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-ll- Securing permission of Special Agent in Charge Vetterli to proceed to Sutherland, Iom, which is in the northern part of Iowa, within the Ste Paul office territory, Agent then formed a posse of about 14 men and went to Sutherland, Iowa, which lies in a very rugged part of the State. After arrival in this vicinity after dark ani investigating the territory, and finding it impossible to mike a satisfactory search at night, this Agent, with the assistance of State Agont Arthur and Us S. Marshal) Fred Hird, of Des Moines, formed into three groups, and at dsy break scoured « large area in an effort to locate the Subjects who had escaped, The previous camping spot used by Subjects on Sunday, July 16, 1955, was found and Subjects apparently were not_returning thereto. The treil thereupon he ving been lost and no further reports received as to the whereabouts of the fleeing subjects, Agont telephoned to Acting Agent in Charge Coulter, of the 58. Paul Bureau Office, advising him of the occurance of the previous day, and asking him to get word out over the redio, and to the Sheriffs in the Southern part of Minnesota in the belief that the Subjects were ming for that State. Accompanied by State Agent William Arthur investigation wos made at Spencer, and Algona, Iowa, in effort to verify that subjects had been seen in these towns on Mondey afternoon, July 24th, the dey of the shooting, but no definite information could be obtained. At Luverne, Iowa, Agent and Mr. Arthur interviewed Dave Gardner, who operates the Shell Filling Station on the edge of town. He advised that about 12:15 Monday noon, July 24th, a 1950 Chevrolet Coach raced down the road and stopped at hie station and ordered ten gallons of gas. The car was driven by @ party who had his left arm in a sling; a womn sat beside him in the front seat, end a man was lying down in the back seat. Gardner stated be became suspic! of these parties as they did not shut off their motor, end he was afraid they were/) going to run off without paying him, so he noticed their license number and late: wrote it down. The car then sped out of town going east on a rather unused Later when the Sheriff was in town, Gardner happened to mention the above inci- dent, and upon producing the license number he had written down it wes found to correspond with the license number on the Allbright car, namely, #77=15662_, The only difficult part to understand about Geriner's story was that he noticed no blood on the occupants of the car except a little on the chin of the driver, All reports up to thie time indicated that subjects were all badly wounded and it was not believed that they could drive that fare This Agent and State Agent arthur returned to Des Moines, Iowa, and there interviewed Blanche Barrow, the wife of Marvin Barrow, at the City Jaile Blanche gave her father as Ke F. Caldwell, at Dalles, Tems, and her mother Mra. Lillian Marcum, Wilma, Tems. She claimed to have married Marvin Barrow on July 5S, 1951, at Idabel, Oklahoma, She further steted that when Mervin was - oe .