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that Kathryn's mother had divorced Brooks and later married Robert G. Shannon of Paradise, Texas; that Kathryn married Lonnie Fry at Asher, Oklahoma, and had a daughter, Pauline Fry, now fourteen I ats of age; that Kathryn and Fry were divorced soon after their marriage and she married Charlie Thorne of circumstances pronounced "suicide" by the coroner; and that after Thorne's death a note was found which read, "I cannot live with her or without her." The investigation also disclosed that after Thorne's death Kathryn married George Kelly Barnes, under the name of George R. Kelly. He had served a sentenced in the. including high-powered automobiles and expensive jewelry, without any visible means of support.. Kelly was born in Tennessee in 1897 and spent his early years in modest surroundings. He attended public schools before becoming a salesman and, later, a bootlegger. He married Kathryn Thorne in 1927. She encouraged Kelly to become deeply involved in a life of crime, bought him a machine gun, and gave. him the nickname "Machine Gun." He concentrated on running illegal alcohol and also robbed some banks prior to the Urschel kidnaping. After Urschel was debriefed, the Bureau's activities centered on locating the houses in which Urschel was held and bringing about the apprehension and conviction of the kidnapers.. It appeared from the information submitted by Urschel that the best possible clue as to the location of these houses was his statement concerning the weather conditions and the fact that airplanes flew over one of the houses at approximately 9:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. daily. Accordingly, a review was made of all airplane schedules within a radius of 60o miles of Oklahoma City. A check of the Fort Worth--Amarillo Line of the American Airways disclosed that a plane left Fort Worth daily at 9:l5 a.m. and Amarillo, Texas, at 3:30 p.m. From this information, it was determined that these two planes would be in the vicinity of Paradise, Texas, between 9:40 and 9:45 a.m. and between 5:40 and 5:45 p.m. The daily reports concerning the movements of these planes indicated that from July 23 until July 29 they flew according to schedule; that there was no rain recorded over the route during that period; and that on Sunday, July 30, the plane Ieft Fort Worth at ll:45 a.m, after being detained by a storm, and took an extreme northerly course to avoid the storm. The records of the meteorologist of the United States Weather Bureau of Dallas, Texas, were consulted and disclosed that rain was recorded at and in the vicinity of Paradise, Texas, on July 30, 1933; that Paradise and vicinity had an exceedingly