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Gltbe aa. arkie Guinn, the solored girl sho acted as maid for Mrae Louise Conner in Hot Springs up to about June 17, 1935, was located at 804 Quapaw Street there, there she is now employed as a domestics Her residence is at 107 Daisy Street at Hot Springs. When interviewed by the Agenta she advised that she worked for Louise Bonner for only six weeks prior to the latter's disappearance during June, 1933¢ She stated that she came to work each day about 2 F.Ms and left after dinner each evening; that the last time she saw Mrse Conner was about two o'clock one afternoon when ashe came to wrk end found Mree Connor attired in golf togse at that time Mree Conner told her she waa going golfing and instructed her to inform any callers that she would roturn home laterg aAbat four ofclock that afternoon Mrs. Conner telephoned her to the effect that she would take dinner out and that arkie Guinn might leave, she also told the colored girl et that time that she would not be needed and should not return until Mra. Conner again got in touch with her, Arkie Guinn claimed that she left the house shortly thereafter and has not been in touch with Mrs. Conner since thene The agents questioned her relative to anyone being in the house when she arrived on the last afternoon in Mrs. Conner's employe She said that Mra. Conner however was alone on that afternoon and she maintained that nce one called at the house after Mrae Conner departed It was impossible to fix the exct day or date when arkio Guinn ateates she last worked for Mrs. Conner and she world not even atate the month aa being Juneés She atated that upon departim from the Conner apartment each day while employed there it waa her inatructiona and custom to lock the front door and depart through the rear exit which was left unlockede Efforts to secure more definite information from this colored person were futile. fhe is @ typical southern negro and relies on failure of memrye During the conversation with Mr. Cameron of the Park Hotel he atated that it was generally underatood that while at Hot Springs Galatas offered protection to those with whom he was associated, Cameron expreased the belief that because of thie Galates was forced to see thet Nash was not taken to the penitentiary end had accordingly taken the action which resulted in the death of officers, as well as the prisoner, on June 17, 1933, Milton Noble, manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company, Hot Springs, who is a nephew of Tom Kearney, heretofare mentioned, was eee re eer aS