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tse we ee i ee im, +e re Saint Louis, Missourl August 17, 1940 ¥ AIR MAIL ~ SPECIAL DELIVERY TM wan Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, 0. C, ; Dear Sirt “ee re There sre tranemitted herewith three coples of a letter dsted August 16, 1940, addressed to the St. Louis Office - by Assistant United States Attormecy RERBERT H. FREES, and three copies of a letter addressed to Mrs. FRANKLIN D.* ROOSEVELT, Washington, D. C., dated August 1, 1940, from CHARLES/BISHOP, colored, 124 South Fourteenth Street, Municipal Jail, St. Louis, Missouri. The letter addressed to this office requested investigation of the alleged aistreatment of CHARLES BISHOP by members of the ‘ - é St. Louis Police Departament. — The St. Louis Office has a file entitled "CHARLES P. BiSHGr 5 WAU TINS y ational Motor Vehicle Theft Act". It appears that subject CHAHLES P. BISHOP is identical with the author of the letter addressed to Mrz, SEVELT dated August 1, 1910. The report of Special Agent St. Louisa, Mesouri, dated May 16, 1929, indicates’ that BISHOP and DUNKING were indicted Louis, Illinois on May 15, by the Federal Grand Jury at East St. 1929, and on the same date each subject entered a plea of guilty before Federal Judge WHAM, Bast St. Louls, and each was sentenced to serve two years in United Kates Industrial Reformatery, 7 Chillicothe, Ohio. | In view of the fact that Mr. FREEA states that Ne has received a roguest frou the Honorable 0. JOM’ ROGGE, Head of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, to sake a preliminary Anvestigation in this matter, it is referred to the Bureau for advice '- gs to whether this investigation should be initiated. In view of the fact that Mr. FREER has requested that the investigation receive eeenest folie nanuestad that the Bureau preferred attention, it is respeciiuisy requessec tnae terest the St. Louis Office telegraphically as WEE, seme ne vestigation should be conducted. . oxen : , anextl GA-L BAST ~ G2 3 FOTIA TS Peet stb ro di “Orr tine Tart 5 RIC. ef RE Very trulfrrpereyi. ’ Serial Avent ct eaT OF ORT R GBR :DES | qth. ott J hy yey