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: oa, + & i Chicago, Illinois, November &, 1¢33. Memorandum for Special Agent in Charge M. H. Purvis: Re: VERNON C. MILLER, with alisses, FUGITIVE, I.0. #1195, et al, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE (Endeavor to Deliver Federal Prisoner Frank Nash). it hes definitely been established thet Vivian Matthews, the paramour of VERON C. MILLER, had been occupying Apartment 211, under the alias of Mrs. Clera Hays, since August 27, 1935, At abort 6:20 p.m. on October 3lst, 1933, a man entered this apartment who answered the description of the fugitive Miller, although his identity had not been definitely establisheds On the afternoon of November lst, 1933, Special Agent E. P. Guinane, who was one of the supervisors of this investigation, after 6 conference with various police officers and agents decided to raid Room 211 at the Sherone Apartment Hotel et five p.m on said dete, Sometime before five p.m, Agent Guinane adviged all persons present in Room 207, Sherone Apartment Hotel, that the raid was not to be inetituted at five pem. due to the fact that instructions had been received from the Director not to raid Apartment 211 unless positive identification of Miller had been made and that if positive identification hed not been made within twenty- four hours, then to raid same, At about 4:15 p.m. November lst, 1933, from conversations heard over the telephone between Bobbie Moore and Vivian Matthews, it appeared that possibly the man believed to be Miller would leave his apartment for a trip somewhere, All agents and police officera in Room 207 received instructions from Special agent Guinane to hold them- selves in readiness to take Vernon ©. Miller in the elevator foyer on the aecond floor of the Sherone apartment Hotel in the event that the man who was occupying 211 was positively identified as Miller. This agent hed instructions, if Miller was positively identified, to immediately leave Apt. 207 with Sergeants Freemuth and Curtin of the Chicago Police Department and to follow the fugitive to the elevator foyer door which was nearest Miller's apartment. Other agents were designated to entar the elevator foyer through another door at the same time, At about 8:30 pom. Miller was passing “oom 207 and entering the elevetor foyer he was positively identified by Agent Notesteen, On signal of identificetion Agent Medala immediately opened the front door and agent followed his inetructiona and got on the elevator foyer with the COPIES DESTROYED 40 Als 31 1964 ate ee pp ae ep Sa te