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St. Louis Police Department, 10»-6-=53 and 10-=7-53 respectively. ;
When questioned by St. Louis Police Department re possession ,- -<of large amount of money, HALL admitted kidnaping victim. 92 W/,- u _ rto Authorized complaint filed against subjects before U. S. "1 r 1
Commissioner CHARLES H. THOMPSON at Kansas City, Ho. 10»?-5 _, 5 - A»charging them With violation of_ Section B76, Title l8, . ' _'"U..S. Code. Subjects re1eased,_a1ong with $295,lit0.00 of K 'c ..' ,-
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U. S. Marshal. Removed to Kansas City, Missouri 10-ll»-=53.
I-{AIL admitted during initial interviews planning kidnaping, 1'}
actual abduction, burying of victim, executing ransom notes
and pickup of ransom money but denied actual killing of victim. - 15, :
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kidnapping, intent to kidnap at time of abduction, and gave complete
details regarding victim's death. Signed statements obtained.
Activities of subjects at time of abduction to apprehension and
substantial corroboration through investigation of these activities
in St. Louis, Missouri set forth. Physical evidence recovered during
investigation described in detail. Subjects deny any knowledge of
whereabouts of unrecovered ransom. Subject's descriptions set
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. APPREHENSION OF SUBJECTS BY s'r.. _LOUIS
POLICE DEPARTMENT 7
A. NOTIFICATION or APPREHENSION . . . . . . .
B. INITIAL POLICE REPORT . .. . . . . . . . . .
c. SUPPLEMENTARY POLICE REPORT .. . .. . . . . .
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A.S'I'ATEMENTSOFHALL.... .......
B. STATEMEN'ISOFHEADY............
- 1. Oral Statements of Bonnie Heady . . . .
2. Signed Statement of Bonnie Heady . . .
III. CHEONOLOGICAL srmmar OF AC'ITI_E__;Z___'I:._I,ES ogsusmcw IN
ST. IDUIS MISSNIRI
A. ACTIVITIES OF CARL AUSTIN HALL . . . . . .
B. ACTIVITIESOFHEADY. . . . . . . . .. . . .
IV . QQBEOBORATING _El-QDENCE CONCERNIEG SUBJECTS
ACTIVITIES IN ST. LOUIS]
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latter : residence and stated that he thought the Department had aomathingwery
g~rod*at the llth District Precinct. Chief OQEDNNELL requested SAC THORNTON to
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foll interview with subject CARL .lUS'I'IN HALL was ccnducted
by SA on October 7, 1953: _
CARL HALL was interviewed at the llth District, St. Louis P°lice
Department, at which time he advised he was born July 1, 1919 and that he
was an insurance salesman and had been living with BONNIE HEADY for several g
months in St. Joseph, Missouri. HALL was in a miserable physical condition
and vomited and slipped out of his chair on several occasions. It was
necessary to have a waste basket in front of him, and it could not be
determined whether he was suffering from the effects of alcohol or whether ihe
morphine was wearing off. He blacked out completely at 2:h0 a.m., and
later was sent to the City Hospital. When he returned on a stretcher,
still in a miserable physical condition. Ehen he did revive to an
extent, most of his answers to inquiries were mumbled and inarticulate '
words. When information was elicited from him, it was to the effect that the
boy was well and should have been released on Monday at Pittsburg, Kansas,
in front oi the Besse Hotel. At times he indicated the boy might be in
Parsons, Kansas, with 8. or Ti uA.:1.au"""" , who 'e,i'|_.1..' indicated was "
tn the kidnapping and whose responsibility it was to take care of the child-
After continuous questioning, HALL seemed to break and indicated
" that the GREENLEASE boy was dead and was buried in HE|92DY'S backyard at 1201
South 38th Street, dt. Joseph, Hissouri. He indicated new flowers had
been planted over the spot where he had buried the GREENI-EASE boy. '1-ILLL
stated he had turned the boy over to a TCM MARCH shortly after he had met
BQINIE HEM]! near the Kat: Parking Lot in Kansas City and that TOE MARCH
was to take the GREENLEASE boy to the HEAD! home in St. JosePh:illiBB°111i- '
HALL advised that, upon returning to St. Joseph, Missouri, on @ctober"§
1,953, with Bunnie pygmy, he had expected to find the TOM MARCH and the "boy,
and when he did not find them he went down to the basement and found that
the GREBELEASE boy had been shot.W-ex
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A photograph of THG-EAS JOHN MARSH, FBI N0. ll2l3?3, was exhibited
to HALL, and he would neither identify nor eliminate him as the TCM" MARSH
or 1- ARCH involved in the kidnapping.
The following signed statement was obtained from HALL on October
7: 19533 V -., _ 1_ '92
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9'-the Federal Ear-eat oi Investigation. I mow all of these men are
law-enforcement officers and the following statement is entirely
free of my own. No threats or promises have been made to me. I
expect that I will stand trial in Court and know that I am entitled
to an attorney angi want to tell _the entire truth.
"I have known oi the GREENLEASE family for many years, having
attended military school with PAUL GREENLEASE, who i an adopted
eon. I knew the family was wealthy and that there was a small
boy about six years of age, and thought of kidnapping him for about
two years and planned it on several occasions. - v v ._ . . . _
"I sent BQINIE HEADI, a girl I hail-lived "with for several
months at St. Joseph, Missouri, to get BOBBY G . I told '
her he was my son and that my former wife did not "lent me to see
him. I told her to tell the mm or the person who answered the
door to say that BOBBIE's mother was ill and that she had come
for him. BCNNIE HEADY and I had driven from St. Joseph, Hissouri
to Kansas City, hlissouri in a Plymouth station wagon and I left
BONNIE HEADI out at Katz Parking Lot, hOth and llain Street, and on
my instruction she took a taxicab to the school and was gone about
twenty minutes and returned in a taxicab to the Kata Parking Lot.
I told her to go shopping around the Plaza, a shopping area, and
made arrangements to meet her in an hour.
"I took BOBBY GREENLEASE over on Hestport Road. I gave the
boy to Tm MARSH, who was driving a 1950 Chevrolet, grey-gunmetal
in color, and by pre-arrangement MARSH was to'take BOBBY O
to St. Joseph, Missouri to 1201 South 35th, the home of BCNNIE
HEADY. I then returned and met BONNIE in the plaza area '
and told her I had taken the be back to the school I icked her Y - P
_up in the Plymouth station wagon and drove back to St. Joseph to
her home at 1201 South 38th Street. -
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Q. H01! was he killed?
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A. I had to bury him.
Q. where didyou bury him?
A. In the back yard.
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I told Hr. LEDTERMAN I had BOBBY and that he was safe. I told '
Mr. IEIYIWAN that BOBBY would be returned safely if $600,000 were
paid in tens and twenties. I told him I wanted them in Federal
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Mail at Kansas City, Missouri and told him in the latter that if he
were going to make a contact he should place the ad "meet me in
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minutes and they were to drive up and down Ham Street between 0
29th and 39th Streets. I dcn't know whether they followed these
instructions as I wasn't there and depended upon the ed in the
paper. I wanted to test them and made another call and talkedto
Hr. LEDTEHMAN again and told him we would try again. I told him
to go out Highway 69 and get a note-underneath a sign, some view
sign. I placed the note there and
I was in my car.
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him to go to the corner andpick upI saw l.EDTERMAN get the note.
telephone and this time I told
a note. In the meantinn I was
worried because I knew BOBBY GREENLELSE was dead but I 5 til]. tried
to collect, and the final arrangements were that Hr. LEDTEEEMAN would
place the $600,000 about ten miles east of Kansas City on Route 140
on side road 10E. The money was in an Army duffel bag and was
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that no police were around. I-waited about ten minutes
to the spot, got out, picked up the duffel bag and placed
trunk of a rented car. After getting the money BCNNIE
I drove back into Kansas City and called the C-REENLELSE
home from a pay station from a bar on Troost. I told him I had
gotten the bag and I would send him a wire the following morning
at Pittsburg,-, Kansas in care of Western Union. I told him
instructions concerning the return of BOBBY GREENI-EASE would be
set out in the wire. I did not send the wire and l-cnew that BOBBY
could not be returned because he was dead."and knew
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the money in the duffel bag at the spot and was in the car when I '
got out md got it. BCNNIE I-IEADI and I drove to St. Louis arrivixg
early in the morning and rented a room or an apartment at 115014
Arsenal Street. B l92INIE HEAD! and I had an argument and I left the
apartment leaving her with about $2,000 of the kidnap money.
"I drove to a motel called the Coral Hotel or Coral Court and
stayed, I think, in cabin h9A. I arranged to get a girl to stay -
with me through some cabbie and stayed with her overnight. I
went on back to town in a cab. She came back to the motel that
day in a cab and I made arrangements for her to go to Les Jlngelee
by plane and gave her some of the ransom money. I think I gave
her $1,000 and I told her to do two or three things for me. me
of them was to mail a letter to an attorney named BARNEY PATTON in
the Corby Building at St. Joseph, lllssouri. I said I was planning
l on leaving the country. I sent him the key to may apart.-aent in St.
Joseph.
"SANDY, the girl who stayed in the motel with me, was to .
contact me through Western Union and I hink I told
me or contact me by the name of -PM"? at 5t= Louis m care
of Western Union. I wanted SANDY to mail a letter from Los
Angeles to BARNEY PATTCII in St, Joseph to tell him what had
happened. I made telephonic contacts with the GREENI.-EASE home
and sent letters through the U. S. lbil and told the GHEDILEASE
fwily the boy would be returned safely if $690,000 were paid ms.
i "BCNNIE HEADY was drinking considerably and I tried to conceal
it fr-cm her. Although she was suspicious I don't think she knew
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"I know that I will have to stand trial in Court and this e -
entire statement is free and I know that it can andwill be used
against me in Court. I have read the above statement consisting
of six pages and have initialed each page»
Signed: CARL AUSTIN HALL
"witnessed: Jo Eu FBI; Sta L51-Bg M00 E 92
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The above statement was taken under extremely difficult conditions if H
in view of I-I.LLL S physical condition. Refer to medical report under the
Physical Examinations which reflects that at the time HALL was in
matose condition and mumbling for water suffering from acute alcoholism.
thiss, it was not possible to afford him a logical and thoroughheading of
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The following interview was conducted by Sis 92Q - ' quid_on October 8 and 9-, 1953, while HALL was inoarcera ed in the
Sf. Louis City Jails<92Q92
I-[ALL advised that he is the son of JOHN AISTIN HALL, Iho died in
P1 easanton, Kansas; that his father was a prominent attorney,
quite wealthy and left his familywell-provided for and that upon
the death of his mother, in-S. mu ct mm, in 19h3 at Plea.sa.ntOn, ' r >
Kansas, he, CARL HALL, received an inheritance, which, had he been frugal,
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ohilérwn mm: born so a result of thin "ma-r'1"iag0 Ind this in his only legal
marringm He "rt-a*:.red'1:h-at-he "ernturedoizm United States llarino 9011:: in 1938
but arm unahlo to rooall his Marina Corp: urial mrmberr, He enlisted for I
foo:-=1_92,"eas~ term and at the oomrmnoemont of hostilities ho etoayed in the Marine
Corp: until 1916 when ha roooived an honozvable oclinohargo with 1 rating of
CO' "[l-Ufiilo Ho atawd that he reooiveci no personal decoration in-oombet,
alt-hougn hie division, the First Marine Bi-ri<a"ion, did foo-sire a"rmit"oit,"a1'siona
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was no-rez" 111-u*mi1i1;e'ry'p1*»5on but he-1! apont short periods of confinement
+.?~,-J military stazknioc Ha sfrazod tn_a"'; in 3.94? he pvrtisared tn aerial 1n'*op~=-
a*~;irg sea-rioa 1-;t3~. offi 1*-ea. an 1012 E1.a1":i.m":~":'-s, K-anaas City, Missouri. Hi: '
pathos: in thig 1"#n#~Jru'IE92.'s. om "BUZZ" HF F~SC'rIE-"ISLE-. Ho -olaims that ho -{mi -51-11¢ -
nature for e mhozt period of tins and least imtlroen $16,600 and $13,000., Ho
thon bought tr: liq:-or 1"to:-os*i1:Ea-sea 92*-:.r:¬_7, *Him':ouri§*~om mar"the- innit:
oat; lino uni the other l-ooateai at Amozroo, ilittouri .-,~ He -advieedothatrhe had no-
pazr-ozz-=;r' in this ver.twr*=.s»z that he 1:-as the polo ownor, although he 111-ed in-Kenn:
9 ;;r, lIi..aa"om~i,--nn~=i""op=a2'a*i:od ram o-from Ear-;-no Qity,-having a manger for each
atom», ani ti-at ha perennially rem down about "on:-e a reek to ohaok the books.
