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r _ I ... .. I, g .e_¢.5.,_> " _ - ~¢;.;, __ -V? ,_ g . B.»- . 92 I t O O the kidnaping before it started but that Sawyer insisted upon going through with it. Bolton testified that some of the boys often expressed themselves as being opposed to Harry $awyer&#39;s policy of "fooling with the Government", and that they were very much worried about this matter and they oftn made the eonment that had it not been for Harry Sawyer they would not have gone through with the kidnaping. PATRICIA CHERRINGRJN who was the consort of John Hamilton during 1953 and 1934 and who is presently serving a two year sentence in the Federal Detention Home at Milan,Michigan for harboring John Dillinger advised agents of the Bureau that shortly after John Dillinger and Homer Van Lister shot their way out of a police trap at their apartment on Lexington Avenue in St.Paul on March 31, 1934, she together with her sister and -Tohn Hamilton proceeded to a restaurant in St.Paul where they contacted Homer Van Meter, who imediately took them to Harry 5awyer&#39;s cottage near 5t.Paul where they remained for four days. She further sta- ted that they received a tip that this farm was to be raided ad left l o~ hurriedly, returning to $t.Paul where they then contacted Tonnq Carroll 92 and Baby Face Nelson. &#39; "1&#39; ii! t 3 VIVIAN !,&#39;L»&#39;iThIIAS, who was the pa:-amour of Vernon C.I-Ziller a _z. principal in the Kansas City massacre advised agents of the Bureau that 1&#39;4 Q she and Killer had lmovm Harry Sawyer for approximtely five years during which period he operated a saloon on Wabaaha Avenue in St.Paul; I Q ,_. that they visited with Sawyer and his wife Gladys in their home at 1878 Jefferson Street $t.Paul several times. Miss Mathias further stated that ta . at different times while she vras in his place on Wabasha Avenue she had if? seen practically all of the hoodlums she knows in his place. -Q. JESS DOYLE a notorious bank robber and who is presently in Jail at St.Paul for bank robbery advised agents of the Bureau that Harry Sawyer and his wife Gladys for a long time had been protecting gangsters s - f.4,- and criminals during the time they mere in St.Paul. In this connection T? he stated that on oneoccasion during March 1935 about a week after he, » Fred,and Doc Barker arrived in St.Paul from Reno,Nevada he came hqne one - ~.4.- night alone, from a movie; that he observed Gladys Sawyer the wife of 4.2:! -.~. &#39;3 Harry..Sawyer seated in her car in front of the building at the address where-he and the Barkers were living. According to Doyle, Gladys Sawyer asked him where Fred Barker and Alvin Kamis were and when he told her he did not know she stated that he had better look for than as Harry Sawyer had received information that the police were going to raid their - apartment in the morning. Doyle advised that he went downtown to look -6- _ Y> T . WT _ ~ . <.n_,_a__.M,_,, for Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis to furnish them this informatio n but could not find them. When he returned Glade Sawyer was still sitting 1 n h er car in front of the building and at that tim she told him that Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis had been there and that she had alread warned them; further that the Barkers and Karpis would meet Doyle in her husband: place on Wabasha Avenue. Jess Doyle also advised that the day followin 8 the bank robbery at Fhirbury, Nebraska which was staged by the Barker-Karpis R8 _ ng e h accompanied Doc Barker to St.Paul where Barker contacted Harry - Sawyer; that the securities which were taken from the Fairbury bank were left with Harry Sawyer in order that he might dispose of them. IRENE DORSEY who was the consort of Fred Goetz a prominent member of the Capone syndicate in Chicago and a notorious bani robber_ and criminal who was killed in gangland fashion at Cicero,Illinois in 1934 , ad v 1 dse agents of the Bureau that Sawyer and his nife paid them a visit in Chicago,Illinois in September 1934&#39; that on the ni g ht Chicage Police officer Miles Cunningham was killed following a bank messenger holdup, Fred Goetz and Harry Sawyer left her apartment at about 6 P.M.; 3 th at they returned to the apartment shortly after midnight and a P- naP ently were very much excited; that she subsequentl y h dear through con- versations with Fred Goetz, information which indicated that Harry K San y r e may possibly have r been a participant in this holdup and subse- Y quent shooting. s ¬ Respectfully submitted, " &#39;. %,, ,..,{.