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ee en (Copy) a Ey | " Greaton, Tas.) e July 9, 1935.) Memo. for Mr, Vetterli: Re Unknown’ Subjects. Gbatruction of Justice | can ' $62-760 . Referring to your - Letter of July Sth, 1938 enclosing eopy of a . letter from the Chicago Office date July 8, 1935, I wrote to you on 9 3° -= the 6th covering interview Deputy Sheriff Harold Gesell and what the | Cobeot court records show. After writing the above 1 made atill further Le investigation and learned the following: a Fron a confidential informant ‘I learned thet ‘folleving 4 the ‘arrest of Wincil Urban, William Engler, Ed Wilhite, and John Lugar, the $12, 000. cash bond for Urban was put up by one John Huber, a Court Bailiff, and a. party named Miller, a Justice of the Peace fram St. Eomkss Mo. This bond : Was supposed to be good for one year. apie Sp is ca cae a _ Inquiry of bir, I. L. Wright, ‘Central Rational ‘penk, Des Moines, 1 tae: revealed that this $12,000 had been placed in trust to secure Tony Scalise, bondsman, should Wincil Urban fail to appear. On June 27, 1955, Urban | c surrendered himself, and the bond forfeited and the money returned to the -° alleged owner. Mr. Wright informed me that while the transaction was in. -)... the name of John Huber, a party with him by the name of Miller, did all the | yo talking, and seemed to be more or less familiar with legal procedure. © = *: ‘These are the two persons who had origimlly placed the $12,000 in trust. o “I learned further that two trust vouchers were made out to Huber, one for — ' $12,000 covering the principal, and the other for $400 covering interest. ~ ' Huber converted the $12,000 into cashiers checka and cash. He secured ‘the ‘following checks: . CL a ee wot + ' Check #54885 in the sum of ts, 000, papeble ‘John Buber acted 0/80/88 w 54886 * © © * 6,000,.." «#. - ; wie The above totals $11,800; the remaining #200 was taken in cash. bes _ mone of these checks have been cashed. am voor bes TS . ‘These subjects 1 were represented by Charles Bowers and Louls ‘Ansher. nr . attorneys. I interviewed Ansher, who hes offices in the 8 and L Bldg., and in _ without giving him any information other than I wanted to know what was going ' on in my territory and also wanted to make his acquaintance, I ‘had etalk |. :; with him about subjects. For your information, ansher some years ago was connected with the local court house and was arrested for embezzelment,’ "and I believe served a short sentence or was fined, as near as I could find out. Ansher admitted that these men were no Pangele”, and that their particular : dine wat "safe blowing; that Wm. Engler was the leader; that the bond for: ‘Urban was put up by two prominent men from St. Louis, Mo. whose names he did not like to disclose, The understanding was that it would not be for s . & 1 ee fy ie ws Be