Ho uzirlmatmo ho r>-raw! -thosa liquzrr ato-f*<=,1= for a period. of aboart -ono yearn
¥1~=;7;<_= rm-:,"2*,ing, "ti-sou li';rrcw'o-rtoro": "ha" "got to 1h='ir<kir.g hon-wily and his
riofo li-2'l,- 'hir.2u He r;ats'l't-hat, he had taro *:'e:'r id"ernr;'os in"Kan';as Fity after
1*'et.'.;"'..':.:92g from tho so-:"~'iooe ,"1':he 'itr':rt "b-ring 1-"izomrat 816 lest Séth Terrace
oh.-.;=> he resided from 194? through 1948, the last address being at 318 leaf-
'l-iL.H<;2* Eétmot, which mas a duplex, -where he resided from 19% through 1949.,TI-
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amp1='j1n;=-I-hp I!-I $1181 e'b1Im'mil'1g around the oz="o11n't'ry"1i1"i11i:'Irng~-and gambling until -he '
hari lost all of his intsriizanoeo Eu 'iI1"5!!pf.:amber, 1951, he was
'Bf z~£?§-95. at Kansas City, Miaaomd, for }9201Ging"'U'p"L"|m oub drivers -fore -total
of $33600 and as a result. of those hro holdap: ho "ras"~sentance1i"too*sez'"te
£'iv=> years in "the Missouri Sum ?en:H:ent:I.n1"y at Jefferson City, Missouri,
Registry #65592, basing -roooeiw.-d."in January, 1951, land paroled in lpril, 1953.
Ho an-W1 nu nu; " !'10!' was sums mason of Kansas city, at that timebut that MP0 EARWMVQN, Atto1"ney=at-Lair, St. Josoph, Missouri, val -
inntnamontal {i1"ob1:aining his parole; at ho *oi>t-a"11:rod'en:ploymen-B -at the
Bura1fo: d llotor"9o1npn1:r_y, Stu Jozmph, Missouri, for HALLO Cuncarning P111011,
HALL etated that he ha-.-. knmrn Hr PATTON for e number of years and In well
acquainted with him when Era PAT! ONm: -an &tbo":ne'y==at-=-1ul'"at Kansas Ci-by,
lliasourin, He stated that while in the Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson
City, Ilia-Eouri, he -ror-kod. in the hoapital and his cellmete in C Hall nu oneo -was i*noa1'1:e'ra.t-ac! upon conviction for bade-oheok charges, 92¢_-> "92 .a ..,_~ --* __ . - '92" em s-D -a*a"Exo"elz-in-r Epringu, Hiwzowi. Ho stated that -upon - - .
re-imn from the Penitentiary, he prooeodod to Sta Joseph, Missouri, Obtlined -
an z.part.mnt, and-wry shortly the-roa.ftx'z" temot BONNIE EMILY BRUIN READY "111 "
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of 353.3-,, 1&5?-1,, while he -1-ea vwviiag fa? this Siaffwd 9-star Gr.-1.-:p.aw. Game".-:.'in5
1-.hi.>§. ~'§=mjp1oym~ant "ha "rtated he worked far Sraffcrd léotor G059?-1§Y'?0?'8PPr-oximntoly
one mnnth -cut did 1rot"'mai:a "any" money , and "then "sesared--1 job Ii92F1'1 re 3%BriIi-ll
Li!-an Inaurunm» Cumpmry, whose huadqxzarttm; an in the Ritli 3111151118» K911"! ' "
City, 1|[.a..@"crcn~i., mulling 1ifo~ insuranca. He: stated that hi.a""in:madia'tu" supervisor
for the i"om.-aewéial Life Inauréné ¬OP3T_T i"-is fa i I1? i?-5-f= F-EEG 01' B955-'-P1-5.= it $35
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BALL ;rhs-had in about furty=sigh*-- hour: after" he first met BOHHIB
}°.';TAI."! he had mmmd into ha? hama and ha-r life . in "a mutual ocmmmn ltw
"':"a'ia%;i enzhii ihif oniva the time cf th-air"-aesto BO%E HE-'-B!',
a Ac-nrrrwad alxsoholio, fauna HALL a fit asmpanion who shared her drinking
am-i"w:fti"as "End--ti;=sif"""1'!ei'1y"1.'92:n:":mpti1on I111 ndmisdly two fifth: a day»
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HALL cm 1nl26r"ris1:r adviwd that ha has had it in hirminad 1:0
pazq:-:~t1*"e.te a"maj'Ix" kidnapping fcr""a"t 1e*a"stt1ro"3rea'rs.. He "rt-utud, "however,
t,ha"T; ha new-er a¢tuelly"conaan'§1"ated on fcnrznulating final plan"; until tfblr
hia release-from the Psnitentiary. Ha 2-hated, however. that he "had thoughi
:1-.;:_" x.~.*.»:::=ri~ua rietailv. feiativa -t-Q r:-. kir;Er."=5;:;ri-ng -while in the Peiianiiirfy '
that times had. no. pith:-cl out any was-sifiz viaiima He at-at;ed"thnb
up ?:.£.s" 1~»alu-aw he kr-ow '{i1LE."_} 2*-OBITFJ £0 G?_I£Ni£-.I.A¬lE, Src, was an extrumly
'az.e.a-_-*.=1;," mz-.3... Ha ha.c'-. no knowledge of 1.}.-: ~u:ast. amount of his Irealth, but
he 1:31»-2 that he Inn. om oi "1-he smalti-i"»:=12~ H1:-n in Kansas City, Miazouri, and.
~*-:»0"-.11.-i afford to pay an uxtwmiy high "a.mc-ant. of money for "ransomo Ho i1':rbUd
that. is i;§'i::"=:*B"1he;-"ha nffwnzlaxi Kaspar bé5.'i.itary Awudamy -with PAUL GREEN1-BASE,
this s=.é..c.=pted zen of RQEZRI C» GRE.£_'hL}':ASE',, En , but "that he did not -know his
int;.~l.r-¢a:ulj'° Ho stated that, to hi: ronalleotion, ha doubted that he had over -
had. -shy para-rrrml -umtv'e1Ta"l:: c"on with PHIL GFEEINLEASEQ _1. -~_ L.-'1-4 -4- a 2
In hzrtheranue of the "pro17aT&-%ien""Hf§:'6f"'dsc".i:d¢i1Ig"17ht1; the GREEN!-BASS
family would be unit-able, he made "teiuphvni! "cull: 92:0 the: GREENLEAE--rurt-dance
and "Tao th» "mutur "conqnamv and a:c"a*H:a""inud ntm"tm--amt the GREERLEAS3
family was in Bzropu 1:-n vacations. hut he did wbtain infmwnatiun .I'*e'1al:i-To 460
their expawcaé. rm-turn to their hrmn in Kansas iityi iasouria Eu "stated that
he wOI7'u1'1B14-.'-Bd to*d.ri'va by the GFEIENI-EASE ham: and "observed mi two U!* li'hl"OI -
oacasions Hr GREENL-BA$E "taking victim from his "hume in "a blue "E!"d'.92.11*a1: 7"
sedan to tha "French Insti-t-ate -No-{rm Dame D-e Sivan, loadted at 38th and Looult
Streets, Kansas Q-1-by, Mi"s"rau1*1.."-Ha duni"=s11"ezr:phstio~a11yi:hxt""he hadwwrur "
engagei tho "victim in any co"n*rer':s"a1;it>n, but i"na"1'ra1i1'e:d"t1'nt the »
was alcleiy n+.zp92s1"uxmd"tu uni from usher.-1 1rhich."w'ou1d possibly prevent him
from abdue.-tingthe victim from the cu:'to1§_y of his parentn He stated
that 1."'m ! IBSO21 ti-mi he picker} out the v::z"i1:»e of kidnapping was that in hit ~
opinion it was a. oer-+.-ain way of O't:;aining_ a grant "deal 1>1 money with tin
greatest degrae of safety. Ha statnd. it was his idea to obtain I lot of
lnonny and obtain it quickly. Ha stated that if he had turned to this cashing
of checks: 0: armed robbery to obtain monwy he would have to constantly repeatr
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aaah crime with the possible danger of detaotion and apgrehension,-whereby
on a kidnapping he oould claim an extreme awount of money pulled by one job
ani uacure a great deal of funds. He statad that he realized from the above
inferzation that it would be nooeeaary to obtain custody of tha victim by t
some ruse perpetrated upon the nzhool aothoritie: at the French Institute
Norm Dane Po -Eior-.= Hedi-therefore eon:-we-ted 1.1 -st??? to hie parenour, BOIIELE
E?APY, telling her that he had"previ:u§l3 teen married and that hi! former
wife at the time of divorce had eeourvd a court order which vou1d'prevent hi:
from ever seeing or having custody of hie non. He denied that he_hed ever
told BONNIE HEAPY'th&hB'I35 formerly maxfied to Bree GRETNLEASE, but did
emphatioally tell her that BOBBY GRZENLEAST was his song He stated on the
sevefal trip: he made driving by the G§F?NL?AS? home he had.BONNIE BRADY in
ths oar with him and used the exouse'th:t he hoped his son would be out in
tns yard and he would at least get a fleeting glimpse of him» He Itated
EGNKLH HEAD? in her alcoholic-condition was gullible, easily swayed and would
do anything f6? one nf dnink of iiiikfon Be further advised that due to
he: al:oholi:"mini§ ehe"would be in"a haze for days, and related that ehe
wcild drink at least a pint of whisky before-breakfastn He stated that hie
only fear at the particu1ar'tim@ was that ¥ra= BHNIE'EEAiY was not getting
hi: inatruotions through her drunken mind and would foul up things at the
frusial time when it came time to obtain the victim; e statrd his story
that B535? GRFENLEAHE wee hi: son has getting through to her and that she wee
neliewizg it.
In further preparation for thia kidnapping CARL HALL stated that he
one afraid that the ransom money and the duffel hag uaed to carry the raneom
mnay vculd be treated with a ohemioal solution whith might ugon touch be
trdsgferred to his perscn and effect hie eppreheneione He therefore, went
is the Western Auto gopply Store at Ft. Jonaph, Missouri, and purohaeed e
hid» plantio shoot nhioh he dGB$Fib¬§.5E four to five foot square» Hg
sinned that the reason that he purohased this was that he oould"wrep it around
tho duffel hag and that he oould not the fdhqm duffel bag on the plastic
sheet to handle it and not run the danger of having any chemical solution tren
for to his persona He aloe advised that he purchased the tablet paper to
prepare the random notes at a ten=cent store in 3t= Joséph, Hiasouri, the neme
of ehioh he is unable to speoifioally moall at "thoprosent time.
