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JOHN EDGAR HOOVER br cv BINECTOR | Mr. Nathan... : FR. TOT OM cee Bibision of Inbestigation | j Me. Oe —— BH. S. Bepartment of Justice ate ; October 23, 1933, ven hehORANDU. OF TALEPHOKE CONVERSATION BET.cEN BR. ALT AND ER, HOOVER: fir kr, Alt of the Jacksonville Office called at 8:30 PI! and advised . ; Ly. Hoover that Verne Liller had been seen and identified as being in Florida, Ye steted thet he had received information from the Associated Press that Killer had been at a tourist camp near Fonce de Leon, Florida, in the western pert of the State. Ir. Alt said that in the ebsence of eny other agent, he had sent Agent Nance over to investigate the report and in the meantime he had . requested the Associated Press not to print any word of the story, which they agreed to do. Agent Nance had telephoned ir. Alt and reported that Miller and his wife had teen reported as being at a tourist camp about five miles west of Fonce de Leon, operated by @ woman named Elsie Hopkins, This women claims to have been telking with Miller for atout fifteen minutes on the 18th instant, when he stopped there in a new Ford "8" with an inverted Fioride tag. She positively identified hiller, unhesitetingly, when shown hie photograph, and she asserts that she mew him back in the “old carnival days" and that he hed stopped to ° talk over old times, She also stated thet she is afraid of biller and knows wnat he is. This woman stated to Nance that the police officers visited her a short time efter Liller had been there end inquired about him, saving they. were looking for him to which she replied, "Well he was just here, why didn't you arrest him” }r. Alt stated that epparently the police officers were afraid of hiller. Lire. Hopkins also stated that Miller had been frequenting a tourist camp ebout ninety or a hundred miles west of Tallahassee, near a plece called De Funiak Springs, which is situated about midway between Tallahassee and Pensecola. Mr. Alt stated that agent Nance overheard a bootlegger tell the Sheriff et Tallahassee that Miller had been picked up at St. Petersburgh last week and wesreleesed, but Lr. Alt does not teke much stock in this as he states the St, Fetersburgh police are very cooperative and they would have advised him in such an event. Ir. Alt said that the police and sheriffs in the region about where Taller is supposed to be are, however, Very uncooperative and are not to be trusted. Lx. Hoover instructed tir. Alt to call in Agents Kingman and Shivers, to leave OF Shivers in charge of the office and to take Agent Kingman and proceed to meet Agent Mance et a place to be arranged with the latter. ix. Hoover inst:ucted Er. Alt to proceed there as soon as possible in order to ‘try to pick up the treil of Miller and not to teke the police officers into his confidence. a + LL- 2% £4 yo RECORDED obi d bs fp DbP | re ne meee ceme tea hme ene sone soo ei a ee gee I pee a ee Re me ee ee