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ee a ¥ ae ee a vt Pee a | rtelileets tel tall ramet a rarer TFs t ill be made which may result in disclosure of ‘tacts of an ens etenichcditnet k Se . _* . lat. of : evidentiary nature cOncerning these parties since the date on regarding them which hes been secured to date 1s lacking in: a, evidentiary valuee Recently while former Special agent ~ oh; ~ on John D. Glass was in the Kansas City office in conference with | a. Special agents H. EB. Andersen, a. E. Fariand and Ww. F. {re inor, oe. he atated that based upon hia experiences in the investigation... -. of the case of Thomas Holden, Francis Keating and Frenk Nashg: 2)" °s Escaped Federal Prisonars, wherein he made thorough investiga= 92." - tion into the habits and associates of Nash, especially at = =. “«° St. Paul, Minnesota, he is of the firm opinion that the massscre ~ | was participated in by Alvin Karpis and Fred Barker. Hie opinion . is based on the fact that Vernon C. Miller waa et all times a closely associated with Karpis and Fred Barker and that if Miller — ever needed assistance in the commission of an offense requiring blood shed he would cartainly have called upon those individuals, The Holden, Keating and Nash files available in the Kansas City @fice contain very illuminating information regarding Karpiat —§ - and Barkerts associationa with Miller and Nash. Toa great —~ extent this information has been set out in the ‘report of Ageng oe Trainor, dated December 27, 1958. a Lp on . we! Photographs of arthur R.Barker, Fred Barker, Yolney De Davis, Harry Campbell and Alvin Karpis have been forwarded to the San Francisco office to be viewed by Special Agent in Charge — , Vetterli and copies are also being forwarded to the San Antonio. office and the Oklahoma City office to be examined by Special’. Agents F. J, Lackey and F. S. Smith respectivelye wo ' 7 . a oe Boo ee -* on - . - we? a ha ‘ . In view of the fact that within recent monthe many of the importent suspecta of thia investigation have been disposed of, either by death or life imprisomment, it is now believed thet ...- reinteryiews with all of the perties, who witnessed the massacre -. =~ or who were in position to identify anyone who participated therein | would be advisable,g It is thought probable that at thia time the fears of many of the witnesses have been dissipated both by the passege of time and recent developments in this casee Also it ie believed advisable to show the photographs of 411 suspects to sach Witness since many photographs of suspects have been secured since