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. _ be relied upone «- ate jnasmich as the eberacter of. the ‘gird re their “opini ise Rot. wmrrant nore . . serious charges and they atated that they bed further secured from the Sheriff the informtion that the latter hed made a trusty out of Johnnie Deake sheriff Dean Rogers advised that he considered Jobnate Dean e Valuable scurce of information and what information. Was furni shed | by him eould , ‘prom Officers Thompson ¢ end plants it wes » aecerteined ‘that Albert end Mihlin Grooma, 1234 Monroe Btreet, were the brothersin-law and sister of —. _ Alvin Karpiag that Fay Grooms, sister-inelaw to Albert Grooms, 1272 Lincoln Street, waa a reliable source of information end it vas believed thet they . personally could secure information concerning the whereabouts of Alvin Karpio, . should he appear in Topeka,fram thie woman, They advised that in august, 1932, Dean furnished then the information that Karpia was in Topeka drivinga Pierce Arrow car and that he had @ gun repaired in the vicinity of 926 North Eeneaa dvenue, which information they verified, In connection with the Pierce arro® automobile, 1% vas known that one of the Nash-Bailey gang bad such an automobile in Kaneas City, Missouri, in July, 1932— This tends to indicate that Dean was furnishing correct informations Thompaon and Plants stated they “hed advised Dean that if -he could. Qesist them in the apprehension of Kerpis | any rewards paid would be. jturned over to him as the police officers at Topeke were not personally ‘enti tiea to eocept everdes, a - CO Johnnie Deen was ‘interviewes by this hzente “He » tated that bie home is 1022 North Tyler Street and that hie present sentence will expire at the Shawnee County Jail in February, 1934. Dean stated that Alvis Kerpis was well known to him; that at the time they were both confined in the Kansas Btate Industrial Reformatory at Hutehingon, Kanes, he, Johnnie Dean, was in the hospital at that place acting as a nurse and in that capacity he qié many favors for Karpis and Karpis liked him very mich; that every time ‘Karpis canes to Topeka, Baneas, he contacts him directly or indirectly, He advised that § . when Earpie ¢aes to Topeke he usually parks’ his cer in the rear, if @ feed store at €26 North Kaness Aveme which feed store is operated’ by Frank Willett w ose home is at 1203 North Van Buren Street, Topeka, Kanes, Dean advised that. Willett ie very friendly with Farpis and would protect him to the utmost; that be knows of at least two automtie pistols which Willett has 601d to Karpise He stated that when Karpie comes to Topeka he is there only for a few hours at a time am visite his sister, Mres Grooms, Dean stated thet Mrs. Grooms was knom to him only by eight. Dean advised thet in August, 1952, Karpis, who ie know to him as “Shy" Karpie, came to Topeka, Kaneas, at which tine he was driving a Buick Sedan with an Oklahoma license; that he appeared again in dugust, 1932, driving a Pierce Arrow car; that on both of these oecasi ons Karpis contacted him