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Union Statiml in Yemen: City, lsaouri, purchased an edition of the
Okldhcman, as wall as several other ncw"pape: and he opt frm this
Ziihhomdn edition the ed of the Greenlaaoo-bers Eotor Qompan. He stated
that ha oqt this ad for"the'Pu?puse of throwing the FBI off his trai1,/
inaomuoh no concluded that th FBI would idantiy'from which nnsnaper-thin
ad was removed and thet they would oonoontrtte in the state of Oklahoma
for iunpeota in conneotion with this ease. Ea stated that he pasted this
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thli note prior to the so-tuul abduction of tho victim, folded same and __ .
oarried it in his eoet pooket for n eoneldernble period oi tine, Altnough
he in unable to state the exoot :ia1re"t1-Ha; he prepared the note, he estimated
it to be approximately "two week: prior to the "actual abduction, In furtinr "
preparation for this kidnapping, -he end that no -pT'¬p1=red"thiu letter in the home
0!" Bi-NNIE BRADY, using her writing clerk and that the too-zoh tape"n1ed'
to pants the *pr-wvioualy menioned went ad "bearing lire GREPJ~ILPASE°e "name "on .
the letter nae "thrown away; Hremphat-i wally "denied that BONNIE HEAD? 1111'
"nan-:..led than iurtter to-hie "kn-o1r1edg'e nor d:1d1f:e "e're1""ne1p-11im~prepl'rI
or Dhraee the letter and insirbed that he new-er-oonsulted her ininq ' "
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at the figure of $653,000 -as ransom an he had read. previously that e million
<iolle1:='z would 1. -igh evgreat deal and that he estimated that $600,000 in - - -
$1.0 and $20 bill: 11Juld'm2.ke a bundle weighing er-ound -85 pounds, nndtimt
this amount would oonveninmly" bi! *1:-'n1'1"ied and yet. that it would be 0. "
e'ub&*l;&nt.ini "emoont"_to-cover hirneede. He also advised in preparation
we-but he put "in the -ii-rrt"1=-ena'om -letter inzrbruntione-relative to-the
duffel hag because e duffel bag was big, stwdy and would not tear easilys 4- -e;'.,- ...__ _Q___ _. __.__a__ ..__:. _r_1 - ._.4_ ,LL. _ . _ .__ _4, _l_!. _ __ _n1e31 2-.l"aC0Il.l1 a.T"U1'Il ll FIIOVITIE TBI1.'l.G1~B HT CD5 Iirll U1 TIHE w=UI1o
In *p*r~e'1:rar'a%ic>n of the firot rvrnnnm-note he stated-that he "placed
the note in e ermall -em-elope and -than putothat-em-slope in a larger one-'"a-md -
addressed the ontaztde ofothe neoond envelope to Hz", GPIEBJLBAE and--subsequently .
reolh-ezi he made a mistake in the address. He advised that he had obtained -
lLr-- G2-tEENLHA"s addreel "from the"'tele'phone book of -Kuneea city, -Hietontd.
HALL rtated "that-the only identification he used in the preparation
first ransom letter -rel the letter WHO" He could give no particular
for using'"%¥1i'i"1"61"-'?'.=1er, -~r'oa-n;-"he might jmri:-as well -have used. *G,_ .»
o C-1" any -other letter, tut just picked 'M '"at1>andon:,. Also, -in ounniéoti-on "'
W1 the ranwm note, HALL stated um 1 asked Hr. cnnmmzusz: -that on-moron .
money be obtained in small bills, $10 and $?-0%, from the twelve eepa-rate *
Federal Re1¢e:"ve-"iiankrthrou-gh-out the *Un:l'%ed Staten. He eteted~t;im1;--1;}-p
reaeon that -he did-this-was -of --course, the lmaller bill-5 could be-pa-seed -at -
any atom without -any unuua.l- 'o1i.roumetenoee Surrounding the bill itself -and
that the twelve differ-ant federal reserve bank: would make it more difficult
1'-2:: anyone to trace in the event the money was aerializedo He gtgtg fol;-l 1 -
thin: re-neon he also put in the letter that, "I realize that it will take gong
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a":;=92z"1~M p92r;"poaa oi"v;a~r?1y"l"ng-out"th-e- kieinvapping, stating that "haoohad intended-torob a sifllzly Store in Kansas city and it oasod for this purpose. Ihen '
aw; ;t,.._ sued as to the oicbontity oftho ztvzw -he xa-idha had looked trrorot-:92ro of
than and final 13' deal-dad on the Safeway 5311*.-.m at aborat llth and -Broadway. E1 '
izr,-3.:..oel-to-i that he had. diuo-ass-ad -robbing this shot !-with his confodomtu, TOM IEARE;
but nu unable to supply any of tho details as to what MARSH was to do and no very
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B?-HNEE BRADY: name, and used it on several trip! to Kaunas 9ity to house the G
ki-.:n=-pp;ing., Ea '=t'at:ad tho "rwnson hI9"T'B.r.1§J!'5 this oar -was bonanza he was afraid that
1;h-¢_'=- ,1,-~;,-1;] not-ins tho Plymouth 5'1;a=,iO1'1 12-1g-an -and he did"n":.rt1nmtt0 attract suspicion
to it 5.: he d-::ire-:. to use it during and following the kidnapping. .. - -
Ifith rm-peat to TOM MA.-?SE_. subs-=#-qwlent imanigation has di aolosed thntthil
inziiwridual has "no connection with this rs":-z stigatiom HALL alleged that MARSH no
an a<.. wnapllco and tho murdarar of tho tiotim. . ' -.
Conoarning TOM MARSH. tho a1.1egad aoc-omplioe and mu!-"defer of -the victim,
E_L!_- ztr-tat. ho firart mat this individzml in a inavern, the Keg '?~a1re:°n, Ihich is located
in tho his-therlanda Botesl in tho 3800 blmk on Main Ft. and after having a for
d:§.r.?.»a. and eIcha1:g'lng pleusantrielq. he vsalizo»: that MJ92.? was undoubtedly an ox-
oom-i.~;»':,, duo to some of the slang eaqmessions "ha used 1vhioh"1mro peculiar to peni-
~';--.-.v_.-a1r_,~ life D 6:-nit-dlt.hat o"="s~1~- told him ha was an "exw-zon-riot W had served
t.1?rw> and he lzkk-owl:-2 rienirl that he told. MU?-'1-I ths-.t"ho *1u-as an o1=-con, He stated,
tom-*a"u*-, he felt :1%11"~.e the-3' both realim ani undavstood oaoh :':ti':B1 's atatul in this
Hg: :-lg Be oi-ated that on about tbs ::~:»~.:::.é meeting with l»!.5.EE*I he asked him if he
w-0.111 lilo: to go on a "real good caper, and. that MARSH told him he would if there
-new enough in it, and inquired as to hm! much they might realize. HALL-statad he
told. LE1-1R-EH that it would to at least $100,600, at which timo MARSH stated that he -
i'U-Ali to willing to go on anything that biga HALL stated. from that time on, -ho and
had num.-aroua confer-onoea and pl=am1~=;»~i the GREENLEASEY kidnapping, He gtqtod
that on some occasions they would alt and talk in either the Plymouth cation '
wag-an of BONNIE BRADY, or alt and talk in tha 1949 or 1950 two door gray Chotrolot
c-sash or business ooups of MAB-E. HM-.L atatod this latter oat appeared to be in
0.-.x~::e»l!.1~ent oonzlltlon, had 0. radio and rod plaid seat covers of the nylon variety.»
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denied this automobile 1-an equipped with a apotlight. Ho denied that there were any
blamiuhoa of. any bind out-i"ther the o.xtoriw' or li"rrl:a"rim= of this oar, which would
D075 readily ltilltify it» H6 $'CB»t8d, houeror, lU92R.$H {Old him I18 had purchased it
rather recently and he aszmmd thia para.-maze had been maa in Kansas City. MLRBH
told. him he wan residing at l-ha Lasallq i-I.»;';-131 but -denied that ha had at-or tontnctad
or via-.itec}1 him at um 1m+.=.1. HALL cluimmi um =11 subsequent contacts ,1Iith mass,
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LLKRE-I aould drive directly from Hanna City, llissouri, with the Victim
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'3 P1ys'aou*?1~. nation wagon and had clri we-n him over the road, outlining
him and ciafinitely giving him "tho route to BSNTTIE HEA1?Y°s "home" and
on him how to get in the house th?ough'the baaomanu Ho denied that
">3? MARSH "irrir"-I Hm house 'ol"zi1:~::1 to have "$1-=i"r-er. him. by the "house a
e of times so he the looaiion ami the drive-waya Pertaining to
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T-_'§ hai have somebody that he "@:":.1*l true; "real. quiuk," and therefore,
'»L-=:,:g,h ho has. a shor-; a-zquaintanoe vi.-?;;92'= M.1.'=1_-£3, -expli-:£t1y.tz-mated him to
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the viotim at the Bane Hotel in 'F'i+.tsb~:.1"g, Kansas, zo""the.*.: he would
.":z:'navi to his home. He etrbed that ZZARSH "agreed to this aa":igmnent"an1i"
1.: semice: thwy were to split the $560,000 ransom in equal shares,
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front." of Union Station in Kenn: Ci¥!}' and that MARSH had ar1:ed1:o,he:ve
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- DETAILS RELATIYE TO KIQNAPINQ
CARL HALL advised that on the morning of instant kidnaping,
September 28, 1953, he and BONNIE I-IEADY arose very early for them
and proceeded to Kansas City, Missouri, at 6200 a.m., via Highway
#710 Upon coming into North Kansas City, they stopped at Lynn's .
Tavern in North Kansas City for an eye=opener, after which they pro-
ceeded into Kansas City proper where he purchased some chlorophyll
and Clorets to kill the odor of liquor on BONNIE HEADYs breath. He-
stated they rode around and looked over the French Institute Notre
Dame de Sion School, as he felt that his plan was not fool-proof, J
due to the fact that BONNIE HEADY was undependable due to her
drinking. He stated that had he been able to get BOBBY GREENLEASE
from the school without sending BONNIE HEADY in through the front door
he would have done so and changed his plans at the last minuteu I'l'e
stated they parked in the neighborhood and observed the children, but
that he could not conceive anyway of getting the victim out of the
school without using the front door approach." He stated he again
briefed BONNIE HEADY on exactly what she was to say which consisted of
telling the Sisters that she was Mrsu GREENLEASEis sister and had
been shopping with her on the Plaza when she suffered a heart attack
and that she desired to take BOBBY from the school to take him to his
mother. HALL stated that he decided around 11:00 aame would be the
best time to pull this ruse since it would be getting close to the
lunch hour and that there would be considerable natural confusion
occasioned by this HAIL stated that at approximately 11:00 a.m. he
drove west up Main Street to the corner of Thirty=ninth and let BONNIE
HEADY off at the filling station on the southwest corner and instructed
her to walk down to the Toedman Cab Company and get a cab and go to"
the French Institute, according to his plan; HALL stated that he
immediately drove into the Katz parking lot after letting BONNIE HEADY
out of the station wagon and sat in the parking lot waiting for BONNIE
as planned. He stated that in a very short time he observed a Toedman
Cab drive into the lot off of Main Street and saw BONNIE HADY and_a
boy get out of the cab. He immediately knew that his plan had been
successful, but in order to avoid detection, he drove further on to
the Katz lot around the corner to the south so that the cab driver
could not possibly see him '
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walked over to the station wagon and got in with BOBBY sitting in the
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middle of the front seat, He stated he spoke to BOBBY, asked him how
he was and started to carry on a conversation with him. He stated
BOBBY was very talkative and gave him absolutely no trouble, He
stated heimmediately drove off the Katz lot after BONNIE HEADY and
BOBBY got into the car; going west on to Westport Road. He stated
that to the best of his recollection he let BONNIE HEADY out of the
station wagon somewhere near the Hestport Bank§ which is located
at the intersection of Westport Road and Broadway, and told her to
wait around that intersection until he came back. He stated11e- s
could not recall driving her down to the Plaza areas '
HALL stated that after letting BONNIE HEADY out of the
station ~agcn he immediately drove on west on Westport Road to the
first street east of the Southwest Expressway and turned north on to'
this street Just around the corner off of Westport coming in directly
behind the gun-metal grey Chevrolet belonging to TOM MARSH which was
parked in this location headed northn He stated}: immediately goth
out of the station wagon; told BOBBY to come on and get in the
Chevrolet as the man was going to take him for a ridec He stated BOBBY
made no protest and willingly got in the Chevrolet with MARSH. HALL .
stated he immediately got back in the station wagon and turned around
back on to Westport, after which he drove back east to the Westport
Bank where he picked up BONNIE HEADY. He stated he was gone a little
over ten or fifteen minutes after he let her out and after she got
in the car he drove down Broadway across the ASE Bridge to North Kansas
City, hence up Highway #71, to St. Joseph, Missouri» He stated *
that he had originally planned to stay in Kansas City and handle all .
the ransom demand? but immediately after turning BOBBY over to MARSH
he got apprehensive and decided to go immediately to Sta Joseph and
see if MARSH had arrived there as planned and if everything was alright.
