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a aia aa a ta ae oe ss. ee leds JOHN €0GAR HOOVER ¢ <} Mu ‘Selem . ‘ DIRECTOR , .. #0. Bema... : Rit:7s BL S. Beparbaent af Justice . nue ett ae Bashingion, B. €. Mr Seward May 29, 1036 . Ms. Ferwesth..— MEMORANDUM FOR MR. EDWARDS ~ of a 1 . ; . f , a Re; us letter to Honorable eae . as ng ] * * * ; is Wir. cchtder — f L Reference 1s made to the above-entitled case in which a carbon amen so an obscene typewritten letter originally addressed to Senator % Traey.—.—_. was enclosed which was addresse ® Director, ends. Betmerked "Elizebeti, Now Jersey ty Mag Ll To88e 10 PUMs Pestesresiite (b ere of this letter and envelope are attached hereto, . ARC The examiner reports that the letter was written with a typewrite equipped with Royal Elite type spaced twelve letters to the inch, the design of which indicates that the machine was manufactured after Jamary 20, 1920 with a serial number larger than 486706, The paper used for this letter is a cheap grade of yellow second sheet, and conteins no watermark, ‘The enve- lope is plain white, and bears no watermark, Ni ) Nu C- Lx ) b ) In accordance with the request of the Direotor, the typewriting SS on this letter was co ewritten letters > ~ in the case entitled, Victim, Extortion, ,. \ Bureau file #9-1416, but no identifica é ed. > I However, the typewriting on this letter was compared with the FN typewriting appearing on previous anonymous letters to the Director and waa found to be identical with the typewriting on the letters in the fol- lowing two cases: Anonymous letter to the Director, Bureau #62-38715; — i= Anonymous letter to the 9 the Director, Bureau _FbE-S6855, ‘The letterd In these Ey two cases are of the same slanderous, obscene and anonymous type and con- 3 tain characteristics which indicate that they were written by the same person writing the instent letter. | a The atationery used for the two previous letters has been conm- : pared with the present letter, but has been found to be not identical, : I am aleo attaching hereto photographs of the other two letters : and envelopes previously addressed to the Director and which have been identified with this one. I suggest the Investigative Unit give some especial consideration to this series of letters, They are particularly \ vile and wuwarranted and it may be that a consideration of the series as \" @ whole will result in some field leads which would be helpful in de- termining the writer, RECORDED & INDEX : . V7 Respectfully | ARAN aN ? wa? Absa: ivvu i