,
still
in a miserable physical condition.
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extent, most of his answers to inquiries were mumbled and inarticulate
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he
was elicited
from him, it was to the effect
that the
have been released
on Monday at Pittsburg,
Kansas,
and should
in front oi the Besse Hotel.
At times he indicated the boy might be in
Parsons, Kansas, with 8.
or T i uA.:1.au"""
, who"'eindicated
,i'|_.1..'
was "
tn the kidnapping and whose responsibility
it was to take care of the child-
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After
"
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continuous questioning,
HALL seemed to
break
and indicated
that the GREENLEASE
boy was dead and was buried
in
HE|92DY'S
backyard at
1201
South 38th Street, dt. Joseph, Hissouri.
He indicated new flowers had
been planted over the spot where he had buried the GREENI-EASE
boy. '1-ILLL
stated
he
had turned the boy over to a TCM MARCHshortly after he had met
BQINIE HEM]! near the Kat: Parking Lot in Kansas City and that TOE MARCH
was to take the GREENLEASE
boy to the HEAD! home in St. JosePh:illiBB°111
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in the
kidnapping.
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A photograph of THG-EAS
JOHNMARSH,FBI N0. ll2l3?3, was exhibited
to HALL, and he would neither identify nor eliminate him as the TCM"
MARSH
or 1 - ARCH
involved
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HALLadvised that, upon returning to St. Joseph, Missouri, on @ctober"§
1,953, with Bunnie pygmy, he had expected to find the TOMMARCH
and the "boy,
and when he did not find them he went down to the basement
the GREBELEASEboy had been shot.
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later
E{é';.=
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5. :-1. -';5
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St.
Louis,
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liissouri
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"I, CARLAUSTINHALL, have talked with Chief of Police
JEREMLLH
O'C{1~INELL,
Colonel LCNGof the Police Board, Lieutenant
LCIJIS SHCULDERS,Chief of Police
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the
Ear-eat oi Investigation.
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all
of these men are
law-enforcement officers and the following statement is entirely
free of my own. No threats
expect
I will
that
or promises have been made to me.
stand trial
in
Court
and know that
I
I am entitled
to an attorney angiwant to tell _theentire truth.
"I have knownoi the GREENLEASE
family for manyyears, having
aw
__-
attended military
school with PAUL GREENLEASE,
who
i
an adopted
eon. I knew the family was wealthy and that
there
was a small
boy about six years of age, and thought of kidnapping him for about
two years and planned it on several occasions.
"I sent BQINIE HEADI, a girl
to
get BOBBY G .
1".'.f-[1-;~-
was
ill
and that
I
told
'
her he was my son and that my former wife did not "lent me to see
him. I told her to tell the mm or the person who answered the
BOBBIE's
mother
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months at St.
door to say that
Missouri,
I hail-lived
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she had come
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for him. BCNNIE HEADYand I had driven from St. Joseph, Hissouri
to Kansas City, hlissouri in a Plymouth station wagon and I left
BONNIEHEADI out at Katz Parking Lot, hOth and llain Street, and on
my instruction
she took a taxicab to the
school
and was gone about
twenty
minutes
and
returned
in
a
taxicab
to
the
Kata
Parking Lot.
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I told her to go shopping around the Plaza, a shopping area, and
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made arrangements
to meet her in an hour.
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GREENLEASE
over
on Hestport Road. I gave the
boy to Tm MARSH,whowas driving a 1950 Chevrolet, grey-gunmetal
in color,
and
by
pre-arrangement MARSHwas to'taBOBBY
Oke
to St. Joseph, Missouri to
1201
South 35th, the homeof BCNNIE
in the plaza area
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HEADY. I then returned and met BONNIE
and told
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I had taken
the
be
the
school -P I
_up in the Plymouth station wagon and drove back to St.
her home at 1201 South 38th Street.
Q.
was he dead when you got there?
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_JA. He wasgone.
Q.
H01! was he killed?
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A.
With a gun.
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Where was he shot?
H ..
st?
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icked
her
Joseph to
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did you
Ihad
A.
do when you
found him
in this
condition?
to bury
him.
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didyou bury him?
the back
yard.
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took
a
note to
religious medal
off
BOBBY and
BOBBY's family. Icovered
up the
buried with
dirt Z-1.1151 1' toldBUNNIE
as Iwanted
to.set out
aower
f&'JWGI"b and
Iplanted
them in
later sent
spot where
bed.
BCNNIE
a
BOBBY was -
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or so
where
Ihad
buried
BOBBY
eeuzanxsaase.
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Hr. LEDTERMAN
Mr. IEIYIWAN
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vuaaguaaa
gum
pay stationsIfansas Cit;
Ihad
talked withone man named
LEIJTERMMI,
BOBBY and
that he
was safe.
that BOBBY would be returned safely
Itold
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if$600,000
were
E
;
paid in
tens and
twenties.
Itold
him Iwanted
them in
Federal
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I sent
Mr. GREENI-EASE
Kansas City,
Missouri
were going
to
make acontact
a letter
and told
andplaced it
in the
U. S.
him in
the latter
that ifhe
he should
place the
ad "meet
me in
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questions.
Mr. LEDTER1-IAN
asked me
to
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of his
chauffeur.
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"I told
them to put a white flag
on
the caraerial
for twentj
minutes and they were to drive
up and down Ham Street between
0
29th and 39th Streets.
Idcn'tknow whether they followed
these
instructions as
Iwasn't there and
depended upon the ed in the
paper.
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the name
Iwanted
to test
them and
made another
call and
talkedto
Hr. LEDTEHMAN
again and told him we would try again.
to go
out
sign.
Iwas
Highway 69 and
get
Iplaced
the note
in my car.
anote-underneath
there and
Isaw
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a sign,
him
some view
l.EDTERMAN get
the note.
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contact was
him to go
to
the corner
worried because
Iknew
to collect,
place the
and the
made by
telephone and
this time
In the
meantinn
andpick up anote.
BOBBY
GREENLELSE
was dead but I 5til].
final arrangements
were
that
Hr.
Itold
Iwas
tried
LEDTEEEMAN would
$600,000 about ten miles east of Kansas City on Route 140
on side road 10E.
The money was in an
Army
duffel bag
and was
placed on the side
of
abridge.
I d1dn't see
anyone following
him
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and drove
it
in the
I-IE-"ADI and
to the spot, got out, picked up the duffel bag and placed
trunk of a rented car.
After getting the
money
BCNNIE
I drove back into Kansas City and called the C-REENLELSE
home
from
a pay station
from
that
no police
were around.
I-waited
about
on Troost.
I
a bar
ten minutes
him
I
told
gotten the bag and
I
would send him a wire the following
at Pittsburg,-, Kansas in care
of
Western Union.
I
told
him
the return
of
BOBBY GREENI-EASEwould be
did not send the wire and l-cnew that
BOBBY
instructions
concerning
set out in the wire.
I
could
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not
be
returned
he
was
because
dead.
"BONNIE READYwas with
me
while Iwatched the contact place
the
money
in the
duffel
bag at the
spot
and was in the car when
I
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got out md got it.
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had
morning
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a
drove to St. Louis arrivixg
early in the morning and rented a room or an apartment at
115014
Arsenal Street.
B l92INIEHEAD !and
I
had an argument and
I
left the
apartment leaving her with about $2,000 of the kidnap money.
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on
back
to
of them was
to
Coral
Hotel
or
Coral
arrangedto get
a
town
in
a cab.
She
came
back
to
mail
a
letter
to an attorney
Court
and
girl to stay
-
the
motel
that
the country.
I
leaving
I
r
named BARNEYPATTONin
the Corby Building at St. Joseph, lllssouri.
I
said
I
was planning
sent him the key to may apart.-aent in St.
Joseph.
F
who stayed in the
motel
"SANDY, the girl
contact
me
through
me or contact
me
of
Western
Western
Union
and
I
by the name
of
Union.
I
wanted
with me, was to
hink
I
told
her
to
call"
-PM"? at 5t= Louis m care
SANDY to
mail
a letter
from
Los
Angeles to BARNEYPATTCII in St, Joseph to tell him what had
happened.
I
made telephonic contacts with the GREENI.-EASE
home
and sent letters
through the U. S. lbil and told the GHEDILEASE
fwily
the boy would be returned safely
if
i "BCNNIE
HEADY
itfr-cm
1; 1~ ¢f-$1-9.:
what
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-tr-I it.
the
day in a cab and
I
madearrangements for her to go to Les Jlngelee
by plane and
gave
her
some
of the ransom
money.
I think
I
gave
her $1,000 and
I
told her to do two or three things for me. me
lon
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with me through some cabbie and stayed with her overnight.
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went
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0
her.
$690,000 were paid ms.
wasdrinkingconsiderably
and
I
tried to conceal
Although
she
was
the whole thing was all
'
suspicious
I
about.
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don't
think
she knew
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that
statement
against me
in
of
six
I will
have
is free
and
Court. I
to stand
trial in
I know
that itcan
"witnessed: Eu
Jo
each page»
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sh ms»
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heading
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of Physical Examinations
which reflects
that at
_on October
§1 --3'-if
Sf. Louis
City Jails
the time
for
water
suffering
afford him alogical
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Sis
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The above statement was taken under
extremely
difficult conditions
of
I-I.LLL S physical condition.
Refer
to
medical report under
the
e. sem.i=co matose condition
and mumbling
Because
of thiss, it
was not possible to
interview»
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AUSTIN HALL
FBI; Sta
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FBI»
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this
eused
have read the above statement consisting
pages and have initialed
Signed: CARL
5. ?!
in view
<'=_.[I_
Court
and
andwill be
8 and9-, 1953,while
HALL
HALL was
1 .-
ifH
in
from
acute
alcoholism.
and thorough
quid
was inoarcera
ed in the
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I-[ALL advised that he
1932 at
who was
P1 easanton, Kansas; that
is the
son of JOHN AISTINHALL, Iho died in
his father
was aprominent
attorney,
quite wealthy and left
his
familywell-provided
for
and
that upon
.._~-._..
the death of
his
mother, in-S. mu ct
mm,
in
19h3 at Plea.sa.ntOn, '
r>
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had
he
been
frugal,
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maintained him
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hg gag
Barri,
at £;;.w1;14-3;»
spfingg, lliszeouri, in 1946 to IRI'.-ENE-§:¥10LB!E;S.*arrd-*t1~.nt
the
"1'-'
.
giivgpoevi]-.im-in 1950 in R'anaan~
aity, Minoari, while ho-no in California.
Iv
. _'i>J'
._>
ohilérwn mm: bornso a result of thin "ma-r'1"iag0
Ind this in his only legal
.-».f
1*»;
marringm He "rt-a*:.red'1:h-at-he
"ernturedoizm
United States llarino 9011:: in 1938
4
but arm unahlo to rooall his Marina Corp: urial
.=
:1
4
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.5
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- 1
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i
:1
mrmberr, He enlisted for
I
foo:-=1_92,"eas~
term and at the oomrmnoemontof hostilities
ho etoayed in the Marine
Corp: until 1916 when ha roooived an honozvable oclinohargowith 1 rating of
CO' "[l-Ufiilo
Ho atawd that
he
reooiveci no personal decoration in-oombet,
alt- hougnhie division, the First Marine Bi-ri<a"ion, did foo-sire a"rmit"oit,"a1'siona
TItat:-7».-i
tlzat ho had :-an ¬f%." *;iii' 1""¬
for
being
ii1l=.§ai
ritho-at 1iiTi
*- -1
was no-rez"111-u*mi1i1;e'ry'p1*
but he-1!
»5on
apont short periods of confinement
+.?~,-J
military
stazknioc Ha sfrazod t n_a"';
in 3.94? he pvrtisared tn aerial 1n'*op~=$-
bu
a*~;irg sea -rioa 1-;t3~. offi 1*-ea.an
1012
E1.a1":i.m":~":'-s,
K-anaas City, Missouri.
Hi:
'
L11 in thig 1"#n# ~Jru'IE92.'s.
pathos:
om "BUZZ" HF F~SC'rIE-"ISLE-.
Ho -olaims that ho -{mi -51-11¢
-
dnature
-.2.
for e mhozt period of tins and least imtlroen $16,600 and $13,000.,
Ho
oat;
lino
uni
the
other
l-ooateai at
Amozroo, ilittouri
.-,~ He -advieedothatrhe
4.-:1-1
92
had no-
he 1:-asthe polo ownor, although he 111-ed in-Kenn:
9 ;;r, lIi..aa"om~i,--nn~=i""op=a2'a*i:od
ram o-fromEar-;-noQity,-having a manger for each
._-
I
v
thon boughttr: liq:-or 1"to: -os*i1: Ea-92*-:.
sea r:¬_7,
*Him':ouri§*~om
mar"the- innit:
pazr- ozz-=;r'
in this ver.twr*=.s»z
that
4I
i
r.
atom», ani ti-at ha perennially rem down about "on:-e a reek to ohaok the books.
Ho
for a period. of aboart -ono yearn
J- uzirlmatmo ho r>-raw!-thosa liquzrr ato-f*<=,1=
¥1~=;7;<_=
rm-:,"2*,ing,
"ti-sou li';rrcw'o-rtoro":
"ha"
"got to 1h='ir<kir.g
hon-wily and his
i
riofo li-2'l,'hir.2u
He r;ats'l't-hat,
he had taro*:'e :'r
in"Kan';as
id"ernr;'os
Fity after
1*'et .'.;"'..':.:
from tho so-:"~'iooe
,"1':he
92g
'i tr':rt
"b-ring 1-"izomrat
816 lest Séth Terrace
oh.-.;=> he resided
from 194? through 1948, the last address being at 318 leaf. -f
__-.. ,
ii
'l-iL
Eétmot,
.H<;2*which mas a duplex, -where he resided from 19% through 1949.,
!d tor his wife left
him ho went to I-msAngelou amthad no rteady
_-
amp1='j1n;=-I
I !-I $1181
- hp e'b1Im'mil'1g
around the oz="o11n't'r y"1i1"i11i:'Irng~-and
gambling until - he '
hari lost all of his intsriizanoeo
Eu 'iI1"5!!p
1951,
f.:a mber ,
he was
'Bf z~£?§
at Kansas
-95. City, Miaaomd, for }9201Ging"'U'p"L"|m
oub drivers -fore -total
of $33600 and as a result.
of those
hro hol dap:
_§
ho "ras"~sentance1i"too*sez'"te
£'iv=>
years in "the Missouri Sum ?en:H:ent:I.n1"y
at Jefferson City, Missouri,
Registry #65592, basing
-roooeiw.-d."in
January, 1951, land paroled in lpril,
Ho an-W1 nu nu; " !'10!'
was sums mason of Kansas city,
at that time
E
,.
1953.
butthat
MP0
EARWMVQN,
Atto1"ney=at-Lair,
St.Josoph,
Missouri,
val
-
E
l
-was
i*noa1'1:e'ra.t-ac!
upon
conviction
for bade-oheok
charges,
92¢_->
"92. %
92
inntnamontal{i1"ob1:aining
his parole; at
ho *oi>t-a"11:rod'en:pl
-at theoymen-B
Bura1 fo:
llo dtor"9o1npn1:r_y,
Stu Jozmph,
Missouri,for HALLOCuncarning
P111011,
.92...
