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M2? ope Se saa VL ie ea as ee eet ag e: * ° ee ees + SL 7-429 "Before I left the station wagon Carl had let the tail gate dow and spread out the blue plastic sheet. When I got back Carl had the boy wrapped in the plastic sheet in the back of the station r wagon and covered him with an old comfort. oo "T got in the front seat with Cari and put "Doc" in the second seat. We drove back into town and got onto the southwest traffic ; ‘ way going north into the downtown area. We went across the air- ; port bridge I think but if we didn't we went across the A.5.B. é bridge onto #71 highway. We drove to Lynn's tavern in north Kansas City where we stopped for a couple of drinks leaving the dog and Bobby's body in the station wagon. After having a couple of drinks we drove home to St. Joseph. Carl drove into —- - the basezent and unloaded the body onto the basement floor. "T went around and went thru the front door and ‘opened the kitchen door leading to the basement. Carl carried the body upstairs wrapped in the sheet and put it in the hole he had dug the day before, He put lime on the body but I didn't see him do it. Carl started to fill in the hole but only put enough dirt in to cover the body. Carl said he had to drive back to Kansas City and mail the ransom letter I had prepared on Sunday at Carl's direction; that is I wrete it while he dictated. “After Carl had washed the blood out of the station wagon he drove to Kansas City to mail the first letter. I stayed home and finished filling in the hole in the back yard up to about 6 inches of the top, The next day Carl finished filling in the hole and we went out to McInnish's green house and bought some flowers which we planted over the grave. NT -et ee 291 the acnene notes and va off atructions as dir L WrFOUVG €11 UNG TEansoOm novVes ana pay BYVGIUCELVILE €5 OLF™ rected by Carl and went with him to put out “ul the pay off instructions on the night we arranged for the pay off at the church at 40th and Harrison. I don't remember any of the details of the second pay off attempt in north Kansas City as I was drinking pretty heavy. ‘ "About mid-night Sunday night October 4, 1953 we picked up a duffle bag on a country road east of Kansas City and after driv- ing for quite a ways Carl stopped and took a flashlight and looked in the duffle bag and changed the license plates. Caditold me it — logked like the money was all there and we started out and drove a 9- — | T. !