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ae eld f “a ee Informant stated that he knew the Italian who furnished °° °° him this information implicating himself only as Joe, but that he ae ecntinuelly frequents the headquarters of John Lazia at Sth and Grand Avenue; that he would be able to make personal contact with | him inmediately without arousing suspicion. However, as was obviously true, informnt stated that once Brashear, Comstock and. Carpenter reach the Missourl State Penitentiary to serve their. bee sentences the “rumble* would probably get out that he had *fingered ~ them" and the infor mtion would probably travel beck to the Lazie © | mob within a few dayas. He stated that he would be willing to point. out to the Agente the man in question or would ascertain his name, - a address and automobile license number and confidentially report it to. these agents in the Kansas City office. fed “ oe Sheriff Bash then discussed the matter with agents anderen and Trainor privately and stated that he is thoroughly of the belief | that thie informant is furnishing reliable information and it is hie - Opinion that the plan would succeed with reference to hia spotting the Itelfan in question and also he believes that the informantis . truthful with respect to what he aaid the Italian had told hime — Sheriff Bash further stated that in pursuing this plan if an arrest of en Italian gangster should occur, the only advisable measures would be to have such arrest made by Agente of this Division rather than by | any local authorities. He offered the cooperation of hie office, but - expressed a doubt as to the trustwarthiness of many of his dope ties. since Deputy Sheriffe secure their positions by local political . ~ measures and Kanasas City politics which ia ssid by him to be to o great extent dominsted by the Italian gangster factiong He recommended that -: the Agents be deputized if such as procedure was possible as Deputy U. S. Marshals to arrest the suspect and that he be immediately | removed from Kansas City after arrest in order to forestall the miltitudinous legal measures in the form of babeas carpus, ete., which would be brought to bear by henchmen of the Lazia gange In this | a connection he also atated that 1t would be practically impossible to. . - hold arch a prisonmr inconmmunicado in the County Jail et Kanses City because of these circumstancese Ho has hed a sample of thie procedure in connection with his holding of Charles Gargotta,charged with mrder, who ia a Lazia lieutenant and is now awaiting trial on which hearing has been continued in the State District Court for over six mnthse |