HALL stated MARSH did not have over fifteen minutes head start on him
and that he himself drove pretty fast and arrived at BONNIE HEADY's home
and left BONNIE sitting in the can He immediately went around and u
into the basement and as soon as he entered the basement he saw BOBBY
GREENLEASE°s body lying on the basement floor with blood all around
and his, HALLs, .38 caliber Smith and Wesson snub-nose revolver -
alongside the body. HALL stated he immediately became panicky and
left the house, going out to the station wagon where BONNIE HEADY was
sitting and told her to go downtown and pick up his laundry and do some 92 ,shdpping. He stated that BONNIE HEADY complied with his request L /
and immediately drove off in the station wagon, HALL continued that there
was absolutely no one in the HEADY home, it was entirely deserted at
the time he discovered victim's body. There were no automobiles in
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left for downtown he immediately got a shovel and proceeded to dig
a grave for the victim, which grave is located about two and one-half
feet frun the house and about one and one=half feet from the back
porch in a corner. He stated he dug this grave about two and one-half
to three feet deep. He stated he was so excited and panicky at this
time that he was digging very rapidly and that he dug a good size
grave which he was certain would hold the victim.
He stated he stopped downstairs, took the blue plastic
sheet, put the victbn's body on it and decided to bury him. He
stated h= made one trip up the stairway, went outside, decided the
hole was not suitable, carried the body back downstairs and then
arrived at the conclusion that he would wait until BONNIE HEADY got
home, was going to get the station wagon, put the body in it and carry
it out to the Missouri River and disnose of it in this fashion.
He stated, however, that prior to BONNIEs return he realized that this
plan would not work and at this point he was becoming so extremely
nervous and panicky he had carried the body upstairs into the kitchen
and then had carried it back downstairs the second time. He stated
on all occasions blood was dripping from the body, in the basement,
on the back stairway, on the kitchen floor and on the back screen door
frame. He advised that he did not carry the victim in a sling fashion
with the blue plastic sheet, but carried him in his anus, and it was
entirely possible he could have slung the body around, splattering
blood as he did so. He advised that shortly thereafter, BONNIE HADY
came home in a drunken condition, that he did not speak to her or have
any other conversation with her and that she went in the house to the
bedroom and began to sleep, He stated that he then carried the body
back up the stairway another time, placed it in the station wagon and
then realized that he might be detected while he was disposing of the
body and finally decided to bury it in the previously dug grave. He
stated he then removed the body from the station wagon, although
considerable blood had dripped in the station wagon at this period. He
stated that he then wrapped the body in the blue plastic sheet, placed
the body in the grave and put a quantity of lime on top of the body
to facilitate decomposition as he had read that this was the thing to
do to get rid of a body. He stated that he only filled the grave about
half in at this particular time as he was in a rush to return to KansasCity to mail the first ransom letter, which he had prepared a week or c_7
twb before. He stated he had been carrying this letter around in his
coat pocket but had not addressed it, and that he rushed upstairs and
addresses it at BONNIE s writing desk, after which he got in theI
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He stated he drove up and down Broadway looking at mail
boxes to make sure that the letter would be picked up that night. He
stated it was about 6200 p.m. when he got to Kansas City and as he .
remembered it he mailed the first letter on Broadway somewhere between
the Coates House and Twelfth Street. After mailing this letter he
immediately returned to St. Joseph, Missouri but upon getting to
north Kansas City got to thinking about the address he put on the
letter. He stated he stopped and looked at a telephone book and .
realized that he had put the wrong address on the GREENLEASE letter.
He could not recall what address he had put on the letter but he was
definitey sure that it was wrong and that the correct address was
2920 Verona Road, HALE stated he got to wondering about whether they
would get the letter or not, but stated he figured that since GREENLEASE
was well known and he had addressed the letter to Verona Road, which
was a short residential street, it would eventually get to him. He
stated he sent this letter special delivery, hoping it would get to_
the victim's family before they reported the matter to any law enforce-
ment agency. At this point HALL was shown a photostatic copy of ransom
letter number one in instant case and the two envelopes and
admitted that he had prepared and mailed all three of these
well knowing that BOBBY GREENLEASE was already dead when he
HALL stated upon returning to BONNIE HEADYis home
Missouri, he stayed up all night drinking and as soon as ithe readily
documents,
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at St. Joseph,
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around 6:00 a.m. he went out and finished filling in the hole which H '
was BOBBY GREENLEASE's grave. HALL was questioned in detail as to ' '
the clothing worn by the victim at the time his body was found in the f
basement of BONNIE HEADY's home, and he stated that due to his panicky;
condition he could not accurately remember any details concerning the,
boy's clothing, but does definitely recall that he was fully clothed
although he could not remember whether he had on shoes and socksg. At
this point in the interview the Jerusalem medal apparently worn by victim
at the time he left the French Institute School and enclosed in the¢
second ransom note, was exhibited to HALL He readily admittediremoving
this medal from the clothing of the dead victim for the sole purpose of
enclosing it in a ransom note as proof that he was the actual kidnaper
of §OBBY GREENLEASE. 1I - 4
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point out to HALL the fallacy of his story, its inconsistencies, but
he continued to steadfastly claim that there was such a person as
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actual murderer of BOBBY GREENLEASE, NhileHALL at this point steadfastly
denied that he had actually murdered victim, he stated, "I know that ;,¢
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repeating, "I didn't do it, I didn't do it. I didn't do it.
stated that in his own mind he was sure that BOBBY was killed in
BONNIE HEADY s basement, but emphatically denied he knew who did it.
HALL stated that after he returned from Kansas City, having
mailed the first ransom note, he went down in the basement and tried to
clean it up as best he could, using water, a broom and rags. He
stated this was not entirely satisfactory and he accordingly got some_
gasoline and turpentine, which was already in glass receptacles in the
ebasement. He stated he also tried to clean up the Plymouth station
wagon as it had blood in it in the back. He stated he used turpentine
to clean up this vehicle. He also stated he had blood on his clothes
but could not recall what he did with them.
HALL admitted that BONNIE HEADY was in the house all during
the time he was cleaning out the basement and during the time he was
trying to decide what to do with the body, but claimed she was in her
bedroom passed out. He stated that she never knew a thing that was
going on, but the next morning after reading an account of the kidnaping
in the Kansas City Times, BONNIE asked
happened to him and he told her he was
about him, He stated he showed BONNIE
yard where he had buried BOBBY's body,
had buried the body at this point, buthim about BOBBY and what had
o.k. and she should not wqrny
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ground so that she could plant some flowers and they decided some ---
drysanthemums would look nice in this location. HALL stated they_
accordingly drove to Mclnnish Greenhouse and bought a dozen ddysanthemums,
after which he and BONNIE returned home and planted them over the O
grave, watering them down good. He stated he and BONNIE both got
mddion their shoes while planting these flowers. Q ' A
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and BONNIE wanted him to put the lime in to revitalize this soil. He
Q_§n'l- QrlDu vwu that the shovel which he used to dig the grave see the one he
probably purchased in the hardware store in St. Joseph, Missouri,
approximately one month prior to the kidnapping. He stated he purchased
this shovel to assisthim in setting out tomato plants. It was pointed
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year and not in the fall and he advised BONNIE had some tomato
planted in the spring but desired these planted during the e
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name of the hardware store where he purchased same in St. Joseph,
Missouri.wes unable to describe the clerk who sold him the shovel or any
other details which could be verified.
numberDETAILS RELATIVE TO MAILING OF HQNSOM LETTERS
The details relative to the mailing of the ransom letter
one, which is postmarked Kansas City, Missouri, 6:00 p.m.,
September 28, 1953, have been previously set forth above and, as
previously stated, HALL has readily admitted preparation and mailing
of this letter. It should be noted that the contents of this letter
requested Mr. GREENLEASE to proceed from 29th and 39th on Hain Street,
Kansas City, Missouri, on the morning of September 29,1953, at which
time he should have a rag attached to the aerial of his car signifying
that he had received the first ransom letter. Concerning this latter
item, HALL on interview stated that he did not make any attempt_to
observe whether or not Hr. GREEHLEASE complied with these instructions
and he
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envelope.
Relative to the preparation and mailing of ransom letter
two, HALL continued that after he had mailed ransom letter
one, he realized he had put an erroneous address on the envelope
of ransom letter number one. He stated that he believed he addressed
the letter to Mr. GREENLEASE at 2600 Verona Road but after the latter
was mailed he recalled that his proper address was 2920 Verona Road.
He stated that due to this error he was afraid that Hr. GHEENLEASE
had not received the first ransom note and, therefore, prepared ransom
letter number two at BONNIE HEADY's home in St. Joseph, Missouri'ou
September 29, 1953. He stated that he handprinted this letter on
similar stationery at the BONNIE HEADY home which was white linen
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and addressed the envelope to Mr, ROBERT C. GREENEASE,
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and marked it Special in the upper left~hand corner-
of ransom letter number two was exhibited to CARL
HALL and he stated that it was a true likeness and replica of the
letter he prepared at BONNIE HEADY°s home and addressed to Mr. ROBERT
-GHEEHLEASE. However, prior to sealing the envelope he pat the
Jerusalem cross medal which he had removed from victim's body in this
envelope in o rder to show Mr, GREENLEASE that it was the writer of
this letter who had custody of his son,
After preparing this letter he drove to Kansas City,
Missouri with BONNIE HEADY and dropped this letter in a United States
_ mail box, the location of which he was unable to recall. After mail-
ing this letter they returned to St, Joseph, Missourie HALL also
stated that in ransom letter number two he requested Mr. GREENLEASE
to put an ad in the Kansas City Star personal column as followsi
"Meet me in Chicago, signed G°°" He advised that he also instructed
Mr, GREENLEASE that this would be the signal to him, HALL, that Mr.
GREENLEASE had
ransom payoff,
Hr. GREENLEASEthe money available and was willing to negotiate the
He also advised that in this letter he infonmed
that his boy was "okay" but homesick and repeated the
instructions to put the money in an army duffle bag, Subject HALL,
was also shown the photostatic copy of the envelope which contained
ransom letter number two and he admitted that he had prepared it and
addressed it as above stated. -
HALL continued that these actually were the only two ransom
letters he had sent to the GREENLEASE family but did admit that he
had left notes at various places in Kansas City, Missouri while they
were negotiating the ransom payoff. He stated, however, these were
notes of instruction as to where to put the ransom money rather than
any additional demand for same.
