Waeters :- I gol. a top to night that Henry Hamon and Henry Fletcher, two Town boy, are the ones we want in that gas affair. They are planning The to go out there to-might. body that told me this the invite Ed to is lo.k. so maybe was Yours art. Donald Femmok Q. What is your full name? A. Carl E. Conners. Q. How old are you? A. twenty-two the twenty-fourth of this month. Q. You work on the carriage road, on the New Mill Meadow section. A. Yes. Q. Who is your boss? A. Arthur Stover now, Larence Emery part of the time. Q. How long have you been working out there? A. About a week and a half on this section. Q. Were you working out there Tuesday night, July 10th? A. Yes. Q. What is your particular job? A. Driving a tractor. Q. How late did you stay there Tuesday night? A. Five-thirty. Q. What is the regular knocking off time? A. Three-thirty. Q. What kept you there so long? A. Greasing up the tractor. Q. Who was with you? A. Herberr Hall, George Hall's son. Q. Was he helping you? A. Yes. Q. Where were you in relation with the gas tank? A. Right along side of the greasing camp. Outside, Q. You weren't in sight of the gas tank? A. No we were about two hundred feet from it. Q. Around a corner? A. Yes. Q. What first attracted your attention to the gas tank? A. We heard the planks on the bridge rattling as someone was approaching. We went down to see who it was. Got there and saw three fellows getting out of a Chrysler touring car. Had Maine plates, the first three numbers were 114, think other three were 589. Q. Was the top down? A. No. It was a five passenger touring car. Q. With three fellows? A. Yes. Q. Where was the car stopped? A. Just a little ahead of the tank. I was behind bushes and lumber pile so couldn't see plates. Only way I could see plates was when they started up. Q. Did they get out of the car? A. Yes. They were fooling with the tank. All three of them were looking over the tank. Q. Did they touch it? A. They were just trying to pull the covers off, Q. Which one was trying to pull them off? A. All three of them. They were taking hold of the the little knobs to lift the covers. Q. How far away were you? A. Less than a hundred feet. Q. Did you approach them? A. No they didn't see us. They saw they couldn't get into it and moved off. They had a rubber tube and tried to syphon gas from top connection. Ie wase right in line with the tank. Q. About what time was this? A. Between ten and twenty after five. Q. Would you recognize the boys again? A. I think so. Q. Did you recognize any of them? A. I recognized one, Dr. Mitchell's boy, think his name is Billy. I could recognize one other. Q. Did the Hall boy see all that you saw? or A. I don't know if he could see as much as I did/not because they were around the corner. He approached with me and then he went one way and I went the other. I got behind the lumber pile. Q. Could you recognize the car. A. Yes, I think so. Carl E Conner occupal mitchell B - 200 dD, James Can owned Rosalii Slack of mitchell Hull, are think 2 slack Bays Billy Qo What is your full name? A. Carl E. Conners. Qo How old are you? A. twenty-two the twenty-fourth of this month. Q. You work on the carriage road, on the New Mill Meadow section. A. Yes. Q. Who is your boss? A. Arthur Stover now, Larence Emery part of the time. Qo How long have you been working out there? A. About a week and a half on this section. Qo Were you working out there Tuesday night, July 10th? A. Yes. Qo What is your particular job? A. Driving a tractor. Q. How late did you stay there Tuesday night? A/ Five-thirty. Q. What is the regular knocking off time? A. Three-thirty. Q. What kept you there so long? A. Greasing up the tractor. Q. Who was with you? A. Herbert, Hall, George Hall's son. Qo Was he helping you? A. Yes. Qo Where were you in relation with the gas tank? A. Right along side of the greasing camp. Outside. Qo You weren't in sight of the gas tank? A. No we were about two hundred feet from it. Qo Around a corner? A, Yes. Q. What first attracted your attention to the gas tank? A. We heard the planks on the bridge rattling as someone was appreaching. We went down to see who it was, Got there and saw three fellows getting out of a Chrysler touring car. Had Maine plates, the first three numbers were 114, think other three were 589. Qo Was the top down? A. No. It was a five passenger touring car. Qo With three fellows? A. Yes, Qo Where was the car stopped? A. Just a little ahead of the tank. I was behind bushes and lumber pile so couldn't see plates. Only way I could see plates was when they started up. Qo Did they get out of the car? A. Yes. They were fooling with the tank. All three of them were looking over the tank. Q. Did they touch it? A. They were just trying to pull the covers off, Qo Which one was trying to pull them off? A. All three of them. They were taking hold of the the little knobs to lift the covers. Qo How far away were you? A. Less than a hundred feet. Qo Did you approach them? A. No they didn't see us. They say they couldn't get into it and moved off. They had a rubber tube and tried to cyphon gas from top connection. Ie wase right in line with the tank. Qo About what time was this? A. Between ten and twenty after five. Qo Would you recognize the boys again? A. I think so. Qo Did you recognize any of them? A. I recognized one, Dr. Mitchell's boy, think his name is Billy. I could recognize one other. Q. Did the Hall boy see all that you saw? or A. I don't know if he could see as much as I did/not because they were around the corner. He approashed with me and then he went one way and I went the other. I got behind the lumber pile. Qo Could you recognize the car. A. Yes, I think so.