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ee eT rr ee eel ween T oe ee cee trl ao tae ew LAT * re ve 1 aa a° 1932 ) epee OF JUSTICE a Renogesdun re telephone call to ire Reinecke. 14 ? hs ew “earer enid that he unde stood from kr n ~ i fiber Ol baat Vidal OO UGerovooa irom ar. Purvis at Chicago ~ in Pe,era to this Lindbergh kidnaping case - thet & men who belongs to the Purple cake in Letroit nemed Gow = Scotty (cox is his name -— supposed to heve resided ; at verious times in Detroit end hes e sister by the name of Betty| Gow rho wT. is presumebly € nurse in the Lindbergh hone, at least that is the mme of the nurse. Mr. Hoover said he had communicated this information to Col. Echvartzkopf who is commending the Stete Police; it is not know whether Gow girl in Dinabergh home is the same one, but the informetion from Chicego is thst Ecotty Gow has been a member of the Purple Geng for a long time end nis sister is about 28 veers of eres 5! 45 “Hf Gn hojeht: wosiecks 10 reundse Bae VoL geet Oe ME GE Ate Steg Se ae LA medium complexion end her occupetion is th “at of @ private nurse ana it kind > orf fits in to the picture of the girl at the Lindbergh home. This informe- tion given to us by @ men numed ArvourjCendler, who is working in Chicego at present, but at one time ves employed as an investigetor by the Henry Ford wotor Compsny at Detroit working under a man by the name of HerryyBennett — Mir. Reinecke said he imew him and that he was Chief of Police of the Ford Compeny - and Kr. Hoover esked Mr. Reinecke to find out about Cendler from Bennett if he could, we want to hendle this matter very confidentially, don't give out eny informetion on it but we went to get a line as to who Cendler's ang nis mexe-up. Candler cleims he was fired by the Ford Company beceuse he obteinea some information ebout the Ford Coxzpany ena wes elso a friend of Gor and ebout 1$ yeers ago when be res in Detroit he went to see Gor to endecvor to recover sone property which had been in the possession of Gow ynich hed been stolen from the commissery of the Highland Park Ford Company plent and either tae Purple Gang had done it or Candler hed been mixed up ~ in it, it is not very clear; while in Gor's house Eetty Gow came in and he ™~ sin her, that is where he got her description. i ar. Hoover said he would like to get a line on Scotty Gow, who he is end = anytning sbout him you can find out; also enything you cen find out ebout -3 Candler. wr, Hoover said the only associates of Scotty Gow imorn to te uncler wes @ man by tne name of Fitapetrick, whose fether is Ceptein in i? tue Palmer Park Police — Mr. Reinecke said probably Pelmer Park Police ° Precinct - and a men naned firpo who is also a Detroit policeman. sr, Hoover seic it might be a wild sort of lead. The N. J. Police Comnender has been eavised so he can check up on it et the Lindbergh home. Find out all you cen ebout Scotty Gow and enything on the Sister and ask Bennett, if he is relieble, to find out woat he mons about Cancter. uy. Reinecke seic thet lest sumer he mede the acquaintence of a pretty good informbnt in tne underworld who is pretty well acquainted with the Purple aoe Gang ano inzuired if he should teke him into his conficence, that is so fer ~ es to question him about Scotty Gow. Ere Hoover said he thought he would thet he-iaougnt it rould be perfectly 0. K.; to be very careful and would do it not indiceting along tne Lindbergh case but indicating es to some other interest we may heve, and then let me know by wire or long cistance what you get.