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Authors: Gary M. Lavergne

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13 The allegation that C. A. Whitman cut off all financial support to Margaret and Charles Whitman came from a voluntary statement of Margaret's brother, Walter Hodges. It is in FBI Files:
Cole Report
, 17 August 1966, p. 13; APD Files: Charles J. Whitman's Notes,
SOR
by John Pope, 4 August 1966.
14 Austin Police Chief Bob Miles quoted in
Austin American-Statesman
, 7 August 1966; APD Files: Charles J. Whitman Notes.
15 APD Files:
The Daily Record of C. J. Whitman
, entry of 23 February 1964 with notations added 1 August 1966, Charles Whitman letters to John Whitman and
 
Page 123
Patrick Whitman, 1 August 1966,
SOR
by K. R. Herbert, 4 August 1966;
Texas Observer
, 19 August 1966.
16
Austin American-Statesman
, 1 August 1976; Time-Life, p. 53.
17 APD Files:
SOR
by Officer Ligon, 1 August 1966.
18
Austin American-Statesman
, 2 and 7 August 1966.
19 Ibid., 7 August 1966 and 6 July 1986;
Newsweek
, 15 August 1966; APD Files:
Austin Rental Company
, receipt, 1 August 1966,
SOR
by J. Pope, 4 August 1966.
20 Texas DPS Files:
Series of Events of Charles Joseph Whitman
, n.d.;
Austin American-Statesman
, 7 August 1966; Time-Life, p. 32.
21 Texas DPS Files:
Series of Events of Charles Joseph Whitman
, n.d.; APD Files:
SOR
by J. Pope, 4 August 1966.
22 Texas DPS and APD Files:
DPS Voluntary Statement
, James D. Morehead, 2 August 1966,
Sears
, receipt and credit card slip, 1 August 1966;
Austin American-Statesman
, 2 and 7 August 1966; Time-Life, p. 32.
23 APD Files:
SOR
s by D. Kidd and B. Gregory, 1 August 1966, and by B. Gregory, 2 August 1966; Time-Life, p. 32;
Texas Observer
, 19 August 1966; Mark Nowotny quoted in
Austin American-Statesman
, 7 August 1966.
24 For a discussion of the relationship between Whitman's fabricated symptoms and his drug abuse see AHC, unidentified clipping in AF MurdersMass, M8960 (1). Constipation as a side effect of Dexedrine is taken from Database Edition 94.4, copyright 1994 by Medi-Span, Inc., used by many pharmacies throughout the country to generate Patient Information Leaflets on prescriptions. A Patient Information Leaflet on Dexedrine was kindly provided by Jim Davies of Cedar Park Pharmacy, Cedar Park, Texas.
25 Chester Arrington's quote of Charles Whitman is in
Daily Texan
, 1 August 1989 and
Austin American-Statesman
, 27 July 1989; Time-Life, p. 32; Phillip Conner, interviewed by the author on 18 August 1995. Hereafter cited by name only.
26
Austin American-Statesman
, 2 August 1966. For an excellent analysis of Whitman's arsenal see Russell Tinsley in
Austin American-Statesman
, 4 August 1966.

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