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woe Ewe a ctw ch OLS LE ied eer ang aa chet a le ee a AE TE RL Aa ae ete emertse N S - * any - A . 7 Des Moines; Ia. ool uly 6, 1935 Memo for Mr. Vetterli: a / Res Unknown Persons. oO ae Obatruction of Justice : K.C. File #62-760 ‘Upon receipt of your letter of the 5th inst. enclosing letter from © 2° Deputy Sheriff Harold Gesell, Des Moines, I contacted Gesell andalso “4 examined the records at the court house as to case #25815 involving 205-2. William Engler, Edward Wilbite, Winoil Urben, and John Lugar, and found - ora that they were indicted 12/22/31 for posseasion of burglary tools, ant, Men oe were convicted and sentenced or 3/26/32 to an indefinite term in the. Iowa State Penitentiary, Ft. Madison, Ie. to a term of years of not to. .:- exceed 15 years. On the same date all the subjects made appeal bonds =, in the following manner. Urban released on $12,000 property bond signed |.- by Tony Scalise, but the gang placed on deposit $12,000 in the Central .*.. ‘National Bank, Des Moines, which was cash. Engler was released on $9000 ... cash and $2000 property bond; Lugar released on $12,000 property bond. ©. signed by Tony Scalise and Dewey Berlovich and the same for Wilbite, . ‘however, on 5/9/32, Wilhite's property bond was changed and the gang = - deposited with the Clerk of the Court $15,000 in Liberty ponds. On =: - June 27, 1935, Urban surrendered himeelf and on the following day was - ¢aken to Ft. Madison, Ie. It was generally understood that he only .:. --.°. ; intended remaining there a fow weeks when they would have him out agains... oa eR oa, The St. Louis, Mo. Police advises the local Sheriff that on 6/18/38... . @ fugitive warrant was issued for Wincil Urban, as a fugitive on a burglary om (bank job) charge at Summit, Il). Urban was srraigned in court at St. Louis ani later secured his twlease on $10,000 bond returnable on 6/27/38, but ..-: he failed to appear, nor did his attorney Thomas J. Rowe appear, andthe . Judge continued the bond until July 11, 1953. As shown above Urban es _gurrendered himself in Des Moines on the date he was to have extredition — hearing at St. Louis, Mo. for his return to Summit, Ill. The local = -*: officers are unable to figure this move, other than the gang needed the $12,000. cash on deposit here, = 82 - s val ee a ON Bug zl. The St. Louis Police further advise that Urban wanted by Andrew 00-28 Botz, Chief of Police, Sumit, Il; D. F. Lyons, Post Office Inspt. Chicago, - - 3413 arthur Denney, County Attorney, Fairbury, Nebr, and Franklin Miller, .... toe - Circuit attorney, St. Louis, Mo. I understand he has been positively — rag Fe ddentified on the Fairbury, Nebr. bank fob, 8 8 Re VP A le ... . Ae to Vern Miller, none of the local authorities have any informtion °~"..— on him. Park Findley, Jowe Bureau of Investigation, advises me that Millers =.- ‘picture has never been exhibited on the Ottumwa Sevings Bank robbery, one 9/9/30, however, I will have this done tomorrow ani if possible get a process ’ outatanding for him. . . et te beg BEY UP