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repeated, "M", The man asked some questions but all he answered was,
"Six hundred thousand, twenties and tense They asked something about
the boy to which he replied, "Medal." Then I hung up. liter making
this phone call he and BONNIE returned to her home in St. Joseph,
Missouri where they remained all day Thursdays On Thursday evening he
said he observed in the personal column of the Kansas City Star the
following ads " M° meet me in Chieago Sunday - G°," HALL said this
was the contact he had been waiting for as he had instructed the "
GEEEFLEASTs to place this item in the paper when they had the money
ready. HALL did not go to Kansas City Thursday at all but sometime
during the dayy Friday, October the sesond, he drove to Kansas City
and made a phone call to the GHEENLEASE residence in which he identi
himself in a very similar manner to that which he had used before,
' disguising his voice with his handkerchief; HALL said he ended the
conversation by saying, Tonight and hung upnsaid he already
and said, This
HALL then stated that he started laying out a payoff route
and that the iirst point of contact was &;29th and Holmes where
he placed a note with instruztions to go to h2nd and Charlotte under a
mail box on the corner, HALL stated he fastened this note to the
bottom of the nail box with some tape whioh he had bought at Herman's
Drug Store in Sta Joseph, Missouri and believed that this tape was
still at BONNIE HEADYs homer HALL stated he also had some red chalk
which he had purchased at Katz Drug Store in north Kansas City and
he used this chalk to mark a rock at the corner of L2nd and Charlotte
with a red cross and under this rock he placed a second note of instruc-
tions which directed that the money be left in the alcove of the First
Brethern and United Church at L0th and Harrison. HALL stated that
BONNIE HEADY was with him all during the time he layed out this payh
off route but that she was inebriated and did not know what was
going on.
HALL stated that on the date of the first payoff attempt
he was driving a 1952 Ford sedan which had been rented from a U4Drive-It
Company in the 200 block of Seventh Street, St. Joseph, Missouri, in
the name of BONNIE HEADY. He stated he had either brought the station
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allay suspicion from HEADY and; of course, himself, He stated that
he had already changed the license tags on the Ford by stealing a
set of plates off of a car parked on the streets in north Kansas City
and had thrown the regular license for the rented car away, He stated
that he was armed with his .38 caliber Smith and Wesson snub-nose
revolver as was the case on all subsequent payoff attempts. At the
time HALL layed out this payoff he had no intentions of attempting
to pick up the package but merely wanted to give the GREENLEASEs s
dummy run to_see if they were sincere and to make sure they had not
layed a trap for him. He had already figured out in his plans to
have twr dummy runs before he made any attempt to collect the ransom
money.
HALL stated that he started the first payoff attempt by
making a telephone call to the GREENLEASE residence at about 1230
s.mr on Saturday morning, October 3rd, from a bar near Armour and
Troost. He did not further identify this bar but stated that they
were closing at the time he made the call. HALL stated he drove around
until about L200 a.m. and drove by L2nd and Charlotte and noticed
that the rock under which he placed his second note was still in
place. He then drove to the telephone booth located at the streetcar
shelter house at Brushcreek and Main, at which time he placed a call
to the GREENLEASE residence and asked the party answering what had'
happened. He was advised that they did not have the money at the
home, had had trouble finding his notes, and were afraid it would be
daylight before they could comply with his instructions. iThis party
told HALL they had written him a note and placed it where he had directed
the payoff to take place. After receiving this explanation HALL replied
in a disguised voice, "Tonight" and hung up. HALL did not go by the
church to pick up the message that they claimed to have left him as
he was afraid it would be a trap»
HALL stated that after the first payoff run and his early
morning phone call to the GREENLEASE residence, he and BONNIE HEAD!
returned to St. Joseph, Missouri, where they remained until Saturday
afternoon, at which time they returned to Kansas City in the rented
Ford and layed out a payoff route in north Kansas City. He stated that
BONNIE HEADY was with him when he layed out this route but again stated
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out the payoff route in north Kansas City he rented a motel in a
tourist court at the intersection of United States Highways #71
and #69, using the name of Mr. and Mrs. HEADY and giving the address of
either Booneville, Columbia, or Sedalia, Missouri. About 1:30 a.m.
Sunday, October hth, he drove to Kansas City; Kansas, having BONNIE
HADY in the car with him but she was again or still inebriated,and
made a phone call to the GREENLEASE residence from a pay station
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with a red cross. He had previously placed this note under the rock
and this note directed the receiver to go to north Kansas City and
drive up Highway #169 to the Oak View addition sign and there to look
under another rock with a red cross where he had placed a note directing
them to leave the money bag up a seldom used lane closed to the LUMM
Fanm off Highway #69 between Highways #71 and #169.
HALL stated that he was parked on Highway #69 in the rented
Ford and that BONNIE HADY was with him but was asleep. He stated he
saw a dark Cadillac go by and assumed it was the payoff car. HALL
stated he had no intentions of trying to pick up the money that night
but did drive down into the lane where he had told them to leave the
bag and could not see it. He then drove back over to Kansas City, I
Kansas where he placed another phone call from the pay station at the
Town House to the GREENLEASE residence, at which time he was infonmed
that they had left the money and that he should go back and look for
it. He drove back and looked but still could not find it and, being
afraid that a trap had been lain for him, he then drove to the Ben Bolt
Hotel in north Kansas City, at which point he again called the GREENLEASE
home and was told that they had left the money as directed but-were now
on their way to pick it up for fear that soe unauthorized person or
persons might find it. He told them it was his mistake and that he would
call them later in the day, and said they should definitely make the
payoff that day and he would deliver BOBBY GREENLEASE to them within
twenty-four hours. '
HALL stated Hrs. GREENLEASE had previously talked to him
on the phone after he had agreed to see if it would be possible for
herto talk to her son although he well knew he was dead and buried.
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too much of a risk to get him to the phone, he said she asked him two
questions that she wanted to have BOBBY answer and requested that he
phone her back. The first question was something about who was their
chauffeur in Europe and the second question had something to do
with what BOBBY had built in his playroom. HALL told Mrs. GREENLEASE
he would endeavor to get BOBBY to answer these questions for her and
call her back within an hour, knowing full well all the time that
BOBBY was already dead. When HALL did call he told them that BOBBY
had refused to answer the questions but he assured them that BOBBY
was alive and well but homesick HALL said that he made some remark
that BOBBY had told him about his parrot that whistled in order to .
try and reassure them that the boy was still alive so that they would
be sure to go through with the payoff.
HALL stated that on Sunday; October eth, he and BONNIE
HEAD! checked into Tiny and Marie's Motel on east Highway #h0, taking
the end cabin as you drive in on the right hand side. He stated that
BONNIE HEADY had passed out and remained in bed all day He stated
that he went out and started laying out a third payoff route, finally
deciding on county road 10E running south off Highway #L0 to a bridge
about a mile from Highway #h0 which he thought would be a good place
for the payoffc
HALL stated that he had already told the GREENLEASEs
would call them at 8200 p.m., Sunday, October hth, but that he did not
call them until 8:30, at which time he apologized for being late. ,He
stated that this call was placed from Katz Drug Store, Lynnwood and
Troost, and that he talked to Mro LEDTERMAN. He told LEDTEHMAN he was
going to make the payoff very simple and that they could expect the
child back within twentyfour hours. He stated that he told LEDTEHMAN
he should go to Pittsburg, Kansas and wait for a message addressed to
him, LEDTEHMAN, in care of Western Union at that point, which would
tell him where the child could be picked up. HALL stated he told
LEDTERMAN he would call him at exactly 11:30 p.m. at telephone Valentine
92?9. HALL stated he did not tell LEDTEHHAK where this phone was located
as he was somewhat muddled. He stated that LEDTERMAN kept insisting
that he tell him the location of this phone as he had no other way of
finding out where it was located and that he finally told him it was
somewhere around Lynnwood and Troost; more specifically, near the
LaSalle Hotel. He finally told him it was some kind of a "shire"
stating that he, himself, could not remember the correct name of-the
hotel in which the phone booth was located, but which he now knows as
the Berkshire Hotel. -that he
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11:30 p.m. at telephone Valentine
phone in a filling station on the
Blue Ridge and Stevenson's Cafe.
call he told LEDTEHHAN to proceed
Stevensonis Cafe to road 10E; and9279, making the call from a pay
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then turn south on this road for about
one mile until he came to a bridge where he should throw the bag out _
on the right side of the road on the north side of the bridge. HALL
stated that he remembered parking near this filling station from which
he made the phone call until he saw a dark Cadillac go by going east
on Highway §hO with two men in it
his partner. HALL stated that BO
all of these negotiations were go
did not know what was going on.
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NNIE HEADY was with him at the time
ing on but as usual was inebriated and
ing the rented Ford and started out
three or four minutes behind LEDTEHMAN in the Cadillac. He stated
he droye down road 10E to the south off Highway #hO but did not see
the bag as he drove by so he went
pulled off the road and turned ar
that he tunied of! his motor and
minutes until he saw car lights c
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over the bridge he stopped on the
the bag which was on the west sid
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lights and waited for five or ten
oming toward him. He then started
drove past the Cadillac which was coming south. He stated that
time and that as soon as he crossed
north side, got out, and picked up
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e actually received the ransom money
October 5, 1953.
getting the money bag he drove back
froa a bar located on the northwest
GREENLEASE residence, Gilmore 6200,
where he talked to Mr. LEDTERMANN and told him, "we got the bag."
HALL also remembered making the remark about, "I might buy a Cadillac."
HALL stated that he promised LEDTEHMAN he would send him a wire in
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and full of hell, knowing of course that BOBBY GREENLEASE had been
dead and buried since Monday afternoon, September 28th.
that prior to the picking up of the ransom money he and
had checked out of their motel around 8:00 or 9:00 p.m.He stated
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On Ootober 10, 1955, eubjeot CARL AUSTIN HALL was interviewed ty
WILLIAM G. SIMON, ASAC, at the 51:0 Louie Qity Jail. HALL*advised that he 1m
staying at the Torn House Hotel in St.-.. Louis, lliesouri, at the than oi'"hi1
arroit. The room, rhieh "he "occupied, 1-an "a. living"1"oom1'1th"'pul1==o'ut ted: 0
and e kitchenette and a 1-urge closet at the left of the hall entrance.
