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a ee ri a Te a_i O | D Pr. J we FP, yey £90 @ @ a a a B. Department of Justice Buren of Inbestigation 625 Lafayette Building Detroit, Michigan July £5, 1953 Director a oo. United States Bureau of Investigation “FC CKEr® Weehington, D. C. AUG ”4 * 1983 oars. Re: VERNON C. MILLER, with aliaseb, ot Gbatruction of Justice (Endeayor to Peliver Federal Prisoner On July 19, 1033, Sheriff J. J. Bailey of the Monroe, Michigan, Sheriff's Department, communicated with thie office stat~- ing that one of his deputies while patroling the highway near ’ Monroe had arrested a man who gave his name as Earlishelton, alias - Malcolm\McNeil, aliae HeroldiGaines, on July 15, while Shelton was | removing a battery from a Chryeler Sedan parked on the highway; that sometime following his arrest Shelton made a statement te the sher- iff to the effect that he was riding in a Whippet Sedan with two men whose names he stated were Jack Miller alias Vern Miller, end @ Bill}Wiseman, and that it was while riding along the road near Monroe that these three men observed an individual leaving the Chryeler Sedan and took it upon themselves to remove the battery. When the Deputy Sheriff approached Shelton, the two *“ mon in the Whippet Sedan, who were parked some distance away, i quickly departed and have not been seen since. It was because of | the names Yorn Miller and Bill Wiseman, mentioned by Shelton, that - the Sheriff communicated with thie office, Knowing that a Vern. Miller wae connected with the massacre at Kaneas City. 4 Special Agente Meckins and Stukes were imnediately dispatched to Monroe and interrogated Shelton, who related thet some tine during the latter part of June, approximate date not known, he left Jefferson City, Missouri, and went to Wasbington, Missouri, to obtain work; that be expected to engage in the liquor racket, and while at Washington he contacted a man wom he knows only as WangiejMorris, e bootlegger who he claims resides about two miles from Weshington et a sort of roadhouse. He claims to easually know Morris. Upon his arrival at this plece he mt tro men, one who geve hie name as Vern Miller, and the other Bill Wiseman. These men he states were in the Morris roadhouse. Bay He gave the description of Miller as about forty TES DESTROYED > yew Reo, about 5 feet 10 or 12 inches in height, weight about