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tee ce nelle ena eae ance Land alae AE a Lad tee i ne bt eth ai cl ; Department of Justice 7 a pr : : Oklahoma City, Okla, June 25,1033. a {nc Mr.J.Edgar Hoover, Director, United States Bureau of Investigetion, 4 Washington, D.C. Personal and Confidential. I have not had any time to write you about the terrible thing et Kanses City, a5 I have been on the road constantly from last Tuesday morning until Since the Kansas City office and éMr.Nathan are in constant touch with agents will be actively engaged in the hunt for them, it is imperative that we dor the purpose. . mo We cught to have one Thompson sub-machine gum, & couple of high-power for each, A sawed-off shotgun or two would also be useful. I hate to send agents out after these outlaws unless we can meet them on equal footing. If we can have competent with any of the weapons except the machine gun. know, and am sure you realize just what we are up against. As we are now situated, we have to scramble round and borrow guns if called for a tough job. - contract on the level. He is now in a very tough spot, which is alright with me, as I want to keep him where we oan handle him and use him; but at the same time, we must protect him . Whll you cagse a proper voucher to be prepared in the name _ use that nam. He is deathly afraid for his correct name to appear even On & - voucher or check. He.won(t even let me phone or wire him and I have to contact J him very carefully. oo : me i 7" I spoke with Mr.Nathan about raising a private reward fund for the cap- ture of the murderers and he seemed to think favorably of the idea. The Public is with us, and I believe-a few of the large oil companies in this state would care to have me broach the idea to them ? If enough money is will likely come forward with information. oy ; Will you send me some one to take Lackey(s place es I use Deaderick? I could use ea good hardboiled agent now, wh are of himself, es Frank smith{s nerve is somewhat shot to ia out. Please pardon this badly typed and otherwise horrible spaygimed soethi 3 writing, as no stenographer is available this morning.- _ ty Ve Ween, * of. yesterday noon. I was in Kansas City Thursday afternoon for a few hours, leaving © ‘ there hurriedly for Hot Springs from which place I got back yesterday at noon. -«. you I will not go into”any details except to say that it appears likely that the _ murderers are Oklahoma outlaws and that they will as likely as not, be located - - - $n Oklahoma or arkensas and will be hard to take. In this connection, since our. . ~~ rifles and about four 45 calibre Colts Automatic pistols and plenty of ammmition . . . i res Te fe a eo EA file ate papte ta we SEAS PONG eth bk gel pate: Batis. a Tae . . ad , . . . roe 4’ _ oo - not : ott . . Pro, = = 7 7.7 Y my ; if be equipped to meet them at least well equipped in the way of arms. We have only . a the small light pistols furnished by the Bureau and which are entirely inadequate . this equipment, I will see that the agents are taught how to use it. I myself an 7 Please do not attribute this request to excitement ‘or puck-ague, ‘as 1°. Informant A at Hot Springs, should be settled with, as he fulfilled his | of Loui@Luce, so that it oan be cashed through a third party. The informant will © 4 put up four or five thousand dollera if I esked them to unofficially. Would you © a ino hodl 'Yo''take ("TON ices an POST E-4CRES “P.M. atten sTice