This oloset he described an e -uralk=~l*n ol mretwtth a *v:h'°eeeer in ito HALL
atated that itxun "in this closet that he had planed the two metal mite
can; which oontained the reneom money, HALL-eontiwroed that the crown I
leather hag and the zipper brief vase mere in -the -lhiogtroon. up against -the ~
tell owl thet the brie! oeee -ta: imeiiately edjeeent to the hell em-t.he
by--wean suit oaie me pushed up against ito HALL oontinued that at-what he ;
eatinatoe was ehortly before B100 F020 he no iitting in the-roomalo-no -having
n drink of whiskey. He stated that at tzhia time BONNIE was still [haying at
the Amenel 51:1!-":3, epertmento 0-He 1%,. " thethe retells items IhUI t]II bOf0l'O8260 Polo; teeauge he 1B8'U'I1_3eUGing _<[0HN' §GER*tod_1E2',E5 his girl trienwrp '
to H9.L-L : 8.P8.!"§n'Qm"5 at 8200 9.11-.=. HAL1Tiif£. '-{ha not met this girl friend,
but that JOHN HAGER waste tring her as a date for him. He tdvited that
th-are was e rap on the door, and"t1ro men walked in andplaoed HALL 'DIlIBI'
8.1"2 B:i"-Jo He said that the taller of thetmo did the talkirg 1rho,1n all . - 9
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gun was in e desk drawer loadedo HM-L oontinued that
to look around and went lrhrough HALL: pockets and
suitcase from the kezrohief -pooket of HALL: V0.-to
not positive that they 1re1-e taken from this pocket,
'1:-at 1&3 8-ITB that the kQYH"IB1 B taken from one of hie Pcktlo He eon '
tinned that, after-the tall man got tn keys, he .1-leard him go into the
olozmt and thought he heard him open the suitoase, and iiALL told the other
max: I think the jig 1| op. The tall-"man talked hack-into -the-"room
and di not "say e'ny1':'hing'i§'J'0'ut eeeing any money in"-the euitoase .0 -I 1
oonltirmed that the other I1lIIl.'B&ld to HALL, What do you-1nean?""and hl-L l
said "1 don't know that I meant," .l"BfO1"I°ihg ."to HALL": "remark,e."I think
the jig is up. HALL continued that the tall man then opened the"-briefoean
and ho said, "Looks like you've got quite a bit ofmoney hafe J HALL
mid "Yen," and the tall men aaid, I'm putting the trier -oese.bsok*1here
I 1o'o.:1d it, and HALL stated that he did replace it in its former location-
HL1.-L said that, while at the CORAL COURTS, he teliewa that in
tool: about $20,000 or $30,000 and pleoed it in the brief ease and that
this was prior to the time that he took the money with the thought of
burying it in-"the grourrda am. advised that in-raked the officers, mac'-
this ell e.'5out,"' thinkingthat the tall men had not seen the money in tin.
suit 'eA|:e,""1I.nd that the "tall "man answered, in effect, Be quiet. Iheo. I
got ready to tell you, I'll tell you, and that he then commented that
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and on October 10 l t whi q it p . 953 a Ctime ey interviewed CARL A ' L at the St. Louis City Jail. HALL
was questioned pertaining to the book of matches found in HEADI's
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possession at the time of her arrest by the St.. Louis Pol e Department,
subject stated that these matches were obtained at the El ncho tel,Eans
City, Hoe, by him on 10/1;,/53, and ~ he wrote the name of no EUIERMAH
in penuil inside this match case. He stated that he c d into this motelwith BONNIE I-IEADY under the name of ill;-. and Mrs. V. E. LLADYE Booneville,
Missouri, although he does not recall the exact time in the mo ning that
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that he had previously stolen in North Kansas City, Missouri.i
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1953; was a blue sharkekin suit, size he, Ihich he believes he took to
a cleaning shop on Frederick Avenue by the name of either HOBSON or HODSON
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stated that he does not presently recall what disposition he made of the
shoes 0" necktie he was wearing. l .
HALL sas questioned in detail concerning the alleged blooi stains
appearing in the HEADY home ihich he states were from the victim's body,
and he advised that the stains appearing on the door casing at the basement
steps leading to the kitchen and those leading to the front part of the
kitchen were no doubt from the victim's body. He likewise stated those
stains leading iron the kitchen into the dining room and then to the
back door were also no doubt from the body as he had carried victim's
body in that direction. '
He also advised that any blood stains that appeared upon the
cushion and bedspread in the dining room were also probably iron the
victim's body. He stated that the cushion and bedspread, previously
mentioned, were nonmally on the b&CK porch of the hone but due to the cool
weather the back porch was no longer used and these thing were brought into
the dining room. He advised that they had been taken off the back porch p
prior to instant kidnapping. ,
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the back porch, but that is entirely possible. He also stated that he
did not recall specifically using the long handled ax in the basement of
the house to pat the dirt into the victim's grave, but that he could have
used it and not recall. - '
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definitely recalls that there were three empty cartridge cases, but does?
not recall what he did with the remaining live cartridges in the cylinder-
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body did not have the mechanical pencil at the time he observed it. '
The red ribbon with the medal was on the body, and he mailed the medal
with the ransom note. He stated he believed he placed the red ribbon
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items or other material in the incinerator. - --
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and activities at the time he discovered the body and subsequently to
sending BONNIE HEADY to St. Joseph to do some shopping, he related the
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~ and placed it on the plastic cover. -
2. He left the body in the basement, obtained a shovel out-
of the garage, walked out on the driveway to the rear east
Bide of the house and commenced to dig a grave for victim's
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basement to observe the body, then returned and dug the
grave about another foot or two at which time he believed he
heard BONNIE HEADY returning from downtown St. Joseph at '
which time he re-entered the house. = ' -
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down and rest and believes that he took her a bottle of-- at
liquor and to the best of his recollection she did go to
the living room and lie down on the couch and yet it could
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then decided not to take the body to the river.- "
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6. He then removed the body from the station wagon and placed
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or had passed out drunk on a couch inside the house. -
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kitchen. He laid the body down and went out the back door
for the purpose of burying the body. '
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under the bacx steps in the basement which leads to the Kitchen, although '
he advised that he possibly could have placed the body there but does not
remember. ' '.
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on the body leaving the empty sack in the grave_and-half
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reealls that when he mailed the letter he loosed at the collection
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having any money and he told her that if she wanted him to he would go on
a holdup and get them plenty of money; that he and BONNIE HEADY talxed
about what he might successfully holdup and that he cased two Safeway
Stores in Kansas City, Hissouri, with the thought in mind of pulling
the holdup. One of these stores he stated was on Broadway, around
bleventh Street and the other store was somewhere on Broadway, in the
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stating that itwas not neceesary,that she had enough money for both
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although he hadn't slept much all night, arose and during the course
of the morning BONNIE had either read in the newspapers or heard over '
the radio the fact that BOBBY GREANLEASE had beenxidnapped and that she I
came to him and wanted to know, "What it was all about." HALL stated
that he told her then that he had Kidnapped the victim but for her not to
worry and to go on been to sleep. -
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that she made no further protest, and he believes that he went out and
completed filling in the hole where victim had been buried. He denied
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house ehere he and BONNIE had e fee drinks and that he prepared a second
ransom letter using the stationery in the writing desk in BOBNIE's home.
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bought-any line at the St. Joseph Lumber Company, St. Joseph, Hiseouri,
but does believe that he had purchased the shovel which was used to dig
instant grave at that lumber yard. He also advised that the lime, to the
best of his xnowledge, is not "Hot_L1me" but ordinary lime used in the
fertilization of soil. " ' s. . *- l .- L -_ . - ...- - ' ; 1 .
I-le also stated that he had been wellscquainted with RICHARDfDlQ§' §ihBEY, a salesman at the Swafford Auto Agency, St. Joseph,_ieeouri,
but denied ever mentioning to GARBEY his plane to holdup any establishment
pr_,thht.he mentioned any "big Jobs."p He stated that at the time GARBEI
was getting married, believed to be July, 1953, and GARBEY had mentioned j
that he was short of funds and HALL stated that he had offered'to loan ,
him a small amount of money so that he could get married. L
He further stated that he believes he had talked to GARBEI about
their opening an automobile agency together but that he denied furnishing
any specific sum of money to finance the deal and stated that the transaction
never got "beyond the conversation stage.
He denied stealing narcotics in the hospital of the Missouri
State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, liseouri, stating that while he was an
inmate, however, some of the inmates did bresic into the penitentiary .
hospital and stole some narcotics. However, they were apprehended and
punished for it, but that he definitely was not one of these inmates;
* The following interview was conducted by SAC D. S. HOS'1'E'II'ER
d S i an pec al Agent with subject CARL AUSTIN HALL on .
October l2, 1953. , _ ' p . __
Kansas City to St. Louie, Iissouri. During the course of this interviei'and at 9:25 p.n. Special Agentgof the uenver Office cams
into the chapel where HALL was e ng n erviewed and mentioned to HALL
that BONNIE HEABY had said that she had lost her hat and that she had seenHALL kill the victim. After this statement bQHALL became
dmotionally upset and stated, "It's true, It's rue. He then verbally
admitted that on the date of the xidnapping, September 28, 1953, after he
and HEADY had obtained the victim they drove south of Kansas City on '_
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he remembered as being boud by a windbreaker twenty feet high, and
that after going down this lane a short distance he stopped the car and
shot the victim through the temle. He continued that BONNIE HEADY
walked behind the automobile a short distance and after he shot the victim
HEADY returned to the automobile at which time he took victim out of
the automobile placing him on the ground and wrapped his remains in a
blue plastic cover. He stated that the victim bled considerab1y'and
that these was a large pool of blood along the shoulder of the road
Where he left the remains While he prepared to Wrap up the victim in the
blue plastic cover. He stated he then placed the victim in the rear i
of the station wagon, and he and HEADY'returned to Kansas City and then
to Stu Joseph. He further related that previous to the time the
V1Ctim Was kidnaped, he had decided to kill him because he considered
the boy evidence, and that he thus decided to destroy the evidence.
He additionally related that for this purpose he bought the lime to
rapidly decompose the remains in order to avoid detection.
HALL at this time also stated that the individual who he
mentioned as being his accomplice, TOM MARSH, was not involved in this
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subject HEADY*s activities in connection with the kidnaping, the
transportation; murder, and other activities.
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living at her residence. I brought the subject up to
her and we talked about it several times. I had thought
of the Greenlease boy some time ago because I heard of all
their money. We began to make definite plans about three '
weeks before the kidnaping. Bonnie was with me in all
the arrangements. At first we pla.nned that we would keep
him in the house but than we were afraid that he might
recognize us or the house if we let him go. We then planned
we had to ki]_'L him. We had planned to get him out of
school by Bonnie going to the school and saying that the
mother was ill and she had come to take him home. '17?
already had the gun and a few days before, I bought a
Shovel and a bag of lime. I think it was a fifty or 1'
seventy five pound bag. I also bought two blue plastic
covers, at the Western Auto Store in St. Joe. 0n the
morning of the kidnaping we left St. Joe around 6:00 AM and
went dovm to Kansas City and parked around the school. Wed
then drove around till about 11:00 or 11:30 AM thinking that
would be the best time. At around that time I left her off
near the taxi stand and told her to go and try to get the
boy. and to meet me at Katz Parking lot, 110th and Main 515.,
Kansas City, Mo. In about 10 or 15 minutes she was back
with the boy. We had her Bonnie's! station wagon, a - '
1951 Plymouth. Bonnie a.nd the boy got into the station
wagon and we drove out Highway l69 in a southerly direction,
turned off at a large farm with a fence around it and a
big lake on the inside. We turned west and drove to a
big hedge row, a distance of two miles or so and turned in
and stopped. There was a large barn there and an airplane
parked behind the barn. Bonnie got out and walked some
distance away. I had the gun in my coat pocket. I pulled
it out and I shot once trying to hit him in the heart. I
don't know whether I hit him or not for he was still alive.
First I tried to strangle him but saw it wouldn't work and
that I had to shoot him. I shot him through the head on
the second shot. I took him out of the oar, laid him on
the ground and put him in the plastic bag. I remember a
lot of blood there. This farm where the lcllling occurred
is about 2 miles south and 2 miles west of the state line
and in the state of Kansas. We put the boy in the back of
the station wagon and drove back to St. Joe. We drove
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the grave the day before and we put him in the grave. I
put the whole sack of lime on top of him and we filled _ ' '
the grave. The next day we bought and planted chrysanthemums
there. The day the boy was killed, after burying him I
drove to Kansas City and mailed the first letter. I drove
back to St. Joseph. I realized then I had put the wrong
address on the envelope and mailed a second letter. I
believe this was the following day. I wanted to see the
ad in the paper and the next night went down to Kansas City
and put the notes under a mail box at 29th and Holmes,
and at h2nd & Charlotte. On purpose we didrtimalce the
m:-kup and went back to St. Joseph. Bonnie was with me
on the trip. The next night we returned but I don't
think we put out any notes. On the next night we again
drove to Kansas City we put out two notes, 13th and Summit
and one underneath a sign "Dal-cview Inc." in North Kansas
City. Meantime I had been calling the Greenlease house
and giving instructions as to where to put the money. Ch
this occasion the directions weren't clear and I missed
the Spot. I Went down the lane that I thought it was to
be but cou]dn=t find the money. I turned around to go
back: but passed them on the way. I had forgot to change
the license plate on the Ford we rented, and thought they
saw it. "fie stayed in Kansas City that night in a motel.
