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EE DE IEEE EEC ELEN AAS ELLE NTE DELS SRA the iS a ier PR 1 RP a ean itt ae, Set bia EE Par th a a . at ‘mew that agent Barkhausen ¥ was to te et court at Fort ‘scott -Fans., and instructed Mr. Weiss to talk tO him to ascertain: hat the condition of his work was, and the probability of his ‘being ‘atie to assist Nr. Yeisas in the Smith case. Ur. Weiss: | , mow informs me tt agent Barkhausen states that he will be aged,in court in a very important automobile theft case - a+gteve B Brownlee case - for an indefinite period of time, - ; not see how it will be Possible for him to leave. pe ate: this time. ta. have. hgowt Barkhausen taken away from-his work, he spoke to es pen! ant Burger and also to agent in Charge Eberstein atout the } seibi lity of having agent Burger assigned to assist him in éfhis "investigation, and while it was stated ty roth of them =. “that: ‘their work was very heavy in the Xingas City District, -. .that they would be very willing and very glad to essist thie . office in this assignment, if the Director desired to eesign , agent ‘Burger, to this work, , ; Qe ‘sixty- day period of special employment and special as- -: 1. sigument of Mr. Weise expires at the end of business tie day -. of N November. 2 Oth. “ate "conne tion, I desire to call your attention to Ure ‘Welss' report on the W. E. Smith case, dated Novenker 19th, “in which you'will note that he has obtained some very valu- “able information relative to the annie Brown and Charlie : . Whitehorn cases, and he is now in Osage County, snd will re- main there until November 28th, following up this tovestigan aa tion as ‘rapidly aa possible. It is ny opinion that this investigation should proceed as ’ expeditiously as possible, and I know of nothing at this time which would take Mr. Weiss away from the investigation "except thet he is subpoeaned in court at Chickasha December eapritn for ona case which is a short case, and if reached s promptly on the docket would only take one dsy. There is . wg 00 ‘other term of court in this Dietrict, and unless saub- 3 poensed outside this state, there would "be nothing Known to. . ae ‘at this time which would prevent his continuing unin- “ gverruptedly on this investigation, 's \