4IIvi
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7
1
HALLetated that he ha-.-.knmrnHr PATTON
for e numberof years andIn well
acquainted with him when Era PAT ON
! m:-an & t bo": ne'y==Kansas
at-=-1ul'"at
Ci-by,
lliasourin, He stated
that
while in the Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson
City, Ilia-Eouri, he -ror-kod.in the hoapital and his cellmete in C Hall nu
é-"F
.
o '92"
em s-D
one
a ..,_~
--*
__ .- -a*a"Exo"elz-in-r
Epringu, Hiwzowi. Ho stated
that
-upon
re-imn
from
the
Penitentiary,
he
prooeodod
to
Sta
Joseph,
Missouri,
Obtlined
§=."'-": 9=
5%;
.=-,-1;
-,1
,7
I:
an z.part.mnt,
and-wry
shortly
the-roa.f tx'z"
temot
BONNIE
EMILY BRUIN
READY
the Pony F1-proneBar, RobidenuxHotel . Ho stat-so that to the best of his
"111
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a
ihi
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J ==+1.2S
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_-_._i
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.
ti-on he"1n-at BONNIE!F'..FMI-Y
shunt-""1»%ri
-niddlu,
or possibly
for the i"om.-aewéial
Life Inaurén é ¬O P 3T_T
i"-is fa i
'-,
'1?
'1
the
latter
part
of 353.3-,,
1&5?-1,,
while he
-1-ea vwviiag fa? this Siaffwd 9-star Gr.-1.-:p.aw.
Game".-:.'in5
1-.hi.>§.
~'§=mjp1oym~ant
"ha"rtatedhe workedfar Sraffcrd léotorG059?-1§Y'?0?'8PPr-oximntoly
onemnnth- cutdid 1rot"'mai:a
"any"
money
, and"then"sesared--1
job I i 92F1'1
re 3%BriIi-ll
Li!-anInaurunm»Cumpmry,
whosehuadqxzarttm;
an
in
the Ritli 3111151118»
K911"!
' "
City, 1|[ .a..@"crcn~i.,
mulling 1ifo~insuranca. He:stated that hi.a""in:madia'tu"
supervisor
I1?i?-5-f=
F-EEG
01'
B955-'-P1-5.=
it $35
e.d."i..+"a.a.;
pr-:rvi."c~n";"ly
mrrrztiumdo
,
BALL;rhs-had
in
}°.';
heTAI.
had"!mmmd
into
about furty=sigh*-- hour: after" he first
ha? hama and ha-r life
"':"a'ia%;i
enzhii ihif
on i va
. in
"a
mutual
met BOHHIB
ocmmmnltw
the time cf th-air"-a esto
BO%E HE-'-B !',
a Ac-n rrrwadalxsoholio, fauna HALL a fit asmpanion who shared her drinking
am-i"w:fti"as"End--ti;=sif"""1'!ei'1 y"1.'92:n:":mpti1on
I111ndmi sdly two fifth:
a day»
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jg PI_1<§
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.,,~1'~
aw?!-
1-'J. r _1
pazq:-:~t1*"e.te
a"maj'Ix"
kidnapping
'4?
3.
_-,»
3
,, -..
HALL cm
1n l26r"ris1:r adviwd
that
ha has
had
it
in
hirminad
E
I.
1:0
fcr""a"t 1e*a"stt1ro"3rea'rs..
He "rt-utud, "however,
t,ha"T;ha new-er a¢tuelly"conaan'§1"ated
on fcnrznulating final plan";
until
tfblr
i
!
hia release-from the Psnitentiary.
Ha 2-hated, however. that he "hadthoughi
:1-.; x.~.*.»:::=ri~ua
:_"
rietailv. feiativa
-t-Q
r:-.kir;Er."=5;:;-while
in
ri-ng
the Pe iianiiirfy
'
-.1
1
1.
-~_ a L.
-'1
-42-4that
times had. no . pith:-cl
out any was-sifiz
viaiima
He at-at;ed"thn b
up
?:.£.s"
1~»alu-awhe kr-ow '{i1
2*-OBITFJ
LE."_}
£0 G?_I£Ni£-.I.A¬lE,
Src, was an extrumly
'az.e.a
mz-.3...
-_-*.=1;,"
Ha ha.c'-.
no knowledge of 1.}.-: ~u:ast. amount of his Irealth, but
he 1:31»- that
2
he Inn. om
oi
"1-he
smalti-i"»:=12~
H1:-n in Kansas City,
Miazouri,
l
I
and.
~*-:»0"-.11.-i
afford to pay an uxtwmiy
high "a.mc-ant.
of
money
for "ransomo Ho i1':rbUd
is i;§'i::"=:*B"1he
nffwnzlaxi
;-"ha
Kaspar bé5.'i.itary
Awudamy-with PAUL GREEN1-BASE,
92
92
;'_'{-A
that.
M.
-=_
.--_
this s=.é ..c.=pted
zen of RQEZRI C» GRE. £_'h En
L}':
, but ASE',,
"that he did
int;.~l.r-¢a :ulj'°
Ho stated that,
'_;£
._-1.
.
ronalleotion,
ha doubted that he had over
had. -shypara-rrrml-umtv'e1Ta"l::
with PHIL
c"on GFEEINLEASEQ
%
T v!-
'25. ?
-Ia.
to hi:
not -know his
In hzrtheranue
-
of the "pro17aT&-%ien""Hf §:'6f"'dsc"the
.i:d¢i1Ig"17ht1;
GREEN!-BASS
family would be unit-able, he made"teiuphvni! "cull: 92 :0
the: GREENLEAE--rurt-dance
and
"Tao
th» "mutur "conqnamv
and a:c"a*H:a""inud
n tm"tm--amt
the GREERLEAS3
family was in Bzropu 1:-nvacations. hut he did wbtain infmwnatiun .I'*e'1a
460
l:i-To
their expaw caé.
rm-turn to their
hrmn in Kansas iityi
i asouria
Eu "statedthat
he wOI7'uto*d.ri'va
1'1B1by4-the
.'GFEIENI-EASE
Bd
ham: and "observed mi two -U !* li'hl"OI
oacasions
Hr
GREENL-BA$E
"taking victim
from his "hume in
"a
blue
.r
Streets, Kansas Q-1-by,Mi"s"rau1*1.."-Ha
duni"=s11"ezr:phstio~a11y i:hxt""he
hadwwrur
"
I
v
engageitho "victim in any co"n*rer':s"a1;it>n,
but i"na"1'ra1i1'e:d"t1'nt
the
»
was alcleiy n+.zp92s1"uxmd"tu
uni from usher.-11rhich."w'ou1d
possibly prevent him
of his parentn
He stated
'.la'from abdue.-tingthe victim from the cu:'to1§_y
that 1."'m
! IBSO21
ti-mi he picker} out the v::z"i1:»e
of kidnapping was that in hit
opinion it was a. oer-+.-ainway
of
O't : ;aining_
a grant "deal 1>1 moneywith tin
-=".;~§.¥%
-l$
greatest
1-3. !
r
"E!"d'.92.11*a1:
7"
sedan to tha "French Insti-t-ate -No-{rmDame D-e Sivan, loadted at 38th and Looult
1??-
I
r
_
degrae of safety.
lnonny and obtain
it
quickly.
Ha statnd.
it
was his idea to obtain I lot of
Ha stated that
if he had turned to this cashing
I
~
I
w
I
1
1
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" -IQ
": 1:§J§§
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1-.,_
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- -_u92'$._I:.1....1:.n..._...-.i.92.Zs.
4._,__
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3.
;
.;.
EL
4'
W
j
?-4:13
pl
aaah crime with the possible danger of detaotion and apgrehension,-whereby
on a kidnapping he oould claim an extreme awount of money pulled by one job
J
ani uacure
a
inferzation
that
great
deal of funds.
He statad
that
it would be nooeeaary
to
obtain
I
he realized
from the above
custody of tha victim by
t
someruse perpetrated upon the nzhool aothoritie:
at
the French Institute
*1
Norm Dane Po -Eior-.= Hedi-therefore eon:-we-ted 1.1-st???
to
hie parenour, BOIIELE
E?APY, telling
her
that
he had"previ:u§l3 teen married and
that
hi! former
. =!
92=
.
'
>4.
sevefal
trip:
he made driving
by the G§F?NL?AS? home he had.BONNIE
BRADY
in
ths oar with him and used the exouse'th:the
hoped
his son would be out in
R
V.
at
the time of divorce had eeourvd a court order which vou1d'prevent
hi:
.-'l. wife
from ever seeing or having custody of hie non. He denied
that
he_hed ever
'.- told
$121BONNIEHEAPY'th& hB'I35
formerly maxfied
to
Bree GRETNLEASE,but did
$2:
emphatioally
tell
her
that
BOBBY
GRZENLEAST
was
his
song He stated on the
.= _+¢-1
=-2
:5-:l.=
-Eiiif
£1
tns yard and he would at
least
get a fleeting glimpse of him» He
Itated
EGNKLH
HEAD?in her alcoholic-condition was gullible, easily swayedand would
do anything f6? one nf dnink of iiiikfon
he:
al:oholi:"mini§
ehe"would be in"a
g-1-:;';:?
if'
"1
-2?-i
. -._
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1.1
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Be further advised
that
for
days,
due
to
and related
that
I1
i
ehe
wcild drink at least a pint of whisky before-breakfastn
He stated
that
hie
only fear
at
the particu1ar'tim@
was
that
¥ra= B HNIE'EEAiY
was not getting
hi: inatruotions
through her drunken mind and would foul up things
at
the
frusial
time when
it
came time
to
obtain the victim;
statrd
e
his story
Ua
that
B535?
k
neliewizg
GRFENLEAHEwee hi:
through
to
son has getting
her
and
that
she wee
it.
hi
In further preparation for thia kidnapping CARLHALL stated that he
one afraid that the ransom money and the duffel hag uaed to carry the raneom
m nay vculd be treated with a ohemioal solution whith might ugon touch be
trdsgferred
to
his perscn and effect hie eppreheneione He therefore,
went
.!
ii
:
is the Western Auto gopply Store
at
Ft. Jonaph, Missouri, and purohaeede
hid» plantio shoot nhioh he dGB$Fib¬§.5Efour
to
five foot square» Hg
sinned
that
tho duffel
the reason
that
hag and
that
he purohased this was
that
he oould not the fdh qm duffel
he oould"wrep
it
around
bag on the plastic
sheet
to
handle
it
and not run the danger of having any chemical solution tren
for
to
his persona He aloe advised
that
he purchased the tablet paper
to
prepare the random notes
at
of ehioh he is unable
to
"-
haze
a ten=cent store in 3t= Joséph, Hiasouri,
speoifioally
Ho also advieed
that
prior
to
moall
at
the neme
"thoprosent time.
the kidnapping heproceeded to
Union Statiml in Yemen: City, l saouri,
purchased an edition
Okldhcman, as wall as several other ncw"pape: and he opt
fr m
of the
this
the
Bail
Eli
Ziihhomdnedition the ed of the Greenlaaoo- bersEotor Qompan. He stated
i>
that ha oqt this ad for"the'Pu?puse
of throwing the FBI off his trai1,/
inaomuoh
no concluded
that
ad was removed and
thet
th
they
FBI wouldidanti y'from
whichnnsnaper-thin
would oonoontrtte
for iunpeota in conneotion with this
ease.
in the
state
of
Oklahoma
Ea stated that he pasted this
r
._'Ie- ;i-7-H-'-92;$
.41, -_
.§e'v
'-i~l'_'1¢'&'¢'F.!Z.'i
-Kn!
i4_1i1-"Tn"J:L:-'3
¢d=;:4'-1"
|¢e'
L-J-.4
-an
_nL-e -_ ¢si|§.-'B92;n
L-'j_48I_1i
i92--Li-"hub;-lei
u;
-i -I;. ;¢-9:.,92;14i'_",_*;92.I.L92.n.
£9-Li
-lvivliick-I Il-"£~l92
.i;;l. ?l4n'.'_
»I
,
aw !-
.
QW
51- '.-'=-429
Concerning "runrwa
note ihmbezr 1,
-hredwired
zi
had prepared
so-tuul abductionof tho victim, folded same
and
oarried
pooket for
he in
.,..,
.-.1:
that
he
thli note prior to
the
itin
his eoet
unable to
it to
be
state
the
neoneldernble
period oi
exoot :ia1re"t1-Ha ; he prepared
approximately "two week:
prior
to
the
preparation for this kidnapping, -he end
tine, Altnough
the note,
he estimated
"actual abduction,
that
no
In furtinr
"
- pT'¬p1=red"thiuinletter
the home
R-I
0!" Bi -NNIEBRADY, using her writing
clerk and that
the
to
pants
the *pr-wvioualy meni oned went ad
"bearing
ii?
the letter
nae "thrown away; Hremphat- i
wally "denied that
BONNIE
HEAD? 1111'
"nan-:..led than iurtter to- hie
"kn-o1r1edg'e
d:1d1f:e
nor "e're1"" ne1p-11im~prepl'rI
or
Dhraee
the letter
cketeila relative
tn:
.fa
and insirbed
to
tho
that
he
too -zoh tape"n1ed'
lire GREPJ~ILPASE°e
"name "on
new-er-oonsulted her
preparation of
thin
or
any
ininq '
at
the
v
~I
figure of
$1.0 and
$20
this amount
$653,000 -as ransom an he had read. previously
and that he
estimated
that
hag
because
eduffel
bag was
big,
..__:.
_r_1
- ._.4_ ,LL.
TBI1.'l.G1~B
HT
CD5
stwdy and
_ . _.__
I irll
n
0
|
V
emillion
in -
bill: 11Juld'm2.keabundle
weighing er-ound -85 pounds, nndtimt
would oonveninmly"
bi! *1:-'n1'1"ied
and yet. that itwould
be 0.
s4- -e;'.,...__
_Q___
_. __.__a__
31 2-.l"aC 0Il.l1 a.T"U1'Il
llFIIOVITIE
-"
in preparation
to-the
would not
_4, _l_!.___
_n1e
U1
TIHE
w=UI1o
»
tear easily
In *p*r~e'1:rar'a%ic>n
of the
firot rvrnnnm-note
he stated-that
he "placed
,'_~;. 3$
the note in eermall -em-elope and -than putothat-em-slope in alarger
one-'"a-md
'fT;'L'§»
9??
»'_.' ..I -I
addressed the
reolh-ezi he
ontaztde ofothe
made amistake
neoond envelope
in the
to
Hz",
address. He
GPIEBJLBAE and--subsequently
advised
that
he
lLr-- G2-tEENLHA "saddreel "from the"'tele'phone
bookof
-Kuneea
I
of the
'{?<?
I -.1- :
foni
if" I1
oi
>1
he errived
that
$600,000
e'ub&*l;&n t.ini "emoont"_to-coverhirneede. He
also advised
we-but he put "in the -i i-rrt"1=-ena'om
-letter inzrbruntione-relative
duffel
I
"
GR... - ll:?,.*l.,..<'!_'E fanilye
<iolle1:='z 1.
would
-igh evgreat deal
I-:
v
-.
I
.
other eubsequent letter
In fazrzherprepatzution forthin kidnapping, he
stated,
§
P
__ .
had obtained
-
.
-
E
city, -Hietontd.
92l
.
HALL rtated "that-the only identification he
used in the preparation
first ransom letter -rel
the letter
WHO" He could give no particular
for using'"%¥1i'i"1"61"-'?'.=1er
-~r'oa- n;-"he might
jmri:-as, well -have
used.
