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CHAPTER 45

A BANK WITHDRAWAL

⁶⁹⁶ Charles J. Sweeney: My depiction of Sweeney's task force is drawn from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Files, Hughes Collection. See also Posner, Killing the Dream, p. 43.

⁶⁹⁷ Doris Catherine Westwood: Westwood statement in the sixty-three- page compendium document Scotland Yard Files, Hughes Collection.

⁶⁹⁸ Maurice Isaacs and his wife: This passage is drawn from various accounts in the London papers--including the Times and the Telegraph--and my own visit to the jewelry store address near Paddington Station. I also benefited from an interview with the Isaacses' son, Vincent Isaacs, June 27, 2008, London.

⁶⁹⁹ Robert Wood: From Royal Canadian Mounted Police Files, Hughes Collection.

⁷⁰⁰ Ian Colvin: My recounting of Sneyd's calls to Colvin is primarily drawn from Colvin's article 'Dr. King Suspect Here 3 Weeks, Mystery Calls to the Daily Telegraph,' London Daily Telegraph, June 10, 1968, p. 1. See also Frank, American Death, p. 320.

⁷⁰¹ 'He was nervous': Nassau, quoted in Huie, He Slew the Dreamer, p. 166.

⁷⁰² Trustee Savings Bank in Fulham: My account of Sneyd's robbery is largely drawn from Scotland Yard interviews with the bank employees, in Scotland Yard Files, Hughes Collection. See also Posner, Killing the Dream, p. 249; Huie, He Slew the Dreamer, p. 166; and Frank, American Death, p. 321.

⁷⁰³ 'Mr. Sneyd, on April 4': My depiction of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police interrogation of Ramon Sneyd is primarily drawn from 'Statement of Ramon George Sneyd, Born October 8, 1932, Cautioned by: R. Marsh, Detective Sergeant, Metro Toronto P.D.,' Royal Canadian Mounted Police Files 1, Hughes Collection.

⁷⁰⁴ 'He seemed ill': My depiction of Sneyd's stay at the Pax Hotel in Pimlico is drawn from 'The Man in Locked Room,' Evening Standard, June 10, 1968. See also Huie, He Slew the Dreamer, p. 167.

⁷⁰⁵ 'I was in a daze': Young, Easy Burden, pp. 486-87.

⁷⁰⁶ 'We were all still trying': Ibid.

⁷⁰⁷ 'I haven't heard from Major Wicks': Colvin, 'Dr. King Suspect Here 3 Weeks,' p. 1. See also Posner, Killing the Dream, p. 248.

⁷⁰⁸ 'many criminals seeking refuge': Butler's obituary, Times (London), April 21, 1970.

⁷⁰⁹ 'We knew that the fugitive': DeLoach, Hoover's FBI, p. 249.

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I CAN'T THINK RIGHT

⁷¹⁰ 'He was so neurotic': This passage is chiefly derived from 'Statement of Anna Elizabeth Thomas, Hotel Proprietress, Pax Hotel,' Flying Squad Office, New Scotland Yard, Hughes Collection. See also Huie, He Slew the Dreamer, p. 167.

⁷¹¹ 'Passport please': My account of the Heathrow Airport encounter between Sneyd and Human is drawn from 'Statement of Kenneth Leonard Human, Immigration Officer, London Airport Heathrow Terminal Two,' taken on June 10, 1968, at the Flying Squad Office, New Scotland Yard, Hughes Collection.

⁷¹² Philip Birch: My depiction of Birch's initial questioning of Sneyd is adapted from 'Statement of Philip Birch, Detective Sergeant, Special Branch,' taken on June 10, 1968, at the Flying Squad Office, New Scotland Yard, Hughes Collection.

⁷¹³ Thomas Butler arrived: This passage concerning Butler's interrogation of Sneyd comes from 'Statement of Thomas Butler, Detective Chief Superintendent, Flying Squad, New Scotland Yard,' taken on June 10, 1968, Hughes Collection. I also relied on 'Statement of Witness, Kenneth Thompson,' Scotland Yard Files, Hughes Collection.

⁷¹⁴ 'As a result of inquiries': 'Statement of Thomas Butler,' Hughes Collection.

⁷¹⁵ 'Yes, I shouldn't say': Ibid.

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⁷¹⁶ DeLoach was making late Saturday morning pancakes: This passage is primarily drawn from DeLoach, Hoover's FBI, p. 249.

⁷¹⁷ 'Every muscle in my body relaxed': Ibid.

⁷¹⁸ 'Dammit, man': Ibid., p. 250.

⁷¹⁹ 'Fine--prepare the press release': Ibid.

⁷²⁰ At St. Patrick's Cathedral: My account of the scene outside St. Patrick's is largely drawn from the coverage of Robert Kennedy's funeral in the New York Times and the Washington Post, June 9, 1968.

⁷²¹ in good taste to wait: Author interview with Clark, Oct. 9, 2008, New York City. See also Richard Gid Powers, Secrecy and Power, p. 422, and Gentry, J. Edgar Hoover, pp. 606-7.

⁷²² 'We're happy he's been caught': Williams, quoted in Atlanta Constitution, June 9, 1968, p. 20.

⁷²³ 'Some felt this case': Byrd's comments before the U.S. Senate, in MURKIN Files, sec. 57, p. 71.

⁷²⁴ two men held up a bank: For an in-depth discussion of the Alton bank robbery and the possible involvement of the Ray brothers, see House Select Committee on Assassinations (hereafter HSCA), Final Assassinations Report, pp. 342-50.

⁷²⁵ 'We are dealing with a man': Hoover, quoted in HSCA, Appendix Reports, vol. 7, p. 7.

⁷²⁶ 'one of the strongest': Author interview with Clark.