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¥: a7 ok = 3 r i . i . i. *. a “* % = $ eo. ~® Agent was instructed by Special Agent Guinan to retire at approz- imately 5:00 p.m., in order that he might be in @ position to take up the post at the service door in the kitchan at 12:00 midnight. Mrs. Rogers wma to Observe the hal} through the service door from 8:00 p.m., until midnight. It _ Was approximately 6:15 p.m., as before atated, when agent was called from the bedroom by Special Agent Guinan. ° Imnsdiately upon the receipt in 207 of the call indicating that MILLER might be leaving in the Auburn automobile, Agent Guinan instructed Special Agent W. A. Smith to go domoetaira and get the gun squads in position eround the hotel. I did not hear Mr. Guinan give these instructions to agent Smith but waa later so informed by both agenta. These gun squads had previously been removed to some distance from the hotel ao that their presence in the immediate neighborhood would not give the fugitive or his consorts notice that the place was under surveillance. Approximately five minutes after Agent Suith left for the gun squads, saceording to agent Guinan, VIVIAN MATTSERS came out of the door of 211, closely followed by the man believed to be VERNON MILLER. .The man was walking very fast, had a enap-brimned browm hat dram don over his eyes, large horn-rinmsd glasses, and e heavy - brow mustache. It my de noted that there are three lights in the corridor in the | hall in question and agent was unable to identify MILLER until he had arrived almost at the third light in the hall which is epproximtely tveive feet from the service door at which agent was watching. At thie point, INLLER ws wilk- ing so fast that he was approximately three steps in front of VIVIAN MATTHEWS; and as he reached the light, he became alarmed, apparently at noise iasuing from the door in apartment 207, and started to rum. Agont immediately ran out from the kitchen into the living room and advised Agent Guinan that the man was MILLER. Even if I bad been armed at the service door, which I was not, having been placed there by Special Agent Guinan only for purposes of identification, I could not have shot MILEZR from the service door inaamuch ee MILLER was running and less than a second elepsed between identification and disappearance from sight. Immediately after advising agent Guinan that | the man wa MILLER and the exit from 207 of agents and police officers, agent followed out into the hall and observed Agents Yen Waggoner end Guinan in the eorridor where thay had apprehended VIVIAN MATTHSRS who bed run beck almost . to the door of 211. It ia understood that other egerts, headed by Sergeant FPrenmuth of the Chicago Detective Bureau, had gone dow the etairs following MILLER. The above information wae given me by Agent Nichole.