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WS. Beportmet of Justice Bisacat of Inbestigat 905 Federal Reserve Bank Building Kansas City, Missouri. September £1, 1925. Director . RECORDED DIVE: . eae Division of Investigation . Us. S. Department of Justice = (j() J 11 1933 Str 25 1993 Washington, D.C. LL: er Dear Sir: ° -nohdisss IN RE: VERNON c.witrzR, with aliases ~- FU. ~ I.0. 1195, et al - OBSTRUCTION GF JUSTICE {Endeavor to Deliver Federal Prisoner There are trananitted herewith }i crophotographs or allistic exhibits of shell ceases marked 1 to & inclusive, with eppropriate legend to indicate the identities of the warious photo- graphs. Exhibits marked 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 were fired fron Thompson submachine guns, and wxhibit S was fired, from a Colt's -45 caliber automatic pistol. So, . Ai . There is also tranamitted a card bearing an addition ' microphotograph of Exhibit 4, as mentioned above, and also ap en- Aprged photograph of a portion of one of the fatal lead slugs in- Wolved in this case. Thie card also bears appropriate notations: * “thenti tying the exhibits. & ne - The above\photographa were secured from Merle aJo122, ny a nsic Ballistician of Kansas City, Missouri, whose nate appears @ photographs as the expert who prepared them. On the card . ee -gulthe pb in the second paragraph of thie letter are the expert tae notgtions of Mr. Gill for the attention of the warious ballisticians , who will later have oocasion to view them. This group of photographs “ are forwarded to you for your records, Within the next few days there will be forwarded direct to the various offices of this Division in the United States, from the Kansas City office, an appropriate supply of the microphotographs mentioned in paragraph 2 of this letter. A request will be made that personal contacts be had with the balliaticians enjoying the widest practices in the various territories, and that those individuals be presented each witb one of these cards bearing the notations of Kr. Gill. At that time the offices will request that examiners who " peoejyed these card exhibite carefully make comparisons of test bullete ané shell cases fired from Thompson submachine guns which > NS come to their attention, and if similar markinge are noted they ary a9 sagen uf oo]? ? yor