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had a tall drink.

Q At this time there were three at the table?
A Yes.

Q What is your next recollection as to the proceedings?
A The next recollection was of Mike coming off the dance floor
with the blonde.

Q You don't know his name?
A No, I didn't at the time.

Q You have since learned his name is Mike?
A Yes.

Q I wish to go back just a small ways in this statement and
ask you if you can recall the approximate time that the two
girls arrived at and sat at the table you described?
A I would say I had been there at least a half-hour, which
would make it about quarter to 11:00.

Q Would you describe the person you now know as Mike?
A Well, he has light brown hair. I would call him blonde
because of his facial features. He strikes me as a blonde.
Young fellow, 23, 24 years old. Had a dark shirt with navy
blue or black. The thing most noticeable to me was that it
was sloppy. It was unbuttoned all the way down the front.
Dark trousers and fabric shoes on, kind of light tennis shoes.

Q This is the same description you related to us prior to
knowing that this person's name was Mike?
A That's right.

Q What did Mike do?
A In reference to asking me to dance he walked in the front
door, walked to the bar and ordered a beer, then came up to
my table and asked me if I would like to dance, and I told
him the number was too fast. Then he asked me would I dance
a slow one and I told him, "No, thank you." He became very
belligerent and asked me did I even know how to dance at all.
He went back to the bar, picked up his beer and walked to the
corner table that separates the cocktail lounge from the food
side of the place. The waitress--I made the remark to the
waitress that he was belligerent and looked rather young to
me. She went and came back, gave him a clean ashtray and clean
napkin, came back to my table and said, "No, he's plenty old
enough." A short while later I noticed that he was dancing with
the pony-tail blonde that was sitting at the center table,
center row with the redhead.