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| H. S. Bepartment of Justice Buren. of Inbestigation SUITE L. - FEDERAL BLDG. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI OCTOBER 13, 1038. _ eo. a a Mw O . Ft * 3 a LUNA, ae | oO DOA -_ for RS ic ‘e oe i 1 Director . = S. 4.5 A 23 1 Division of Investigation 3 TN %, Ebay. U. Se Department of Justice ~ 3 4 NG AG | Washington, D. C. Bm SL oe Dear Sir: ' oO | IN RE: VERNON C. MILLER, with aliases - FU, | I, 0. #1195, et al ~,OBSTRUCTION oF —_ JUSTICE {Endeavor to deliver Federal Prisoner Frank Nash) KE. C. File 62-760 Attention is respectfully directed to the first pare- greph of page 5 of the Summary Report of Special agent W. Fe -Trainor, at Kansas City, dated October 12, 1922, in the entitled © case. .. _It is respectfully requested that the Div ion at ite a , early convenience furnish this office with the nams’ of the appro~" . wf priate official of the Department of Justice at RAshington, D.C., © °* aL who can produce memorandum or otherjdocumentaryj\Gvidence to prove Panna that Special Agents F. J ALackey and F. S.{Smith were actingeas . j x ~¥ eS Agents of the Attorney General of the United States at the time they had in their custody and transported Frank Nash from ‘Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Kansee City, Kissouri. ae In connection with the above it may be noted thet . 8 Assistant United States attorney Thomas J. Layson, at Kansas City, Missouri, epparentiy in the past has raised the question that | succesaful prosecution might not be instituted in view of the ! fact that no United States Marshal or Deputy United States Marshal . had custody of the prisoner, and therefore the prisoner was not i. yw on ee being legally held. - In connection with the Summary Report of Agent Trainor being rendered herewith, it may be noted that aubsequent individual ‘ summary reporte on the various prospective defendants in thie case : will be submitted in the immediate PUR BOORDEI of preparation at the present time, REOOE (.. 2 5 & T1& «GZ The attention of the pi vieidS RENEE ectfhsirectea OREO ~ to letter of even dete being transmitted the ine Hex Te nesS ALM. 4 Seppe