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7 Be . I advised Mr. Nathan that the wey, the situation is ‘at , present, At; seems as though the Agents will be released from guard duty at Oldahoma City, providing he, Mr. Nathan, will vouch for the Aeputics appointed by. the Marehal ‘to replace these Agents. . . oo. oe elt wheres fy Mr. Nathan advised that as he entered the jail today Bates was te- - fing brought downstairs, at the request of the Marshal, to have a private con- ference with Katherine Kelly; that it seems that Katherine Kelly said to United States Attomey Hyde that if she could talk to Bates she would get out of Bates where his share of the money is and tell Hyde; that he, Mr. Nathan, immédiately told Hyde he was opposed to this procedure but of course could issue no in- structions; that it was decided he could call Hyde and tell him how he felt about the matter; that he did this, and Hyde decided to hold up this action until an opportunity presented itself when they could all discuss the matter.” Mr. Nathan stated that the attorneys were in again today to see the prisoners, and he told the Marshal he thought the Attorneys should only see the prisoners once a day between certain hours, and that each time they should © have specific permission from Byde. Mr. Nathen stated the Marshal is new at this job, only having been there a month or 80. ot With regard to State prosecution, Hyde told Colvin they vented to” : do just what we desired, and Mr. Nathan states he told Colvin we were > to have a no say in the matter. 7 ; oe I advised Mr, Nethan of the controversy developing over the ais- a position of the reward money in connection with the capture of * George may: 7th eo es ™_* re rn v . Oy “ys Po oe . I requested Mr. Vetterli to send a full and detatied report on the — Frank Nash recapture. Mr. Vetterli steted he advised the Police offictale ” ote, he would need some assistance as they were bringing in a Federal prisoner; -...-= thet they advised they would provide some men from the cruisers; that he ad- os vised the prisoner was Frank Nash, a dangerous gangster, and they stated — they would give him men from the "hot shot car" in this event. Mr. Vetterli’ stated that the guards (Agents and police) accompanying Frank Nash spread over an area of about 15 or 20 feet. Mr. Vetterli stated it has developed that ~~ . even had they used the basement to leave the autorobile in, the gang had that . covered, as well. —_