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|, @nd that they would not have sent the tolegren it Shey had aot hed | fs dnform tion of probable walee on She matters is patra «pees ue hes iD. rey, ' Urechel kidneping case, 41d mot have en Agent available to personslly Aa tery: Poteau, Gklahoma, £¢ being noted that Wilbur Underhill ie en escape from ‘the | -- " eetivities precluied any sosceseful efforts to bring about. the oprebension .. aig Tate "ae: - 7 fhoeemes a: Sar ae ees ee ote SOE ORs pate Fle Rea pes grate en we +, " gets! ae o Dae See hap a Y caine 7 a a hes OOTORER TATED Gf FOUR 9.7 ae: +~2f +, Patan ond Hing a. ‘fend . La se ‘eae’ same aby apcetat at We E. Miller personally ra ae ! wiewed » Lay at his office in the Kansas City Southers Building; Kanne fe <0" : “Gity, Missouri, e¢ which time he stated he hed no informs tion eres ae aaa Underhill, except ae eontained in the above quoted telegram, ‘Mr, fk wie Srh ee ther advised that he persomilly knows Babb anf Prell as reliable “etrioeps aa * Sins - Inmetietely ‘efter ‘the receipt of the inform tion noted ive io ~~ telegrat was addressed to the Cilahom City Office advising thet the Kansas coe Gity Southern Railway ageat, Kansas City, Missouri}, had advised that. Lee A mo (Babb, Deputy Sheriff, Poteau, Oklahoma, had reliable inform tion eoncerne ~ _ Ang the whereabouts of Hilbur Underbill., ‘The telegram requested ‘the lain ve Gity Office to eontact Bybd Oetoder Sra er éthe. 4 SEALY EPS EOP LES. _s ” en oy ee va ed gm eee nie In explanation of the above it my be noted that subsequent interviews on the part of Special Agente of the Kansas City Office with Mr. ise Badd, Undersheriff, Poteaa, Gklahomm, revealed that the Oklahou City =: offices, apparently because of the pressure of work is connection with the set . we at ea view Undersheriff Lee Babb at Poteau, Gklahoma, a considerable distance fren: “@klahoan City, Oklahoma, It was further ascertained that the Gklehoms Sf ty; . office, apparently using thé most evailable resources, called upon tha 7 4.5 See Oklahoma State Prison authorities to conduct an immediate investigation at. °:: 3 i. pays .. Oklahoma State Penitentiary and is badly wanted by the Oklahoma State ectheri tes, Undersheriff Lee Babb further edvised that the Oklahom State authori ties,:” “s5. Zu . when they proceeded to Poteau, same in the high powered automobiles which < ° were usually recognized, and brought with them bloodbounds for the parpoae’ of tracing Wilbur Underhill. It appears that their presence there and {3° >' of Wilbur Underhill. moe ER Be Bey eae > f ca carey . ryt . oe pe nee toy Siew 7: &m October 10, sess, Special agent Jones. or the Kansas ‘Cie ty. ' Southern Railway, personally called at this office and edvised that Special « ae $e ‘agent George Prell, of that organization, at Pittsburgh, Kenses, had gong *3. <7 ee important information which would bring about the epprehension of Wilbur © Underhilie Mr. Jones atated that Mr. Prell would not give the information - over the telephone or by telegram because of the necessity of holding the information in etrict confidence. He edvised that Mr. Prell would arrive et Fanses City, Missourl, personally at 6:10 P.k. that night from Pitteburgh; that he desired to confer with an Agent of this office at the railroad etation before returning to Pitteburg on another train that same nighte The same night Special agent ds EB» Ferland, of the Kansas City Office, eonferred with Chief Special Agent D. M, Lay, Special agent Georme