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“4 ee roo a or yet ‘ - an aM AD a ne ee ee lh all be gto TS Ske steely aE Sb a bee sr isto Bae oe et a ae TT - : ' ro . ek ; my JOHN EDGAR HOOVER DIRLICTOR HS. Bureau of Investigation Boshington, B. d. SPC/AEK ‘MEMORANDOH FOR THE _ DIRECTOR : Cools er ; Reference is made to I. 0. No. 1194, entitled ‘CHARLES ‘ARTUR’ OFLOYD, alias "Pretty Boy", woo is wanted in connection with ‘the i murder at Kensas City. . : Pa Rp Soe, . } ae The Bureau's criminal record of this Andividuel contained ., I a notation to the effect that he was sentenced November 24,. 1930, -. By, : to serve 12 years in the Ohio State Penitentiary fore bank robbery t at Sylvania, Ohio, and escaped enroute to the Penitentiary. Lo : Before printing this Identi fieation Order it was deened - fe advisable t: verify this notation in order thet same might be © ae oat ; conteined on the Identification Order. Accordingly, the writer yt neg contacted the Cincinnati Office and requested Mr. Klein to verify 2 3°. this information. Mr. Klein later telephoned and advised that he * a“ had contacted the Ohio State Penitentiary but that their records only contained a letter from the Willian J. Burns Detective Agency > the effect that Floyd had been sentenced to serve e term in... said penitentiary but had escaped enroute. Consequently, the -: 82.000 | Detroit Office was commniceted with by telephone and Mr. Donaldson |. \ ~~.» was requested to verify the information.that Floyd was sentenced .§.. Fd on November 24, 1930, to serve a sentence of 12 years for a bank <i... robbery at Sylvania, Ohio. Mr. Donaldson advised by telephone that. - és the records of the Toledo, Ohio, Police Department had been checked es and that Floyd was sentenced November 24, 1930, to serve fron 12. to aan 15 years for a bank robbery at Sylvania, Ohio, and that he hed » awe escaped enroute to the penitentiary. i ep - a ao Accordingly, this record is being {eluded ¢ on the Bureau's | Identification Order, along with the other criminal offenses of hi et this abject, ‘omitting the word “Notation. ® - Se, can