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yee : . toe ae _ aaa 44 mpage far afte de as ane rea sim hae! 1 ‘eo @OHN*EDGAR HOOVER DIRECTOR . SK. Aen ec FE ee MA. NATHAN... JR. TOLEON &. CLEGG... COWLEY ...- Bisiston of Insestgnion K ! 2. S. Department of Justice - - --* an ce Washington, B.C, . 7 ae R. QIN. nn Ma. LESTER .- | bP, LOCKE. aster (MR. RORER von pos i. * ¥ Jenuery 24, 1934 9 - weer be noes - Ma Ry MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR : oe Pursuant to the request of Mr. Clegg to furnish in- — formation as to why Identification Orders, #1190 - Robert ~. . GOBrady, with elieses, and #1192, Jim*Clerk, with aliases, -. were not promptly re-issued, pleased be advised that when these Identification Orders were first issued there was some indication that Hervey Belley and his ten associates, in- cluding the sbove, were guilty of perpetrating the Kansas 2 City massacre. This gang had esceped from the Kensas Stete ~ © --.: Fenitentiary et Lansing, Kensas, on May 30, 1933 and Ident- ification Orders were issued on ell of them under date of - June 22, 1935. Based upon evidence gathered by the Division, an Indictment wes returned at Kansas City, Missouri, Septem- ber 1, 1933 charging Brady and others with conspiracy to deliver a Federal prisoner, Clark, however, was not nemed in this Indictment, there being no evidence to implicate him. Both of the above Identificetion Orders were cencelled under date of Cctober 12, 1933 by Apprehension Orders 71190-2812 and #1192+282, respectively, inasmuch as both fugitives were. apprehended at Tucumcari, New Mexico, on October 6, 1933, and. returned to the Kansas State Penitentiary from which they a5 gain escaped on January 19, 1934. Information was received from the Esnsas City Office, on January “2, 1934, advising that subject Bredy had bean shot end Killed while resisting _ arrest at Faola, Kansas. The Kansas City Office has been a telegraphically instructed to obtain fingerprints from the | .-.': corpse of Brady end to forward them to the Division for com- ... . parison. With regerd to Jim Clark, who is not under indict--—~ . ment, but whose apprehension was originally desired by the . _ Division for questioning in connection with the Kansas City. ~~ cese, it appears from a review of the file that subsequent ..” ~ to his apprehension at Tucumcari, he was thoroughly questioned: by Agents of the Division end viewed by witnesses without ae success. Being under the impression that the original pur- | pose for which the Identification Order had been issued had -- been served I did not deem it advisable to re- JAN 29 1954 v—Pibund &: oot or®, gor POT Sag Sater nee g Ny area EET RTT I TO STENT TTT ee, + eM Lye