*G, _ .»
oC-1" any -other letter,
tut
just
W1 the
ranwm note,
HALL stated
money be obtained in
small bills,
Federal Re1¢e:"ve-"iiankrthrou-gh-out
picked 'M '"at1 >andon:,.
Also, -in ounniéoti-on "'
um 1
asked Hr. cnnmmzusz: -that
on-moron
.
$10 and $?-0%, from the twelve
the *Un:l'%ed
Staten. He
eepa-rate
*
eteted~t;im1;--1;}-p
reaeon that
-he
did-this-was -of --course, the lmaller bill-5 could be-pa-seed-at any atom without -any unuua.l- 'o1i.roumetenoee
Surrounding the bill itself
-and
that
the
twelve differ-ant
1'-2:: anyone
to
trace
federal
reserve bank:
would
in the event the moneywas
aerializedo
thin: re-neon
he also put in the letter that,
"I
5:;
time to
get
this money F
9 '
_
~_
make itmore
difficult
He gtgtg fol;-l 1-
realize that itwill
-
HALL eteted that
about
take gong
/
1:10weeks
before
th
lcidna
ll.
1-he
ient"
i
Unsla San
Pawn
; :$hop,
Minnesota
on
in
Avenue
Ka"nae:C5_1,y,
£21335"--1-her :3
P"l1"¢31 -Mil
8Q38 caliber Smith and leaner. lnuh-=noae revolverand nbox of
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Sl.?~»4E 9--
t
ommmitiono Ho
vlorli-ad 1;-hatohaapurchased. this
fireamow oamnunition
a":;=92z"1~M p92r;"poaa
oi "v;a~r?1y"l"ng-out"th-e- kieinvapping,
stating that
rob a si f llzly Store in Kansas city and it
*4
aw; ;t,. ._
sued as to the
oicbontity oftho
,..i
-<4
2:4
.J!
1::-=_
_-e-4
I_>1,i
Ihen '
looked trrorot-:92ro of
than and final 13'
deal-dad onthe Safeway 5311*.-.maborat
at
llth and -Broadway.E1 '
ti
izr,-3.:..oel-to-i that
he
had. diuo-ass-ad -robbing this shot !-with
his confodomtu,
TOM IEARE;
but nu unable to supply any of tho details as
to
what MARSHwas to do
and
no very
-29.5;-s oonoorning this propoaed
roifoaryo
.HA1-L
atato-i that
about aweek
4.
"haoohad intended-to
oasod for this purpose.
ztvzw -he xa-idha had
.
92l
for tho
before ti -.e
kidnapping,
he
re.-ntod
1 green
Ford
Sedan fromahrontal -agunoy in tho 200 block of Seventh Stroot, $t@ Joasph,Mo , -in
h
B?-HNEE BRADYname,
:
and used it on several trip! to
Kaunas 9ity to house the G
ki-.:n=-pp;ing., Ea '= t'at:ad
"rwnsontho
hI9"T'B
this.r.1
oar§J!'5
-was bonanza he was
afraid
that
1;h-¢_'=not-ins
,1,-~;,-1;]
tho Plymouth 5'1;a12-1g-an
=,iO1'1
-and
he
did"n":.rt1nmt t0
attract suspicion
to it
5.: he
d-::ire-: .
to use
Ifith
rm-peat
it during
and following
the kidnapping.
to TOM MA .-?SE_. subs-=#-qwlent
imanigation has
inziiwridual has "no connection with this
an a<. wnapllco
.
and tho murdarar
of tho
rs":-z stigatiom
tiotim. .
..-
diaolosed
HALL alleged
' -.
-
thntthil
that MARSH no
Conoarning TOM MARSH. tho a1.1egad aoc-omplioe and mu!-"defer of -the victim,
E _L!_- ztr-tat . ho
firart
mat this
individzml in
ainavern,
the Keg '?~a1re:°n,
Ihich
is
located
in tho
his-therlanda Botesl in tho 3800 blmk
on Main
Ft.
and after
having afor
.="-*3
3.I, '
_1-1
d: §.r.?.»a. and eIcha1:g'lng pleusantrielq.
he
vsalizo»:
;6-}'=-it oom-i.~;»':,,
toduo
some of the slang eaqmessions
that MJ92.?
was undoubtedly
an
ox-
"ha used 1vhioh"1mro peculiar
Hg: :-lg
Be
oi-ated
w-0.111lilo:
to
that on
about tbs
go on a"real
-new enough in it,
told.
LE1-1R-EH that it
i'U-Ali
willing
to to
and inquired
as
to
hm! much they might
if
realize. HALL-statad
c-sash or business ooups
either the
he
he
Plymouth cation
'
and talk in tha 1949 or 1950 two door gray Chotrolot
of MAB-E.
HM-.L atatod
this latter
oat appeared
to be
r
i
there
pl=am1~=;»~i the
GREENLEASEY kidnapping, He gtqtod
some occasions they would alt and talk in
wag-an ofBONNIE BRADY,
or alt
I. -3
3?
a. .
.4-.
2 1.51
him if
and. that MARSH toldhim he
would
would to at least
$100,600, at which
timo
MARSH statedthat he
go on anything that biga HALL stated. from that time on, -ho and
had num.-aroua confer-onoea and
that on
::~:»~.: ::.é meetingwith l»!.5.EE*I he
asked
good caper,
92
to peni-
~';--.-.v_ .-a1r_,~
D life 6:-nit-dlt.hat
o"="s~1~- toldhim ha
was
an "exw-zon-riot W had served
t.1?rw> and he
lzkk-owl:-2
rieni rl that
he
told.
MU? -'1-I ths-.t"ho
*1u-asan
o1=-con,
He stated,
:~--z
=r'-:=°.*
tom-*a"u*-, he
felt
:1%11"~.e the-3'
both realim
ani undavstood
oaoh :':ti':B1
atatul in's
this
92V
a,_._1
l
I
F
1
F
in
0.-.x~::e»l!.1~ent oonzlltlon,
had 0.radio androd plaid seat covers of the nylon variety.»
11¢.
-4-¢n..4 no
I . 4.
Lav 5IiIA92i'iV92|ln-c- -..-¢.
luzlw 4-L...-L
uuuu
nwnbor» Ho oouldrnot recall
4492...-._...._
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SHE CIDBI
I101}
92____
KIBUI In1_-..
any accoasorias the our had other than aradio.
denied this automobile 1-an
equipped withaapotlight.
He
Ho deniedthat there were
any
blamiuhoa of. any bind out-i"ther the o.xtoriw'li"rrl:a"rim=
or
ofthis oar, which
would
D075 readily lti lltify it»
H6 $'CB»t8d,
houe ror, lU92R.$H
{Old him I18 hadpurchased it
l
rather recently andhe
aszmmd thia para.- maze
had beenma a in Kansas City. MLRBH
P:
-1t
told. him he
wan residing at l-ha Lasallq i-I.»;';-131
-denied
butthat ha had at-or tontnctad
or via-.itec}1him at um 1m+.=.1. HALL cluimmium =11 subsequent contacts,1Ii th mass,
a.! *?:o~." MARSH
agreed to go in with him on the GREENLEASE Kidnipf- took
i ng, place around
Union Stat"lon_.,generally in the east parking lot "where theywould stop and talk mrgr '
£129 planand oooasiormlly they would
go
up on the Liberty B-lamorial 'Ha11
to discus:
i
ii
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_:"..~;.L._-.--_...=..-.."
..- mu-..4"'.-...J._-.-..
.1.".".¢!*
v~
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1-"-
I1-an prressadfor detailed
unable to
he
.1
be
r
4 "i
1..
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"B;-53;»
<
~71
same,
is
Geeloz gt-ion
"eonvorning MARSH,
HALL claims
unable ire
his
dmsso ""He"r":ete ""i:ha"t
_. *_nit_e1.y" gathered
the "iznpreesion the ; 5-£1 -.25"?!
we
aonxerwirat
in Kan;-as
s-4:
92 e
flzrniah
Ci-by, inaanmoh ea he
would
dirhinguish one
R811 acquainted
direotion from
another
but s.
h v-"F ;~
hf: P
P
empfc
BL5.17I 5'3
oth f
in¢ h
I-"TN?-TI
;¢_=peore.d to "be not
"ughfr.-.2~aa..
$5 }'r.
;'I'
too familiar
with 1:-"ar"iou5's t*r'>ots,
avenues and
Herloniedhaving any rldor. as to the
nativity of
i
E
other
MARSH or
ao'.£gr'"0'.1ni
thatl~! .n~"o~:."1"L.
he
hack
any
isieaae.
the of
type of
to BONNL5
HF?ADY=;.~further
homein denies
S-to and
Joseph.
"and
arrive :1: ahead
HALL end
37?.-?>Y92i MARSH
ha-:1, if any. "ln
hZ£?¬
was a::p1"o~_;-"ed,
arhe
Jc": +a,1iQl1 E._= and
that
seemed
to
he
assumed
foot, ne" :s'1.H".-.83
he
ss oualy
doubted if
'i'ra'rv=on occasions
money"and "be brolce on
from 1:hiu"tha.1. 1-{%.RSH"naa probably on
HEAL?
u.e :1e.= HALL
stated on
one our-anion
than !J'.AR5§Ii
had never
been
to
aarno
S f"!3#.?i"-ahome» in 51;» joseirh, 55.sst1uT* ., and
"whorl later" "questioned an
'
LLKRE- I aould
drive directly
sicai
hm
to
2 mg: I ,, he
r"-"¢p13.e~:i trm: prior
from Hanna City, llissouri,
to the
kidnapping
he
had
with the
1
?
Victim
taksn MARSH in BONNIE
i
'3 P1ys'aou*?1~.
nation wagon
and had clri we-n him over the road,
outlining
HARE?
him
and ciafinitely
giving him
"tho route to BSNTTIE HEA1?Y°s "home"
and
EFNN7
on him how to get in the house th?ough'the baaoman u Ho denied that
+
>
* |'
5 ">3?
<._
e of
'.
I:-1,1. W
>1
£9
av».
'7 :
MARSH
"irrir"-I Hm house
'ol"zi1:~::1
have
to "$1-=i"r-er.
him. by the "house a
times so he
the
looaiion ami the drive-waya Pertaining to
F-1:, duties"or e.sa"ig:smen*;.
in this k1'§.nopj_!i ng,
- "3"KM
.;a't;Q;d
. tint, dug
to
E HEA.Ti'P3
'.11":n1ken $ J1'ld
at ll I'§Ti
1;7l?l'L$.»!,1,
OI1.
he
Qcul
nib irugi;
-1.1 -.92 of the 1r.i."¢~';-Lm
while he,
hgf fit];
H. .L!.., 1&5oboe:-.t in Kansas iiity,
Missouri,
5..
_:_" 1=, >wrr-z'a:;g'=_-ms-:1t=a
.1 -;:r:" "thepay-off and
oral 1-:-ntion. of they ranrom» "Ther=e=Poop
T-_'§ hai
have
somebody
that he
"@:":.1*l
true ; "real. quiuk," and
therefore,
pg-162.
;has . ashor -; a-zquaintanoe vi.-?;; 92'=
'»L-=:,:g,h
ho
M.1.'=1_- £3, -expli-:£t1y.tz-mated
him to
I
»:,un'f,=:>="ly
um victim
of
in BONNIE Hl?A3.";"s home,and after the pay-=»of1to
be
:2
the
viotim
at
the
Bane
Hotel in
'F'i+.tsb~:.1"g,zo""the.*.:
Kansas, he
would
for 31
4" f'+.
-V.":z:'navi
his
to
home.
He
etrbed
that
ZZARSH
"agreed
to
this
aa":igmnent"an1i"
.,
.: ',
-"sf;
,
or
6..
1.: semice:
0'
thwy were
to
split the
$560,000 ransom in equal
shares,
' "
1vi
Uni,
1"I!=I.L stated that "three
or four
days bafore the kidnapping,
he
gave
'
'-"
Z
LARSH
the
=38
oalibe":
S
6:
I
snob=no":a~,
wrhioh
he
had
p1rovioua"1y"puroha5ed
It
gun in
-5 Sam"s
the 5'
.5 Q
takin
.i.I.
_92.
£11,.
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r.
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4.1:
,_._...--v.
L
--5
Pair.-'1
Shop in Kansas C ry, Hanna. H1:
front." of
an for
Union Station
his protection
tho victim,
E oars of
in
Kenn:
"stated he
gave
Ci ¥!}'that
and MARSH
had
in the
event he
was
stopped or
BOBBY GR.E".:§. lL'£!.SE.
H.-92HSH""l:h:La
ar1:ed1:o,he:ve
i
final HALL sta'»:e'i
that aday
or 1.-no pzri or to the kidnapping, made
the
a1"rarov--n-r'£:-1
1:14-h
HKRQR as
bra ..-..
11'!
4: I."F r*:3*1-M-1
-i
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_..
1'1
. I lj_92
. .v-.nn'n
no _HQld ul av-vv-.-.
ahnien
. _D____.. _- __, _____,_
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_- -_'..
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...._u
|IA92-lrrd-LABU
tho?1.JAR
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'
L. =H wasto ho
in
h;.s, MARSH : , on_ . parked around the corner
north of
~1.
-I
'of
-v he Southwest Expressway, HILL
ore Road
on
. the fi1"'"a"t
tweet
east
Wbatp 1.
'
'
' . -name
.
'
'
u n4-a'b"e
remll
to 92.the
of this §" .1='e-9
and
: rtratad
he
would
not know
it
was
:.
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r
questioned while
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RELATIYE
TO KIQNAPINQ
CARL HALL advised that on the morning of instant
kidnaping,
28, 1953, he and BONNIE I-IEADY arose very early for them
September
and proceeded to Kansas City,
Missouri,
at 6200 a.m.,
via Highway
#710 Upon cominginto North Kansas City, they stopped at Lynn's
.
Tavern
in North
Kansas City
for
an eye=opener,
after
which they
pro-
ceeded into Kansas City proper where
he
purchased some chlorophyll
and Clorets to
kill
the odor of liquor on BONNIE HEADY sbreath.
Hestated they rode around and looked over the French Institute
Notre
Damede Sion School, as he felt
that his plan was not fool-proof,
from the school without
sending BONNIE HEADY in through
he would have done so and changed his plans at the last
the front door
minuteu I'l'e
stated they parked in the neighborhood and observed the children, but
that he could not conceive anyway of getting the victim out of the
telling
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due to the fact that BONNIE HEADYwas undependable due to her
drinking.
He stated that had he been
able
to get BOBBYGREENLEASE
school without
using the front
door approach."
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again
briefed
BONNIE HEADY on exactly
what she was to say which consisted
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that she was Mrsu GREENLEASEissister
of
and had
been shopping with her on the
Plaza
when she suffered
a
heart attack
and that she desired to take BOBBY from the school to take him to his
mother.
HALL
stated that he decided around
11:00
aame would be the
best time to pull this ruse since it would be getting
close to the
lunch
hour
and that
there
would
be
considerable
natural
confusion
occasioned by this
HAIL stated that at approximately 11:00 a.m. he
drove west up Main Street to the corner of Thirty=ninth and let BONNIE
HEADY off
at
the
filling
station
on the
her to walk down to the Toedman
Cab
southwest
corner
according to his plan;
HALL
the French Institute,
and instructed
Companyand get a cab and go to"
stated that he
immediately drove into the Katz parking lot after letting BONNIE HEADY
out of the station wagon and sat in the parking lot waiting for BONNIE
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that
in
a
very
short
time
he observed
a Toedman
Cab drive into the lot off of Main Street and saw BONNIE HADY and_a
boy get out of the cab. He immediately knew that his plan had been
successful, but in order to avoid detection, he drove further on to
Katz
could
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walked
lot
around
not possibly
the
corner
to
the
south
so that
see him
the
cab
driver
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over to the
station
wagon and got in
with
BOBBY sitting
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him how
he was and started
to carry
on a conversation
with
him.
