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i’ SEPARTMENT OF pause 7 City of Grand Faven MICHIGAN ‘ ~~ Leech nha LAWRENOE DeWiTT, Gnser an &: -_ Lye March 26,1056.-> es we eo KPa John Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Separtment of Justice, Washington, DC. + we i A eee Ne 3 eo4 \ a My dear Chief: e 23-29% = < have been atvised of tre disposition - ~- Bry of the Edward@pentz case at Burlington, Vermont, to as the effect he has been sentenced to the U.S. Fenitent- ree rr iary ‘at Alanta, Ga, for a period of twenty years. May > SN s ‘I extend my congratulations to the Deaprtment of Justice ne _in the a~prehension of Bentz, that again the ends of x \ Justice have been satisfied. As there are two bandits still unident- ified in our bank robbery as of August 18,1935, I am» very mvgn interested to know whether Edward Bentz or Theodor. ntz made any statements in regard to whom the other participants might be in the bank robbery here, to any of your Agents that have questioned them,if so, if you could authorize that information forwarded to this office,such as names of there . associates and where photographs could be obtained || to assist us in identifying them by the local bank employes. If any such information is available at the Detroit or Chicago office of the Department of Justice, with your authorization I would arpreciate the onportunity to go there and accept such informat- fon as might be helpful to us in our investigation. ere a eae ra a J —/fL “TOME Z,109 TIT Nm t Thanking you for your co-operation, I am disatrs Chief of Police. NAY 5 936 “ ) RECORDED & INDEXED Sincerely Yours, vpttit ut! OF Us¥eSTiGAiiGy (936 F-H. ¥ JUSTICE TOI Ty: mene ie ann ee ce