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a ay Wend, Florida \ Mate 21, 1952 eedere ee, ae , , _— '. Special Agent in Charge, mo - ns ' Ue S. Bureau of Investigation, Re: Unknown Subjects, a sy Box 32, _-MISCELLANSOUS (Eidmapping of Charles ~~ a Jacksonville, Florida. ée Lindbergh, Jre}) © fo8 | Jax File 62-772 7 Dear Siri- Per ee ee :::. Florida, called at the office ee of the Assistant U. S. ittomey, Kiami, Florida, and advised thet a person by . Soy the none of Villicnm Forthing, clias Bill \iorthing, vho was convicted some time ago in California for sameggling allens into the United States via airplane, and who is himself a pilot by occupation, had been in Miami, Florida, about six montha ago, and while in a conversetion with several people, and in the presence ° had mde the staten 6 thought that the Lindbergh baby wou @ a good child to kidnap, acvised that he thought nothing more of the incident until ely when he decided that this infor.ation micht be of some help in this case. WIRE 0 thet Worthing also had a friend, whos: name he\ ad net remenber, but whom he thought was now in Mexico, who was mixed up in opt fortes in Culifornia a few yeurs ago, and that he had given this informtion fo l're Be Ge» Allen, Fost Office Inspector, Mieni, Floride, wh d e on this case and would have the name of this friend of orthing’>. iam advised that he cid not know much conceming the personsl history of vorthing, but that he has ascertained that he has some connection with the "Purple Gang", and may be found in Detroit, Mich. ° In this connection advised tnt he has been exployed es an inform: for the U. S. Customs Agency, Minmd, Floride, and thut he hed civen this infarc: to '’r, Galvin of the local custois agency in Kkiazi, Florida, who advised hir to ros gee this Arent about this mtter. ahien Miami, Floria: Mi I diseussed this case vith Fost Office Inspector ni, Flor ya who showed me his file ri Serence to one jilliam It appears that on april 22, 1951, who is referred to as advised thet can tasid © one RichardjEasterbrook was wanted in California in comection @ a mail robbe: ° \4 involving the wredk of a plane and the logs of some 350,000.00 in currency, some- tire warber, 1950. It appears, from the information furnishe: or. Allen at the time, that Easterbrook was the pilot of a mail plane carrying a4 $50,000.00 currency package, and that he wrecke: , pis plane and abstracted the $50,000.00 from the registered package, latér: re- “porting that the sacks bad been cyt and the mil robbed while he was unéotssious. we Bite conic! {PME ccvisec ct the tine thit Dastgiiivok pos * was previously involved with one 4 am Harold Worthen, aliaslorthtfz, ih . eonfection with a Chinese smugrling episoge wh five ere eonvidted is California some three or four years ago. further informec at the time that Easterbrook was associated with @ woman he Rane of fnbel KES ¥ ee cr Lot hee ae