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% % changed Atle etory and satd he felt he was betng the "fall guy” tn the entire tnetdent and that the origtnal tnformation was gtven to him by Shert ff Flentng and some of hta deputiea, who requested Butte to swecr out the worrant. Butte expressed the beltef that "Shertff Fleming wanted to get a ‘laet erack’ at Weaver, Looby and Marshall.” The Department requested that Constable Butta be retntervieweds that a atgned etatenent be scoured from hin, tf poestble, and thet he be asked +c dtaclose fully the etroumstances, evidence and conversattons with Shertff - Fleming and Ate deputies tn connectton with thetr request thet Butts ewear out a warrent on the baste of information which they had recetued. (44-1540-5) Butte executed a stoned statement tn which he stated that he recetved tnformation from Shert ff Flestng upon whtch he based his afftdautt for a search warrant. A signed statement secured from Shert ff Fleming and Deputies Gray and Lentz re~- Siected that Butte tnforned then that he had tnformatton from an {nformant upon whtoh Butts secured the search warrant. Magtatrate foague adytsed that the affidavit and search war- rant were deatroyed by him when nothing waa found tn the car tn question and no record wos kept. (44-1540-6) On Auguat 27, 1947, the Departuent adutsed that it was not delieved that there was euffictent baste of prosecuttve actton tn this oase and, accordingly, no further tnuestt gatt on need be made by the Bureau. (44-1540-9) Heron Long Case On March 21, 1946, the Department referred to the Bureau @ letter from Thurgood Yarshell enclostng a copy of a complatnt made by one Meron Long. Long stated that he was a aoldter tn the regular Arny and after serving tn the South~ west Pactfie, was given a 90-day furlough to visit hts parente. Re stated that he and his brother, Yenneth, and a cousin, Causby Clay, went to a filling station tn El Campo, Texas, operated by one Joe Tudtke, to get some cold drinks. hile atanding there a whtte nan ordered the cousin to put hts shirt tafti tn, The cousin replied that he dtd not know hte phtrt tafl wos out. The man became itnfurtated and began curatng, and Long eclatued that they walked away. <A& they wolked down the road, they met the shert ff and he told then to return to the ftlltng statton,. A fight ensued and Veron was alapped by the sheriff, who pulled out Ata ptatcel. Shote were ftred cnd Kenneth wae killed. The Department requested that we make o preltatnary tnvestigation tnto tate natter and to furnteah the % S. Attorney at Houetcn with coptes of the report. The facts developed that - 19 -