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ef . - a rn me TET? v2 sents’ STEEL fer nee be ae Pee ee toss, Ruff further stated thet ¢ a man 2 named RB Bailey knew thie Conner - a Be. : ~ boy very well and he had requested Bailey to attempt 1a @ discreet mamer to = va ‘Sind out from A, J, Conner whore he had been and where ire, BA. Conner ns at. 5g, _ thin time, further, thet Mrs Beiley wes's brother-in-law ef Dick Gilehri sty: _of whom mention was made in report of reference of this eeenth that Bailey :: $5 3 In company vith ‘Rutt, ‘agent proceeded to tle, srtansaiy shere intervien was bad mith Mr» Ry By Batley. ’ e sy Aig yd ae bee Ga Bailey atated thet 4. se ‘Conner came to Enoble about é'veok of Bo ago for ‘the purpose of visiting the Hanleys; that he was driving @ Chevrolet -. gach with Tennessee Plates; thet one night while in the drug store in Fnoble, - ATkensas, he started a conversation with Conner, he having known him for a long time; that Conner stated that he had just come from Memphis, Tenn., where he | had a job but did not dieclose the kind of work he wag doing; that when asked ".,. Whatever became of his sister-in-law, Mra, Ed. Conner, he replied that she was in Memphis pert of the time and part of the time she was treveling; that Conner _ out the conversation short whenever this subject ‘was touched upon; that once ' during thie conversation Gonner stated that Mrs, Conner was now in California : - on @ trip... Bailey further stated that Mra, Bi, Conner, before hor marriage, fas - Loutee Newton and had severel sisters, e Myrtle Herton, who ie now wyetle Kobbe - and whom he understands now to reaide in Dallas, Texas, stating that she a14 © whan he last heard of her, « Mary Newton, who married a man named Ernest Clark and now resides in Detroit; Miche, @ Rose Newton, who married Harry Hanley and resides at Knoble, Arke, and another sister named Ada Newton, who married an ex-convict named Mosely; that this family of Hewtans came to arkenseaa fron West”: ‘Plains, Missouri, sume yoears ago and at no time had a very good reputation, ell '. of them always looking for some easy way to make « living, and usually. succecded ... 4 doing a0, stating that Louise, now Mrsy Bis Conner, followed the life of a. gambler; shat 1¢ was generally understood that her bueband, mi. ‘Gonner; “who ‘wea. ‘ also e gambler, had been killed in s gambling place in Hot Springs, Arke, sote a . “years ago, stating, however, that hie brother-imlewt, Dick Gilchrist, bad wie him that be had seen EB4y Conner in Oklahoma City, Okles, and that Gilchrist — 3 knew Bd, Conner very well, adding, however, that Gilchrist talked a lot and: could not always be trusted, Mrs Bailey stated that he did not know exactly © where Cllchrist could be located at thie time but thet a sister-in-lat of his, nemed irss Ce Gy Adams, 1218 West 26th Street, Oklehoma City, Okleg, would have this infomation and would gladly offer same if requested, Agent ascertained that ex-Senator Whitaker and his son, Charles, were out of the city and would be for several days ami were therefore not avail- able for interview, However, Ruff stated that he had recently seen the Whit- akers and that they told him that they had not secured any further infomation