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nye .- and a riding academy in the distance on the right side of the road; ; aii aide tintat Scotian dk aah aanidieddinie Sidins demieiaitiameniaibeeteat ona. mnt ca.soaccn.uecuananeen traenaetaeane,nree - ae: . . Sort aad a en ieee a i eee Teena, Orie ooh ee Sern We [nnn Sane ae ara . $ > O Atlanta 91-49 section of these highways you turn right on to a gravel or macadan’” road which immediately crosses the double tracks of the Michigan Central Railroad.” He stated when these railroad tracks are crossed, tennis courts can be seen on the left hand side of this gravel road, -: thet about 75 feet beyond the reilroad tracks is « forest which is‘: . located on the right hand side of the gravel roads that along the near edge of these woods” is a little used trail or road; that if-°* you turn right on to this trail and continue for about 25 feet, you” Will notice a forked tree which is along the edge of the woods and | ae Me which is sufficiently uomeual in shape to attract attention; thet ° an the fork of this tree sfarts approrinately two feet fran the erounais es that ten feet southwest from the base of this tree and buried tw ..°. feet underground are two jars conteining the bonds taken. fm the . t cs ; . , a, : s ~ ; og: ae: Stee Spegarding the Neport’ be the Holland State Bank of ‘ny: * “pollend, | Michiges on Septender 29, 1962, Bentz stated he hed petting ; What soever to do with this job but that he was sertain of the idea- ‘ Y tity of the robbers of this benk because he bed talked to them at a later date ‘and bad leamed through other sources of the smount of the: loot; that Eddie LaRue, “Big” Fitzgeral4é, Robert Ripley, Homer Wilsos : . -m@ Lee Turner composed the gang that robbed the Holland gaak tut Powe that informant knows little or nothing concerning the details of the robbery itself or the disposition of the loot. Dies DCE WOST So fe: coh ee oe Toe JEN “"" “hen questioned concerning the “robbery of banks ia iG ab Se . albion, Sturgess, Dowagiac and Cadiliac, Michigan, Rants advised ha ° did not participate or have anything to do with these robberies; that *2..": ' . Recause of having served a sentence in the Michigan State Penitentiary: = _ at Jackson, he had deliberately avoided operations in the State of + a ‘Michigan; that the gang which committed the above robbery had teen ide © up of a robber whose last neme was Campbell and who was killed at Red ~ Wing, Minnesota in 1932, “Big" Fitzgerald, Robert Ripley, Eddie LARUe »” Gus Shaw, who was later teken fora ride in Chicago, Homer Wilson and Jack Pheifer. Bentz would not disclose any further information con- _ cerning the robbery of the banks in these four cities tut when asked re for information concerning Homer Wilson, Bentz atated he know nothing concerning Wileon except that Wilson was once arrested by the Police - a en Department of Seattle, Washington as a suspect in @ train zorpery £4 ae age but was ) Ammedictel Feloased. Be rare oa 0 Apa OS ; “Regarding ‘the Grand Haven robbery, Benta” otated tmeyc! a paneer who was residing in Michigan City,- ‘Indiene’ ‘duringtiy!, ih: the summer of 1955, aasisted paby Face NRelson.in his preparation for- eg? this robbery and that the Buick automobile which was used in the Grand Hagan ~hharw wae hreneht fenam hi nee te Minhiaan Atte andl ataweeA in VEL SV NST RES VERY 2S VERY FY AVL ES Whey BUM SYVLOU See Father Conghlin's garage until it was needed for the robberye i : an 74