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« ‘ Pi ot oe Oe See a LeU EST DURRANT — + (Continued) ae Le rr oie ea ded dst eed Ree ts knew Acie, and I told him uo. He said to ‘tell John Rauscy to go to Ripley and goat : were in Fort Worth to do the ‘job. "Hale's Buiok car aud went to Ripley and LewThO eM AE MRO ele Fo a lh g. oe +! ‘ 4. moe te ee —_ _ en eee ed en ‘L Sper. ery thas he did not bist whess 7 Dpeneer 99, bit he world got Wred 20.8 . to go with hin end get Max Billingsley Hoy und Max Billincaley would tell hin. About two or three Waeks after this he ry cold that he ied talked to 41 Spencor ‘ uid that Al Spencer had said he would do the wovl. Later on Hale said that Al ' Sponesr weg gone and out of the counlry and that he, Hale, wenld go end gee Gran- mer, ond just shortly after vhat he, dake, daid that Gremoer told him he, Gre-wer, would have Bleckie Thompson do it. Some time aftor that Hale told Iho that Blackie could not be found, or was out of tho country. Just a few days before the blow up happen- ed, Grammer told Hale that Acie (Ace Kirby) Would.do it. That is what Hale told mo. I asked Hale who Acie wag, and Hala told nea that Acia was one of Granuer's friends. I believe the next thing Was that Grammer and Hale were going to Fort Worth to the | Pat Stok Show, and I understood that this ; heie lived at Webb City, andi John Rameey ' | lived at Ripley, and John Rosey kmew Acie. ” Jugt before Hale leit he asked me if I Aoie, and that while he, Hale, and Granmer 5 Igot « =, id a Ope