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0 O Atlanta 91-49 DETAILS: Sergeant FP. L. Hutson, Detective Bureau, Michigan State Police, Fast Lansing, Michigan, Chief of Police Lawrence DeWitt, of Grand Haven, Michigan, and this Agent interviewed ae wears yaere — Besard Wilhelm Bentz, #8085, at the (nited States Penitentiary, Ate C27 vet gcsea Aenteas Sergeant Hutson, who conducted the interrogation of Benta,7:F 32%" Fe: . {Informed Bentz that the Stete Authorities of Michigan possessed suf=: - _, fielent evidente to definitely involve him in the robbery of. the” * Peoples Savings Bank of Grand Haven, Michigan on August 18, joss > ae |. Sergeant Huteon advised Bentz that if he would furnish deteiled in. er oe a : formation concerning hie participation in the robbery of the Grand i964" +: Haven Bank and disclose the identity of his asscciates, the State 20! of Michigan would decline to prosecute bim and that the information : - P furnished by him would never be used in Court against him, tut that if he refused to make the desired disclosures, the attorney General of the State of Michigan would request the Attoraey Genexal of the on § United States to permit Bentz to be remved from the Atiante Peni ten=, - tiary to Grand Haven, Michigan, for trial in the State Courts and .:*:. thet a Grand Haven jury would not require more than five mi nutes te, ats ; Convict Bentz on the evidence elready accumulated. #: ree ey ie = ey mo * Bentz replied that he had ‘already made a lengtby * caraee ; statement to ‘the Agents of the New York Buremy office; that he bas 2 2013000; confidence in the Agents of the Bureau and feels certain that the information which he furnished wonldé te treated annti danti ally ty SS Se Fe ee ee ee the Bureau and would not be broadcast in the newspapers. Bat. mu eon immediately assured Bentz that the information which he might - Gsclose during the presmt interview would be treated confidentially _ ‘by the State Authorities in Michigan and that aot} éne word would find. “S wee Ate. way to the newspep ers. a a 4h PA ee Pa - he a “ ‘Upon being thus essured Bentz atated that neither he x wo ner his brother Ted, who is at present serving a life sentence in the : . Michigan State Penitentiary at Marquette, Michigan, for participation - in the ronbery of the Grand Haven bank, had anything to do with the . ae actual robbery of this bank; that about Decoration Day of 1935, infor= | mant moved into a cottage on the shores of Lake Michigan at Long Beach, Teariest that during Jaze and July of the seme year, Baby Face Fellow? 11, Homer<yar“weter, Earl Doyle, “Chuck" Fisher and a fellow | called "Freddie", had two fingers of his right hand amputated and: who was later found murdered in Melrose Park, Illinois, moved into *'«;»: ‘ cottages at Long Beach; that Nelson approached informant ' ‘eoucerning « “dank in‘that vicinity which would be reasonably safe and profitable’, “ta rob: that informant, who had fgneeA8 the Peoples Servings Bact a. ) iy) «Grand Haven, Michigan the year before, advised Nelson that is. dank eg Bet Baa ovata; .MOUld probably be what he wanted, ~ sue on em Grete me nen