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Greenlease Kidnapping — Part 1
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that the son was now Living in the GREENLEASE home, She stated he had advised
her that one of the conditions of the divorce action was that a court order
had been executed barring him forever from seeing his son or obtaining custody
of him. She stated that she definitely was told by HALL that his son was in
tha GREENLEASE household and is definitely sure he named the son as "BOBBY",
She stated that in driving past the GREENLEASE residence prior to the actual
abduction, he stated that his purpose in driving by was to see whether oy not
BOBBY was in the yard where he might surreptitiously observe him and possibly
have a chance to converse with his son. She stated that while HALL never did
aztually say that he was formerly married to Mrs, GREENLEASE, she, BONNIE HEADY,
arrived at the conclusion that Mrs. GREENLEASE was the former wife of HALL, due
to the fact that HALL had told her that his former wife was given custody of
their gon, She stated that pertaining to the actual abduction, she ami HALL
discussed this in detail on Sunday, which would be September 27, 1953, in her
home at St. Joseph, Missouri. She stated that on that occasion they were both
scher and that HALL had stated that she was to proceed to the French Institute
of Notre Dame de Sion School, pose as Mrs. GREENLEASE’s sister, and obtain the
child using the ruse that Mrs, GREENLEASE had suddenly been taken ii] ami that
she wanted custody of BOBBY in order to take him to his mother.
During the questioning it was asked of Mrs, HEADY why she did not
take her Plymouth station wagon to the school, secure BOBBY, and allow HALL
to sit in the car and talk to him there, and she stated that "we both agreed
this would not be a good idea", She stated that pursuant to their plans they
left St. Joseph, Missouri, around 9:30 A.M. in her Plymouth station wagon and
drove to Kansas City, Missouri, for the purpose of getting BOBBY GREENLEASE.
She said they had no other cause or reason to visit Kansas City on September
28, 1953. She continued stating that they drove to the Katz Drug Store parking
lot, 40th and Main, Kansas City, and parked the station wagon in the parking
facility there, that she then proceeded to the Toedman Cab 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, 3828
Locust. She stated that on this particular moming she was definitely sober,
nad had only two drinks early in the morning which had not affected her in
the least and that she was normal 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
cuter door, was admitted by the sister and informed the sister that she
wa3 Mrs. GREENLEASE's sister, that she ami Mrs. GREENLEASE had been shopping
in the plaza area, that Mrs, GREENLEASE had suffered a sudden heart attack
and therefore had sent her, BONNIE HEADY, to the school to obtain BOBBI's
custody and to bring him to Mrs, GREENLEASE, She stated that in due course
of time one of the sisters brought BOBBY GREENLEASE to her, that. she left the
school, proceeded in the same taxicab to 38th and Main Street to the Katz
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