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stated
BOBBY
was
very talkative
and gave him absolutely
no trouble,
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stated he immediately
drove off
the Katz lot after
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BOBBY
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into the
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west
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turned
north
on
headed northn
He
stated}:
stated he
immediately got
back in
the station
after which
wagon and
he drove
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up Highway #71, to
had originally
St. Joseph,
planned to
he got
apprehensive and
see if
MARSH had arrived there
MARSH did
decided to
and if
over fifteen
to Sta
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go
immediately
as planned
not have
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stated
Kansas City
turning
the Westport
he
was
gone a little
and after
she got
Bridge to
North
Kansas
Missouri»
stay in
the ransom demand? but immediately after
BOBBY
HALL .
turned around
east to
Bank where
he picked
up BONNIE HEADY. He
stated
over
ten
or fifteen
minutes after
he let
her out
in the
car he
drove
down
Broadway across
the ASE
that he
to'
immediately goth
out of the station
wagon; told
BOBBYto
come
on and get in the
Chevrolet as
the man was going to take
him for aridec
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stated
made no protest and
willingly
got
in
the Chevrolet
with MARSH.
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the corner
off of
Westport coming
in directly
gun-metal grey
Chevrolet belonging
to TOM MARSH which was
back on to Westport,
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HALL
stated
that after
letting BONNIE
HEADY out of the
station ~agcn
he immediately
drove on west on Westport Road to the
parked in this location
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BONNIE HEADY
station wagon
somewhere near the Hestport
Bank§ which is located
at the intersection of
Westport Road and Broadway, and told
her to
this street
behind the
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let
start on
alright.
him
and that he himself
drove pretty
fast and
arrived at
BONNIE HEADY's
home
and left
BONNIE sitting
in the
can
He
immediately
went around and
u
into the
basement and as soon as he entered the
basement he saw BOBBY
GREENLEASE°s bodylying on
the basement floor with
blood all
around
and his,
HALL s, .38
caliber Smith
and Wesson snub-nose revolver
alongside the
body.
HALL
stated
he immediately
became panicky and
left the
sitting and
house, going
out
told her
shdpping. He
stated
to the
to go
downtown
station wagon
and pick
where BONNIEHEADY was
up his
laundry and
do some
that BONNIE
HEADY complied
with his request L
and immediately
drove off
in the station wagon,
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continued
was absolutely
no one in the HEADY home, it was entirely deserted
the time
he discovered
victim's body. There were no automobiles
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left for
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could observe and as soon as BJNNIE HEADY
feet frun
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porch in
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corner.
and about
one and
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stated
he dug this grave
one=half feet
from the
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sheet, put
he stopped
downstairs, took
the victbn's
body on it and
the blue
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plastic
decided to bury him.
prior
to
however, that
he
would
wait until
and then
on
all
had carried
station wagon,
put the
and disnose
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occasions blood
on the back stairway,
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body in
in this
it and
downstairs the
on the kitchen floor
body, in
that this
extremely
the kitchen
second time.
from the
carry
fashion.
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was dripping
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plan would not work and at this point
he was becoming so
nervous and panicky he had carried
the body upstairs into
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stated h= made one trip up
the stairway,
went
outside,
decided the
hole was not suitable,
carried the
body back downstairs and
then
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about two and one-half
to
three
feet deep. He
stated
he was so excited
and panicky
time that
he was digging very
rapidly and
that he dug agood
grave which he was certain would
hold the victim.
arrived at
the conclusion
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home, was going to get the
1_._. n,
it out
to the
Missouri River
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downtown he immediately got
a shovel and proceeded to
dig
for the
victim, which
grave is
located about
two and one-half
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and on
the
back screen door
frame. He
advised that
he did not
carry
the victim
in a sling fashion
with the
blue plastic
sheet, but
carried him
in his
anus,
and it
was
entirely possible
he could have slung the body around, splattering
blood as he did so. He
advised that
shortly thereafter,
BONNIE HADY
came home
in
adrunken
condition, that
he did not speak to her or have
any other
conversation with
her and that she went in the house to the
bedroom and began to sleep, He
stated that
he then carried the
body
back up the stairway
another time,
placed
it in
the station
wagon
and
then realized
that he might be detected while
he was disposing of
the
body and finally decided
to bury it in
the previously
dug grave.
He
stated he
then
removed the body from the station
wagon, although
considerable blood
had dripped
in
the
station wagon
at this
period. He
stated that
he then
wrapped
the body in the blue plastic
sheet, placed
the body in the grave and put aquantity
of lime
on
top
of the body
to facilitate
decomposition as
he had read that
this was the thing
to
do
to
half in
get rid
of abody.
at this
He stated that he
particular time
only filled
as he was in
arush
twb before.
coat pocket
addresses it
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but had not addressed it, and
at BONNIE s writing desk,
that he
after which
to Kansas
around in his
rushed upstairs
he
got
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to
return
City tomail
the first ransom
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stated
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letter would
6200 p.m.
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up that
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night.
when he got to Kansas
City
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somewhere
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mailing
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St. Joseph,
Missouri but
upon getting
to
to thinking
about
the
address he put on
the
he stopped
and looked
at a
telephone book
and .
realized that
he had put the wrong address on the GREENLEASE letter.
He could
not
recall what
address he
had
put on the letter
but he was
definite y sure
that it
was wrong and that the correct
address was
2920 Verona Road, HALE stated he
got to
wondering
about whether
they
would
get
the letter
or not,
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residential street,
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stated he sent this letter special
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City.
down Broadway looking at
remembered it
he mailed
the
first letter
the Coates
House and Twelfth Street.
in
to Kansas
the victim's family before
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At
this
letter number
admitted that
one in
he had
well knowing
,,.
instant case
prepared and
Missouri, he
around 6:00
get
to
the matter
a.m. he
law enforce-
copy of
ransom
documents,
didso.
to BONNIE HEADYis home
night drinking
went out
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and the
two envelopes
and he readily
mailed all
three of
these
that BOBBY GREENLEASE wasalready dead
stayed up
all
him. He
to any
was shown aphotostatic
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eventually
delivery, hoping it would
get
they reported
point HALL
when he
and as soon as
and finished
filling in
it
the hole
at St.
got light,
which H
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was BOBBY GREENLEASE's grave. HALL was
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the clothing
worn by the victim
at the time his
body was found
in
the f
basement of
BONNIE
HEADY's home,
and he stated that
due to his panicky;
condition he
could not
accurately remember
any details
concerning the,
boy's clothing, but does definitely recall
that he was fully
clothed
questioned in
detail as
r
Joseph,
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this point
in the interview the
Jerusalem medal apparently
worn
by
victim
at the time he left the
French Institute
School and enclosed in
the¢
second ransomnote, was exhibited to
this medal
from
the
clothing
of
the
HALL He readily admittediremoving
dead victim
enclosing it
in aransom note as proof that
of
§OBBY GREENLEASE.
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to
HALL
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there was
such
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kidnaper
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the fallacy
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point steadfastly
denied that
he had actually murdered
victim, he
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to
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stated
that after
first ransom
note, he
was not
that BOBBY
ebasement. He stated he
wagon as it had blood in
to
clean
but could
up
this
in
3
who did it.
to
using water, abroom and rags. He
and he accordingly got
was already in glass
some_
receptacles in
the
also tried
to clean
up the Plymouth station
it in
the back.
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vehicle. He
not recall
was killed
he
knew
what he
also stated
did with
he had blood on his clothes
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trying to
decide what to do with the body, but claimed she was in her
bedroom passed out. He stated that she never knew athing
that was
going
on,
but the next morning after reading
an account of the kidnaping
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from Kansas City, having
went down in the basement and tried
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it.
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it. I
mind he
clean it up as best he
could,
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resulted
in his
BONNIE HEADY basement,
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admitted
that BONNIE
he was cleaning out
HEADY was in the
the basement
and during
house all
during
the time
he was
BOBBY and
what had
in the Kansas City Times, BONNIE asked him about
happened to
him
and he told her
he was o.k. and
she should not wqrny
about him,
He
stated he
showed BONNIE where he had dug up the back
that he
told her
he
yard where he had buried BOBBY's
body, but denied
had buried
the body
at this
point, but
ground so that she could plant some
flowers
told her
he had
prepared the
and they decided some ---
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drysanthemums would look nice
in this
location.
HALL
stated
they_
accordingly drove
to
Mclnnish
Greenhouse and bought adozen
ddysanthemums,
after which
he and BONNIE returned home and planted them
over the
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shoes
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both got
while
planting
these flowers.
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and BONNIE wanted him to put the lime in to revitalize
this
soil.
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probably purchased in the hardware store in St. Joseph, Missouri,
approximately one monthprior to the kidnapping.
He
stated he purchased
this
shovel to assisthim in setting out tomato plants.
It was pointed
out to HALL that tomato plants are nonnally planted in the spring
and he advised BONNIE had some tomato
of the year and not in the fall
desired
these planted during the
e
plants planted in the spring but
late
He stated
summer months.
that
he was unable
to
recall
the
name of the hardware store where he purchased same in St. Joseph,
Missouri.wes
other
unable
details
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to
which
describe
could
the
clerk
who sold
him the
shovel
or any
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The details relative to the mailing of the ransom letter
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number one, which is postmarkedKansas City, Missouri,
6:00
p.m.,
F3
September 28,
1953,
have been previously set forth
above
and, as
previously
of
a
._
this
stated,
HALL
letter.
has readily
should
be
It
noted
admitted preparation
and mailing
that
this
the
contents
of
City, Missouri, on the morning of September29,1953, at which
Kansas
time he should have a rag attached to the aerial
he had received
the
first
ransom letter.
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latter
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could offer
no logical
number
Relative to the preparation and mailing of ransom letter
two,
HALL
continued that after
he
had mailed ransom letter
number
one, he realized he had put an erroneous address on the envelope
of ransom letter
number one.
He stated that he believed
he addressed
the letter
to Mr. GREENLEASE
at
2600 Verona Road but after
the latter
was mailed he recalled
that his proper address was 2920 Verona Road.
He stated that due to this error he was afraid that Hr. GHEENLEASE
had not received the first ransomnote and, therefore, prepared ransom
letter numbertwo at
BONNIE HEADY's
homein St. Joseph,Missouri'ou
similar
stationery
stated
that
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reason why he placed these instructions
envelope.
September29, 1953.
He
P
of his car signifying
Concerning
item,
HALL
on interview stated that he did not make any attempt_to
observe whether or not Hr. GREEHLEASE
complied with these instructions
and
in
the
I
letter
requested Mr. GREENLEASE
to proceed from 29th and 39th on Hain Street,
that
i
be verified.
he handprinted this letter
on
at the BONNIE HEADYhome which was white linen
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he stated
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prepared at
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thereupon,
in the
letter number
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atrue
placed seven
upper left~hand
two was
exhibited to
likeness and
replica of
BONNIE HEADY°shome and addressed to
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Jerusalem cross
Kansas,
itSpecial
ransom letter
number two
to Mr, ROBERT C. GREENEASE,
medal which
sealing the
CARL
the
Mr. ROBERT
envelope he pat the
he had removed from
to show
Mr, GREENLEASE
order
who had custody of
his son,
corner-
victim's bodyin this
that it
was the
writer of
After preparing
this letter
he drove to Kansas City,
Missouri with
BONNIE HEADYand dropped this letter
in a United States
ii.
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which he was unable to recall.
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After mail-
ing this
letter they
returned to
St, Joseph,
Missourie HALL
also
stated that
in
ransom letter
number two he requested Mr. GREENLEASE
to put an ad
in
the Kansas City Star
personal column
as followsi
"Meet me
in
Chicago, signed
Mr, GREENLEASE that this
GREENLEASE had
ransom payoff,
the money
He
also
G°°" He
advised
would be
the
available and
advised that
in this
ransom letter
addressed it
letters he
that Mr.
to negotiate
letter he
the
infonmed
had prepared it and
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HALL continued
that these
actually were
the only
two ransom
had sent
to the
GREENLEASE family
but did
admit that
he
had left
notes at
various places
in Kansas City, Missouri
while they
were negotiating
the ransom payoff.
He
stated,
however, these
were
notes of
instruction as
to where to put the ransom money
rather
than
any additional
demand for
1
homesick and repeated the
bag, Subject
HALL,
envelope which
contained
number two and he admitted that
he
as above
stated.
also instructed
him, HALL,
was willing
that his
boy was "okay" but
instructions to
put the money in
an
army
duffle
was also shown the photostatic copy
of
the
Hr. GREENLEASE
that he
signal to
same.
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said he
had his
already
and said,
handkerchief placed
over his
is M'."The man said, "What
This
repeated, "M",
The man asked some questions but
"Six hundred thousand, twenties
and tense
said he
they remained all day
observed in
following ads
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contact he
had been
all he
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answered was,
I hung up. liter
making
home in St. Joseph,
and made
aphone
call to
Thursdays On Thursday evening he
column of
the Kansas
City Star
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waiting for
as he
the
HALL said this
had instructed
the GHEENLEASE
the "
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by
saying,
Tonight and
identi
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had used before,
said he ended the
i
residence in
avery
similar manner
to that
which he
his voice
with his
handkerchief; HALL
conversation
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GEEEFLEASTs to place this
item in
the paper when they had the money
ready. HALL
did not go
to
Kansas City
Thursday
at all
but sometime
during the
dayy Friday,
October the sesond, he drove to
Kansas
City
himself in
5'.-' '-.'-17'
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disguising
i!'*"'!
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the personal
adisguise
They asked something about
the boy to which he replied,
"Medal." Then
this phone
call he
and BONNIE returned to
her
Missouri where
mouth as
did you say?"
and
which
he
hung upn
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and that
the iirst
he placed
mail box
anote
on the
bottom of
the
point of
he started
contact was
with
instruztions
corner, HALL
nail box
laying out
&;29th and
to go
stated he
with some
tape
to
h2nd
apayoff
route
Holmes where
and Charlotte
fastened this
whioh he
under a
note to
had bought
the
at Herman's
Drug Store
in Sta
Joseph, Missouri
and believed
that this
tape was
still
at
BONNIE HEADY s homer HALL
stated he
also had
some red chalk
which
he
had purchased
at Katz
Drug Store
in north
Kansas City
and
he used this chalk
to mark
arock
at the
corner of
L2nd and Charlotte
with
ared
cross and
tions which
Brethern and
under this
directed that
United Church
BONNIE HEADYwas with
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off
route
but
that she
rock he
the money
at L0th
him
all
placed
asecond
be left
in the
and Harrison.
during the
was inebriated
time he
and did
note of
alcove of
HALL stated
layed out
not know
instruc-
the First
that
this
payh
what
was
K
going on.
