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tog ” i Pa re re Aonthe a aa in ue . a a tna I advised Mr. Nathan by telephone of the bnar es made against the’: Division by Police Director}Reppert of Kansas City, © crinins) negligence. .- in the handling of the Fran’ Nash recapture. Mr. Nathan stated, contrary . the statenent made by Hr. Reppert, that the Kensas City Police Depertaaat mas notified that the prisoner to be brought in was Frenk Nash. I also ad-. vised that Reppert had steted that the Government gave practically no as- - --, . sistance in solving the McElroy kidnaping case, and that the State could have: _ . been as successful without the aid of the Federal Government. ae es a I stated to Mr. Nathan I had talked with Mr. Vetterli_ with regard : to this metier and Vetterli had advised that he advised the Police Department, . +! that Frank Nash, a very dangerous criminal, was to be brought in, and that he «=> desired the services of not less than two men, and that he, Vetterii, o for- > ~ warding to the Division a statement to this effect by Air Mail. mo 1; Th With regard to the McElroy case, Mr. ‘Nathan stated he “could be ‘quoted, S as saying he heard Mr. McElroy voice the highest praise for ‘the valuable as- sistance rendered by Vetterlt in that case. me eee a se 8 wet on goog etA, ey sis wo ay =" 8, With regard to the charge made by Reppert thet Chief Riggins ‘solved | fi, the Kansas City massacre case, Mr. Nathan stated that if this were true the Division would really desire to know that his information is. He further’. stated that it looks as though if they really solved the case, they would have by this time taken some prosecutive action, « as Bailey 3 has not even been | in- : ae a = we al Pen “a i oo . - rs we ‘ I advised ve had pecetved information that the ‘wives of Holden ‘and | Keating were this week-end to come to Kansas City to visit their husbands, and would go then to St. Louis where they would meet "V" (probably Verne - Miller) and the other boys. I stated that it is reported that telephone catis. are going out from then from a drug store which is the headquarters of an 3 > italien mob in Kansas City, which is the mob which becks Levier. Dee ae aa oa COPY. “DIVISION CF RW ET 7 ae -jNOV, 1 1933 4 u. §. DEPHF.: laches id