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No. & or guaranteed in the matters I conferred with Mr. Joe anderson, a privete detective presently in the employ of the Governor of Kansas and with a Mr, Smith = - - Asaistant Attorney General of Kansas, whose initiala are to the writer — unrenembered, and ascertained from them that the Governcr of Kansas =~. -°:. | - would pay $350.00 for the capture of Underhil), dead or alive. With : this information end with a verbal understand ith the Director while «. - the writer was in Vashingtod the first part of’ November, Acent further promised to the Informant that the Government would pay the sun of . j $500.00 for the informstian which would lead to the apprehension of - Underhill, Informant did not ask any advance except small sums of money for expenses and a car to be used in his travels. jIn this con- . nection, the writer advanced him $5.00 and Agent Frank S, Smith has : from time to time advanced the informent small sums of money totalling -. approximately $20.00. Through the cooperation of John Watt, Chief of Police, informant was provided with an old automobile and has several tines contacted Wilbur Underhil],but was never able to «et the word to this office in time for action. I last conferred with thie informant — together with Agent rrenk Smith on Christmas dey, at which time the infortent ras without an automobile, the old one with which he hed been” furnished heving broken down. The informant was directed to continue hie efforta and on the 29th of Decernber was furnished with another automobile, I arranged to have Agent Frank Smith handle all direct contacts with the informert as he lived in the immediate vicinity of - where Arent Smith resides, Also on Christrias dey, I suggested to the inforrant that Shawnee, Oklehoma, appeared to me to be the most logical spot where Undernill hed more or less & permanent hide-oway, further informing that he appeared to show up there more frequently then eny other place. at 11:40 P. M., on December 29, I received a telephone call . * from Agent Smith who advised thet the informant had just phoned him. from Shawnee, Oklehoma, 43 miles from Oklahoma City, to the effect that Underhill, his wife Hazel Jarrett Underhill, and Ford Bradshaw, enother notorious Oklahoma bank robber, were then in the house at Shawnee. The fnformant requested agent Smith to heve the Chief of Police at Shanes lock him and his companion up immediately in order to avoid suspicion. . and so that the informant might remain in Shawnee, under proper cars, - until ve could arrive and at which time he would give us definite ine formation, Acting ee per suggestion, Agent Smith hed the night Chief of Police et Shawnee lock informant and his companion, who developed | to be Lon Johnson, up. Immediately upon receiving this word, Agent pro- ceeded to orgenize a posse consisting of about four deputies from the ~ pet me eee prreee ee ee ee t t + ts +