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; sig | ; OE 2 (Please reply to my home S Lemay 23, Mo.~ address ) April 22° 1936 _ ke Hone Jc Edgar Hoover Federal Bureao of Investigation Washington, DG. , f Dear Mr. Hoover Thank you yery. Pine leit lative to Gam mee |606tisg sentenced ‘to Missourt State Pr {) Neosho, Mo., I believe it Was, toget withg others. I was hoping that I would be able to match up Je Frank Dalton, who claims to be the esse James, with this man. However, it ¢ ie: Killed. Then f thought it might be neither here or there right now. bb wD fam gpeatly interested in the notation of Jesse James, alias J, Frankel ton. is your record on tne man now Tiving at Stanton” Ho another Jesse James, alias J. Frank Dalton? Att is pos- Sible there were two Jesse James'?’ The Jesse WoodsonWames of © Quantrill and Civil War fame was killed at St. Joseph'in 1882, and this J. Frank Dalton at Stanton Claims this was a frame-up, and that he is actually the Jesse James born in 187; Sept. 5, at Kearney, Clay County, Mo. I find that your letter stated the Jesse James you refer to was born in Goliad, Texas. I am sorry I did not write you on out letterhead at the time of my first in- Quxiry, as it would have prevented this delay. I have been a Student of the James legend for many years, and am anxious to learn who this J. Frank Dalton at Stanton, Mo. really is. I certainly will appreciate it ir you will allow me the benefits of your records on Jesse James, alias J, Frank Dalton, and also a set of prints and a photo, if at all possible. - Believe me, I appreciate your fine cooperation in this matter.7 Kindest regards. RECORDED - 14 . bP. pe ~ ° INDEXED - 14 FI a! CY7/_Y7 Pa EX MALNCe re ‘ pe EE 1°92 S .