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a a # Icifent I pag ay 198 MEWORAEDUW ~ Telephone fell. With regard to the O'Connell kidmaping cease, Mr. Cullen advised — he went up to Albany yesterdays thst the dventa are getting no satiefaction - at all fros the fanilys that yesterday morning the boy was returned, end that the Agents stayed with Deleney in his office al] night, end ehee Delaney received the call he insisted thet the Agents remain at his office, and that he did not rotarn to the office er send vord to the Agents that OfConmell had been aafely retaurneds thit they are planning to pick up Hamy Jc» the contact man, and have already picked up Janea Coluccic, the man sho bouzht « $50 Durant automobile the day the boy was taken, in order thet he may ret a license plate, the automobile ‘hen being dis~ — posed of ant the license used on a Pontiac car for the kidmaping; that tha latzet report is that they cannot locate Manny , wut that -- plans are being made to pick up him and Oleys that the police wers wot. goinz to take them to the District Attorney's office or the office of the - State Police, tot were planning to take thes somewhere else to give then _— the *third degree"; that the Agents are working along rith the police on the handeriting angle; that Delaney fe waing the Police Departaent, the State Police, and hes Captain Oliver fron the New York Police Departacnts __- that Delancy’a attitade has improved somewhat in the last couple of dayss . that he, Delaney, is working quite close to the family and fe quite... eritical of the publicity which has been given to the case, so far as . the Agents and the Hew York Police are concerned ia the case, ani eleleus .. they have interfered with the handling of the matter someviat; for instance, after information regarding tha Pontiac car had been transmitted to several warrounding police departments by private telephone lines, an artiale ep-- - peared in the papers in Nez Tork regarding tho fect that they wore looking for such a car, and Delemey claims thst some newepeper man advised him thet — Mr, Hoover in Sashington gave the information oat, heving received the sam from Mr, Oullan, but Ur. Cullen straightened hia out on this point. I¢ was decided that in ansver to newspaper iacuiries it should be stated that the facilities of thie Bureau have been turned over to the District Attorney for such use as he sees fit, end that eny further stotencnt vould have te com from hia, Mr. Gates was given this information regarding pudlicity,. | Incidentally, Mr. Cullen stated that Nes York agents are ecvering | the girl of Verne Willers