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an _—- Bibision of Tnbestigation ae HB. Bepartment of Justice oe 318 Hewes Building oof San Francisco, Californias Ww 62-1112 woe TUE ne: Director, =: : % on oe ne Division of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir: 5 . Re: VERNON C. MILLER, with “alteses ‘Weve sed); RICHARD TALLMAN GALATAS, with aliase Die I.0. 1202; et al. OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE . Endeavor to Deliver Federal Prison Reference is made to Division wire of the first inatant, instructing the writer to proceed to Los Angeles immediately and there interview Ba° ‘Davis, 1.0. 1193, who was in custody with respect to the "Kanmo” and other Division cases. Accordingly, I arrived at Los Angeles, California, the morning of March 2, 1934, and interviewed Ed. Davia in the presence of Special Agent C. D. White of the Los Angeles Office. Upon arrival at Los Angeles, however, I ascertained that Special Agent in Charge Conroy of Kansas City, who was thoroughly familiar with Hi. pavis, end his reported activities, had gone over in detail all matters with Ed. Davis, in the presence of Special Agent White, and they are msitmitting a Getafled report, and in order to avoid a repetition, I will simply give you the highlights of my conversation with hin. In the first place, Ed. Davis does not at all resemble the indi viduel whan] saw at Kansas City. There is no question about thie at all, I ascertained that Davia would probably warm up, ani be more willing to talk if sympethy wes indicated for his wife and son, for fhm he has the utmost devotion, and his reaction under these circumstances was all thst could be expected. He stated positively that he was mot in the Kansas City shooting at all; that when he escaped from the lansing Penitentiary at Lansing, Kenses, he, Wilbur Underhill, Bob Brady, Barvey Batley ani Jim-Clark drove the Warden in a car which they had teken away from a guard near Lansing. He stated they immediately headed South, and that he, Ed. Davis, has never been back in Missouri at all; that he has been working through Oklahoma and Texes. At that time Barvey Bailey's knee, where he had been shot, was bothering him, and a6 GOPIES DESTROYED 270 Bevo ty 1904