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JOHN EDGAR HOOVER ee Me von Z - _ A, J Sirector . . ; aa tea, ll a: ope 8 Keetinutien . ys COWLEY 2 B.S. Bepartuent of Justice. ae " ; quinn —— »! ‘ Bashington, B. C. ee we LEt ten 2} JJE:LBS February 1fy" 1934; tocne.._. i . me a . toe Bee 2 ge, . as - lot as emt ee en ee ; ied hind vote an a ” . : . ae rat fan Hast RADU FOR YR, TOLSON aaa vo ; . — ne : ASS RORER.. neweee. 4 At the last conference Ahere was considered the? buscestion- conteined in a letter of Janua 29, 1954, from Acting Special Agent in Charge H. ¢. Svear of F. 8 City relative to the publication in > the/Ffugitive Bulletin of anf Srticle indleating that tho fincerprints of the corpse of Vernon CP killer taken in Detroit wert positively” identicel with the know pri:ts of that individual, This suggestion ~*. was made in view of the fact that there were persistent rumors that the e individual whose body was recently found et Detroit, Michigan, was not: | i e aL ‘om that of Miller. It was the view of those present that no purpose would be served in publishing this information in the Magi tive Bulletin. Lon. As ‘nai cated in Er. Schilder's manorandum of Decenber i, 1933, the prints of the corpse found neur Detroit trananit ted with the letter frosa the Detroit office under date of November 20, 1933, were conpared in the Identification Unit and were found to be identical - with the finzerprints of Verne C. Miller, according to the letter above mentioned and as indiceted on the finserprint card, these prints were taken by Charles Racey, employee of the Identification Bureau of ©. 7 the Detroit Police Department and were taken at the County Morgue. tebe Further, these prints were obtained by Special agent in Charge Larson: at the County Lorgue at the time he viewed the body at that place,’ -~ . Mr. Larson also reported that these prints were classified by Russell ~ J. McCarty, a detective in the Identification Bureau of the Detroit . Police Departuent, and a search through the Department's records indi-- 7 an cated that the fingerprints were identical with those of Vernon Ge Lil lier . as shown on the Division's Identification Orders ee a re ; oO “hempeottuliy, a De , cone 2 feat aia . POOR DED | Giad PAIS 22 [vp;® Re Rep el rE “ - aera ee Soetce str cewpeuempe Den os