HALL stated
that
on
the date
of the
he was driving
a1952 Ford sedan which
had
Company in the 200 block of
Seventh Street,
the name
of BONNIE
wagon to
Kansas City
HEADY. He
earlier or
stated he
had left
first payoff
been rented
St. Joseph,
had either
it at
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Missouri, in
brought the
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allay suspicion
stated the
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from HEADYand; of
rented this
course, himself,
Ford was
to
He stated that
he had already changed
the
license
tags on the Ford by stealing
a
set of plates off
of acar
parked on the streets
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Smith and
away, He
stated
Wesson snub-nose
revolver as
was the case on all subsequent
payoff attempts.
At the
time HALL layed out
this payoff
he had no intentions
of attempting
to pick
up the package but merely wanted to give
the
GREENLEASEs
s
dummy
run
_,¢
regular license
with his
to_see if
they were sincere and to make sure they had not
layed atrap
for him.
He
had
have twr dummy runs before he
already figured
out in
his plans
made any attempt to
collect the
to
ransom
money.
HALL stated
making
atelephone
that he
call to
started the
the GREENLEASE
first payoff
attempt by
residence at
about 1230
s.mr on Saturday morning,
October 3rd,
from abar
near Armour and
Troost. He
did not further identify
this bar
but stated
that they
were closing
until about
at the
time he
made the
call. HALL
stated he
drove around
L200 a.m.
and drove
by L2nd and Charlotte
and noticed
that the
rock under which he placed his
second note was still
in
place. He
then drove to the telephone booth
located at
the
streetcar
shelter house
at Brushcreek
and Main, at which
time
he placed acall
to the GREENLEASE residence
and asked the party answering what had'
3?
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happened. He
was advised that they
did
not
have the money at the
home, had had
trouble
finding his
notes, and were afraid
it would
be
daylight before
they could
comply with
his instructions.
iThis party
told HALL they had written him
anote
and placed it where
he had directed
the payoff
to take
place. After
receiving this
explanation HALL
replied
in a disguised voice,
"Tonight" and
hung up.
HALL did
not
go by the
church to pick up the message that they
he was afraid
itwould
claimed to
have left
him as
be a trap»
HALL stated that after
the first
payoff
run
and his early
morning phone call to
the GREENLEASE residence, he
and BONNIE HEAD!
returned to
St. Joseph,
Missouri, where
they remained
until Saturday
we ;;.
afternoon, at
which time they returned
to Kansas City in
the rented
1'
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apayoff
route in
north Kansas City. He
stated that
BONNIE HEADY
was with him when he layed out this
she was inebriated and
did not
route but
know what was going
on.
again stated
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tourist
payoff
route
in north Kansas City he rented amotel
in
a
court at the intersection
of United States Highways #71
and #69, using the nameof Mr. and Mrs. HEADYand giving the address of
either
Booneville,
Columbia, or Sedalia,
Sunday, October hth,
he
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Missouri.
About 1:30 a.m.
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drove to Kansas City; Kansas, having BONNIE
HADY in the car with him but she was again or still
inebriated,and
made a phone call to the GREENLEASE
residence from a pay station
in the Town House, Kansas City, Kansas» He told the answering party,
after identifying himselfas he haddoneon subsequent
calls, to
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go to 13th and Summit where they would find a note under a rock marked
with a red cross.
He had previously placed this note under the rock
and this note directed the receiver to go to north Kansas City and
drive up Highway#169 to the Oak View addition sign and there to look
under another rock with a red cross where he had placed
a
note directing
them to leave the money bag up a seldom used lane closed to the LUMM
Fanm off Highway #69 between Highways #71 and #169.
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him but
was asleep.
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but did drive
down into
bag and could not see it.
Kansas
where
the
lane
where
He then
drove
he had told
them to leave
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he placed another phone call from the pay station at the
Town House to the GREENLEASE
residence, at which time he
was
infonmed
that they had left the money and that he should go back and look for
it.
He drove back and looked but still
could not find it and, being
afraid that a trap had been lain for him, he then drove to the Ben Bolt
Hotel in north Kansas City, at which point he again called the GREENLEASE
home and was told that they had left the money as directed but-were now
on their way to pick it up for fear that soe unauthorized
person
or
persons might find it.
He told them it was his mistake and that he would
payoff that day and he would deliver
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the
back over to Kansas City,
call them later in the day, and said they should definitely
£erg.
he
saw a dark Cadillac go by and assumed it was the payoff car.
HALL
stated he had no intentions of trying to pick up the money that night
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BOBBYGREENLEASE
to them within
twenty-four hours.
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had previously
talked
to him
on the phone after he had agreed to see if it would be possible for
her to talk to her son although he
well
knewhe was dead and buried.
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her it
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to her son because it
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him to
she wanted
to have
the phone,
he said
BOBBY answer
she asked
him
and requested
two
that he
phone her back.
The
first question
was something about who was their
chauffeur in
Europe and the second
question
had something to do
with what BOBBY had built in
his playroom.
HALL told Mrs. GREENLEASE
he would
endeavor
to get
BOBBY
to answer these
questions
for her
and
call
her
back
within
an hour, knowing full
well all
the time
that
BOBBY was already dead.
When HALL did call
he told
them that BOBBY
had refused
to answer
was alive
and well
the questions
but homesick
that BOBBY had told
him about
try and reassure them that the
be sure to go through with
but he
HALL
assured them
said
that
that BOBBY
he made
some
.1
remark
his parrot
that whistled
in order
to
.
boy was still alive
so that
they would
the payoff.
HALL stated that on Sunday; October eth, he and BONNIE
HEAD! checked into Tiny and Marie's
Motel on east Highway #h0, taking
the end cabin as you
drive
in
on
the right
hand side.
He stated that
BONNIE HEADYhad passed out and remained in bed all
day He
stated
that he went out
and
started laying
out a third payoff
route, finally
deciding on
county road 10E running south
off
Highway #L0 to a bridge
about
a
mile from
for the
payoffc
Highway #h0 which he thought would
be
HALL stated
that
he
had
already told
1»e
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call them
until
8:30,
at
which
time he
apologized
for being
late. ,He
stated that
this call
was placed from Katz Drug Store,
Lynnwood and
Troost, and
that he talked to
Mro LEDTERMAN. He told LEDTEHMAN hewas
going to make
the
payoff very
simple and that they
could expect
the
child
back
within
twenty four hours.
October hth,
He stated
but that
that he
he did not
He finally
stating that
he, himself,
hotel in
the Berkshire
which the
told him
could not
phone booth
it was
some kind
of
a"shire"
remember the correct name of-the
was located,
but which
P
told LEDTEHMAN
he should go to Pittsburg, Kansas
and wait for a message addressed to
him, LEDTEHMAN, in care of Western Union
at
that point,
which would
tell him
where the child could
be
picked up.
HALL stated he told
LEDTERMAN hewould call
him at exactly 11:30
p.m. at telephone Valentine
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did not tell LEDTEHHAK where this
phone was located
as he was somewhat muddled. He
stated that
LEDTERMAN kept insisting
that he tell him
the location
of this
phone as he had no other way of
finding out
where it
was located and that he finally
told him
it was
somewhere around Lynnwood and Troost; more
specifically, near
the
LaSalle Hotel.
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would call
them
at 8200 p.m., Sunday,
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HALL stated that he called LEDTERMAN,as arranged, at exactly
11:30 p.m. at telephone Valentine 9279, making the call from a pay
phone in afilling
station on the south side of U. S. Highway#h0 between
Blue Ridge and Stevenson's
Cafe. He stated that at the time of this
call he told LEDTEHHAN
to proceed east on U. S. Highway#h0, past
Stevensonis Cafe to road
10E;
and then turn south on this road for about
one mile
until
he came to
a
bridge where he should throw the bag out
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on the right side of the road on the north side of the bridge.
stated
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near
he remembered parking
he made the phone call
on Highway§hO
with
until
this
filling
he saw a dark Cadillac
two men in it
whom he took
to
be
station
HALL
from which
go by going east
LEDTERMAN and
was
with him at the time
his partner.
HALL stated that BONNIE HEADY
all
of
these negotiations were going on but as usual was inebriated and
did not know what
was
going on.
HALL stated
he
was
driv ing the rented Ford and started
out
three or four minutes behind LEDTEHMAN
in the Cadillac.
He stated
he droye downroad 10E to the south off Highway#hO but did not see
the bag as he drove
by so he went on south a couple
of miles
BONNIE
HEADY
was with
him
all
c oming toward
him.
He then
which was coming south.
the
time
and
that
as
soon
|
started
He stated
that
as he crossed
over the bridge he stopped on the north side, got out, and picked up
the bag which was on the west sid e of the road and put it in the trunk
of the Ford.
He estimated
that h e actually received the ransom money
about 12:30 a.m. Monday morning, October 5, 1953.
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after
getting the money bag he drove back
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a bar located
on the northwest
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Blst
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to the GREENLEASE
residence, Gilmore 6200,
where
he
talked
to Mr. LEDTERMANN
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HALL stated that he promised LEDTEHMANhe would send him a wire
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he could pick up BOBBYand assuri ng him that BOBBY was
and full of hell, knowing of course that BOBBYGREENLEASE
had been
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He stated
pulled off the road and turned ar ound headed back north.
and waited for five or ten
that
he tunied
of!
his motor and lights
minutes until
he saw car lights
up and drove past the Cadillac
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HADY
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out of their
motel
around
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WILLIAMG. SIMON,ASAC,at the 51:0Louie Qity Jail.
HALL*advisedthat he 1m
staying at the Torn House Hotel in St.-..Louis, lliesouri,
at the than oi'"hi1
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he described
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l*n mretwtth
of the
hall
entrance.
a *v:h'°eeeer
in ito
HALL
atated that itxun "in this closet that he had planed the two metal mite
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tell owl thet the brie! oeee -ta: imeiiately
edjeeent to the
hell
em-t.he
by--wean
suit oaie me pushed up against ito
HALL oontinued that at-what he
;
eatinatoe was ehortly before
B100
F020 he no iitting
in
the-roomalo-no -having
n drink of whiskey.
He stated that at tzhia time BONNIEwas
still
[haying at
the Amenel 51:1 !-":3,
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retells items
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not met this girl friend,
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but that JOHNHAGERwaste tring her as a date for him. He tdvited that
.,-;.-..th-are was e rap on the door, and" t1ro
menwalked in andplaoed HALL'DIl I BI'
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He said that the taller
of thetmo. did the talkirg - 9 1rho,1n
all
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gun on '
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thoughts "The jig was up and that the other manheld
gun was in e desk drawer loadedo HM-L oontinued that
HALL and that
HALL":
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to look around and went lrhroughHALL : pockets and
suitcase from the kezrohief -pooket
of
HALL : V0.-to
He atatea
that
he it not positive that they 1re1-etaken from this pocket,
'1:-at
1&3 8 -ITBthat the kQ YH"IB1 taken
B
from one of hie P ck tlo
He eon '
tinned that, after-the
tall
man got tn keys, he .1-leardhim go into the
the
tall
man Ktarted
tool: the
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olozmt and thought he heard him openthe suitoase, and iiALL told the other
gimax: I think the jig 1| op.
The tall-"man talked hack-into -the-"room
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and di not "saye'ny1':'hing'i§'J'0'u
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other
to
I1l IIl.'B&ld
HALL, What do you-1nean?""andhl-L l
said "1 don't
know that
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meant," .l"BfO1"I°ihg
."to HALL": "remark,e."I think
jig is up.
HALL continued that the
tall
man then opened the"-briefoean
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the
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ho said, "Looks like you've
got quite a bit ofmoney hafe J
mid "Yen," and the
tall
menaaid,
I 1 o'o.:1d
it,
and HALL stated
that
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HL1.-Lsaid that,
while
tool: about
$20,000
this was prior
ahw
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or
$30,000
HALL
I'm
putting the trier -oese.bsok*1here
he did replace it in its former location-
at the CORALCOURTS,he teliewa
and pleoed
it
that
to the time that he took the moneywith the thought of
burying it in-"the grourrda am. advised that in-raked the officers,
this
ell
in
in the brief ease and that
e.'5out,"'
thinkingthat the
tall
suit 'eA|:e,""1I.nd
that the
"tall
mac'-
menhad not seen themoneyin tin.
"mananswered, in effect,
Be quiet.
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Stnti-unetznd thathe
believed that on departing fromthe hotel they 'i:ocrkedthn"_dtor.
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quarter grain of morphineo
whisky steadily
and had taken e
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HALLconcludedthat, an he walked out _ofthe
door
with the uffiterl
he rememberedthat the -two t1-an key: to the hrgeut "-suit--eare'1v1~e
lying on
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the dreeeero He stated that he didenot meetiw "only"keywhichtamewith the
ot'n.er
metal
suit
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HALL concluded
that
he had not
seen the
suit
easel
from the time he was taken out of the he-tal roomby the two men and that
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Special
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and on
pertaining
to
the
L at the St.
book of
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Louis City
matches found
possession. .
twhi
Jail. HALL
in HEADI's
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possession at
the time
the book
of her
of matches
arrest by
the
found in
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St..
Louis
Pol
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subject stated
that these
matches were obtained at
the El
ncho tel,Eans
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him
on 10/1;,/53, and ~he wrote the name of no EUIERMAH
J'» .7f'.City, Hoe, by
in penuil
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that he
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the license
stolen
Company in St. Joseph,
number but
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Kansas
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kidnapping, HALL stated that the suit he was wearing on September 28,
1953; was a blue sharkekin suit, size he, Ihich he believes he took to
a cleaning
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in detail
concerning
the
alleged
blooi
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appearing in the
HEADY
home ihich he states were from the victim's
body,
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door
casing at the basement
steps leading to the kitchen and
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leading
iron the kitchen
back door were also
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body in that direction.
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cushion and bedspread in the dining room were also probably iron the
victim's
body. He stated
that
the cushion and bedspread, previously
mentioned, were nonmally on the b&CKporch of the hone but due
to
the cool
weather the back porch was no longer used and these thing were brought into
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the dining room. He advised that they had been taken off the back porch p
prior
to instant
,
kidnapping.
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the back porch, but that is entirely
possible.
He also stated that he
did
not recall
specifically
the house to pat the dirt
used
it
and
not
using
line
to
but
ax in the
basement
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dry,
long handled
he washed the chamois skin and hung it
does not
recall
endeavoring
to launder
the
quilt
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of
into the victim's
grave, but that he could have
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on the
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definitely
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what he
did
that
there
empty cartridge
with the remaining live
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the=victim'e
body did not have the mechanical pencil at the time he observed it.
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HQ
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with the ransomnote.
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ribbon
in the eastepaper basket and subsequently burned it
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items or
other
material
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at the HEADYhone.
could not recall burning any newspapers, wood
in the incinerator.
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at the time
he discovered
actions
the body and subsequently
to
sending BONNIEHEADY
to
St. Josephto
do
someshopping, he related the
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body up
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it
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to
the rear east
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from downtown St.
which
house.
time
he re-entered
the
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HEADY
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believes
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that
he took
her
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liquor
and to the best of his recollection
she did go to
the living
room and lie down on the couch and yet it could
have
:
for
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a
grave about a foot deep, went bacx
down
in the
basement to observe the body, then returned and dug the
grave
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that
she
retired
to
the
bedroom
to
lie
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thestairsand
drove thestation
wagon
into
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body in the rear of the Plymouth
station wagonallegedly at that time for the purposeof taking
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that
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the main post office building in Kansas City, Iissouri,
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to _
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that
to Kan as
Iagon
was
an hour.
