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t i ee ee ay oa * .™ . £ voy if ° a - : -U aan af 7 a, ' ee e ) Ly . . 2 r bd Le, 1 , ~ = * + 2.” ’ ee . , > . ~ 2, r ay ea ~ we yg OM : ate. , o tg at aa te ae oe : re : he os ok : te . . ae : 9=—1030, .* . ] _ ‘. 2. 7 . a. *. = - . . ix : = o. am at ° ae yO” 7 . - ial yee i) J *HankLL, dS. KLEANDS SOO0SZSVELT,: Victims = .- n we. : ‘ , So oe Bat ote. cs ia ' a , a X ve aig - 4 > og 3" Durdng the psrtod froa October, Ay43, throug: February, 1944, _ “‘threnteainy letcvers signed "K. Wolf" were- sent to ‘Mrs. Eleunor Hoqsevelt, _ 7 ta Colonel Novert K. McCormick, to Boris Duke Crogvell, tobacco héeiress,. . . Bhd Be The Chicd,;o Field Division aylnitved the ieftersa - “adarsssed to Colonel Mcvormick ond G. Frauch. for examination in ‘the Fal ? . buboratorys Tue .etzer to Doris’ Duke Cromiell was‘ forwarcet t. tng Lavori.. ‘py ths Now York Field Division. The investigation” of the letters ta Mra. -bleunor Roosevelt wis cénuusteu by the jecret Service. Through the uesius of the Anotjaous Letter-fire auintaineis in tne Lavwrutery, the letters bu “MoCormkit, Doris Luke Cres.elLl, und Frunci were found to bo the wore of ons ‘eriter. Investigation in the Chicago Fiela vivisiun resusted in outr-inin, Tro. aa. reciplont of ove of the letters uigned "K.'Wolf*®, a ~ eonfession wuivrein GREP cisittes writing und mailing the tireutsnin_ letters to hinseaY and the otier victias. Handwriting Specinens of uaa were obtuined and forwarded ‘t. the FUT Ladorawery. Exacduation resuitea ~ XS. 4m tne sonclusion that tue suojeast did-uobt write the questionad letbers. hon confrostud oy Ayents with the otubsuenty tit differences were. found i hha handsrdting, ths ‘subject. hysterically: insistea Le had written the . -Gueatiuned letters, saylug that they “rere written under ths influence cf ok idiyuor aud widle bis nana sus Dounu by a ruover rigie in oruer ty disguise t writing. Furtner speciuens were ken Sith tie suoject’s hund .bount in t:. fasion se had ueserdvsd, but oxamination of these writings aguin resulte. | in the vouclusicn tant tae suoject uid wot writes tue curimteaing. ieb.arie * re ~” ee Fue mart tebe Ute ah AB a . xe The supject was exauiuod by a psychiatrist wo adv.gsed tre Opinicn tuab u. om way sufferin, frou deaentia praecox uni lejally did nob koow right Crom ar tntdun redulteu do the securing of a confession fro: 13, exr , sister-in-law of tia aub;act (sister of suvject's Sutin: ty.t she noi gribven wie Letsers ut the sudjsuot'. reyuest.’ The b.ndsriting of as @Xumined oy the Foil Laboratory und iuentifieu wita tue questigged writing. In view of wio wen condition of the subject, prozecution:C8) joctine. oy the United States At: Provecutiw was algo uzclined for ~~ 8 . It da te be ouserveBMA this case tut to PAE prdidbucdon nas \\ Furt.cer dnves ti, olt erotoucr's wile), & ., oy . rn * oe = ie ee ee fr . i os 2a institutes oy cesount-vuf the moutel coauition of tre ‘auosett. weygrtsed.- pom Be ib iy duselistoly apparent slat the Auonyavus Letter ‘Kiar we. d? Bansiders: , : value in tide case in that by closin, tie sxso nvol inves’ sltpleive ‘Usvarbh o ay part oF Specdul Agents of the Mew York ani Uidsngo offices uns OL isda thse we. Purticusurly da tnis trae of tas vordis vues Cromiall_caye io Noa Yorn, bec 3 4t is bivbl; unlikely tast tue waw York office vould have s2en success-ul - wae oo solviny this case without yoo An.nysous Letter Fiie identifi ation and 421. ion ; unsolved case of cis sort porticuluriy invoiving a prominunt personjs 6a = WEDEC 21 3044 —_ Oe