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@ Chicago, Illinoia, November 8, 1933, MEMORA DUS TOR ACTING SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARCE D. O. SMITH: Reference is made to my memorandum of November 4, 1933, relative to the events which took place at the Sherone Apartnenta on the evening of Novexber lst, 1935, at which time an effort was made to apprehend Vern Miller. . As indicated in the second paragraph of that memorandum the writer understood Special Agent Guinarne to instruct him to proceed from apt. 207 to the Sheridan Road entrance of that building and keep that entrance covered in the event there was some slip upstairs and thet an exit should be made at that entrance, As is further indicated in that memorandum agent was unable to leave the apartment immediately and during the period of wait- ing there was some discussion among the various agents in the room to the effect that Age:its Lockerman and Rice, who were loceted on Galt Avenue, opposite the area Way back of the Sherone Apartments, should be contacted; consequently, after agent descended from Apt. 207 he proceeded out the Sheridan Road entrance and over to Gelt Avenue, with the intention of con- tacting Agents Lockerman and Rice, but Vern Miller had proceeded out of the apartment and gotten into the waiting automobile immediately after agent's exit fron the apartment so that egent was unable to reach Agents Lockerman and Rice before the police officers and other agents came out of the Galt entrance and sterted to fire upon the car in which Miller was driving away. AS agent understood his instructions he was to cover the Sheridan Road entrance and he did not receive any apecifie instructions to contact anyone downstairs, although after the original instructions to cover the Sheridan Road entrence had been given there was a discussion concerning the advisability of contacting any egents which might be stationed in Galt Avenue and consequently agent went down and after observing thet there was no ons in the vicinity of the Sheridan Road entrance, he proceeded sround into Galt Avenuee Respectfully submitted, W. A. SMITH, WaS:GVT Special agent. Coulis biSTROYED (40 LIM 22 DI Se PO