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=-E£l=- receipt of a telephone call from the Kansas City Bureau office to the effeot that Clyde Barrow and two companions might be headed towards Wichita from Junction City, Kansas, issued redio instructions for all cars to be on the lookout for them. Agent advised Chief Lyle of the fact that Kansas 1955 license plates 2-1514, issuod to one Claude Barrett, Jeneral Delivery, Wichita, Kansas, might have been secured by the Barrow Brothers, and Chief Lyle re- quested all officers to be on the lookout for this number. No reoord of a Claude Barrett could be found in Wichita. A car containing three mon passed through Wichita at a high mte of speed on July 25th and outdlotanced Detective Fred Dillon, but a telephone message to Wellington caused the halting of this car, and the Sheriff at Wellington reported that the car contained three Oklahoma men who had been fishing, and no machine gun was found in the cars At Hutchinson, Kansas. Mrs. Je Leo Rauh, 502 Kast Sherman Street, stated that her husband had purchased Ford V-8 Sedm, Motor Hoe 40-310035 about nine or ten days before its theft on Jume 15, 1933, ‘The purchase was made through the Ford dealer at Ness City, Kansas, and the car was secured at Kaness City, Missouri, for delivery. Kanses plates 6<10709 were secured for thio car by Mr. Rauh, The theft occurred at the side of the Raub home (a corner house) about 6 P.M, om June 12, 1935. Mr. Rauh had come home end parked the car on the side street, leaving the keys in the car for fifteen minutes. As soon as the theft was discovered, the Police and Sheriff were notified. Mrs. Rauh stated that a negro yard boy later reported that he noted that a Ford roadster containing two men rode past the Rauh home about three times and thet leter the negro noted the roadster go by with just one mn in it. Deputy Sheriff Guy Ankerholz stated that Mr. Reuh telephoned the Sheriff about 6:20 P.M. on the day of the theft of his car to advise that it had been stolen. The Kansas City Bureau office has = card index showing the numbers of all Government pistols, revolvers and machine guns stolen in the district, A search of this index does not show Colt's «45 Automatic Pistol #451697» On August 16th Frosecutor Cleavinger, of Platte City, obtained a signed statement from Mrs, Blenche Berrow, widdow of Buck Barrow, witnessed by Agent A» Es Farland, of the Kansas City Office, which is as follows: "I, Blanche Barrow, do hereby make the following statement without fear, threats or coercion from any officer and the game is made by mo of my own free will ani accord, I was married to Iven "Buck" Barrow in America, Oklahome on the Srd dey of July 1931. I obtained the license myself