Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-26

"a. do not know where she went
to telephone.
@. DO you remember what time it
was when you arrived at the beach,
approximately?
A. / should think it would be about
I half past one.
@. And how soon do you think, in
the matter of hours or minutes, it
was that these people came and ac-
costed you?
Al. I believe that it must have been
about two O'Clock. Just the time OF
my arrival can be gotten from the
owner of the hotel.
@. When you rented the room, did
the one who rented you the room
think it was for you or Mrs. Kennedy?
A. He kind of treated us like one of
the family and simply walked up with
Fthe key and took me up and unlocked
| the door.
@. Do you recall what room you
had?
A. 1O1 or 1902, but am not posi-
tive 1t was the room on the first
floor if I remember correctly, at the
F, front end. / am positive that it was
| on the left side of the hall.
/ Q. Did Mrs. Shaeffer go in with
you?
| A. She did.
@. Now, where did you park your
car?
next to the sidewalk.
Nf
the car until the time that you went
into the room, did you meet anybody.
or did anybody stop to speak to you?
A. Nobody recognized me anywhere
or spoke to me at any time.
Q. Did anybody stop to speak to
you on the beach?
/ A. Nobody spoke to me except the
man who rented the tent.
@. Did you hear Mrs. Shaeffer speak
| to anybody from the time you left the
car until the time you went into the
room?
I A. No
| Q. Did she follow you immediately
into your room when you left the
carr
A. I just simply turned the key in
the car, got out, took my Bible and
books and just walked together with
| @. Did she follow you Immediately
hotel door; we didn't meet anyone at
| first Now that I remember, the man
ayers mother did say, How do you
do?" But I did not reply.
@. Then you know Mr.. - ------
personally?
| A. Yes.
| @. When you went to your room,
had you your bathing suit on or did
you put it on there?
| A. 1 put it on there.
Q. And then do you recall whether
| it was dressing gown or a bathrobe?
A. I think it was my dress. I
could not tell you what dress to save
my life, but I think it was a light
dress.
@. How far away was it from the
ocean View hotel that you had this
clam chowder with waffle?
A. 1t would be about block, I
think.
| O. Would you go to the right or to
the left towards Lick's pier?
A. Toward Liclz's pier, yes.
@. Do you recall about what time it
was during the day or the night that
you awoke in this house; that is, the
first place you stopped after leaving
the ocean?
! A. I believe it was coming morning.
@. Before you moved to either one
of these two places. did they say anys
thing to you about having received
any money or receiving any messages
of any kind?
A. No.
@. Or did they say that they sent
out messages to any person in par
ticular?
A. Well, all I heard him say was
that he was trying to kill this drown
| ing theory; that it was the hardest
| thing; that they could nothing while
she chung to that.
| 20. Did they show you any letter or
any document at any time in either
one of those two houses?
| A. No.
@. And did they say they were go
ing to send any note with the lock of
hair or message?
! IA. No, they did not tell me that,
! but I gathered that.
Q. In fact, they did not show you
/ ally UOICs
A. They didn't discuss with me
anything.
Q. Did you see a typewriter at any
time?
A. I heard a typewriter.
| @. In which place was that?
| A. In the first place.
| @. Do you know who was using it?
| A. No.
@. You have heard person using
a typewriter?
A. Yes.
@. 1t would be one of the two mems
| A. Yes.
@. Was it person who, from your
hearing in the next room. seemed ia
miliar with typing?
| A. No.
@. 1t was person who more or
less picked it out?
/ A. Yes.
@. Was anything said by Rose
while she was with you about what
that noise was or the purpose of II
or anything?
i A. She was quite peaceable. If
would ask for anything, she would
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