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drove
City in approximately
one hour's
time,
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from St. Joseph
that the Plymough station
extremely speedy, and that he normally drove from 90 to 95 miles
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home at approximately 7:30 or
8300 puma on the night of September25, 1953. He stated that upon his
return
to
he became
the radio
HEADY s home that
they
both
started
drinxing
quite
heavily
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money and he told
her that
if she
wanted him
to he
would go
on
aholdup and get them plenty of money; that he and BONNIE
HEADY talxed
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about what he might successfully holdup
and that he cased two
Safeway
Stores in
Kansas City,
Hissouri, with
the thought
in mind of pulling
the holdup.
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300 blocx.-
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was somewhereon Broadway, in
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stating that
of them
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to get
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the radio
the fact
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him
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to know,
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was all
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on been to sleep.
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whether
stated
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she went back to bed but
that she
made no further protest,
and he believes that
he
went out and
completed filling
in
the
hole where victim had
been buried.
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that
BONNIE
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in th
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house ehere
he and BONNIE had efee
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ransom letter using the stationery in
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St. Joseph, Hiseouri,
but does believe that
instant grave at that
best of
he had purchased the shovel which was used to dig
lumber yard.
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asalesmanat the Swafford Auto
Agency, St.
Joseph,_ ieeouri,
denied ever mentioning to GARBEY
his plane to holdup any establishment
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pr_,thht.he mentioned any "big Jobs."p He stated that at the time GARBEI
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he denied
deal and stated that
furnishing
the transaction
in the hospital of
the Missouri
liseouri, stating
that while
he was an
narcotics. However,
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but that
some of the inmates did bresic into the
stole some
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stealing narcotics
Jefferson City,
definitely was
they were
penitentiary .
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apprehended and
not one of these
inmates;
following interview
was conducted
by SAC
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HOS'1'E&
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i al Agent
an
pec
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October l2,
he had
he believes
agency together
sum of money to finance the
got
"beyond
hospital and
stated that
he could
get
an automobile
any specific
never
and HALL
money so that
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subject CARL
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HALL
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and
9:25
at p.n.
Special Agentgof
the uenver
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erviewed and mentioned to HALL
that BONNIE
HEABY had
said that
she had
lost her
hat and
that she
had seen
HALL the
kill victim.
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statement bQHALL
became
dmotionally upset
and stated, "It's true,It's rue. He then verbally
admitted that on
the
date of the xidnapping, September 28, 1953, after he
and HEADYhad obtained the victim they drove south of Kansas
City
on '_
Highway 69 possibly three
or four miles until
they
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near
this
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some distance
and then
turned
down a lane which
he remembered as
being
boud by a windbreaker twenty feet high, and
that after going down this lane a short distance he stopped the car and
shot the victim through the temle.
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continued that BONNIE
HEADY
walked
behind
the
HEADY returned
automobile
to
the
a short
automobile
distance
at
which
and
time
after
he
shot
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the
out
victim
of
the automobile placing him on the ground and wrapped his remains in a
blue plastic
cover.
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that
the victim bled considerab1y'and
that these was a large pool of blood along the shoulder of the road
Where he left the remains While he prepared to Wrap up the victim in the
blue plastic
cover.
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of the station wagon, and he and HEADY'returned
to
Kansas City and then
to Stu Joseph.
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further
related that previous to the time the
V1Ctim Was kidnaped, he had decided to
kill
him because he considered
the
boy evidence,
He additionally
rapidly
and that
related
decompose the
he thus
that
remains
for
in
decided
this
order
to
destroy
the
evidence.
purpose he bought the lime to
to
avoid
detection.
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this
mentioned as being
time
also
his accomplice,
stated
that
the
individual
who he
TOMMARSH, was not involved
in this
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1953,
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statement was obtained from HALL by agent CNNORS outlining
his and
subject HEADY*s activities
in connection with the kidnaping,
the
transportation;
murder, and other activities.
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brought the subject up to
her and we talked about it several times.
I had thought
of the Greenlease boy some time ago because
I
heard of all
their money. We began to makedefinite plans about three
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weeks before the kidnaping. Bonnie was with me in all
the arrangements.
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him in the
we pla.nned that
we
At first
house but
than we were afraid
would keep
that
he might
recognize us or the
house
if we let him go. We then planned
we had to ki]_'L
him. We had planned to get him out of
school by Bonnie going to the school and saying that the
mother
was
ill
and she
had
come to
take
him home.
morning of the kidnaping
we
St. Joe around
6:00
left
AM and
went dovm to Kansas City and parked around the school.
then drove around till
about
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and told
her
that
I
time
to go and try
left
Wed
that
her
off
to get the
boy. and to meet me at Katz Parking lot, 110thand Main 515.,
KansasCity, Mo. In about
10
or 15 minutes she was back
with the boy. We had her Bonnie's!
station wagon, a
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1951 Plymouth.
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already had the gun and a few days before, I bought a
Shovel and a bag of lime.
I think it was a fifty
or 1'
seventy five pound bag. I also bought two
blue
plastic
covers,
at
the Western Auto Store in St. Joe.
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big lake on the inside.
We turned west and drove to
a
big hedge row,
a
distance of two miles or so and turned in
and stopped. There was a large barn there and an airplane
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parked
behind
distance
it
the barn.
away.
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out and I
shot once trying
I
don't
know whether
hit
him
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I
tried to strangle
that I had to shoot him.
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got out and walked
to hit
or
not
him in
for
some
I pulled
the heart.
I
he was
still
alive.
him but saw it wouldn't
work and
I shot him through the head on
the
the
second shot.
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took him out of the oar, laid him on
ground and put him in the plastic
bag.
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lot
of blood there.
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had the gun in my coat pocket.
about
2
and in the
the station
miles
south
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and
2 miles
west
of
the
occurred
state
line
state of Kansas.
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wagon and drove back to St. Joe.
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fie had dug
the grave the day before and we put him in the grave.
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after
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and put the notes under a mail box at 29th and Holmes,
and at h2nd & Charlotte.
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m:-kup and went back to St. Joseph. Bonnie was with me
on the trip.
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think we put out any notes.
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find
the money.
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turned
around
was to
to
go
back: but passed them on the way. I had forgot to change
the license plate on the Ford we rented, and thought they
saw it.
"fie stayed in Kansas City that night in a motel.
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for the first
pickup.
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drive
out and leave
the money.
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time
trunk and headed for St. Louis.
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into
we came to
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in
the
the
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basket.
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had
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when we buried him. Bonnie was
I do not knew what happened to
I never did count it.
There was
supposed
to be
$600,000
in the bag.
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plans
in on all the planning.
the rest of the money.
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55:4.*.
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driving
about one
got out and looked
I had put the medal that was around the boy's
neck
a.nd threw
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the money was there.
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the
arrangements were clear and about midnight We picked
up
the money, which was in a de le bag and I put it in the
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Summit
13th
and one underneath a sign "Dal-cviewInc." in North Kansas
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subject CARL AUSTIN HALL was interviewed
by Special Agent
and the writer.
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w.
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as sprinkled
over victim
s body at the
time of his burial
that he, HALL, stated he purchased this lime at a
lumber yard which is Just
west
of the Westport Bank and approximately
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blocks
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other
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HALL stated that it was his plan originally
to strangle BOBBY
GREENLEASE,and that he attempted to strangle the child with
a
small piece
of rope similar
to that need in clothes lines;
however, after placing
the rope around the victim's
neck and drawing it tight,
he could see that
the child was suffering,
and that apparently
the rope was not suitable.
He the? became upset and told BONNIE
HEADY
to step out
of
the car at
which time he fired two shots the first
one missing and the second one
taking effect.y
HALL advised that he is not certain,
but he believes
the
rope that he intended to use to strangle
crime
scene.
the victim
was left
at the
purchased the plastic
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Reade
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Highway 66 and the MeramecRiver in an attempt
to locate the
duffel
bag inwhich
the ransom moneyhad been paid and two
trash cans and a shovel which HALLpurchased
for
of
the
named
ransom
money.
"THELM"
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located
of Highway
66.
on Iarnell
cans were
Road
about
the purpose
of
located
four
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of
in
burying part
a river
a mile
shack
south
ihe shovel was located on Rudder Road about one tenth
of
a mile north of Highway
66.
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BONIE BROWNHEAD? stated she was L0 years of age and stated she
resided at
1201
S. 38th Street,
St. Joseph, Missouri.
She advised she was
divorced from her husband,
ELLIS
HEADYand had only arrived in St. Louis
She apparently did not know what day of the week it was but aditted
recently.
and indicated
she was the one who had gone to the school to get BOBBYGREENLEASE
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that she thought he was the son of CARL HALL, those fonser wife would not permit
him to see the youngster.
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her condition;
is
statement
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set
forth
was conducted under considerable
a statement was taken
later
in this
report.
She was advised
any statements
rights
she made could be used in Court.
She said she had no hesitation
would not prevaricate
due
to
her
excessive
of her apprehension,
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make an honest
"*~'.' would
.,
she might
be
effort
1|,
weeks before
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into
that
and
hours,
and places,
she
--
she first
met HALL in St.
part of May, 1953; that knowing him fo
her home at 1201 S. 38th Street,
St.
or had a criminal
record;
occasions.
Joseph, Missouri,
about two days he moved
Joseph, Missouri,
She stated that at first
where they entered
CARLHALL did not
that
his income
merely kept them furnished with copious supplies of whiskey, but that she
actually
supported
the household
in the purchase of groceries,
the payment of
utilities,
and other necessities.
She stated that while in this
ment and
prior
She stated
to the kidnaping he had advised her that he had a former wife..
that he never did name this woman, but related that asga result
arrange-
of this alleged union a son wasborn, that this wife secureda divorce and
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She said that
she and he drove by the GREENIEASE
that they had driven by the home on prior
he was on parole
but that
recollection.
abduction
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kidnaping,
least a couple of years.
the actual
into a commonlaw arrangement.
her that
an attorney
HADY advised
she stated that she now believes that CARL
by way of background that
during the latter
advise
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befoe the agents arrived."
to agents about instant
hazy on dates,
to refresh
HALLhad planned this kidnaping for
at
home and she now recalls
1.§._.
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to talk
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she was not
consulting
Hrs.
y
on any of the details or facts,
She stated, however, that
drinking during the period from August 29, 1953, to the time
Concerning the kidnaping,
about three
in that
to the agents without first
she had a lawyer and had consulted with him briefly
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of
which
shedeclined
to s1gn.//¬h;s,-
of her constitutional
required to make any statemnts
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that the son was now living
her
that
one of the
in the GREENLEASE
home. She stated he had advised
conditions
of the
divorce
action
was
that
a court
order
had been executed barring him forever from seeing his son or obtaining
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custody
of him. She stated that she definitely
was told by HALL that his son was in
the GREENLEASE
household and is definitely
sure he named the son as "BOBBY".
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past the GREENLEASE
residence prior
to the actual
abduction,
he stated that his purpose in driving
by was to see whether or not
BOBBYwas in the yard where he might surreptitiously
observe him and possibly
1
have a chance
actually
to
converse
say that
arrived
at
the
with
his
son.
he was formerly
conclusion
that
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married
Mrs.
that
while
HALL never
did
to Mrs. GREENLEASE,she, BONNIEHEADY,
GREENLEASEwas the
former
wife
of
HALL, due
to the fact that HALL had told her that his former wife was given custod
of
. .
their son. She stated that pertaining
to the actual abduction,
she and HALL
discussed this in detail
on Sunday, which would be September 27, 1953, in her
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92'--- home at St. Joseph, Missouri.
sober and that HALL had stated that she was to proceed to the French Institute
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of Notre Damede Sion School, pose as Hrs. GREENLEASEsister,
s
and
child
using
the
ruse
that
Mrs.
GREENLEASE
had
suddenly
been
taken
ill
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During the questioning
in the car and talk
and that
in order to take him to his mother.
take her Plymouth station
wagon
to sit
obtain the
it was asked of Mrs. HEADYwhy she did not
to the school,
to him there,
this
would not be a good idea".
left
St. Joseph, Missouri,
secure
BOBBY,
and allow
HALL
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and she stated that "we both agreed
She stated
that
pursuant
to their
plans they
around 9:30 A.M. in her Plymouth station
drove to Kansas City, Missouri,
for the purpose of getting
BOBBY
She said they had no other cause or reason to
visit
Kansas City
wagon and
GREENLEASE.
on September
28,
1953.
She continued stating that they drove to the Katz Drug Store parking
lot, h0th and Main, Kansas City, and parked the station wagon in the parking
facility
there, that she then proceeded to the ToedmanCab stand located in
the immediate vicinity
and secured the services of
a
taxicab and instructed
the driver to take her to the French Institute
of Notre Dame de Sion, 3328
Locust.
She stated that on this particular
morning she was definitely
sober,
had had only two drinks early in the morning which had not affected her in
the
least
and that
she was nonna1.in
every
manner.
_
Continuing she advised that she arrived at the school around
11:00
A.M., to the best of her recollection,
that she rang the
bell
at the
outer
door,
was admitted
by the sister
and informed
the sister
that
.4
she
was Mrs. GREENLEASE's
sister, that she and Mrs. GREENLEASE
had been shopping
in the plaza area, that Mrs. GREENLEASE
had suffered a suddenheart attack
and therefore had sent her, BONNIEHEADY,to the school to obtain
BOBBI's
custody and to bring him to Mrs. GREENLEA5E-She stated that in due course
of time one of the sisters
brought
BOBBI
GREENLEASE
to her,
that.she
left
school, proceeded in the sam taxicab to 38th and Main Street to the Kata
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got out of the cab. She stated
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BOBBY
the names of his two dogs but denied that she
asked him the name of his prrot.
She stated, however, that he told her he
had a green parrot named
POLLY
She stated that
and that the
parrot
would converse with people.
-
she knew that the GREENLEASE
family
had two dogs inasmuch as
when she and HALLhad driven past the OREENLEASE
residence they noticed two
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was in the
St.
Mary's
Hospital.
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however, that one of the sisters asked her, "Is Mrs, GBEENLEASE
in
St. Mary :
Hcspital"?
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in
the affirmative.
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that
sh was going to take him to see his
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be here
HALL would
his
return
him
to
the
school
after
he had
had
a
that
the
Toedman
Cab in
him a $1 bill
of the
cab
and that
she
the
and
BOBBY
fare
was about
walked
85¢.
down the
short
interview
which
She stated
sidewalk
ing past the popcorn stand looking for CARL
HALL,
than
with
and
BOBBY
she
were
there
in the
lot.
She stated
that
on the
after
side
of
getting
the
build-
as he was supposed to meet I
when she had originally
gotten
out of her
station
wagon
driven by
HALL
she had done so before he parked it and therefore, she did not know where he was parked.
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riding
drove
into the Katz parking lot from Main Street and let them out near
the side door, just inside the archway,
that
she paid the cab driver giving
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son.
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BONNIE HEADY stated
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at least technically
guilty of violating
acourt
order in obtaining
BOBBY
GREENLEASE
if CARL HALL s story had been true.
She stated however, that she.
did not think it too serious.
She did not state that they had had any plans
for returning
BOBBY
to the school
but
advised that she had merely assumed that
to the
past the popcorn stand she saw her station wagonparked in the south
the lot and that she and
BOBBY
walked over to it and found CARL
HALL
behind the wheel in the car, She said
BOBBY
very readily got into the
wagon next to
HALL
and she got in next to BOBBYso that
BOBBY
was
She stated that as soon as they got
in the middle in the front seat.
station
wagon CARL
HALL
remarked
"H ello,
BOBBY, how are
said "Fine", or some such similar remark, and
HALL
on quite a conversation like they knew each other.
you?".
