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: fae CR ae ew ate lad lt re Bs nak a taf SL ae OE al ra ee Ni ag Pane na al i a De Sa ane a i hak ch a mat cn a TE ltt Ti hee vate a a a brie ie Taian Here Na at ie on \ Concerning ‘renson note Mumber 1, he advised that he had prepared » thie note prior to the actual abduction of the victim, folded same and sarrisd it in his ecat pocket for a tonwiderable period of tims. Although he i# unable to state the exast date that hs prepared ths note, he estimated : it to be approximately two weeks prior to the actual abduction. In further * preparaticn for thia kidnapping, he stated that he prepared this letter in the home of BONNIE HEADY, using her writing dewk and that the ecotch tape ured ! to padte the previously mentioned want ad tbeering Mr. GREENLEASE’s name on 2 the letter was throw away. He emphativally denied that BONNIE HEADY ever . - handled thiw tetter to his ikmowledge nor did uke uver help him prepare ~ “ } or phrase the letter and insisted thet he never consulted her in-emy = = | deteils relative to the preparation of thia or any cther subsequent letter t+ the GREENLEASE family. In further preparation for this kidnapping, he stated, he arrived at the Pigure of $699,000 as ransom as he had read previously that a million dollers would w-igh a-great deal and thats he estimated that $600,000 in $1.0 and $20 bille would mks a bundle weigning around 65 pounds, and thet this amount would conveniently te carried and yet that it would be a subetantial wmountto-cover his needs. He also aivired in preperation thas’ he putin the fiert ransom letter instroctions relative to the duffel bag because a duffel bag was big, sturdy and would not tear easily if tavosn from a moving vehicis at the seene of the pay-off. I if | : In preparation of the first reneom note he etated that he -placed ; F the note in a wmall envelope and then put that envelope in a larger one and - | afdrarsad the outszids of the sesond envelope to Mr. GREENLEASE and- subsequently realized he made a mistake in ths address. He advised that he had obtained { Mz. GREENLEASR’s address from the telephone book of Kansas City, Missouri. | HALL stated that the only identification he used in the preparation of the first rancom letter wae the letter "M." He could give no particular - reason for using this ietter, stating he might just as well have used *G," ...---- B or any ether letter, but just picked "M" at random. Also, in connection ~ wives the ransom note, HALL stated that ha asked Mr, GRERNLEASE thet the ransoh. money be obtained in small bills, $10 and $20°s, from the twelve separate i Federal Rexerve Banks throughout the United States. He stated that the reazon that he did this was of course, the smaller bills could be-passed at any atore without any unusual circumstances surrounding the bill itself and that the twelve different federal reserve banks would make it more difficult for aryora to trace in the event the money was serialized. He stated for ~ this reason he also put in the letter that, "I realize that it will take some tims te get this money." - ot a + ’ HALL stated that about two weeks before the kidnapping he went to Unsie Sam's Pawn Shop, on Minnezcta Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, where he purchased a o38 caliber Smith and Wesacn anub-noae revolver and a box of -19— hogs RN RET 8 - ~“ eather tall pinnae linia ihe