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ne eI a alla ei eae Letter written to T, 0. mi21,{v01l 3 known to the Oitahom ity © office ‘and the. as Kansas City office, and the subject of several files formerly maintained in of. these offices)South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, dated Hovember 5, 1951. fhie letter : ees, and envelope were written and addressed 4n invisible ink by Underhill and by we, terms thereof, Underhill. requested him to furniah him $125.00 for his uee in’ * meking an escape fron the Kansas State Penitentiary. The letter ateted that _- the $125.00 was tobe used as part payment of a fee of $300.00, which he was : paying to someone, name not mentioned, who was enabling him to escape. On the — _ eer con gis “f an inner flap of the envelope for the notice of the penitentiary authorities, Unters aa hill showed that T. ¢. Hill, South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, was hie uncle. : ge 4 letter addressed to former Warden Kirk Prather of the Kances ‘state Penstencierh,; dated Merch 4, 1055, by Dorothy D. Underhill, sister of Subject Underhili, 220 - '. South Bales, Eansas City, Missouri, was found, The original of this letter © ie preserved in the Kansas City file of this case, since it shows a specimen ~ a = of the handwriting of the sister, iIncidentelly, she is believed to be partially. responsible for the escape of Underhill, on May SO, 1935. ey 4 letter dated April 17, 1932, by Underhill to Warden Prather, requesting that the prisoner be removed trom solitary confinement, and written in the handeriting of Wilber Underhill was found. The original ¢ of this letter ie maintained in. she. ; ““Keneas City file. tw ty a a aan A photograph of ‘Wider Underhill, ‘which was “gaia by joitteattery authorities, fo" heave been taken during his imprisonment there about a year ago by a cémneréial oo photographer was found. . It appears thet prisoners are permitted the liberty ) ae wearing civilian clothes for the occasion of having a photograph made to de sent to their relatives at intervals, This photograph shows a pos® that is no doubt more natural of Wilber Underhill than the prison photograph, which has been heretofore available. It is said to be an earcellent likeness of this subject. Several copies of the photograph are available to the Kaneas City office, One ~~. ‘eopy of this photograph is being sent to the Oklehoma City « office for ite. use Jt a Sate a fa future investigations tn that terri tory: oc ER letra gas wT oe . a arene s short typenritten memorandum was found in the thle of Uatorhilt t the Bates State Penitentiary, ‘which As quoted, and reads ae follove;:. oe Lage The sheriff and Bob Lewis of "Jndependence gave ‘th - following information in reference to Underhill1..: a - Bis ®gal,* Mre. Nesbit, rune a hotel at Lockrood, Missouri. Greenfield is the county seat. a filling station operator acrose fran hotel is a good man to contect, as he knows them and can tell what is going on. However, his name could not be brought into the deal,* i,