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detectives contacted the answering service and left an assumed name and telephone number with an extension at a hotel in NYC. Novotny returned his call and advised that a prostitutien date could be arranged for a minimum fee of $30. ‘The detective was instructed to go to apt 4A at 140 Wst 55th St., NYC, between 11:30 and 12 o'clock on 3/3/61. Shortly after the detective had entered the apt, Novotny had disrobed at which point he called in two other detectives who arrested Novotny and also arrested Towers who was also in the apt at that time. Towers was charged with maintaining a disorderly house and Novotny was charged with soliciting for the purposes of prostitution. Towers was held on $10,000 bail and incarcerated in the Manhattan House of Detention for lack of bail until his hearing on 3/7/61. Novotny was released on $500 cash bail and had indicated a desire to cooperate with authorities, ¥ On 3/6/61, Special Agents of the FBI attempted to interview Towers at the Mannattan House of Detention but he refused to be * interviewed,