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” of Wilbur Underhily are being retained in the Hide in the Kanses city Offi 006. oe ‘baker met the agente et Fort Smith, Arkansas, the sane evening in the - -. + phe was thoroughly questioned. 4 pleture of Wilbur Underhill was produced ° : "and ehe amiled and stated that 1¢ was unnecessary ‘to produce any picture = a a oe ee ‘. ust ile Greys there “appeared to be a aiatinct etmilari ty between the hand writings. It my further be noted that original specimens of -the heddwri ting = a! me . ‘ay - ae ld i. ” The above inform tion wes furniebea Mr, ‘John Bager Hoover, : 5 ” ‘the Director of the Division at Washington, D. Ce over long distance telee — - phone, He instructed Spectal Agent in Charge BE. Ey, Conroy to personally - handie the matter, and advised that the investigation wae to be conducted . out of the Eansas City Division Office, The Director further advised that - Spectal Agent Bs Ee Andersen, who was then at Kansas City enroute to New York, could be used during the conduct of thie Anvestigation at Poteau, Oclehone » om tet A foe. Special ‘agente Ae Ee Farland and ‘Be “Be dndocaen’ on Oo tober ‘ ae? oa “ 15, 1955, proceeded to Fort Smith, Arknnsas, erriving on October 16, 1955, - _ in order that they might effect proper arrangements at Poteau, Oklahomas It might be noted that Fort Smith, Arkansas, is approximately 35 miles distant = from Poteau, Oklahoma, and it waa felt their immediate presence at Poteau, — Oklahoma, might cause some ausapicion as to their Prosoncde at may further - " be ‘noted they both were erned with Thompeon Machine Guns. “eek. Ais eS , Undersheriff Lee Badd, Deputy sheriff ‘Johnston ‘end Constavie |. Goldman Hotel, It might be noted, as a matter of information, that Gonstabie - Baker is personally acquainted with Wilbur Underhill, knows him on eight, - and it was felt that hie presence would be of unusual value in the investie gations Ee beare the reputation of being e very compe tent Aoval” peace officers That game night, in ‘order to effect proper t arrangenente, yo on , ~ Deputy Sheriff Johnston had Agents Farland and Andersen meet Florence. inten, under the cover of darkness, in the vicinity of Poteau, Oklahoma. She wae: driven to a point in the country where no suspioion could be aroused, where” ; of Underhill because she knew him personally unusually well, having aided ‘ in sheltering him efter his escape from the McAlester Penitentiary. She -+ _ left no doudt whatsoever regarding the identity of the individual in questions She further cautioned the Agents that Lucille Grey bed no knowledge whatsow |: ever regarding the investigation which wae being conducted, and that pre-. cautidde should be taken along those lines in order that she, Plorence Allen, . would be given proper protection during this period. Florence Allen further advised the Agenta that since the escape of Wilbur Underhill from the Kansas State Penitentiary she has received soveral letters from hin, but that she has only addressed two letters to him for some time past, one at Miami, Oklehoma, and one at Cimulgee, Oklahoma, She stated that she had alwys addressed her letters to him under the name of Ralph Caraways