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Melvin Belli — Part 3

55 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Nov 12, 1947 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Melvin Belli · 54 pages OCR'd
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Be eee recent Fingerprint Sect#en;- of ‘the £BI;—-Washington;~--- - eine einen JX 9-10 BELLI advised that he. was fingerprinted on one occasion by the San Diego Police Department and he was arrested there on July 21, 1933, on a vagrancy charge under the name of LOUIE .; oo , BACHIGALUPI. " BELLI advised that this arrest was in connection with his work at the time since he had recently completed law school and was working with the United States Government. BELLI was not queried in detail regarding his arrest, however. He advised that his ~~ - fingerprint classification. according to the above arrest was as follows: 3 1°R IL0 17 17 T IO 15. Mrs. EILEEN WALLETT, personal - secretary for BELLI, stated she recalled having handled the letter in question and that she had been fingerprinted by the Chattanooga Police Department in a project that the Police Department was conducting involving high school students in ‘Chattanooga, Tennessee, during. 1939.° Mrs. WALLETT advised. that she was fingerprinted under the name of EILEEN PURSLEY and that her date of birth was January 16, 1923, at Chattanooga, -Tennessee. BELLI further advised that his receptionist, PAT NAGLE, is currently on a three-weeks' vacation and will not return to work until sometime after the first week of June, 1964, By communication dated June 6, 1954, the San Diego Division advised that it was forwarding to the FBI Laboratory a Photostat of a fingerprint card of LOUIE BACHIGALUPI, as it was received. from. ithe. San. Diego: Police Department, ‘San Diego, California. ~. By communication dated June 11, 1964, the Identification D. C. advised as follows: «Specimens: Elimination fingerprints. of Louie Bachigalupi, aka Melvin Belli "Latent fingerprint this case identified as left thumb impression of Eileen Elizabeth Pursley, aka Eileen Wallett, white female, born 1-16-23, Chattanooga, Tennessee. 2
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