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[REDACTED] indicated that he would be willing to do [REDACTED] [REDACTED] on the case in the Bremerton area at a rate of [REDACTED] That if we had anything for him to do on the case, that I would write a letter outlining the request and [REDACTED]

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INTERVIEW WITH [REDACTED] On July 27, 1972 at 5:30 P.M. I was eating dinner in the bar area of the Melody Lane Cocktail Lounge and Restaurant. Two men came in matching the general description of [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] and a man walked over to me identifying himself as [REDACTED] and introduced himself. He invited me to bring my dinner into the restaurant portion of the Melody Lane Cocktail Lounge. [REDACTED] was slim, balding and was wearing a flowered sport shirt. He had a

[REDACTED] was wearing a white shirt with tie and no jacket. He was taller than [REDACTED] somewhat and was wearing a full beard that was short. He said that they understood that I was looking for them all over town and I said that I was simply asking questions. They indicated that they had enough publicity about the matter already and that my asking questions around town was ruining their reputations. I then reminded [REDACTED] that in fact he had gone to the Bremerton Sun after he had spoken with you. [REDACTED] was somewhat flustered by that comment and then turned toward [REDACTED] and said that [REDACTED] was certainly not looking for any publicity. [REDACTED] put on a great show of appearing hurt and having his ego damaged. They were quite upset about my asking questions about them around town and they said that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] said that he would see what he could do about stopping me from [REDACTED] and he said that he would do this by asking his attorney what could be done. It should be noted that [REDACTED] was served coffee at the bar and that the waitress who is known as [REDACTED] said to [REDACTED] when he came in I'll get you your coffee. [REDACTED] was served a drink. I asked both [REDACTED] about what happened and I was simply trying to find out what had happened in regards to the whole affair. They indicated that they had expected to hear from you since May 2, 1972 and I believe that this is the date that they were both arrested. He said that if you were being watched or felt that you were

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