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{ - ce me ee @.-__----—---- nl i . o 7q ~: Office Mem vandum ¢ UNITED sri Es GOVERNMENT p} DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: December 4, 1959 ‘SAC, CHICAGO (62-4098) SUBJECT: ROGER @ cay pe OSL ae a yf HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDING = 9 ‘ - Re Chicago teletype dated 11/25/59.°.. Jf ; A review of TOUHY's book, "The Stolen ress p-/ ghost-written by RAY BRENNAN, a crime enon ten £Qe the ft _ "Chicago Sun-Times", and published by weer ete ress, —~ es. Cleveland, Ohio (1959), reveals several references to () the FBI. Some could be classified as innocuous, some &as complimentary, and some as allegations against the — integrity and fairness of the Bureau. The TOUHY files in this office were reviewed for the purpose of determin ng, the facts, insofar as the files contain them, surrounding the circumstances which TOUHY describes in the book. This letter.will concern only the allegations against the Bureauly ‘Fach of TOUHY's allegations will be set forth, followed immediately by the information concerning the particular circumstances found in the files. 1. Allegation: Following TOUHY's apprehension as an escapee on December 29, 1942, TOUHY writes "The FBI and the Chicago Police yammered at us for most of two days." — d Fact: In the report of s\ QE 2:<3 bie January 13, 1943, captioned "ROGER TOUBY; . ET AL; Escape from Stateville Penitentiary, Joliet, Illinois, 10/9/32; Selective Service", it is reporte that TOUHY was apprehended by the FBI at a -45 AM on f December 29, 1942, and was turned over to of Stateville Penitentiary at 7:10 PM, December ’ . During the period between these two times and dates, TOUHY was held at the Chicago Office. The report reflects only _ -— two interviews. A stenographic transcription of a question and answer interview of TOUHY by the late Assistant Director E, J. CONNELLEY concerning the source of the money found on the subjects’ persons and in their apartment fills only two pages; that interview took place on December =“ €27 Ww Be 3 we iF sie? ial 194 On December 30, 1942, TOUHY was interviewed by , ie oe 7 Se 199 © 5 ar ae "REC 48 Bs DEC Ge “2 - Bureau eae P » Sago Re e135 7 | b% o DEC 14 1959 - oe dee ee ew ee ae TR Srp mre none pe ne men pomre we t aeree