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d 7 ,, COPIES Destroypy " Ave 31 i964 | “8. Rept of Justice Burems of Inbeaigaton oe 1900 Bankers Building, >. I | Chicago, _ -*TLinoise (22-067 a a : ~ Bas dese ce Lee cae GT en ee AIR MAIL ~ SPECIAL DELAVERE Division of Investigation, . pL U.S. Department of Tus tice, “ et Washington, DRC. (kT ce nS Dear Sir: PERSONAL & oon ALDNVTY AL. Mr. Dwight H. Green, United States Attorney, hee fum{ehed x ma Cote with information which he states had been furnished to Federal Judge Barnes ~.:: by Mr. Norman A. Beck, whom he stetes is a very reputable lawyer with offices at 2025 Conway Building, 111 West Washington Street, telephone, Central 5657, ~ home residence, 8157 South Leavitt, home phone, Beverly 4970, Chicago, Illinois, Mr. Green informed me thet a client of Mr. Beck, namely, James EB. L.ffally- =. _ had secured information from certein individuals who were incarcerated in ~ .~. the Cook County Jail at the time Hall was incarcerated there concerning the ~ location of approximately $400,000.00 worth oa Bonds which had been ~~ stolen from the Lincoln National Bank atfLincoln, Nebraska, and that he, Hall, would furnish this information to this Division, hie main Purpose being, to secure whatever reward is extant, : et a ig eg eee N Accordingly, Mr. Hall was interviewed by ‘spectel. Agent x. Re McIntire at air. Beck's office, where it wee learned that Hell is « married : Riverview, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, phone, Riverview 174-Te aa sagt LY = . Hall informed that he was incarcerated in the Cook county ea, Chicago, Illinois, on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, |: being in jail from October 16, 1935, to January 4, fooen that during his incarceration he became acquainted with Bernard P,, Spangler and Thomas He “ sfeaira, both of whom were Federal prisoners, being held by the Postal -: ae partment for the theft of fonds from a United States mail carrier a year ,o ago leat December, Hall informed that Spangler observed thet he, Hall, =~ 50+ . was @ quiet individual with ability to epeak Spanish, and eleo an aviator, °.° ~~ and for that reason approached Hall, advising the latter that he, Hall, . | ” _ waa just the type of man that he, Spangler, needed. Spangler then advised...” Hell that he, Spangler, together with Baird and others unnamed, had between | $351,000.00 and $400,000.00 worth of stolen bonds in a bank in Denver, ~... .... Colorado, these bonds having been stolen from the Lincoln National Bank a - at Lincoln, Nebraska. Hoe advised that Hall would be needed to secure ~ 9 - . these bonds and to negotiate them for money but bat. fur ther, Anforma tion ' |? v "| ars