BOBBY
and
BOBBY
GREENLEASE
carried
She stated that as soon as
she and BOBBY
got in the station wagon
HALL
drove off the Katz lot down
to
the
Area shoppingdistrict and let her out near JACKHNRY's
and told
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of
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wagon, walked up past!Helzberg's Jewelry
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shops all
over the plaza.
shoppingtour she purchased a pair
of
She stated that
during her
'
hose, someearrings and s slip, each
of these articles
being purchased in a different
store, the names
of
she could not recall.
She stated that after making a complete tour
of
which
the
plaza, she endedup in
a
bar where she had four shots
of
whiskey with water
dnegm Every effort was madeto get BONNIE
HEADY
to identify the bar in
which she did her imbibing, and although she had been quite clear on
,
details up to this point, she was very indefinite
as to the bar except to
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as tothe
architectural
furnishings
or
personnel
of
the
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denied
that
time was spent with BONNIE READYon this
she ever went to the rest
had not had an opportunity
to
visit
room in the bar
a rest
point.
although
room since leaving
She emphatically
admitted
that
she
home at St.
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Joseph, Missouri, at 9:30 A.M. and that she usually took every opportunity
afforded
A-fr.
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to
visit
a rest
room.
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HALL
by prearrangement around
1:30
near gr
JACK HENRY's
when he came by
in
the station wagon. She said she got in and .
asked him what
he
had done with BOBBY,to which
HALL
replied he had taken
him back to the school.
She stated she also observed that
HALL
had
a
25-pound
sack
of
Nutrena dog food in the back
of
the station wagon and she made some
remark
about
it that she was glad he had gotten the dog
food
as they were
about out.
She stated that after getting in the station wagon they
imediately
drove
to North Kansas City where they stopped at Lynn's
Bar,
which is their regular stopping place-so much so that the proprietors there
often remark, "You couldn't
drive by here without turning in".
She said
they had three or four drinks at Lynn's
Bar and than started out for St.
Joseph, Missouri,
where
they arrived
about
3:30 P.M.
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upon
arriving
at St. Joseph she could not
recall getting out
of
the car but there was a possibility that she
had done so, it being pointed out that according to her story she still
had
not been to the rest roomsince she left homearound9:30 that morning.
She said
HALL
went in the front
door
and came out through the basement, at
which time he imediately suggested that she go uptown and get his laundry
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and do someshopping, which she did, taking the station wagon. She stated
she got HALL's
laundry, picked up someearrings she had repaired, and
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got home from
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in after
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buying them
super market.
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at
had left him
about three
hours earlier.
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herself had
slept in
any of the beds and in fact no
one had been on the premises
with the
exception of
possibly her
maid, who was
there on the Friday
before the
kidnaping. She
stated the
maid generally
comes
on Monday and Triday but since
they were in Kansas City on Monday, the maid
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did not
had been in
her
come and
on Friday
that no
home since
Monday,
she called
one other
than CARL HALL
September 28, l953*- that
and said
she was
sick and
no
couldn't
she knew
the colored
maid was
the last
come.
She
stated that
so far as
individual other
than HALL
and
herself who
was on the premises
as not even
adelivery
boy had come to the home.
She stated,
however, that
she had
prepared a meal
one
evening for
Hr. BARNEY PATTON, attorney of St.
Joseph,
Missouri, who
She stated
was both apersonal
she does
not recall
friend and
the
legal council
exact
evening
that he
for CARL HALL.
was at
the home
for a steak dinner,
but states
she is definitely certain
that it
was prior
to the kidnaping. BONNIE
HEADY was specifically and
definitely interrogated
or MARSH, or a JOHN MARSCH
or MARSH. She stated
concerning one
TOM MARSCH
that name prior to
the time
of their
emphatically that
she had never heard
never saw any TOM MARSH, never
heard
arrest in
St. Louis.
She stated she
into instant
picture.
of any TOM MARSH,and has no idea where he might fit
Itshould
be here stated that
prior to
this point
in the interview
BONNIE HEADYhad stated that in
the station
wagon at
the
time of
BOBBY
GREENLEASE's abduction,
there was ablue
plastic sheet
which she had used
to cover
the back end of the station
wagon so that it
would not be torn
whom
she
often carried
in the car.
up or soiled by
her boxer dog, "Doc",
She stated
she had
had
this plastic
cover for
along
time as she previously
had two other dogs,
atotal
of three,
and carried
them all
over the country
to various
dog shows and used the plastic
cover to protect the
station
her pets.
Besides the plastic cover
she stated
wagon from deformation by
there was
also
an
old
quilt lying
the back
of the
station wagon
not give
any reason for it
being there
other than
to say that it
there along
time. She
admitted it
had not been cold enough in
of months
for its
to use
it as
a lap
robe_or
presence in the station
cover
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point in
the interview
CARL HALL
had an apartment inSt.
Hrs. HEADY informed again that
Joseph that he paid $50.00 amonth for,
and that the reason he had this apartment
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was living
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a
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be a violation
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plumber who had fixed the toilet
on the first
floor a numberof
prior
weeks
to September 28, 1953. She also advised that on her trip downtown after
arriving
home she bought no fertilizer,
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at home and watched television.
She stated that she did not see on the
television
any news item announcing the abduction or the disappearance of
,
the victim.
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she recalled
that she and CARL HALL had several
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the victim,
HALL had returned
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did, although she did not imbibe as
heavily that night as usual.
She stated she recalled
they went to bed
just as the news flashes were
going
to
be
televised.
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arose the following
morning, Tuesday, September 29, around 9:00 or 9:30 a.H.
and that either while at the breakfast table or shortly thereafter
she
picked up the newspaper and saw the news account of the abduction and
the
claiming
victim
to
that
the
up to this
school
time
or had made
She stated HALL admitted to her then that-he had
not returned the victim to school, and that while he did not have personal
custody of the boy he assured her that he knew where the boy was and that
she shouldn
worry t
about him -that
he was all right.
When asked at this
point why she did not go
to
sq
the police
or the family of the child she stated
that she figured then that she would be caught and would be "in it" and that
HALL would also be arrested
on this charge., She stated that she also did
not believe at this time that HALL would be responsible
for the death of
the child,
even though she knew that he had knowledge of his whereabouts.
On Tuesday morning, September 29, 1953, BONNIEHEADYstated she
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walked out on the back
porch
just to look around as was her custom, and
when she did so she saw a place in the dog pen where the dirt had been
disturbed for quite
a
large area.
She immediately asked HALLabout it and
he said he had worked up a bed in preparation
for
setting
out some flowers.
BONNIE
§EADY
admitted that she noticed this plot of newly
worked
earth
after reading of the kidnaping of
BOBBY GREENLEASE
in the KansasCity Times
and received
the evasive
answers from HALL as to what had become of the
victim,
BONNIEHEADYstated that she was satisfied with the explanation
of the newly worked earth given her by HALL and they decided to plant some
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chrysanthemums,and accordingly, both she and HALLdrove to McInich's
Greenhouse and got a dozen chrysanthamum plants,
after
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BONNIE
HEADYstated that she helped
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although
the dirt
that
there
plant the chrysanthamums
and
that
was not hard, it was firm and they had to work it up. She denied
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doing
so she got her shoesdirty.
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said she was wearing a pair of black play shoes and she got mud all over
them. She stated that she admitted she had knowledge of the kidnaping at
the time these flowers were planted but she did_not suspect it was a grave and
they planted these flowers
about
noon.
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around
the
house
getting drunk
and she was constantly worrying about the childHALL that
never said where the
victim was located and just kept saying he was well.
She admitted that each
day she read the newspapers and related that the papers said no contact had
been made with the kidnapers nor had any ransom note been received by the
victims family.
She claims at this time she asked
HALL,
made contact?".
She denied any knowledge of any ransom note ever being
prepared
or mailed.
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supply
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this
possibility
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they
she stated
she had
a
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of writing material in her home, paper and envelopes,
stating that she had two sizes of envelopes which actually fit the description of envelopes in instant case. She stated she had purchased the large
ones from the post office inasmuch as they were already stamped and it would
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HALL
used her writing
desk and material and she never had any knowledgeof the contents of any of
his letters.
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She advised he never asked her to mail any letters
him letters
of her
own to have him mail
for
her.
for him, in fact she gave
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there
was
a
possibility
that her fingerprints
could
be located on any of the paper and
envelopes in her home because she had handled them in her home, but
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that
there
about
numerous occasions
the booth in the northeast
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at her home in
6:30 P.M. She stated this was their favorite place to eat, that
ate there
on
waiters and always had the same
booth
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remained
St. Joseph, Missouri, until the afternoon of Wednesday,September30, on which
occasion they drove to KansasCity and had dinner at the Coates House, arriving
they
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HALL
and were well
known to both
the head-
whenever it was available,
it being
corner of the restaurant
immediately adjacent
to
the service door and they used the samewaitress on every occasion they
patronized this establishment. BONNIEHADY stated while eating in the
Coates
House
HALL left the
booth
stating
he
had to make a telephone call.
He might have left more than once as he was always going to the bathroom
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not recall
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try to
keep track
where they
went after
could remembers they
never
Joseph, but
did remember
the
or
way
in
and the
of
him.
went any
they
stopped
way out.
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Joseph about
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to do;
kidnaping occurred
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he came
out he
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recall
aChicago
aTulsa
Kansas
City
to Friday
and
had several
paper and
a
paper or
an
i
however,
she and HALL remained at
home in St. Joseph
drunk all
of
the
time and
that she was
consisted of, however; she had knowledge
evening HALL
rented
ablue
Ford sedan
from a
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car
200
block
on 7th
Street in
St. Joseph
in her
name and
think
of
any
logical reason
for him
doing so
but gave
her
she was enamored
with him
and would
do anything
he asked
her
she could
not
consent because
6
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HEADY
stated
that on
ge thP
phdrivin
St. Jose
la?!
as she
to St.
both
added that he could have had such apaper,
hand when he came out. _ §
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their activities
prior
inthe
the Union
recalled that
arm, but
could not
in his
recall what
that sometime
rental place
Ed
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to Sta
about aweek before the
HALL drove her to
BONNIE HEADYstated that
on Thursday, October l,
1953, and
I
got back
she could
and as
far
11:00
P.H.
she recalled
new .15
Coates House
place other
than to start back
at Lynn's
for a few drinks
on
BONNIE HEADY
stated that
wg
BONNIE HEADYstated that
leaving the
Ford sedan in her
driveways She
Ruggle's in
North Kansas
City
at Lynn'sfor
Friday evening
lymouth stati
adrink
o n ag
wo
said they
for
she and HALL left
her
drove to Kansas
City
fried
chicken,
before getting
home in
nand leaving the rented blue
stopping at
having previously
stopped
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7:30
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where he
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to the
to the Continental Hotel Omar Room;
then to
Room. HEADY
Huehlbach and he went to
park
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Ruggle's, whichshe estimated
parked the
station wagon
Continental Hotel
leaving the
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the Drum, she was
are each place.
and got the car
each place
and from
for at
stated that
and said
President Hotel,
drunk and
unable to
hour and
out
from the
Hotel to
Muehlbach -
the President
HALL had her wait
and he/went
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they,left
walk. She
had at
let her
wagon. She denied knowing
they walked
the Continental
and came and picked her up.
least an
HALL had
the station
least
three
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had been in
or four
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READY stated that HALL was always leaving her to make phone calls
or go to the rest room but she thought nothing of this as this was
a
regular
practice of his.
She stated that
he
probably made phone calls from the
Muenlbach, President and Continental
Hotels
as he was absent from her presence
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another
E
she described
as being
of poorer
type
than
the three
and that that was the last she remembered as she must have
establishment although she admitted it would have been
possible for them to have gone to someother bars as it is her nature to be
able to remain upright although completely blacked out. She stated the next
thing she rememberedafter going to one other bar following the DrumRoom
in the President Hotel was when she awoke at home in bed on Saturday,
October 3, and she has no recollection
as to how or when she got there.
HEADYstated that on Saturday night she and HALLwent to Kansas
City taking both the station wagon and the Ford sedan. She stated they left
P.M. She drove the station wagon and HALL drove the
at Lynn's
Tavern in Northtown for
about
an hour and then
decided to leave the station wagon at Lynn's
and use the Ford. She stated,
at this point, HALL had a set of keys to her station wagon which he kept in
his possession at all times which was s duplicate of her keys. She stated
after leaving Lynn's
they went over town and she could not recall eating
anywhere but made
a
round of the bars starting at the Ambassador Hotel, then
the Bellerive,
then the bar in the big apartment house across the street
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that
she could
not
even remember
leaving this bar but is
sure
that they did as she recalls helping close up
the town which would have been at 12:30 A.M. at some bar which she could not
definitely
recalls
She stated all during the evening HALL would as was his
practice leave her either for the restroom or to telephone.
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to Lynn's
Place which
at
that time was closed and she opined that it mst
have been after
1:30
A.M., as 1:30 A.M. was the closing time at Lynn's.
She stated the station wagon was still
there in at least approximately the
sameplace she had perked it.
HALLtold her she was too drunk to drive and
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stated
that
after
coming to on Sunday afternoon
she and
HALL started nipping again on a bottle they had in reserve and did not leave
the
cabin
until after dark.
HALL had already suggested that they drive to St.
Louis for the weekend and she agreed to do so, and then she called ROBERT
i
CASTLE,who is connectedwith Kelfliok's
Kennels, St. Joseph, Missouri, from
someplace wherethey ate in KansasCity on Sundaynight.
CASTLEto go
back
and get her Boxer dog and take him
to
She said she told
the kennels as they
were going to be away for several days, READYstated she could not remember
court but unate or where they went after leaving the tourist
where they
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doubtedly they went someplace
to
eat because she remembersmaking the long-
distance telephone call
to
CASTLEand it was from some eating place but she
could not remember eating or any of the details after leaving the tourist
court.
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after
making the phone call
they started for St, Louis in the blue Ford and HALL was driving,
she was pretty
well inebriated
but did
wake
She said
up one occasion when the car
was
t
stopped and she remembers hearing the trunk slam followed imediately
by HALL
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getting in the car.
She stated she did not ask him what he was doing but
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assumed he had probably pulled off the road to relieve himself and found the
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trunk door open and closed its
She stated the next thing she remembers they
.
were in St. Louis.
She stated, however, she did recall that they went out
.:'._f92'entirely possible that he could have stopped
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it
as she was in a drunken
;f§'. :I;, for a moment or two and she would not have known
2ea-:1
stupor
and was sleeping
all
the way.
She stated upon their arrival
the
first
place
in St. Louis she awakenedand recalls
they'went
to was a bar and she estimated this
6:00 A.M. as the bar just
opened.
Strenuous efforts
to be around
were made to effect the
of this
bar but she could not recall any details of the location of
same,
structure,
or other identifying data or any personnel therein.
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stated
she did
recall
that
it
was sort
pretentious in any manner and
there
gg
of a tumble down
place,
was not
might have been two or three men in the
place when they walked in although she explained the bar was Just opening
when they walked in.
She stated
that
she ordered herself a drink and that
HALL left her here although he did not tell her his reason for leaving and
she estimates he
was
gone for about one hour.
