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wes sentencec to serve ten years in Nebraska Penitentiary during - 1936 on State bank robbery charges. There is no indication either of the Limerick brothers was ever arrested in Vermont, It appears Bentz is referring to testimony which ne furnished at Burlington, Vermont during Jupe of.1940 in. comection _With the prosecution of Clyde tent ie neste The Albany. Office. as edvised Ted Bentz~ “was” brought to Vermont to testify in this cease on a writ of habeas corpus and thet he. identified Nimerick as an individiel he had seen in Portland, Maine, with Eddie Bentz shortly before the pertinent robbery. Ted further told how he had been in business\and that Eddie Bentz had asked hin if he, Ted, would like to help knock off a bank. The Albany Office states this testimony was pertinent. and of yalue but probably not indispensable. (3) Our_files fail.to refloct Benta! whereabouts on Aucust 18, 1933, or_to give any proof of hig innocence of the State crime for which we 4s serying time. He_has, however, been trying to find out, b what ¢ our files show re eerdcing his whereabouts on this date . and fet us ‘to assist hin in preparing an alibi since et least September 5, 1937, when he addressed a letter to former SAC McKean. (91-1-900) . At that time Bentz was advised ‘by a letter over your signature that the Bureau is. prohibited ty Departmental resulation from furnishing any official information except at the specific request of the prosecutor interested in the case. The Alban; Office advises Bentz is very prolific in his correspondence and writes to everyone who might be able to help him. He continually corresponds and sends such things as Valentines to the U. S. Attorney in Vermnt, With refermce - to _the he_robbery_© of the Peoples Savings Bank in Grand Haven, iichigan, on August 18, 1933, for which Bentz is serving time, ~itamears that certain traveler's checks were found. in his possession when he was arrested at Portland, kaine, by Bureau Agents which were traced directly.to this robbery.” ‘The loot of the robbery was approximately $23,000 in cash, €6,300 in treveler's checks and $1,000 worth of bonds. Bentz was turned over to local authorities after he established an alibi in connection with the robbery of the Caledonia National Bank, | Denvii2e,, Vermont, (6/4/34), in connection with which Nimerick was sentenced to 20 vears. RECOMENDED ACTION There is attached for your arproval a letter instructing.Grend Rapids to have en experienced Agent interview Bentz and straighten him out... Pentz will also. be “tole that he knows,information from our records , can. only be furnished, to duly | “constituted law enforcement azencies. -_ Attachments C e