Word: ball
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Eating in a local, second-rate restaurant at approximately 1:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the reporter noticed a young man eating a plain lunch with milk to drink. Because of his "extra-ordinary good looks," the man in a brown suit, carefully dressed, attracted Ball...
Recalling the police poster of the missing Burgess, Ball hurried to his office, returning too late with the picture to catch the suspect, who had left...
...third and lower class hotel, Ball discovered that a Mr. Burgess was registered from Philadelphia as a representative of a firm in Cincinnati, where the law student lives. Ball was unable to find the lodger named Burgess, showed a picture to the clerk, who said it might be the man, since he hadn't seen him with...
...Ball is almost certain that this man is not the missing Burgess, but intends to check it this morning...
...realization of identity returned to restaurant and he had gone. Showed picture without explanation to two walters. Both identified it instantly. Said this is third day he had eaten there at odd hours. If Burgess is unfound will try further to locate suspect and positively identify. (signed) Harold W. Ball...