▁after ▁John ▁Mitchell ▁had ▁by ▁then ▁res igned ▁as ▁Att orney ▁General ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁CR P ▁chairman . ▁ ▁In ▁May , ▁McC ord ▁assigned ▁former ▁F BI ▁agent ▁Alfred ▁C . ▁Bald win ▁III ▁to ▁carry ▁out ▁the ▁wire t apping ▁and ▁monitor ▁the ▁tele phone ▁convers ations ▁after ward . ▁McC ord ▁test ified ▁that ▁he ▁selected ▁Bald win ' s ▁name ▁from ▁a ▁registry ▁published ▁by ▁the ▁F BI ' s ▁Society ▁of ▁Form er ▁Special ▁Ag ents ▁to ▁work ▁for ▁the ▁Committee ▁to ▁re - elect ▁President ▁N ixon . ▁Bald win ▁first ▁served ▁as ▁body guard ▁to ▁Mar tha ▁Mitchell — John ▁Mitchell ' s ▁wife , ▁who ▁was ▁living ▁in ▁Washington . ▁Bald win ▁accompanied ▁Mar tha ▁Mitchell ▁to ▁Chicago . ▁Event ually ▁the ▁Committee ▁replaced ▁Bald win ▁with ▁another ▁security ▁man . ▁ ▁On ▁May ▁ 1 1 , ▁McC ord ▁arranged ▁for ▁Bald win , ▁whom ▁investig ative ▁rep orter ▁Jim ▁H oug an ▁described ▁as ▁" some how ▁special ▁and ▁perhaps ▁well ▁known ▁to ▁McC ord ", ▁to ▁stay ▁at ▁the ▁Howard ▁Johnson ' s ▁mot el ▁across ▁the ▁street ▁from ▁the ▁Water gate ▁complex . ▁Room ▁ 4 1 9 ▁was ▁book ed ▁in ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁McC ord ' s ▁company . ▁At ▁beh est ▁of ▁L idd y ▁and ▁H unt , ▁McC ord ▁and ▁his ▁team ▁of ▁burg l ars ▁prepared ▁for ▁their ▁first ▁Water gate ▁break - in , ▁which ▁began ▁on ▁May ▁ 2 8 . ▁