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Pas rere ae ww“ fae Pe, | * ft nae nate hen Hes a oe oa pee ab oda Se adie: iw eal UO ee = Srey 2 : ' : : - ate ae . he — Ay is aD dae . es Se fP2 aa % poe Mey et IVISION OF SVESTIGATION 2 Ne . alee om. F5 ge on oe SUITE L = FEDERAL BUILDING ; Con ee a wa et KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. = tis ey YUSTICR * et FEBRUARY 7, 1934, -4° ee i Bp Wr. Director, RBs VERNON C. MILLER, WITH ALIASES,~. Division of Investigation, . (DECEASED) ET AL I Department of Justice, CONSPIRACY TO DELIVER FEDERAL PRISONER =” j Dear Sir: | 7 a ; . oe a ’ Kindly refer to my letter to the Division under date of February z, | 1934 wherein information was set out relative to the contemplated invesatiga- tion on the basis of data obtained from confidential informant "F*. 9 - Pursuant to telephonio conversation with Mr. H, H. Clegg of the - Division, contact was had with Mr. Asa W, Butler, United States Marshal, s Kansas City, Missouri, on February 2, 1934, and on that same date oaths of © i office in triplicate were prepared by Mr. Butler and myself for Special Agents H. E. Andersen and W. F. Trainor, and the two oaths of office were executed by these Agents before Honorable Merrill E, Otis, United States . District Judge, Kansas City, Missouri. On the letter head of the United . States Marshal's Office, Kansas City, Missouri, under date of February 2, ; “ 1934, Mr. Butler, over his signature and seal, appointed Special Agent Andersen and Special Agent Trainor as Special Field Deputy United States Marshals for the Western District of Missouri, these letters to serve _ respectively to Special Agenta Anaersen and Trainor as their commissions. co ~ gt ay, Ss At that time the question was raised by Mr. Butler relative to e bonding of Agents|- Andersen andjTrainor. Pursuant to my conversation with >. Butler, my telegram, dated February 2, 1934, was dispatched to the = || ivision requesting that contact be had with Assistant Attorney General Gardner, in order to ascertain if these Agents should be bond 7 . to receipt of Division telegram, dated February 8, 1954, 2:5 ing that the Department advised no bonds were necessary fortepecial Deputies . Andersen and Trainor, Mr. Butler contacted the U. 8, Fidelity and Guaranty § ... Bonding Company at Kansas City, Missouri and obtained blank applications for _ bonds for these two Agents. The application called for quite detailed and oo confidential infomation concerning the applicanta, end hence no action was. ° taken upon the same. Mr. Butler hed indicated that such bond could be |. obtained by these two Agents at his expense by merely signing an application without the necessity of furnishing any information relative to them or their connection with the Government. In the meantime Mr. Butler left the city. In view of receipt, shortly thereafter, of Division telegram indicating that bonds were unneceesery, I inatructed Special Agents Andersen and Trainor to disregard making any application for bond, this being the afternoon o r Ly a Feedage | Ah yBB