The next day I left her in a motel and made arrangements
for the first pickup. I called the Greenlease home and
told them to drive out and leave the money. This time the
arrangements were clear and about midnight We picked up '
the money, which was in a dele bag and I put it in the
trunk and headed for St. Louis. After driving about one
half hour or hour out of Kansas City I got out and looked
to see if all the money was there. The duffle bag was full.
Then we drove into St. Louis. We had no definite plans
when we came to St. Louis. I recall that in the second
letter I had put the medal that was around the boy's neck
a.nd threw the ribbon in the waste basket. Bonnie had '
helped me fill the grave when we buried him. Bonnie was
in on all the planning. I do not knew what happened to
the rest of the money. I never did count it. There was
supposed to be $600,000 in the bag. ,
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On October subject CARL AUSTIN HALL was interviewed
by Special Agent and the writer. HALL advised thatw. . . ,ith respect to t e w c as sprinkled over victim s body at the
time of his burial that he, HALL, stated he purchased this lime at a
lumber yard which is Just west of the Westport Bank and approximately
one and one-half blocks on the other side of the railroad tracks. '
HALL stated that this was in the Plaza District. '92='92e92
HALL stated that it was his plan originally to strangle BOBBY
GREENLEASE, and that he attempted to strangle the child with a small piece
of rope similar to that need in clothes lines; however, after placing
the rope around the victim's neck and drawing it tight, he could see that
the child was suffering, and that apparently the rope was not suitable.
He the? became upset and told BONNIE HEADY to step out of the car at
which time he fired two shots the first one missing and the second one
taking effect.y HALL advised that he is not certain, but he believes the
rope that he intended to use to strangle the victim was left at the
crime scene. . -
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purchased the plastic case radio which he had bought for BONNIE HEADI,
and HALL advised that he believed this was Purchased somewhere in the
vicinity of lorganford and Arsenal Streets. It was his belief that it was
at some appliance store possibly on the corner of Hartford and Horganfcrd
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to locate the duffel bag in which the ransom money had been paid and two
trash cans and a shovel which HALL purchased for the purpose of burying part
of the ransom money. The two trash cans were located in a river shack
named "THELM" located on Iarnell Road about four tenths of a mile south
of Highway 66. ihe shovel was located on Rudder Road about one tenth of
a mile north of Highway 66. These two locations are in St. Louie County,
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ONNIE HEADY was questioned on October 7, 1953; at the llth District,
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BONIE BROWN HEAD? stated she was L0 years of age and stated she
resided at 1201 S. 38th Street, St. Joseph, Missouri. She advised she was
divorced from her husband, ELLIS HEADY and had only arrived in St. Louis
recently.
she was the one who had gone to the school to
that she thought he was the son of CARL HALL,
him to see the youngster.
her condition; however, a statement was taken
statementShe apparently did not know what day of the week it was but aditted
get BOBBY GREENLEASE and indicated_'L. those fonser wife would not permit
considerable difficulty because ofwhich she declined to s1gn.//¬h;s-
is set forth later in this report. , -The questioning was conducted under
' On October B, 1953 HEADY was interviewed by Special Agent i e Mg
She was advised of her constitutional rights in that she was not
required to make any statemnts to the agents without first consulting an attorney
and that any statements she made could be used in Court. Hrs. HADY advised that
she had a lawyer and had consulted with him briefly befoe the agents arrived."
She said she had no hesitation to talk to agents about instant kidnaping, and
would not prevaricate on any of the details or facts, She stated, however, that
due to her excessive
of her apprehension,
would make an honestdrinking during the period from August 29, 1953, to the time
she might be hazy on dates, hours, and places, but that she
effort to refresh her recollection. --
Concerning the kidnaping, she stated that she now believes that CARL
HALL had planned this kidnaping for at least a couple of years. She said that
about three weeks before the actual abduction she and he drove by the GREENIEASE
home and she now recalls that they had driven by the home on prior occasions.
She stated by way of background that she first met HALL in St. Joseph, Missouri,
during the latter part of May, 1953; that knowing him fo about two days he moved
into her home at 1201 S. 38th Street, St. Joseph, Missouri, where they entered
into a common law arrangement. She stated that at first CARL HALL did not
advise her that he was on parole or had a criminal record; that his income
merely kept them furnished with copious supplies of whiskey, but that she
actually supported the household in the purchase of groceries, the payment of
utilities, and other necessities. She stated that while in this arrange-
ment and prior to the kidnaping he had advised her that he had a former wife..
She stated that he never did name this woman, but related that asga result
of this alleged union a son was born, that this wife secured a divorce and
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that the son was now living in the GREENLEASE home. She stated he had advised
her that one of the conditions of the divorce action was that a court order
had been executed barring him forever from seeing his son or obtaining custody
of him. She stated that she definitely was told by HALL that his son was in
the GREENLEASE household and is definitely sure he named the son as "BOBBY".
She stated that in driving past the GREENLEASE residence prior to the actual
abduction, he stated that his purpose in driving by was to see whether or not
BOBBY was in the yard where he might surreptitiously observe him and possibly
have a chance to converse with his son. She stated that while HALL never did
actually say that he was formerly married to Mrs. GREENLEASE, she, BONNIE HEADY,
arrived at the conclusion that Mrs. GREENLEASE was the former wife of HALL, due
to the fact that HALL had told her that his former wife was given custod of
their son. She stated that pertaining to the actual abduction, she and HALL
discussed this in detail on Sunday, which would be September 27, 1953, in her
home at St. Joseph, Missouri. She stated that on that occasion they were both
sober and that HALL had stated that she was to proceed to the French Institute
of Notre Dame de Sion School, pose as Hrs. GREENLEASEs sister, and obtain the
child using the ruse that Mrs. GREENLEASE had suddenly been taken ill and that
she wanted custody of BOBBY in order to take him to his mother.
During the questioning it was asked of Mrs. HEADY why she did not
take her Plymouth station wagon to the school, secure BOBBY, and allow HALL
to sit in the car and talk to him there, and she stated that "we both agreed
this would not be a good idea". She stated that pursuant to their plans they
left St. Joseph, Missouri, around 9:30 A.M. in her Plymouth station wagon and
drove to Kansas City, Missouri, for the purpose of getting BOBBY GREENLEASE.
She said they had no other cause or reason to visit Kansas City on September
28, 1953. She continued stating that they drove to the Katz Drug Store parking
lot, h0th and Main, Kansas City, and parked the station wagon in the parking
facility there, that she then proceeded to the Toedman Cab stand located in
the immediate vicinity and secured the services of a taxicab and instructed
the driver to take her to the French Institute of Notre Dame de Sion, 3328
Locust. She stated that on this particular morning she was definitely sober,
had had only two drinks early in the morning which had not affected her in
the least and that she was nonna1.in every manner. _
Continuing she advised that she arrived at the school around 11:00
A.M., to the best of her recollection, that she rang the bell at the
outer door, was admitted by the sister and informed the sister that she
was Mrs. GREENLEASE's sister, that she and Mrs. GREENLEASE had been shopping
in the plaza area, that Mrs. GREENLEASE had suffered a sudden heart attack
and therefore had sent her, BONNIE HEADY, to the school to obtain BOBBI's
custody and to bring him to Mrs. GREENLEA5E- She stated that in due course
of time one of the sisters brought BOBBI GREENLEASE to her, that.she left the
school, proceeded in the sam taxicab to 38th and Main Street to the Kata
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Drug Store parking lot where she and BOBBY got out of the cab. She stated
that enroute she asked BOBBY the names of his two dogs but denied that she
asked him the name of his prrot. She stated, however, that he told her he
had a green parrot named POLLY and that the parrot would converse with people. -
She stated that she knew that the GREENLEASE family had two dogs inasmuch as
when she and HALL had driven past the OREENLEASE residence they noticed two
dogs playing in the yard. She also stated that BOBBY had told her enroute that
the family had two cadillac automobiles. She denied telling the sister at the
school that Hrs. GREENLEASE was in the St. Mary's Hospital. She stated,
however, that one of the sisters asked her, "Is Mrs, GBEENLEASE in St. Mary:
Hcspital"? She states that she believes she answered the nun in the affirmative.
She also advised that enroute from the school to the parking lot she had told
BOBBY GBEENLEASZ that sh was going to take him to see his daddy and that they
were going to get some icecream.
It should be here stated that BONNIE HEADY admitted that she had been
at least technically guilty of violating a court order in obtaining BOBBY
GREENLEASE if CARL HALLs story had been true. She stated however, that she.
did not think it too serious. She did not state that they had had any plans
for returning BOBBY to the school but advised that she had merely assumed that
HALL would return him to the school after he had had a short interview with
his alleged son. -
BONNIE HEADY stated that the Toedman Cab in which she and BOBBY were
riding drove into the Katz parking lot from Main Street and let them out near
the side door, just inside the archway, that she paid the cab driver giving
him a $1 bill and that the fare was about 85¢. She stated that after getting
out of the cab she and BOBBY walked down the sidewalk on the side of the build-
ing past the popcorn stand looking for CARL HALL, as he was supposed to meet I
than there in the lot. She stated when she had originally gotten out of her
station wagon driven by HALL she had done so before he parked it and there-
fore, she did not know where he was parked. BONNIE HEADY stated that after
getting past the popcorn stand she saw her station wagon parked in the south
part of the lot and that she and BOBBY walked over to it and found CARL HALL
sitting behind the wheel in the car, She said BOBBY very readily got into the
station wagon next to HALL and she got in next to BOBBY so that BOBBY was
sitting in the middle in the front seat.
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said "Fine", or some such similar remark, and HALL and BOBBY GREENLEASE carried
on quite a conversation like they knew each other. She stated that as soon as
she and BOBBY got in the station wagon HALL drove off the Katz lot down to the
Eountry tlub Area shopping district and let her out near JACK HNRY's and told
her he would pick her up in two hours--without stating any definite time.She stated that as soon as they got
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she merely got out of the station wagon, walked up past!Helzberg's Jewelry
Store and visited shops all over the plaza. She stated that during her '
shopping tour she purchased a pair of hose, some earrings and s slip, each
of these articles being purchased in a different store, the names of which
she could not recall. She stated that after making a complete tour of the
plaza, she ended up in a bar where she had four shots of whiskey with water
dnegm Every effort was made to get BONNIE HEADY to identify the bar in
which she did her imbibing, and although she had been quite clear on ,
details up to this point, she was very indefinite as to the bar except to
say that it was quite dark inside. She could not remember whether or not
she had ever been in this bar before and claimed to have no details as to-
the architectural furnishings or personnel of the bar which she patronized-
Considerable time was spent with BONNIE READY on this point. She emphatically
denied that she ever went to the rest room in the bar although admitted that she
had not had an opportunity to visit a rest room since leaving home at St.
Joseph, Missouri, at 9:30 A.M. and that she usually took every opportunity
afforded her to visit a rest room. -
She stated that she met HALL by prearrangement around 1:30 near gr
JACK HENRY's when he came by in the station wagon. She said she got in and .
asked him what he had done with BOBBY, to which HALL replied he had taken
him back to the school. She stated she also observed that HALL had a 25-pound
sack of Nutrena dog food in the back of the station wagon and she made some
remark about it that she was glad he had gotten the dog food as they were
about out. She stated that after getting in the station wagon they
imediately drove to North Kansas City where they stopped at Lynn's Bar,
which is their regular stopping place-so much so that the proprietors there
often remark, "You couldn't drive by here without turning in". She said '
they had three or four drinks at Lynn's Bar and than started out for St.
Joseph, Missouri, where they arrived about 3:30 P.M.
