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F re then drove out Lo Coral Courts, HATI. crened the door and seemed very lad to see me. He also appeared quite nervous as he walked up and down the floor, back and forth, He was clad only in shorts atthe time. I brought the shirt and other purchases I had made ‘for him in and asked if he and SANDY wanted to go out. He said no but that he would like something to eat, although he didn't want AAS ees to travel far to get it. While SANDY was dressing in the clothes I - brought Steve had the gun in his hand and said I had better take this with me. I said you had better leave it here. JI took up this gun and hid it in one of the slippers SANDY had taken off. We then went to the a place to eat west of Coral Cts. above and I ate with both of them. He ordere” a steak but hardly ate any any of it, I paid for the meal with one of the $20 bills he had given me after which he went back up to the room. On returning HALL seemed very fidgety and worried. He asked me if I. could get him some. morphine. I told him I didn’t kn but that ic a I would try but I knew I could not buy any. He said Ih Ly of vad pl money to get it for him and that I should get a number 25 or 26 needle as well as 4 syringe for it seems he had Icst his necdis and syringe when he had lost his luggage. He said that I wes really on the ball for buying the shirt and other clothes as he had not exnceted it until a folis = a een ean the following aay. I stayed around the room awhile and left some time around midnight with the understanding that I should return at about 10:00 .A.M. the following morning with a rented car. He also told me to buy him a suitcase and a brief case and to get the best and most expensive cases I could find. ow a a en ter af ; ny then: drove back to St. Louis, made a couple of trips with the cab and went over to POLLY's. I left there at about 1:30 A.M, went down to a bar, had three or four highballs and went home and went to bed. ®. : . “On the morning of Tuesday, October 6, 1953, I got up at 8:00 or 8330 Aj. gassed up the cab, turned in my envelope from the night before and put my cab on the lot at the Ace Cab Company and locked it Up. I saw CHRIS, a mechanic at Ace and paid hin either $21. 00 or $26, 00-5: I owed him for repairing my cab. This was with money received from HALL. J then get a cab to take me lo a U-Rent-It car place around 3500 Washington, St. Louis. I was unable to get a car and so I walked up to the Heater Rent-a- “Car an2 Truck Company, 3655 Olive, St. Louis, where I rented their car number 92, a green two-door 1952 model Plymouth for a day at $25.00 deposit. TI have -1),9- PER a eg Ree ee Ee eee = sao eg weaeeat or | Sia ssn tenetetamain Tami UA Rie 1; seinem nemnenant eecmmimaninatenntinadaiaatiniae