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+ ie, ‘gnother error thich oceurred vas the holding of fgent Suith in tee cpartment efter fgent Guincne hec orcered hin to the Sheridan Road entrzice. Subseguent statements obtaiaed from agents Guinsne anc Szith incicate that Agent Guinene hdd edvised Suith te notify the gun scuads ef the possibility of itiller's emerging fron the epertzent sc thet Smith wég vathin his instructions in proceeding outside of the apsrtuent building in on etteust to notify igents Lockermen and Eice in the machine. If Suith had proceeded at the time agent Guinene advised hi. to, he ould hove had an opportunity to notify these Agents end then come buck to the Sheridan Road entrance and woule have hed a good point of vantege to watch the stairvey anda thus vould heve undoubtedly seen Miller es he cere domn the stairwsy. However, the dele; of fron five to ten minutes ccused be the Asents et the door of apartnent 207, through reason of their fear tact Smith might step cut of the evartazent just as Bobby Moore or Verne willer case Gow the helluva; , prevenicc this covering of the stairway. It seens it vould have ede little aiffe:ence even though Smith hed ececidentelly run inte Bobby Leore and it would have been better had he run into iller. It also eprears that the original arrengenent to notif; the agents througn tae waving of a shirt out of the window of epartment 207, was not executed and thus the ‘Agents on the street vere not notified that Willer was about to cone out of the epartucut building. Agents Lockermen nc Piece set in their méchine not more then fifteen feet eway from tne point there uiller exterec Eobb; Koore's car. They sev hin but they did not attezot to intercept him because they said that they hac no information | thet it ves Miller; not et lecst until they sat; Bichols and the officers coming out of the apertaent building end Wichols firing ét the car, vhen it was teo lcete for the: to tum their car sroume end ettempt to follow it. Brierly, it appezrs thet the Agents overlooi:ed the best ovcortunity; to cepture iiller when they permittec hin to walk cot the corricor on the second floor, probebly overhear the noises mede b; tne égents as they attempted to emerge from the door cnd the. rum out of the builaing’ anc enter the cer ana wuke his getavay. it is, of course, é highly dancsereous proceeding for «gents to use firearns on 6 city street where pedestrians cad notorists ere constantly passing. it is further « dcengercus vroceeding for igents te shoot at un indivicusl they sussect of being the . fuitive sithout neving definite knowledge thet he is tie fugitive. They were dezling here with & dangerous nen who hes @ reputation of firing first et cll lev enforcevent officers. Those on the street could not fire first beceuse the, cid net hve definite Imorledge thet it tes Verne Liller. The fgents on the seconc floor, hovever, dic nive thct definite inovledge and if iiler hec been intercepted by = scuaea of law: enforcement officicls es he eae out of the door of apartaent 211 he could heve bees held up without uch fear of his retaliating or shooting first then he sew é squad of nén with machine guns. If by any possible chance it wes not ililier, no harn .