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Through Chief.of Detectives Frahm, Lieutenant James Neville, telephone Redford 4972 R, was contacted. Lisut. Neville ia «a member of the Hotel Squad at Detroit and is entirely reliable. He was of the opinion thet while Katz of the Royal Palm might be 6 rather shrewd business man and not entirely ethical as to pecuniary matters, he knew of no reasan why Katz onc gseee | ehould refuse to cooperate in a matter of “his kind, ; Wo lathe TS. oe However, it was considered advisable not to, reveal 9. mate” ye the natare of these Anquiries unless absolutely necessary». BeeER bs aoe f° a 20 y a “ 7 Katz was “approached by the writer end Lieut. Neville with” the etatenont that we wera aeoking to locete in Detroit a large heary-set - . confidence man, whose right hend was afflicted with the palsy and whose bande. writing wa could identify. Katz wae told thet many hotels in Detroit were | being canvassed for the purpose of examining the writing on registration cards | in the hope that this confidence man might be located under whatever assumed neme be might be using. Katz wes very courteous and cooperative and im- . mediately turned over to the writer the registration cards of all gueste at - the Hotel during September end October, Out of the presence of Katz, the. writer made an examination of each of these registration cards sith the result - that no perem@ naned Haya wes found to be a guest at the Royal Pein an ing = * either Septander or October. fot 7 - Such surveillance of the guests as could be nat atetned without’ . exciting suspicion resulted in the location of no pereca who in any way resan- bled Vernon Miller or other Subjects in this: ease, L, @ when Jack srens the night clerk, who received t all fran Chie was on di Ch called the Royal Fain, QOD wc! esked for Mr. Haye. Arenson, ter making e search of bis records, informed nr Laraon there was no such guest at the hotel. Larson insisted that further. dnquiry be made as the call was quite urgent. After further search, Areneon informed Lerson over the telephone that there bad teen a guest at the hotel by the nane of Hays on 87-33 but thet he hed rannined one night only. Arenson - suggested that Larson try several other. .:- hotels in Detroit which carry the word "Palm", This eiready hed been dme - ... without results, After an interval, Larson again called Arensa et the Royd . Palm informing him of the negetive results of these other hotels, but was aes: . . sured by Arenson thet the Royal Pelm had had no wach gunet es Beye ence Bo 7-530:. oo ar aE me pur ther inquiry revealed’ ‘thet the only Other hotel qaployee on =e dats between midnight and 7:00 a. M. on 10-21-33 was the night elevator operator, Al Richardson, colored, of 516 E. Elizabeth Street, telephone Cherry 5046. After further canferences with Chief of Detectives Frahm end Lieut. Neville, it wae ; agreed that no direct approach should be made toeither Aronsm or Richerdeam until definite information as to the exact nature of the call was obtained fra our Chicago Office.