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‘ Considerable time was » spent intorviewng, ehop Keopers. within. an: ie ‘radius of about one mile of 204 2 ty Avenue, without “ites: = Re ’ ; v- ae ES =, - *. a TRS a ie motes ‘st the Bt, Olair Seect Shop, the elerk, PETER @Z0RGOPOLIS, | ‘ends : BILL MAVROULIS, proprietor, were interviewed, ‘They were shown the many ..: photographs mentioned herein but nothing of value was obtained from theme Ae a point of informtion, the drug store of Kregel & Decker and the Ste) oo Oleir Sweet Shop are the only two places within two or three miles of 204 Nola Vernon Avenue that handle Engessor beer, It was desired to locate the plece - * where the aix bottles of Engessor beer were purchased as it ws on one of these bottles that PRANK KASH'S fingerprints were found. However, it is now. -Delieved that same probably were purchased a considerable distance {roa B04 “oh Vernon avenue and @ further search in teat Fogara appears futile. . . aoe we S m * al = : ca] ” ae 1: wr a ! . . Fe JOEN ‘7 EonY, Chief ‘of the Identification ‘Division, “Bi. kau 3 Police : Department, and Chief of Police THOMAS DAHILL informed thie agent that of.” allthe bottles examined that were found at 24 Vernon Avenue, the bottie bear ing the fingerprints of FRANK NASH was the only one which had any fingerpriste _ ep it. That bottle is being preserved by the St. Faul Police Department. poe VA . | MR. THOMAS NEWMAN, attorney at law, Commerce Building, who ms ‘given ~ ose reference by J, STANLEY SMITH when renting the house from JAMES P.: a - _ MCLAREN, waa interviewed. THDMAS waa ‘engaged to represent MRS, FERN... ~ ' SANKEY, participant in the kidnap of ¢ EYICHER, II, of Denver gna . FASKELL BOHN of St. Paul, Minnesota.. Far eome reaeon gr other, shortly verore ; ; the trial, NEWAN withdrew from the cease, it being rumored that the Purpose. oo . of the withdrawal was to cause an adjournment until the fall term of the . . Criminal Court at St. Paul. The clientele of MR. REWMAN is composed to eons os extent of loca) hoodliuns. MA, NEWAN advieod that an individual giving the yO name of J. STANLEY SMITH appeared at hie office in March, 1935, and endeavored, nt _ 77° % employ NEWAN to act aa his attorney to collect a note due from JOHN. rn BOVARD, Olive Street, St. Louls, Missouri. On April SO, this individual *: L -agein appeared at NEWUN'S office and again on May 15, 1955. . On the first” fo occasions, NEWUAN wrote letters to BOVARD to an addrese on Olive. Strest.. ‘ at St. Louis, Miseourt, requesting payment of a §250 promissory note. payable. -.. . OM demené made by JOHN BOVARD. On the back of thie note there was en endorse; ment that $87.50 had been peid, leaving a balance of $162.50. On the third < wh visit on May 15th, the individual SMITH requested that the copies of the-- aa letters which NEWMAN hed written to BOVARD be given to him as STH intended Bes to go tot. Louie and wanted the copies in the event the person BOVARD denied _ receiving the communications. From that point, the story of MR. NEWIAN becomes Anyolved and garbled. He stated that GAITH took the letters as they wore | written to the Post Office and registered them, according to his ow etatement. NEWAN aleo claims that he (NEWMAN) wrote the letters aa his stenographer was not at the office when SMITH visited him and consequently there are no sten- ogrephic notes, NEWAAN writing the letters himself. He stated there are no sty am ee ce mm ee