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and she finished her conversation with the gentleman at the
bar. In the meantime a tall thin Mexican fellow walked to
the back of the chair of the redhead. I did not hear him ask
her to dance. She immediately arose from her chair.

Q Before you go on, can you describe this person a little more
fully?
A I would say he was between 5'9" and 6' tall, very thin body
stature, thin in face. Dark hair, slicked back. Quite slicked down.

Q Was there any wave to this hair?
A No.

Q Was there any part?
A No, it was a receding forehead on both sides here.

Q What type clothes, if you recall?
A Dark suit. Dark sport shirt, worn open at the throat with the
collar out of the suit coat.

Q Did you notice anything white or light on this man?
A I did not.

Q The age?
A I would say that he wasn't, he was around the same age as the
women there.

Q Approximately forty years of age?
A Yes, sir. Between that and forty-five.

Q Did you hear any of the conversation when he came to the table?
A No, I did not.

Q Did you have any impression as to whether this man knew either
one of the girls?
A It seemed to me that he was a member of the party. It looked
that way.

Q And you obtained that impression from what?
A From the way he approached the redhead. She arose from her
chair, she took her coat off, he helped her fold it, lining out,
put it across the back of the chair and went to the dance floor.

Q At this time it left the other girl with the pony tail sitting
alone at the table?
A Miss Mawby started then to take their order and came back and
stood by my table because she had to wait to see whether they
were all old enough before she could serve any drinks to that
table. What happened next, she took their order; one beer, two
highballs. I heard her call, "Tall," then I knew one of them