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4 -f- Merlow told me that he ia not in position at this time to know whet hie informant can or will do in respect to this matter. The informant resides more than 150 miles from Chickasha, Oklahoma. At my request, ‘arlow promised he would contact the informant at an early date. Op Saturday, March 3, 1034, Mr. Marlow passed through Oklahoma City and tole me that he was proceading that dey to contact his informant in Seninole County, and would let me know immediately when he returned to Oklahoma City what he found out. On Sunday moming, Maren 4, 1934, Mr. Marlow informed me thet he had learned in Seminole County that his informant recently had Agent Smith and I tock Marlow with us to P| and there interviewed his informant who is This informant told us frenkly that he knows Charles Floyd, that bid former partner of Floyd, was related to him, and that fomerly Birdwell and Floyd made frequent trips to his house; that while he had not herbored them, so to speak, he had entered no objections to - their coming to his home for the reason that he was afraid to, but now that Birdwell is gone, he has no interest in Floyd, but that the latter has not been to his Louss sines about the time he kidnaped the Sheriff in Nissouri lest summer which was- June 16, 1933; that he does not, at this time, know the whereabouts of Floyd, but he believes possibly that he could ascertain that information within a reasonable time. He made no definite promises that he could learn the whereabouts of Floyd, but said that he believed he could, and that it was not his desire to tell us that he could do something that he would bea unable to do. He stated that he has made and solid liquor for & number of years, and that this haa been the extent of his criminal activi- ties, and thet this la generally known by the enforcement agencies in his community. This, too, ia born out by Marlow. ee Pet a’ 4 + beth 1 - mere tlt ¢ dubia This informant is different than the average “jailbird" who ia de- “ sirous of furnishing the office with informstion in that not one time did he en beseech Gs to use our influence to get him out of jail, and he was not Paiawe expressive of a whole lot of bitterness, but did sey that he thought hia sen- tence was not commensurate with the offense he had committed for the reason that he was found in possession of only one gellon of whiskey. The iuformant told us that he realized that thia was a dangerous undertaking, and while he could not promise any definite results, he would be willing to try to ascertain the infomation with respect to Floyd. He stated