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Director. —3- October 3, 1933 end some of them with murder, as a result of the Division's investigation. In addition, the Division has outstanding five . identification orders on individuals wanted in connection with these murders. Neither the subjects of the identification orders, nor the persons in custody, were identified as a result of any information furnished by the Kansas City police. As a matter of fact, when information was furnished by the Division Agents to the police and was later published in the papers, in spite of promises that it would not be made public, it was necessary to take steps to see that confidential information was not again furnished to the police. Perhaps the beet commentary on the failure of the Kansas City police to cooperate with the Division or to conduct any vigorous investigation of this case, is that appearing in a letter received from Special Agent in Charge Conroy at Kansas City under date of September 20th, Conroy had only arrived at Kensas City, upon his transfer from Charlotte, North Carolina, a few days prior to the writing of this letter. He states: "My principal concern has to do with the Kansas City Police Department. To dete they apparently have not furnished this Division with a single particle of evidence, or even informetion of tangible value. It 4s inconceivable to me that the large metropolitan police department, during the period which has elapsed since the massacre, has not received some valuable information from its vast number of underworld informants. This leads me to believe that the Kangas City Police Department has suppressed information or evidence which has been brought to its attention". Indicative of the cooperation, on the other hand, extended to the State authorities by the Division of Investigation, is the fact that on July 31, 1933, Agent in Charge Vetterli wrote the Division stating thet under his instructions Special Agent Turrou had turned over to First Assistant State Prosecutor Michael O'Hearn, for his information, a copy of the report of Special Agent W. F. Trainor, dated at Kansas City, July 29, 1933, which gives a resume of all facts perteining to the charges on which the County Prosecutor will act, and it was definitely understood with Mr. O'Hearn that the report in question should never become public and that same was locked in Mr. O'Hearn's eafe where it will remsin except for examination by members of his office who are interested in the prosecution. This report furnishes & resume of all the facts collected by Division Agents indicating the persons responsible for the murder of the police officers at Kanses: City on June 17th. In addition, on August 26th, Assistant Director Nathan stated that he hed gone over the entire investigation with Mr. Mestin,