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a 3 7 te t ia 7 i 1 i Ly | | | \ & * 4 7 7 mat o - saute Ns . Ie “ -Personal and ‘United States Bureau of Investigation, Bepariment of Justice. _, 21900 Bankers Building, Chicago, Illinois. Confidential June 26, 1938 yr oe meVeEsTIBATION RECORDED JUL 2 is PAM. Director, ATHAN ——— Washington, D. CG, TOLSON um cool? FILE . 7 Dear Sir; Re: Frank Nash, with eifaces, I. Oc mo 1166. Eecaped ¥éderal Prisoner. ~~ Chicago File 76-115. ae ’ Please be advised that upon receipt of authorization . fran Mr. Hughes of the Bureau, this office placed a tap on telephone Ardmore 0851, located at 4870 Winthrop Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, at which address friends of Harvey Bailey, recent escape from the Kanses State Penitentiary, are reported to reside. Through this medium the location of two other friends of Harvey*Bailey and Verne C. Miller, _frequently mentioned in the Nash file, was obtained as telephone Nevada — - Sll4, which is located at 4£01 West Van Buren Street, Chicago. The parties located use the name of Catherine and Helen. drrangenents . are being made to tap the above telephone today, with a view of obtein- | — ing information from the frienis of Nash as to the location of Harvey .. Bailey, if possible. Bpecial Agent W. C. Ryan was assisted by Lew D.. Nichols in tapping the above wire and obtaining the desired information. Mr. Nichols is an applicant for position of Special ‘Agent, as noted in Chicago File 67-057. He has cooperated loyally and, in my opinion, has rendered — valuable services in locating various telephones for tapping purposes " if necessary, Mr. Nichols has previously been engaged in such work with 4 the Secret Six and the Intelligence Unit of the Internal Revenue Bureau =: in Chicago. He is now employed at night, working for the Unemployment - ve SS Relief association at a meager salary of §20.00 per week, having been = = released from his last position due to bad economic oméditions. In ny _ opinion, this office could make use of his services for the next thirty . days on the Frank Nash case, accordingly permission is requested to em- ploy him for a period of thirty days, if possible. JI am confident that he .would be willing to wrk for this Bureau at $5.00 per day. Mr. Nichols has not approached me in thie respect and the request for permission to employ him is made of my own volition. ch . a . ee as, Per Lepr Very truly yours, ~ ON Tr, LO tnvith —" < | D. 0. SMITH, acting, = Dos /RuN Special Agent in Charge. OR =e ~ a wee eee ee