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~lt- the leading figure in this robbery, Since the recent letter from the - te St. Paul Office, which confirmed a conversation that egent hei bed with Specie) agent 0. G, Hall, indicated that reports were current to the: on tees effect that Phillips.had been killed epveral yeers agoe Mr. Underwood --- ~ said that at the time Clive Bridges wed convicted that thpre wete five’ = Witnesses, tho'gesitively identified ori ages es the pertitipant ‘2n thie as robbery and that these same five witnesses haf positively identified oe various pictures of Phillips ae the person who was ea partner in the © Rea a erime with Bridges, The additional witness was a filling station Pree ‘prietor, whose establishment wee immediately acrosea the street from - the bank since Phillips called at that place and obtained gasoline at one time and on ancther occasion had hie car greased and ollets This —. was done, apparently, for the purpose of heving Phillips leiter ebow - the Vicinity and in that way "spot® the job. Underwood seid that after ; be had returned from Petoskey he hed mate e careful sxanination of 7 . various pictures of suspect Serndrd Phillips and that thede could te no question in his ming that the man who he eaw in Petoskey and rho nea inquired about the benks at that plece was, in fact, Phillipa, He said that had he been armed thet he would heave attempted to have placed Phillips under arrest but since he could eee that Phillipe’ companion was armed that he made no attempt while in the restaurant to heve this mtn taken into custody, It will be noted that enen aee: to leave Petoskey Phillips _ and his companion rere riding in t e front seat of an automobile, hich Wes variously deacribed as either a Chevrolet or Chrysler, aml thet there -~- were two women and a anell girl in the rear seat, Mr. Underwood said that he believed that the cese against suspect Phillips in Lake County was an “pir tight" case anc that if Phillins were apprehended throurh the work ~. of agents of this Division that ‘he would Like to be immedietely notified in order that extradition proceedings could be started ageinet Phillips, and thet if Phillipe was apprehended that he was sure thet Phillips. would receive a sentence of not lees than fifty years in Indiana, and if ‘ eonnected with the killing at LaCrosse, Indiene, might receive ea much More severe #00 tence. Fron the file entitled Prank Nash, with ‘aliases, z.0. puss, ‘ Esceped Pederal Prisoner, it was discovered that in 1931 Verne Killer — wae supposed to have purchased e Cadillac 12 cylinder sedan which bore tlotor #2001172, Since it is believed th=t most Cadillac Wel2 and ¥-26 Care are serviced at Cadillac agencies, ecent called at the Cedillac - Motor Car Company, £2501] 5. “kichi mn Avenue, where Mr, Menuelson said tint the records of thet inatitution which elso maintain records of ite | _ branches, in Chicago end suburbs, stowed no aele of e new oar to Miller we ane sere pete —