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. Shelton states that upon their arrival at a point near Monroe and at Temperance, Michigan, the three noticed a man _leaving a Chrysler car along the side of the road. The car appeared to have been run out of gasoline; that because the battery in the Whippet was not in good working order they arrived at the conclusion that they would remove the battery from the Chrysler and it wae while Shelton was performing thie work that the Deputy Sheriff cane upon Shelton, and when he started walking toward the Whippet eedan, which was parked nearby, the drivers departed. Sheriff Bailey advised that the deputy 414 not see the men in the car sufficiently to give a description of them, but it eppeared that the cer was a Whippet coach and also appeared to bear Ohio license. Sheriff Bailey has the aforementioned Chrysler oer in his possession and had to date been unable to ascertain the neme of the owner or to determine whether or not same was stolen. Sheriff Bailey states that Shelton had no papers or money in his possession when arrested; that he refused to talk for ser- eral days; thet he finally gave the names of Verne Miller and Biil Wiseman as the men with whom he had been riding in the Whippet coach. Shelton aleo stated that these two men had in the car a 30-30 rifle, a .38 calibre Smith & Wasson pistol, a 45 calibre German Luger, and two dark colored piatols; that one of these mon haf three euitsa of dlothing, including golf knickers, and the other, two suits. He also atated that they bad a set of golf aticks in the car. 7 The Sheriff informed the Agent that he had deen furnished with a newspaper clipping by one of the prisoners in the county jail et Monroe, which clipping recited the maseacre at Kanees City, and went on to state that police had identified Vern C. Miller and Williem Weissman as participants of the crime, ané that these men were alleged to have been seen on the national highway near Springfield, headed either for Columbus or Toledo, ariving a blue coupe with black fenders and wire wheels, carrying Kansas license plates. There is an indication from the actions of shelton that Herhaps he became familiar with the names in this particular newspaper article and manufactured the story which he recited. He however upon being shown identification orders of the various individuals wanted in Keneas City, partially identified that of Vernon C. Miller alias ¥. C. Moore ae the man with whom he had been riding for a period of four or five weeks, end the man who was