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was long
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Hotel
to walk
in St.
through the
located an
this
apartment house.
ments concerning
here for
that at
the rental
acouple
time
she
suggested they
Louis and HALL
objected
lobby of
a
hotel so
She stated that HALL
made
and that
he
of days.
check into
the
to this
saying
she
was
too
drunk
they cruised
around and finally
informed her
She stated that
this
all of
the arrange-
that they
would
stay
time was the first
time she
_;; _
had actually
seen the luggage HALL
had
purchased although
he informed her at
the time
he left
her at the bar upon arrival
in St.
Louis
that
he
did
purchase
some luggage due to the fact
that it
would look
extremely strange
for
them
to
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of foot
lockers.
she decided
to look
like and
opened it
She stated
did not
she then
on the
and saw
inside to
that it
flopped over
sober condition
and told
him to
iv-..';
A.2
pay the cab driver
bed and
went into
She advised
that same afternoon she
got another
stated she
stayed in
this apartment
next day having been out of
whiskey
and decided
take her
to
the fare
to go
get
aliquor
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was arrt-.:5l'.eCi
by uffluufa
luggage looked
money. She
asound
that when
e
sleep and
she woke up
both
on
the
dresser and she
beck". She stated that
note with
an apartment key in
and did not see HALL
at
all;
she was in somewhat of asemi-
some
more
store. When
booze. She
she opened
she found $2,000 in $20 bills
called
ataxicab
her purse
to
in the
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bottom of
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her purse.
She stated that she now
realizes
that HALL
must
have
put
the
$2,000 ransom money inher
purse
while
she was
sleeping
and at the time
he left
the apartment.
She stated she obtained
some liquor
and milk and
went back to the apartment and started drinking
and shortly
thereafter she
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secure an explanation of
this money
but
to her efforts with
grunts and groans.
on the
the afternoon.
one was black. She
see what
the inside
of the
contained
alarge
amount of
HALL
and
the grips were gone but she noticed anote
quoted from memory, "I had to leave. I'll be right
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apartment house and that HALL
One was green in color and
wake up
until
later on
it. She
and
the
ts
entered the
stated she
endeavored to awaken HALL
to
that he
refused to
do so merely replying
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immediately flopped
himself onto
the bed and went into a heavy
sleep
and that
she had abottle
of liquor
and had herself a
few drinks
and became interested
in the two grips
he had purchased. She
described these
as metal grips about
the size
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HEAD! was reinterviewed on October 1.0 and ll,
substance related the same set or facts with but slight
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variations until
A
her ad.mission'of
lt on October Ill,1953. Thisinterview was
conducted 92 ¬3
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HEAD!
seemed
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Plaza on
the day
of the
start oi
kidnapping after
admitted at
that she
knew when she got
not CARL
HALL
son
this time
the interview;
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he was
of Notre
she get
Dane do
hiss out
and that
BOBBY
Sion.
She
also
of the
there was
F
French
no question
in
her mind of the reason for
decoying him out of the schoo.l as she and CARL
HALL
had
been making careful plans
for over
two weeks to
kidnap
BOBBY. She
.er.a ..ed that CARL HALL
had
been talking
about pulling
abig
kidnapping for
-war two months and told her
he
had
thought of
nothing else
while he
was
in the Missouri State
Penitentiary and
thought he
had some very good ideas
could use
and avoid
that
he
knew
wealthy family.
occasions, looked
and tried
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-was
of keeping
they picked
PAUL GREENLEASE
the GREENLEASEboy because
in
"school
and "knew
that
itwas
the best
way of getting their
BONNIE HEADY
stated
the boy in
her
that they
home
and
'
hands on the boy.
had first
considered the
releasing him
alive, but
possibility
the more they
talked about
doing
this
the more loopholes they
found in this plan
and
decided at
least two
weeks before the kidnapping
that they
would have to
kill the
boy in order to
avoid detection,
feeling that
he would be able
to identity
both of them and the hide-out
should they
release him
alive.
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BONNIE HEAD!
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to the
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could not
school where
recall ever
stated that
CARL HALL
had
he delivered
the boy
being along
when
followed Hr.
on
several
they did
she did go with CARL HALL
to
the school
but denied
being in
the school
prior to
GREENLEASE
occasions, but
this. She
she
stated that
and was familiar with
the location,
the day of the kidnapping.
_'r
li!NNIE
GREENLEASE
as
he
er Q
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HEADY
stated
never gave
there was
then any
He seemed to be s happy bright little
for
aride
and raised
no objection
1BONNIE HEAD!
stated
the body in the river after
this would
not work
as if
absolutely no
trouble or
boy who Just thought
whatsoever to
that she
they killed
there was
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kill. BOBBY
in any
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he was going
doing so.
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and CARL first thought
about putting
BOBBY
GREERLEASE,
but decided that
money the body might cone to the surface
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reason to
resisted them
.
s.
drove to Kansas City on numerous
at the GREENLEASE home,both from the front
and rear
to decide
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detection.
BONNKE 1-[EADY
stated that
CARL said
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at the
French Institute
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GREELNLEASE out of the
Institute that
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to be
however, after thirty minutes
of thorough and meticulous questioning she
admitted that she had lied about getting out of the station wagon on
the
payment of
and would spoil their
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ransom. She
stated that
they
then decided
they would have to
bury the body and tried to
pick out
agood spot to
do so.
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found
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as they
line not
than the
but after
aplace
in
too far
awooded
thought possibly
school. She
they made
a hole
to
area over
on the
Kansas side
they could
snatch
stated that
their
final
put the bod in
the child
from his
they thought
this
would
plans
and
went back
to
see
ahead
of
time they
found that
in and
were knocking
down trees,
apparently preparing
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the only
place
they could
bury
the body
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the only
hitch in
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of the
state
from the GREENLEASE residence
and considered this
place
originally
made
was the fact that
they had
rather than
shoot
him
as they
were
afraid a
that
had a piece of
rope or heavy
twine
but after
he got
out in
the country
found that
the twine
was not
long
and
therefore
he
had
to
shoot
the
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be an ideal place,
about digging
bulldozers had
moved
for asubdivision.
degree of
with any
their
They
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plans
as
intended to
strangle
the boy
shot would be heard.
She stated
with which
to strangle
the boy,
where
he
enough
to
boy rather
intended to
commit
this
get his
hand in
and twist
than
strangle
him.
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stated
that
she
did not
see this
atte WPt-ed
stran.
ulation
8
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she
had
leftthe
car
and
walked
up
the
road
with
her
dog
but
CARL
HALL
:-;
s'?a r.ed that was the reason
he had to shoot
the
boy. She
stated that
when
she gc. _ back to
l .~'i
the car
the boy
was not
dead yet
and
was still
moaning,
and
there was
blood
all
over
the
station wagon.
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she was startled
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television shows.
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no mess or blood,
when aperson
but that
they just
was shot
was
not
the way
it was
as
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in this
instance.
as-J
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after
she
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CARL HALL had had
She stated that about
store on north side
ever
since
apistol
the hth
.iu3._v 3,, 1953. she went with
CARL
HALL
over to Kansas City,
pnrchased a.32
caliber Smith
and Wesso blue steel revolver
of Minnesota Avenue, just east of
of July
and probably
Kansas, where
he
ahardware
from
l th Street.
information and
stated that
CARL HALL
name in
gun was
wh.'1.le parked
on parking
lot south
September.
he did
HALL
stated
as
oi the
Ambassador Hotel
not report
this
theft
to
early part
the police
of
department.
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cu.Q:-we
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he recalled
he used ris right
this
purchas ing this
gun and gave address as Iola,
Kansas. He stated
stolen
out of the glove
compartment
of BONNIE HEADY's
station wagon
-eorifiz-mad this
up
met him.
the
row
shehedge
lost her
New
waiting for
hat. She
CARL HALL
to
described this
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tag in it. she
murder BOBBY GREENLEASE in some manner
hat as
stated
that
this
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brown felt
hat was
hat with
purchased by
her
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shop around the
corner
from the
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in New Iork
City
about
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remembers it dropped to the ground while she was holding on to
her
dog after
Aicum A-EA
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were fired; that it was real close to the hs@e row and slam
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to know if
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driven not more than two or three miles when he again stopped the car,
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Bi license
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on the rented
Ford and tock
flashlight
and
money",
plans
had worked out together.
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first
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arrived
in St.
Louis
with
I-LRLL having
d.-:n-s
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and sh-1-rtIly after
CARL
HALL showed up with
.'|a?"gs:
than the other.
two suitcases,
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bag which CARLhad picked up
saw the duffel
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that
.-
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the duffel
bag was tied
to untie it
get out your
with
unsuccessfully.
kni_f e and cut
it".
with more money than
auicteases were full.
hard
knot
the
duffel
one considerably
and went
in rented
time
trunlzgand she for the first
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the night before.
and that both she and CARL
She finally
told him "for
that
HALL
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knife and out the rope and that
ass!
his
much
about
the trip
BOIFNIE HEAD! stated that she cannot recall
frsm Kansas City to St. Louis.
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fact, she does not remember CARL
HALL
stopping to make phone call to GRE'EI92I"LE
after SE
picking up ransom package.
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told her he had looked in the duffel bag and "it was really full
of
and that "they had it", and had been successful in their elaborate
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did
Christ
take
bag was crammed full
sake
out his
of money,
she or CARL had ever seen before in their
lives.
filled the two suitcases
with the money and that
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which
she described
as a foot locker type, was so full that they could not get
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no
question but what all of the money was in the duffel
bag
when they
r
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as
St.
Louis
and that
all
of this
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Agente,.__FBI,
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pfonises of any kind have
voluntary signed
statement
been made
to me
and know
I
do
I not
have :aake,an
to
statement
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unless
Iso- -desira,
I have
been
advised
my
right
of to employ
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"On Sunday September 27, 1953, Carl
Hall, with
whomIhave
knew at the time
he was digging it
in furtherance
to kidnap Bobby Greenleaseand intended to
kill
of his body by
burying
him in this hole.
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previously worked
was Bobby
Preenlease's aunt
a heart utter; while
we were shopping
the Plaza. The sister went and got Bobby Greeplease
for me
and Itook him out and wegot in the cab which
I
had waiting ior
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Ihagthe cab
drive to
noKaty'e
parkingatlotA th
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where Car
was waiting
"Bobby and Igot
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plan
out plan I took a Toedmangab to the French Institute of Notre
Dane'de §ion._
Ihad the cab wait while Iwent in to get Bobby
Qreenleaae.Itold the sisters that
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"On Honda]September 28,l9S§ Carl and I drove to Kansas Cityin
my
Plymouth
and that his mother had
had
Ii
been
living at my
home 1201 South38th Street, St. Joseph, Missouri,
dug a hole in my
back yard. This hole was about Afeet deep,
betweenhand 5feet long and about 3feet wide. It
took
Carl
all afternoon to dig this hole.
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Carl
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the southwest traffic
the downtown area.
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we didn't
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dog and Bobby : body in the station wagon.
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drinks we drove home to St.
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Joseph.
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in the hole but only put enough dirt in to
cover the bod.
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said
he had to drive back to Kansas City
and mail the reneen letter
I
had prepared en Sunday at Carl :
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is
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wrote
it
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is drove
back
way going north into
port bridge
I
think
had let the tail gate down
plastic sheet.
of the secondpay off attempt in north KansasCity as
I
drinking
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Police JEREMIAH
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Er. J.
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I. A.
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know that
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court and
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Lt.
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so hazy on
some
things that
I can t
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you
had been drunk as long as I had, it does
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your brain.
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are you ?
in
J46
Q.
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A.
Ilm divorced.
Q.
What is
11.
1201 South
38th
Q.
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A.
Well,
I
just have
that apartment
for twodays. I
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St., St.
aresidence
Joseph, Missouri
in
the
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St. Louis?
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everything
how they got along and how mean she
treated
and I felt
sorry for him because Ithought
a bad deal
all
the way
had talked
and on he'd
mention
it.
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him and
he had had
round.
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this
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the school and he could spend
a
few hours with him.
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let him
have
him at the school because she has
probably warned him
about
her ex-husband.
And he was very nice to
him when we got him in the car.
Q.
asked
you
if
you would go and get
Yes.
this
boy?
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l
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went and got him, just walked in and got him.
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who saw you and what you did.
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a
Sister sitting
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told her I'd
come to pick up BOBBYGREENLEASE,
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had
taken ill
and
wanted
me to bring him to her.
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.
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did
say that she was
very
sorry about Mrs. GREENLEASE
gbeing
ill and we both better say a little
prayer.
We did and that is
vrh:'.'i.e
the other Sister was getting the
boy.
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walked
right back
out
and the boy was there-waiting
and he came right up to me and took a hold
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the
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we
drove to Katzl parking lot and CARL HALL
was sitting
there in my station wagon at the parking lot.
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we
drove directly to the Plaza and I was there
about
2 hours and he
picked me
back
happened?
up and the
boy
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the time.
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things and get his
that took
me
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St. Joseph,
Missouri, that
out of the house - domtom
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to
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him
some
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came home and we ate supper
and watched
television like
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the next
day -
unusual? -
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the
after breakfast,
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paper and so -
Recall what paper that was? l
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The Kansas City Starr
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and the st. Joe
News and Press,
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that newspaper
that
you
were
interested
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kidnapping Iand
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A
BOBBY GREENLEASE, then I
Q.
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A.
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him what
that is
when he got mad and wouldn't
say anything
of who?
did you
he did
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was on
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CHIEF 0'CONNELL:
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A.
I can't remember whether
Q.
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day Tuesday?
he was
remain home all day
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he
was
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day. He
might
day?
have
run
an errand
some
place.
Q. Did
you have
any discussion
about this
on this
particular day?
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Q.
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A.
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caused told
it and whenever I did he
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Q.
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A.
Yes, every
when he
hit
me , that
was
on Tuesday.
you he would not talk about
it.
acted like
he was going to beat up
other article in the paper? c
time I'd
read the
paper. I'd just
I would mention
on me again. I
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ask
him
what
he
knew about
it.
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know it,
thought maybe
I was
so anxious
the boy
would
be
brought
to see.
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were
Over what
aw-
period of
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From the
Q»
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between Tuesday
and saturday?
several days.
Saturday.
the kidnapping
i
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until
Saturday?
three
times»
what
I think
Saturday was
Q»
And what other days
1
f
time?
kidnapping til
he
§*T"
'.
:
St» Joseph
down to Kansas City
Yes, I
think
A»
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xrd 1
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7m
I
days?
one day.
did you
-
go into
Kansas City
if you
recall?
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Hes you ever in the La alle?
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on Sunday?
who run it
"
Q.
n
He wooldnit gen
I
think there's
an eating
place
oslled
the
Branding Iron and
I
suggested
going
one night... He said
he
didn't
want to because
he
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sane money.
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Hoar, on Sunday, did you
go
.5» Yes.
Q0 Did you
go
torn?
together?
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he
.
Wagom
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Q.
into
Sunday evening.
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in the In-Selle
out
there
to eat
owed
the
man
drove the Ford.
It's
a Plymouth Station
_ .
That
is
your
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car?
A0
Yes.
Q.
What
other
kind
of
automobile
did you have?
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Q.
Where did you rent this?;
A.
There
Q.
Did you know
the
A.
Ho,
I
in
St.
Joe.
-
name of the canpeny.
can't
think
some
place
;*
on
7th
oi it.
You won't
have any trouble
Street.
Q.
Whendid you rent
this
A9
Can't
tell
blue Ford?
x
what
day
.
either.
nding
out -

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