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in pencil in top margin [Markovitz]
handwritten note at top of page Jack - thought this might interest you - Best as always Barbara
On Monday, January 13, 1969, two plain-clothes detectives arrived at Barbara's Bookstore, 1434 N. Wells Street, in the Old Town section of Chicago. They bought one (1) copy of the Chicago Seed, an underground newspaper. after they bought the issue, they identified themselves as vice detectives and displayed their credentials. They also asked for my name and position in the store. During this exchange, they asked if I sold the newspaper to anyone. I replied, "yes". I further told them that anyone who has twenty-five cents can buy the Seed. (NOTE: The price of the Seed was scheduled to be increased to thirty-five cents on January 16th.) On Wednesday, January 15th, my mother phoned me at home. She works for me one day a week--on Wednesdays. That day she phoned to report that four detectives had appeared at the bookstore with a warrant for my arrest. My mother, in turn, explained that it was my day off. They, in turn, left the phone number of a Sgt. Coughlin with the suggestion that I call them.