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7 . | , 'b7e =p.-.:. planning to transport Jtgquor tn thefr oor on thetr rip to Mashutlle, Tennessee. Since Maury Coumty, in whitch Columbia ts located, te a dry county, such tr@Baportati on would be tn violation of the law. Upon recetpt of thie information, Constc)] secured a John Doe search worrant for the car which Marshall and the others were ustng and when the Marshall car came along the Nashville highway, itt wos stopped and a search was nade. Assistant Attorney General Caudle, tn a letter to the Bureau on January 7, 1947, stated that tt further appeared that the Morsholl automobile was stopped three times - once for the purpose of searching tt, a second time to tnapect Marshall's operator's Iftcense, and a third time to make the arrest; thet after the arrest, Marshall's companions were told that they might proceed to Nashville; that, tn supposedly proceeding to Columbta with Morehall, the officers turned off the main high- way tnto a dirt road leading elsewhere; and that they returned to the motn highway only after noticing that Marshall's com~ pantone were following them. In January, 1947, our Memphis Office cenducted an tnvestigatton into this matter and learned that Constable Gi had received tnfornation from a colored informant that Marsha . and his compantons were leaving Columbia, Tennessee, on the night of November 18, 19468, in an automobile tn which there would be a quantity of whisky. On the basis of this tnforma- tton swore out a John Doe warrant because he did not know who owned the automobile. <Accompanted by a constable and two deputy sheriffs, he stopped the automebile driven by Marshall between 7 and & p.m. on the evening cf November 28th. No whisky was found tn the automobile. Deputy Shert/ fs Gi ond rrested Varshall after detecting that he had been drink- tng on the basts of Marsholl'’s driving an automobile under the tnfluence of liguor. Marshell, according to the officers, was taken Gtrectly to the office of Megtatrate Poague, who erpressed the optnton that Marshall wos not drinking, whereupon Morsholl was released. The officers contended that they stopped the auto- mobtle only once and that the entire operation from the tine of atopping the car until Marshall's release was within a thi rty-mtnute pertod. The Department, en Morch 11, 1947, requested that - addtttonal investigation be conducted tn thts oase for the Jfollowtng reasons. During the tntervtew with Conetable he stated that tn the beginning he had obtatned the tnformotion which eaused htm to secure the search warrant from a colored informant, whose identity he would not revecl. gap then qT)