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Sa: yw ‘ enays x” *. = Qs 3 Os oe e ay ~ / ae or Beparhuent of Justice _ beer, Ghina.... 601 Title Guaranty Bldg. Saint Louis, Missouri Sept. 19, 1955 Director, . Division of Inveatigation, U. S. Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. RECORDED Dear Sir: SEP 26 1933 DIDEXED Reference is made to your letter of September 15, 1933, in connection with the case entitled VERNON C.cMILLER, with aliases, Fugitive - I. 6, 1195, et al, Obstruction of Justice, | Endeavor to Deliver Federal Prisoner Frank Nash, with particu- lar regard to previous contacts had with one Charles s. phank of Danville, Illinois, ; Charlee Shank has been interviewed by Special agente F. | W. Allen, H. G Maynor and F. ¥. Yearsley, and each of these agents has endeavored to impress upon Mr. Shank the fact that he should communicate any and all information to the St. Louis office of this Division. He has been furnished with the ad- dress of thie office, and has promised each of the agents who contacted him that he will immediately report any additional information concerning Cherles Floyd direct to this office by telephone or telegran. In the light of a letter which Mr. Shank directed to the Division under date of September 11, 1935, it is very obvious that his main purpose is to attempt to obtein employment, it being noted particularly that he has advised each of the agents who have contacted him thet he has been out of euployment for the past two years, and his letter of September lith to the Division indicates thet he is therein applying for either temporary or permanent employment. With respect to the penultimate paragraph of your letter, I Gesire to advise, as above stated, that although it ie ap- parent that he is attemptiig to secure anployment,thia office bas taken all possible steps to enlist his cooperation, and to insure hie reporting any information concerning Floyd direct to the St. Louis office of the Division. I have thie date directed «a letter to Mr. Shank at Dane ville, as instructed in your letter, and have furnished hin again with the proper telephone and telegraph address of this office, requesting bis assistance. ; Very truly y , TML:8 Special agent in Charge.