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as _week prior thereto Underhill and Pretty Boy Fioyd had been encountered toe = : on hed commandeered another car and escaped. fhia information ie being ine... : ' gorporated inte the report in view of the possibility that Floyd and Under-. A ge ba, For. the benefit of bose ‘ho ney be on ged res investiga tion in thie same place, it may bp noted that: ae Witters opal ie @ somewhat diffioult piace to apprehend a persons After giving all -: angles of this case most careful consideration it was decided thet the. % most appropriate way to effect the epprebension of Underhill would have”. been through the outside window leading to the room whieh he was to occupy.” re It sas felt that the window could be broken quickly and the shade ripped away, at which time the room would be covered with machipe guns and riot. guns, In that manner he would have had practically no opportuni ty te. oe - ; i ye et out ; x - an he ? _ * a rf “ee Just before dawn it was felt that the surveillance of the Witters Botel ~:°. _ehould be discontinued in order to avoid any alarm, 1t being believed that ‘ @8 some future cocasion similar arrangements like those enumerated above .....,.. might be effective. Accordingly, the investigating agente departed from - Poteau, Oklehoma, just before dawn on October 20th. Special agent Ae Eo Farland, however, remained at Poteau during October 20th in order to ascere_. ‘tain why Underhill hed not arrived at the hotel, His inquiries were Limi ted. in order to avoid any suspicion on the part of outsiders, It ‘would not - ve . appear from the information he received that the ) Presence of the ineettestiag agente at Poteau bad become generelly knowns « ses out td ee etn. 7 cede ““qhe ‘reason for Underhili’s failure to érrive collé aot be 2-2 do terninede Deputy Sheriff Lee Babb advised that in the event Florence ates. : or Lucille Gray received any further camunications from Underhill that this. oy office would be furnished with the Anforsa tion Samet tele ° x a ‘ a “te FR ee ae Pie ' During the course ‘of the ‘above. ‘investigation ‘Informtion © was. received fron Deputy Sheriff Lee Babb to the effect that he had been ine. formed by prison officers from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary that about * “getber on @ road near Salisaw, Cklehom, 4 gun fight "bad, ensued which bag ® crippled the car whioh Underhill and Floyd had been using and that the two :: hill may be together. ‘The presumption had been reached, however, by the 2": investigating Agents prior to this information, that Ed Davis would possibly - be the companion of Underhill, it being noted that Davia escaped with Under~ hill from the Lansing Penitentiary on Kemoriel Day of this years, After the gun battle it appeared that the seat on the disabled cer was covered with . blood, and accordingly either Underhill or hie companion | may have been woundeds Complete records of Wilbur thderht12 have been secured from "the vigil wos kept during the “satire night of. Oc tober 19s | A ae