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FPF IR-BM oe Po 2: 0 wéMahon and Cook 2 2 par ae h GIT - G3GuNTMAbtornoys at Lew 20 ae aa ai 97 bowels Michigan re ar Attention: Mr. George R. Cook §:7 4.5.7 Gentlemens , ce Ow : ote seg _ I am in receipt of your letter of February 2he oe 3... ° 1951, wherein you advise you understand that the files eof oo". the Federal Bureau of Investigation contain certain evie.. :. dence showing that your client, Mre Theodore Craig Bents, - gould not have deen in Grand Haven at the time the Grand ~*~... _Baven, Michigan, tank was robbed in 1932. .: Beebe OED ats As you undoudtedly mow, the information contained | .. : . 4n the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is eon~ clos. fidential in nature anéd cannot ve divulged, under a regula-._. tion of the Attorney General. For your further information, the robbery of the Peoples Savings Bank, Grand Haven, Mich- _Sgan occurred on August 18, 1933, and the Federal Bank Robbery - | Statute was not passed until May 18, 1934. Since this Bureau - had no investigative jurisdiction prior to the passage .-\ coe the Federal Bank Robbery Statute, no Anvestigation of the... Grand Haven, Michigan, robbery was conducted by the Federal. Bureau of Investigations 2002 #4 wea ee A ener mart UIE Ot ViAILED 19° Oe OE, no “a > John Eagar y Hoover — wees “pet oit (with Wide os incoming) ~- "52 Theodére Craig’ Bentz, Wastes” | ! (oatize. 91-57) Sets Vibp AYES! a “eared ocr ~ | (Bubtle Gl} AR Ane ee S B B ataiiite aise Se Pi Leg Call to ) riect! Bent a peaheute voi +:18,.. 3, or to give any proof.of his nndténce of rate crime ¢ which he is serving time, :With re er Roe & e robbery of 86 Peoples Savings Bank in Yand Have, Michigan, on August 18, piped 2°% in travelers ‘éhécks, were Tound In Bentz's possession qn ‘he aes arrested at Portla ad,’ Maine, and these checks were ¢ traced directly to this Peoples Savings Bank robbery. Theodore yw Bentz is a brother of the more notorious Eddie Bentz qnd Theodor: wha Eames eke ie ee RR ee te mn AVON)... ys) ee wee . we ean oe . 2 “a