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5 ‘sentenced to 1 serve ten 3 years “dn | Hebraska Peattentiary durin . Fa 1936 on State bank robbery charges. There is no indication ei ther . of the Limerick brothers wes over arrested in Vermartts " ": ‘Tt a “appe pears ‘Bentz. is referring totes aay : fornished Burlington, Vermont during 30 e of] i cormection_ with the . : prosécution” ‘of Clyde Hamilton§Nimerick, The Albany Office has °°" " edvised Ted Bentz_was—broughtJ to Vermont to, testity.in this < case : on a writ of habeas corpus and that he identified Hinerick. a; af_an Ae Teg mane vidial he had seen in Portland, Kaine, with Eddie Rents | shortly before the pertinent robbery. Ted further told how he had been in bt business\and that Eddie Bentz had asked him if hey : Ted, would like to help knock off a bank. The. Albany Office : ‘f states this testimony was pertinent, and of value Jat, aha ° ‘not not indispensable. ae ee (3) files fail te refloct Renta! whereaboute ori Auses cust Sy, 3933, ; or Onis r to give amy proof of his innocence of the State crine for _ Which he is serving Sime. He_hag, however, been trying to find “out what o' our files show regercing his whereabouts on this date ~" and get us “to assist hid in preparing an alibi since et least ., September 5, 1937, when he addressed a letter te former SAC Se he min, -, kghean. (91-1-900) . At that time Beritz wes advised by @ letter “over your signature that the Bureau is. prohibited by Departmental — ye -regulation fran furnishing any official information except at . _, the “specific request of the prosecutor interested in the case. See _ She Albany Office advises Bentz is very prolific in his ~~. 9 >" -. correspondence and writes to everyone who might be able to . “gae _ help him. He continually corresponds and sends such anings | as Valentines to the U. 8, Attorney in Vermont, - ‘With refermce + tet the robbery of the Peoples Savings Bank in Grand . Haven, “jSe higan, on August 18, 1933, for which Bentz is serving ti: time, itappeosrs =... that certain traveler's checks were found in his possession when he was arrested at Portland, Maine, by Bureau Agents which were traced directly to thig robbery. ‘The. - loot of the robbery was approximately §23,000 in cash, $6,300 in traveler's checks . and $2,000 worth of bonds. Bentz was turned over to local authorities after he co; gestablished an alibi in connection with the robbery of the Caleconia_ Nations] ‘Bank Denville, Yernont, 6/30), 2 in connection with which Nimeri¢ cK was se red 20 Yearse ‘ Err] ; “mhere’ is attached tor 3 your * approval a letter instructing. Grand Pepids - ve en experienced Agent interview Bentz and straighten him out. Bentz cree also_be ‘told that he knovs Anfornmstion’ fron, 1, our xeconds, san. 3 only be. = fara shed. to. a ‘duly constituted ail entorcenent agencies.