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John Dillinger — Part 1

52 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Apr 8, 1934 · Broad topic: Famous Crimes & Fugitives · Topic: John Dillinger · 52 pages OCR'd
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- ir . . Disision of Inbestigution P. 0. Box 515 . St.Paul, Minnesota. Wet MAITGCLUL, Division of Investigation, UG. 3S. Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. PERSONAL AND IAL Dear Sir: RE: JOHN°DILLINGER, with aliases = FOGITIVE, I.0. £ 1217, et al. . HLM.V.T.A. and HARBORING. St.Paul File No. 26-2454. Special Agent in Charge William Laraon, Detroit, telephoned me at the St.Paul office and advised that he had covered prospective confidential informant by the name who was well acquainted with the HAMILTONS, DILLINGERS, OPAL LONG, and PIEXPONTS. She is agreeable to proceeding to Toledo, Ohio, where it will require about two hours to make a contact, after which she will need to @ to Indienspolis end then return to the Detroit diatrict, and the totel expenditures which ghe would racnire wold not he fn ereeasas of £25. OO withont treng- Ne i ee portation. b71D Mr, Lareon inquired as to shether he would be euthorized to advance the sum of $25.00, plus the mm equivalent to trensportation, and he was authorized to advance a sum of not in excess of $20,00 in cash, and to purchase transportation and give to this informant, and upon her arrive] in Indianapolis if Circumstances should warrant additional payments he should seek additional authorization far anch paymenta. wid eteted thet she would expect any reasonable reward in the event the information furnished by her led directly to the apprehension of JOHN DILLINGER or JOHN HAMILTON, or both. ir. Larson has informed her that he was | more thet the smount for the location of DILLINGER, if her in- fometion was directly responsible for causing his apprehension, would not be in excess of $1000.00, and for the spprshension ot emarmennn (tL GF ISO) So oe eee ae DYSON OF NVESTIG é& | 70 SEP 1 ten 18 1934. APR 17 193 Hn 0 6FED.G IER T Of. , LA ats a a ee | _ a "hee —T - No ee ge en ee on ne re tent nee ame
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