◆ SpookStack

EE RE TN PRT sete Hale Ratan di RA nee oe) _— ee ~——“@Q~ FoF ’ wet +e In order to show the charactor of the ‘work performed by the Division of Identification and Informtion I might cite weoN the following as a few of the more interesting | cases henSle@ ee see io during the course of a Mays tee Te coed “+ a ke Boe In the Division of Teen tift cation in the a ae st the following cases of identification by Tingerpriat procees | . eo, _ were recorded: -_ ope En lc p hee cep et fo , re The fingerpriate © of — Theodore Yea ‘Hora, were ‘received. halos Lot Pe froa the Police Anthorities at Los Angeles, California. The .”. = ae . records show this persm to be Frank Yan Horn, | en escape from. lade ea the State Hospital at Phoonix, Arizona. woe beg. Moe eT PO From the police authorities et Mineola, Now York, were; we - Ss Feceived the fingerprints of Ross Browne, charged with forgery .° Cabs tog end grend larceny. The records proved this persoa to be Charles” wt wo. —_ > | Ly Borton, wanted for ¢trculation of bed checks uw the Calet ve _ ee of Police at Kenphis, Tenn. ” , Boye. Fron the Chief of Police at Seottablaft, Sobraske, were Feceived the fingerprints of Ridardc Gercie. The records. proved this person to be Macio Montoya, an @:cape from the State Refomatory et Buena Vista, Colersdo. % Ya) we GT Sa get ’ m . i“ Pi prog U8 i . v ay : “fhe fingerpriats of Charles P. Strausser, charged vith | oe, . burglary, were received from the State Police at Reading, Pa.” nn The records show this person to be Charles Perry Streasser, sented ae for murder by the Inspector of Detectives, Philadelphia, Pa. A ane The Chier of Police at Ponea City, ‘(Oclahome, sent ia the © Nee fingerprints of 8. H. Randolph, held there for investigation, eon Wy Ne The records proved this person to be L. ©. Edwards, a parole a ae 3 _ Violator wanted by the State Reformatory at lensing, Michigan. oe ' ’ re t {a 4 So The investigative authority of the Bureau of Investigation ts a, extremely broad, inaamech as it, in accordance with Congressional | . ae Ynactment,"fe charged with the duty of investigating violations or on a ‘ the lavs ef the United States and collecting evidence in cases fm; which the United States is or may be a party in interest’. Ag a= a matter of policy, however, the investigative jurisdiction of this —.* y _. Bareau is restricted to violations of Federel Laws and matters not — aon oe specifically assigned, by Congressional Fnactment or otherwise, to. "'" °°“ other Federal investigative agencies. Practically the Bureau ef - Investigation eonducts investigations of violations of all ef the Federal erininal laws with the exception of violations of those lars pertaining to Prohibition, Narcotics, Custans end Counterfeiting. The