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“ .yyso038 TT apna tl . ENSK CF INS DY, , gct 24 es) oct 18 pt £0 ee ww 1984 Fo WR ee ee ee Wer. Naihan.,. Mc. Loan a. S. Buren of Sub itr, Oeae we ty nit, Powda cs . $02 Federal Building - are ‘ J fdr. be sar wu... Butte, Montana, | Mr. Lozke... October 16, 1933. | _ wae 7 n a Director, Division of Investigation, U. S. Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. CHARLES ARTHUR FLOYD with aliases. Obstruction of Justice (Rideavor t to deliver Federal prieoner, Frenk - @ Nash) - — Butte File No. 62-7, © 9. ao Beginning with Friday evening, there were persistent ; rumors from Missoula, Montana, that "Pretty Boy" Floyd had | °° been reported to be in that city or vicinity. Ths police = telephoned in regard to the matter but could give no - specific date. About 11:30 A. M., October 14, 1935, Mrs R. E. Toll of the Federal Reserve Bank at Helene, Soatse, telephoned me that he had received telephones from the banks at Missoula, stating that they had been advised that § - Floyd might be in the vicinity and suggesting that soldiers . from Fort Missoula be asked for to guard the various banka. Lr. Toll and I agreed that as there were but a few minutes — until the closing tine, this being Saturday, and the banks would not reopen until Monday, this precaution would be un- necessary as the soldiera could not reach the banke before . closing time. oe , a During the afternoon of the sane day I telephoned the Sheriff's Office at Missoula, talking with Kenneth Powell, Under-Sheriff, who stated that he believed that there wae nothing to the story; that in hia opinion it originated from @ play portraying some of these outlew characters which had been running in a local movie house; that his office had made every endeavor to get some fact upon which to base a search but not one had been developed and be believed it ta wild ‘ . = : just ar rumor Dp ~ 96 Sve ex