&#39;1-.-_1&.s JUHN IL MADAIA spail-1 Agte IIM:JMS ____ , I WT . "T" hu_________ . &#39; . - St. Paul, Iinnseota July l, 1935 Pursuant to the request of Special Agent in Charge Harold I. Andersen of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U. S. Department of Justice, St. Paul, Minnesota, Ir. L. D. Socsy, operative of the United States Secret Service, assigned to the St.Paul Office, submits th following information concerning his knowledge of the investigation conducted in Cleveland, Ohio, with reference to IYNONL BURDETTI, IEGL HARRY SAWYER,and PAULA HARMON, members of the BARKER-KARPIS mob: From records and recollection, it was during September 1954 .~&#39; when the above named women were arrested by the Cleveland Police. at ,,.§* that time I was a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, . _._ U. S. Department of Justice, assigned to the Detroit Bureau Office. Special Agent J. K. Collins, formerly of the Detroit Bureau Office, and .e§ myself were instructed to proceed to Cleveland, Ohio, to assist in the ya instant investigation at that point. &#39; ,. .4H We were instructed to report to Police Headquarters at Lakewood ..::, I -, Ohio. During that day, as I recall, and perhaps the following day, I had "15, -&#39;.- no occasion to interview the above named women or be present during the *1--,,~. course of interview with them. The manner in which they were arrested, 4- 1-5. 2 #". ; and how they were brought to the Lakewood Police Headquarters, is beyond my knowledge. However, on or about the second day after my arrival in Cleveland, late at night, I was instructed to proceed to e small residential hotel, the name of which I do not recall, located in Lakewood, Ohio, and -&#39;13.X. there assist Agents Collins and I. E. Hopwon. Upon my arrival there I "~-gizigw observed three women, two occupying beds in one room and the third occupy- 9*; ing a bed in another room directly across the hall, whom I was informed were HYNONA BURDETTE, MRS. HARRY SAWYER, and PAULA HAHMON. These women _ . were at that time sleeping and I remained in the hallway outside of these ~&#39;~.1 F two rooms the remainder of the night. The following morning, after these women had awakened and dressed, breakfast was bought for them at a nearby restaurant and they ate and appeared friendly. .§¬~ &#39; Later that morning these women were turned over to Lakewood Police, following which I understand they were removed to Chicago, Illinois. At no time, to my knowledge, were these women mistreated nor were any rough tactics used on them, and they appeared entirely on s friendly basis. , COPIESDES&#39;H>.n92 +1O6 1 146DEC 11 Em &#39; - St. Paul, Minnesota July l, 1935 mmmauu roa spasm. AGENTnz unisonn. 1:. mnmsm This is to advise that on September 14, 1934, in cunpany with Agents Melvin and Ilclntire, I arrived at the Chicago Cffice about 2:00 A.ll. from Fort Atkinson, Iisconsin, and at that time in the Chicago Office Agent lluzzis was present. Ia were at that time advised that PAULA HARBOR, IYNCNA BIIRDZITI, and IRS. 1 #. HARRY SAWYERwere asleep, and that the following morning, about ,.f#f¥&#39; 6:00 AJ5. , PAULA BAH!-{ON had agreed to accompany agents into Northern Illinois for the purpose of assisting in locating the BREKER hideout. Q so- ?_"1&#39;»&#39; Agents Melvin, ldclntire and myself called again at the , :-"3 Chicago Office about 6:00 A.M., September 14, 1934, and after our _&#39; &#39;1 &#39; _e. arrival PAULA HARI-EON was awakened and evidently indicated that :w:_.&#39; she would not go on the p1OpO89d trip. Agent R. D. Brown talked sea in" to her considerably in a very kindly manner, and finally MRS. »-.mu.¢-.. 1.19 HARRY SAWYER came into the discussion of her on volition and V tn. strongly argued with PAULA HARHION to go on this trip as she had planned. MRS. SAWYKR was not mistreated in any way. Finally MRS. SAWYER said she would go with the others .._,,, ~23. on this trip, and she, PAULA HARMON, a matron, and Agents Brown and Mclntire proceeded in Agent Brown&#39;scar, Agent Melvin, myself, and another agent whose name I have forgotten, followed in another 4??*:3¬ automobile. They all proceeded to Round Lake and Long Lake, _<.4. -. ;».,.. Illinois, and then to Lake Geneva and Twin Lakes, Iisconsin, re- turning to Chicago abmt 5:00 PJI. the same date. MRS. SAW!!! was treated very well all day. She and PAULA HAIMON were tahsn to breakfast at Round Lake, Illinois, and then later were tahsn to 92- dinner at Twin Labs, &#39;1I6OIlI1Ile Both IRS.

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