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¢ — & Un et the Ville™ by Ww. SGMSRSET MAUGHAM. All of this meterisi was weter soéked end Reely mildewed. ®) in the glove compertment of the car there were twiSinclair gascline reac mers, one for North and Seuth Carclina, and whe other for Deleware, Merylend, Virginia, and est Virginia. There was also in the clove compsrtrent an epproximately five by seve photorcraph of & sreil boy and s firl, apparently both about six years of age. Kone of the material other than the pamphlet "The Future ef haticns™ conteines any markines or notes and all of it was later repleced in EVAGESS' car. Cy meen: service salesman, Mayflower Motors, advised that he had tecome acquainted with BURGE és approximately eicht nenths eco when he began eee aa Lincoln continental le had wurcheased in for service. 7 tated that he had no other contect with ECRGSSS and said that he did not know that he wes connected with the British Embassv until & couple ef menths before SURGEES returned to Enzland. CMM 3s cribed BURGESS as a "nut" on cars and somewhat of a “screwball.” He stated thet he red teen somewhst startled et the money BURGESI wanted te spend on his car anc e+ times tried to discourage BURGESS from having repeirs —— explained thet one repair. bill alone at the Mayflower Koters hed run over $400 and that BURGESS one time spent around ecOU for ancther repair job done at another carage. Re stated that money was aprarentlv nogdject to BURGESS and recardless of now nigh ér estimate he would make on a repair job, BURGESS alwavs had tne work nea and always seemed to have plenty of MONey. t one ESS would pay either by cash or by check, drawn to his n the Riggs National Bank in Washington, D, C, om beede agvisec that BURGESS was a heavy drinker and an incessant smoker of "Flayer" cigarettes. He said that BURGESS was intoxiceted nearly every time that he sew him, <RMIpee recalled that in April 1951 BURGESS came in to the garage one day and stated - that he was ecing back to England. ani then asked him whether that was zood or bad and BURGESS replied that it was good. At this time EUNSOSS stated that he didn't know what he would do with Hs auto- mobile but thought thet he mizht sell it end would see iM leter concerning it. OMG stated that he did not again see BURGESS but that sbout the middle of May a wgeeagaiiaia of the British Enbacsy telephoned him and advised that BURGESS’ car was at the fiber Oldsmebil Incorporated Garage, 1630 - l4th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., fer repairs ani that she was arranging for it to be delivered to Mayflower kotors and instructe¢@ MMMM to accept it. QR states thet the esr was delivered on May 21, 1951, by the Alber Garage and that a@ “courts ~ 89 =