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rf MY. January 29, 1934, FERTONAL AMD CPP IpenrrtL, Directer, Division of Investigetion, | i U. S, Depertuent of Justice, RECORDS _— 53 5b 10 Wom ScB Deer Sir; ° Re: Fait CITY DIVIS it Wafle interviewing ap-licants at Fanscs Cit: 27, 1934, I hed a short time to devote to a general office as a result of rhich I-desire to inform you & tet EANSAS CITY MASSAacke As you knov, Special Agent. 2.2. Ferlend, who is, %think, es- pecially zocd in procurins infermation from imprisoneé convicts, hes re- ce~tly develoneé some date which indicates to me rcther cleerly that the Division has been wrons as tc the identity of these who assisted Verne "Eller in the Fansas City Maesscer§. From the informaticn thus far de- valonec, it av7s4-5 thet these rienjare ALVYI’ MFARCIS, FRED SAnTER, ART=UR Ry ATER, VoLmghvis, ane RAE TERI. It has, in the rest, ape yearel to me rather imnrobably ‘thet BARV=: T7034 SILEY, whe was shot through the lez with ¢ 39-79 rifle, at the time of his esc: pe from Lansing, would subsecvently be ernsble, seventeen evs later, of chersins up end dcewn the Tnicn Station “laza with a machine gun, Develonments during end since the UREC'CL case, I. think, rether stroncly.incicste that BAILzY, UNDIRGTILL, BRIDY, SLAM, DVIS, and FLCyD, on whom we issued identification orders, were not there. In "tect, it eppetrs, that B.TLI’ was the only one identi-= fied with any positiveness and the chief identifying witness against him Was one whicse veracity wes clearly dcuttful. If BITTY were not thers, it seens ~robctle thet the others, mentioned ahove, were also absert, Cf ccurs:, T Eelie? thet ‘he tive nev suspencts, above nered, were the ones who €id the shooting, in no way conflicts mith the known fects es to the eaciivities cf GALATAS anc “ILLER. I have kept up with this case as best T coulé from perusal cf the files in vericus Pield offices visiteé, and in that way imew of the information which hed been obteined by Ferland end others. I, therefore, exrectecd upon my arrival et Mensas City to en- counter an etuosphere of unusuel activity in the follovins out of these new . leads. MNovever, I wes disappointed. Special Agent 1.C.Spear, as Acting Agent in Charge "ot the Office, tole me thet since tr,Conroy'ts depsrture, Speciel argent WF. Tréinor, whe has been in charge of this case, has been hencling the Tiles «nd supervising leads and the like, Spear said thet he had net devoted a greet deal of time to the cease but hed depended upon Trainor to see that it was pre;erly followed up. © Trainor seié thet he hes been waiting until he eculd procure ap ropriete rhotogrenhs ef these new susrects before directing further vo in this ezse. He hes obt:. ined these photographs and on Jenuery 16,1954, preparetion of enlarged copies thereof was completed for him by Verle 4 GAits . so-called Ballistic Hxapert of Fansas City. However, it @i2 not eppear to m thet sufficient vicor is being used in follovine up this case end I believe. thet there is grest danger to the Division in procrestination at this tine, Speclel Arent A.=,Farlend tole ~«, in conficence, that guerded inquiries have recently been made by ~exbers of the Mansas City Folice Depertzent es to our