BONNIE HEADY advised upon arriving at St. Joseph she could not
even recall getting out of the car but there was a possibility that she
had done so, it being pointed out that according to her story she still had
not been to the rest room since she left home around 9:30 that morning.
She said HALL went in the front door and came out through the basement, at
which time he imediately suggested that she go uptown and get his laundry
and do some shopping, which she did, taking the station wagon. She stated
she got HALL's laundry, picked up some earrings she had repaired, and
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of the station wagon as soon as they got home from Kansas City as it was
certainly not in the car when she put her groceries in after buying them
at the super market.
She said she arrived back home about 6:30 P.M. and found HALL at
home alone, where she had left him about three hours earlier.
BONNIE HEADY emphatically stated that no one other than CARL HALL
or herself had been in her home since Monday, September 28, l953*- that no
one other than HALL and herself had slept in any of the beds and in fact no
one had been on the premises with the exception of possibly her maid, who was
there on the Friday before the kidnaping. She stated the maid generally comes
on Monday and Triday but since they were in Kansas City on Monday, the maid
did not come and on Friday she called and said she was sick and couldn't
come. She stated that so far as she knew the colored maid was the last
individual other than HALL and herself who was on the premises as not even
a delivery boy had come to the home. She stated, however, that she had
prepared a meal one evening for Hr. BARNEY PATTON, attorney of St. Joseph,
Missouri, who was both a personal friend and legal council for CARL HALL.
She stated she does not recall the exact evening that he was at the home
for a steak dinner, but states she is definitely certain that it was prior
to the kidnaping. BONNIE
concerning one TOM MARSCH
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arrest in St. Louis. She
of any TOM MARSH, and hasHEADY was specifically and definitely interrogated
or MARSH, or a JOHN MARSCH or MARSH. She stated
never heard that name prior to the time of their
stated she never saw any TOM MARSH, never heard
no idea where he might fit into instant picture.
It should be here stated that prior to this point in the interview
BONNIE HEADY had stated that in the station wagon at the time of BOBBY
GREENLEASE's abduction, there was a blue plastic sheet which she had used
to cover the back end of the station wagon so that it would not be torn
up or soiled by her boxer dog, "Doc", whom she often carried in the car.
She stated she had had this plastic cover for a long time as she previously
had two other dogs, a total of three, and carried them all over the country
to various dog shows and used the plastic cover to protect the station
wagon from deformation by her pets. Besides the plastic cover she stated
there was also an old quilt lying the back of the station wagon but could
not give any reason for it being there other than to say that it had been
there a long time. She admitted it had not been cold enough in a number
of months to use it as a lap robe_or cover and had no logical explanation
for its presence in the station wagon. ,
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CARL HALL had an apartment in St. Joseph that he paid $50.00 a month for,
and that the reason he had this apartment was that he was on parole and he
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had to have an address of this type as a mailing point for his parole
supervision and that he couldn't afford to let a parole officer know he
was living with her without the benefit of a formal marriage as this would
be a violation of the parole regulations. She also stated at this point
that she had had no tradesmen or repairmen into her home other than a
plumber who had fixed the toilet on the first floor a number ofweeks prior
to September 28, 1953. She also advised that on her trip downtown after
arriving home she bought no fertilizer, lime or any other material of this
sort. "
She stated that on Monday evening she prepared the meal, they stayed
at home and watched television. She stated that she did not see on the
television any news item announcing the abduction or the disappearance of ,
the victim. She stated she recalled that she and CARL HALL had several '
drinks, in fhct she described him as getting "blind drunk" - that he got
drunker that night than he usually did, although she did not imbibe as
heavily that night as usual. She stated she recalled they went to bed
just as the news flashes were going to be televised. She said they
arose the following morning, Tuesday, September 29, around 9:00 or 9:30 a.H.
and that either while at the breakfast table or shortly thereafter she
picked up the newspaper and saw the news account of the abduction and
disappearance of the victim. She stated she immediately asked HALL to
tell her what he had done with the victim, claiming that up to this time she
had assumed that HALL had returned the victim to the school or had made
' arrangements to do so. She stated HALL admitted to her then that-he had
not returned the victim to school, and that while he did not have personal
custody of the boy he assured her that he knew where the boy was and that
she shouldnt worry about him-that he was all right. When asked at this O
point why she did not go to the police or the family of the child she stated
that she figured then that she would be caught and would be "in it" and that
HALL would also be arrested on this charge., She stated that she also did
not believe at this time that HALL would be responsible for the death of
the child, even though she knew that he had knowledge of his whereabouts.
On Tuesday morning, September 29, 1953, BONNIE HEADY stated she -
walked out on the back porch just to look around as was her custom, and
when she did so she saw a place in the dog pen where the dirt had been
disturbed for quite a large area. She immediately asked HALL about it and
he said he had worked up a bed in preparation for setting out some flowers.
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after reading of the kidnaping of BOBBY GREENLEASE in the Kansas City Times
and received the evasive answers from HALL as to what had become of the
victim, BONNIE HEADY stated that she was satisfied with the explanation
of the newly worked earth given her by HALL and they decided to plant some
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HEADY stated that she helped HALL plant the chrysanthamums and that although
the dirt was not hard, it was firm and they had to work it up. She denied
that there were any big clots of dirt which would cause her to believe that
the ground had previously been turned up, but did admit that it was not as
hard as the rest of the yard. She stated it was necessary for them to .-
water n chrysanthemm plants and in doing so she got her shoesdirty. She
said she was wearing a pair of black play shoes and she got mud all over
them. She stated that she admitted she had knowledge of the kidnaping at
the time these flowers were planted but she did_not suspect it was a grave and
they planted these flowers about noon. i '
She said that that afternoon they laid around the house getting drunk
and she was constantly worrying about the child-that HALL never said where the
victim was located and just kept saying he was well. She admitted that each
day she read the newspapers and related that the papers said no contact had
been made with the kidnapers nor had any ransom note been received by the
victims family. She claims at this time she asked HALL, "Why haven't they
made contact?". She denied any knowledge of any ransom note ever being
prepared or mailed. Concerning this possibility she stated she had a e
considerable supply of writing material in her home, paper and envelopes,
stating that she had two sizes of envelopes which actually fit the des-
cription of envelopes in instant case. She stated she had purchased the large
ones from the post office inasmuch as they were already stamped and it would
be more convenient for her to prepare them. She claimed HALL used her writing
desk and material and she never had any knowledge of the contents of any of
his letters. She stated he would inform her that they were personal letters,
She advised he never asked her to mail any letters for him, in fact she gave
him letters of her own to have him mail for her. She stated there was a
possibility that her fingerprints could be located on any of the paper and
envelopes in her home because she had handled them in her home, but
emphatically stated that she had never assisted in the preparation of any
ransom notes whatsoever. =
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St. Joseph, Missouri, until the afternoon of Wednesday, September 30, on which
occasion they drove to Kansas City and had dinner at the Coates House, arriving
there about 6:30 P.M. She stated this was their favorite place to eat, that
they ate there on numerous occasions and were well known to both the head-
waiters and always had the same booth whenever it was available, it being
the booth in the northeast corner of the restaurant immediately adjacent to
the service door and they used the same waitress on every occasion they
patronized this establishment. BONNIE HADY stated while eating in the
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could remembers they never went any place other than to start back to St.
Joseph, but did remember they stopped at Lynn's for a few drinks on both
the way in and the way out. She said they got back to Sta Joseph about 10:30
or 11:00 P.H.
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she recalled that CARL HALL drove her to the Union Station in Kansas City and
left her in the car while he went in. when he came out he had several
newspapers and she definitely recalled that he had a Chicago paper and a
St. Louis paper under his arm, but could not recall a Tulsa paper or an
Oklahoma City paper. She added that he could have had such a paper, however,
as he had several in his hand when he came out. _ § _
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Ford sedan in her driveways She said they drove to Kansas City stopping at
Ruggle's in North Kansas City for fried chicken, having previously stopped
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Hotel., After leaving the President Hotel, HALL had her wait and he/went
and got the car and came and picked her up. She stated after they,left
the Drum, she was drunk and unable to walk. She said they had been in
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or go to the rest room but she thought nothing of this as this was a regular
practice of his. She stated that he probably made phone calls from the
Muenlbach, President and Continental Hotels as he was absent from her presence
in each place. -
HEADY stated that after leaving the President Hotel they went to
another bar which she described as being of poorer type than the three
previously visited and that that was the last she remembered as she must have
passed out in this establishment although she admitted it would have been
possible for them to have gone to some other bars as it is her nature to be
"H able to remain upright although completely blacked out. She stated the next
thing she remembered after going to one other bar following the Drum Room
in the President Hotel was when she awoke at home in bed on Saturday,
October 3, and she has no recollection as to how or when she got there.
HEADY stated that on Saturday night she and HALL went to Kansas
City taking both the station wagon and the Ford sedan. She stated they left
her home about 6:00 P.M. She drove the station wagon and HALL drove the
Ford. They stopped at Lynn's Tavern in Northtown for about an hour and then
decided to leave the station wagon at Lynn's and use the Ford. She stated,
at this point, HALL had a set of keys to her station wagon which he kept in
his possession at all times which was s duplicate of her keys. She stated
after leaving Lynn's they went over town and she could not recall eating
anywhere but made a round of the bars starting at the Ambassador Hotel, then
the Bellerive, then the bar in the big apartment house across the street
and down from the Bellerive. She stated that she could not even remember
leaving this bar but is sure that they did as she recalls helping close up
the town which would have been at 12:30 A.M. at some bar which she could not
definitely recalls She stated all during the evening HALL would as was his
practice leave her either for the restroom or to telephone. '
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to Lynn's Place which at that time was closed and she opined that it mst
have been after 1:30 A.M., as 1:30 A.M. was the closing time at Lynn's.
She stated the station wagon was still there in at least approximately the
same place she had perked it. HALL told her she was too drunk to drive and
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BONNIE HADY stated that after coming to on Sunday afternoon she and
HALL started nipping again on a bottle they had in reserve and did not leave
the cabin until after dark. HALL had already suggested that they drive to St.
Louis for the weekend and she agreed to do so, and then she called ROBERT
CASTLE, who is connected with Kelfliok's Kennels, St. Joseph, Missouri, from
some place where they ate in Kansas City on Sunday night. She said she told
CASTLE to go back and get her Boxer dog and take him to the kennels as they
were going to be away for several days, READY stated she could not remember
where they ate or where they went after leaving the tourist court but un-
doubtedly they went some place to eat because she remembers making the long-
distance telephone call to CASTLE and it was from some eating place but she
could not remember eating or any of the details after leaving the tourist
court.
As far as she could remember, shortly after making the phone call
they started for St, Louis in the blue Ford and HALL was driving, She said
she was pretty well inebriated but did wake up one occasion when the car was
stopped and she remembers hearing the trunk slam followed imediately by HALL
getting in the car. She stated she did not ask him what he was doing but
assumed he had probably pulled off the road to relieve himself and found the
trunk door open and closed its She stated the next thing she remembers they
were in St. Louis. She stated, however, she did recall that they went out
Highway LO to St. Louis and it was entirely possible that he could have stopped
for a moment or two and she would not have known it as she was in a drunken
stupor and was sleeping all the way.
She stated upon their arrival in St. Louis she awakened and recalls
the first place they'went towas a bar and she estimated this to be around
6:00 A.M. as the bar just opened. Strenuous efforts were made to effect the
location of this bar but shecould not recall any details of the location of
same, structure, or other identifying data or any personnel therein. She
stated she did recall that it was sort of a tumbledown place, was not
pretentious in any manner and there might have been two or three men in the
place when they walked in although she explained the bar was Just opening
when they walked in. She stated that she ordered herself a drink and that
HALL left her here although he did not tell her his reason for leaving and
she estimates he was gone for about one hour. She said at least_it was long
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