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| On the afternoon of 7-835 informtion was received at the Kansas City office : fran Ed Portiey, Chief of Detectives at Joplin,g Missouri, that Herbert Farmer : had been taken into custody and was held by hime Special Agents Le Ge Turrou, - He De Bray and R. Be Nathan immediately proceeded to Joplin, Missourl, frm =... Kansas City, Missouri, and Special Agent in Charge Gus T. Jones ané Special... Agent Dwight Brantley proceeded to Joplin from Tulsa, Oklehomme == roe Upon authorization of the Ue Se Attorney at Kansas City, Missouri, complaints wore filed charging Herbert Farmer and his wife, Esther Farmer, with ome piracy to effect the escape of a Federal prisonere Farmer was taken into custody a Deputy Ue Se Marshal Charles MeDonald at, Joplin, Missouri, and Mree Farmer Wes | also taken into custody by the Marshal when ehe visited the jaile ©... .. aa Mr. Portley advised that information was received by him fram an unidentified | source to the effect that Farmer was at his home, ani Detectives le He ie Vandeventer, Je He Caylor, Tom peGraff and Clay Brown proceeded to Farmer's ‘home where he was taken into custodye No persons were. ‘present at Farmer's ni home, except an aged caretaker, While the detectives wore performing this _gisaion Mra. Farmer appeared at Fortley"s office and advised thet Herb was at © Kome and wished to talk to Mre Portlete Herbert Farmer was interviewed in the Federal Building at Joplin, Missouri, o . ‘on 78-33, by Special agent in Charge Gus t, Jones and Speoial agent Dwight ~ Brantley, in the presence of Special Agent Re BeNathane ‘Farmer ie quite deaf .. and questioning bim was extremely difficulte He at firet denied any knowledge | of any of the matters about which he was questioned, admitted only thet be was acquainted with Frenk Hash and Harvey Baileye However’, after considerable ..°. questioning he eventually gave som information, the pertinent features of - which are being set oute It ie noted that Farmer firet denied any mmowledge | concerning any telephone calle to or from his residences’ It is further noted -. that he at no time volunteered any informtion, but did make certain admi ssions upon being shown that the facts were knom to the Agentse CE Farmer etated that he was at his home near Joplin on Fridays 6-16=55, having .. |. returned to Joplin from Hot Springs, Arkansas, on Monday, 6-12-35e Oi the... afternoon of 6-16-33 a telephone call was received at his home from Mra. Eo Be” Conner at Hot Springs, she talking to Mra. Esther Farmer. Mrs. Farner then told _ him that Mre. Conner hed advised that Dick Gelatas was coming to Joplin by plane end that Farmer should meet hime Farmer claims not to recall whether any =: mention was made in this telephone conversation 66 te the arrest of Nash or as to any persons accompanying GelataBe He, accordingly, went to the Joplin airport on the late afternoon of Friday, 6-16-35, where he saw a plane and was advised -. by the pilot that the passengers bed been discharged at the old airporte Fa mr peturned to his home and was then advised ‘that @ telephone call had been neceived to the effect that he should pick Galetas Up at the Midway Drug store