Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-23

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eyebrows which seemed to hold her
eyes OPEN"
@. "He opened the suitcase so you
might see what he had thcre?"
Eyes, sir"
@. Where were you when he did
that?"
That WAS in the apartment"
@. What did you say to him when
you saw that?"
Il let out q yell of surprise and
wanted to know why he did a think
like that. 1t was quite a shock to me.
He was not supposed to bring her up
to the apartment. We were supposed
TO meet Thursday when I got her and
turned her over to him."
@. THAT is the last time you saw
her living?"
mo, that was the same day got her
from the school-that is, after he had
gone to the show.
HE told me TO hold her until to-
night so when he did take her it would
not be suspicious and no one would
see us. We met and he took her. He
had car, Ford carl don't remem-
ber the license number"
Question: What kind of a car was
it?
"A Ford coupe. 1t was a kind of
old car. The only time I saw a
thing of it was when he took this
girl because he never did bring it
around. We always used my car,
which I had taken on hold-up jobs
and things like that. Then the next
day-he kept her all that night
and the next evening she came over
and got in my car and sat in my
car. We drove around until 1 call
ed her father and planned this meet
ing. When it turned out failure,
we didn't meet at the same place or
time-it was Grant, way down on
Grant, near Washington boulevard,
when I gave her to him. That was
the last I saw of her alive. He
brought the suitcase and wanted
to know where she was. He said,
wait a minute and kind of grin
ned, and set the suitcase down on
the sofa and opened it-I have al
ready told you what saw and ev-
erything."
Question: 'You were to meet him
in Frisco in case you got away with
the money!"
when I got the money I was sup
posed to meet him there and make
a quick getaway as could and
meet him at the Harris hotel in
frisco forget just where that is
located"
Question: "Had you stayed at
that hotel before?"
mo, he told me where it was, but
/ have forgotten the name of the
street."
"He said he knew where it was
and he would be around the hotel
there, anyway. If I got to the hotel
he would be there"
"After you got the money, what
did you do then? Did you go back
to your apartment?"
"I got the money that night and
beat it as quick as I could and LETT
the car in a parking station where
the police found it later. That was
on Grant and I went back to the
apartment and got my things to-
gether. The next morning, as one
of the policemen came. up there to
search it, that made me glad to get
away quicker for then I took first
all of the evidence in one package
and went down town and checked
them at a place. I left most OF the
stuff in the apartment little
clothes and some other articles, a
slicker and pair of overshoes. I
put the stuff all in one case and
took that and some of my other
things and took them downtown and
checked them at the place and went
to a show and after the show I went
out in Hollywood to get this Hudson
and I just came on back to the sta
ton and put these grips in there
and these guns and drove right away
for San Francisco"
st was stopped three times before
I got through and I was question:
ed by policemen and there wasn't
one of them suspected me at ALL
"You were stopped three times be-
fore you got to 'Frisco?"
eyes sir. I was searched right out
of Los Angeles and then before
got inside Ventura and stopped by a
state officer and was stopped by two
men just out of Los Angeles. In
the next meeting, it was more scary
than ever, because they hadn't sus-
picioned then by the way they ask
ed questions I told them I was
driving to Ventura to get my moth
er-that was Sunday night, and L
told them my name was Beck. I
had Just stolen the car, but knew
that it could not be reported that
quick and I had a license certifi-
cate right with me. I didn't need
to show them that, for one of the
fellows said, let him go ahead and
there was one state officer-I think
it was just as we were pulling into
Santa Barbara-he didn't stop to
look. He just said: Hello, how are
you?' and I said, AL right, or some
thing like that and he said, all
right I said, are you still on thai
kidnapping case?' and he said, you
bet your life we are said, sure
hope you get him. and said the
same thing to all the rest of them
I enjoyed the conversation at first.
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