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- Md =, - . oF toe . .. aaron - . J . ? oo ot te 1 ¢ 7 6 * eo ae we soe + sy description of Ble Homer as having hed e car serviced in that garase during 1933. l&. Blosa stated, however, that three former employees of this cerage - ‘had opened a service station of their owm sbout a year previous, and hed taken. awey at least 60% of the service business of the Cadillac agency, end it was . epparently to duild up this departnent t that wr. Blose had been sent to South - onicago. . Ott at te ; rr ee LQ ane a eet ~ fhese nen who started a service station ‘are Victor Frendsen, ae Herzen B. Oswald and vernon P. xeynolds, who operate what is known as the a F.0.R. Stetion, Inc. at 7050 Clyde avenue. These three men were interviewed, by acent. ‘they stated that two men had come into their gerase during the sumer of 1935, who hed answered somethat the description of Big Homer. One was e man neaned E. R. Wertin and the other was @ man named M9. J. Murphy... EB. R. Martin purchased a Cetillec coupe which wes repaired by these men on Ootober 23, 1935, at which tice Martin gave the address, 1554 East wmrquette Roed. This car bore the notor nuzber 1004497. ‘This man, they stated, was. about 6'6" tall, weighed about 270 or 280 1b. and appeared to be about SO. - years of age, cithouch his are wes deceptive. This man had a siren placed - on Eis ectoztobile anc alwars carried @ weapon. He showed these men a badge showinr thet he was e retired city policeman. Subsequent inquiry through Mr. grmour, janitor, 1344 East warquette Road, revealed thet E. R. Martin had lived in that building nineteen yeers and hed been a uniformed policeman . for twenty-five years, efter which he had retired. Following his retirement s from tre police force, wwrtin, so armour said, had obtained e position with - the F:reau of Pronitition and had worked for that Bureeu until august 10,° ~~ 1933, at which time Le was released with meny of the other prohibition employees. Mr. armour said that since thet time ur. Wertin, who is about sixty years old, ~ but who scercely appears more than forty-five years of age, has been taking .-~ things easy. Fe purchased a second hand Cadillac cer and is now in California. Bartin ie a bachelor and e Bra. Lawton keeps house for him. mrs. Lawton is the deughter of @ Mra. Johnson who befriensed Martin end assisted in reising hin. we, It wes only efter a lengthy interview with the members of te * ¥.0.R. Servéce Station, thet agent obtained details concerning Murphy. . It . will be notei that wurre:YHuuphries, who hes been called public Enemy No. 1 in Chicago, red his car sérviced by these nen at the Cadiliec agency, and . that these nen were called to testify in several racket cases in that regard. — Humphries kad aa epertnent on 76th Street in thet neighborhood at the time. .. These men indicated to agent that they had from time to time serviced gangsters! care without tmowings the true ifentitr of the nersong bringing the cars to the gerage, tut merely susrecting fre= the actious of the people that the persons owniss the cers were suspicious. ‘Phese mes indicated tret ur. M. J. Murphy hed first called at their cerase about July 15, 1932, in 4 358 model Cadillac four- door seden. Tais car hai arazone license plates but no recoré was nade by ther of tne license plates. ‘Burro. stated ke wes living at 7147 Jeffrey avenue anf gave tis telerhone nucter as iridway 5943. ke had sozme repair work done to tis