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FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD WASHINGTON X-3230 October IS, 1921. SUBJECT: T r e a s u r y Checks s t o l e n f r o m t h e F e d e r a l •Prison a t Leavenworth, Kansas, Dear S i r : For y o u r i n f o r m a t i o n t h e r e i s e n c l o s e d h e r e w i t h copy of a memorandum a d d r e s s e d t o t h e Board by t h e Chief of t h e S e c r e t S e r v i c e D i v i s i o n , T r e a s u r y Department, which i s s e l f e x p l a n a t o r y . Very t r u l y y o u r s , Enclosure W a i t e r L. Eddy, Assistant Secretary. TO GOVEFNOPS OF ALT, F.F.BANKS. 4 -ji-1"--J f~<ss) 0 o ? T TPEASUPY DEpAPTA/rENT X"3230a -J OFFICE OF T E SFCBETAPY Washington Secret Service Division W/b October 17, 1921. Memorandum f o r the F e d e r a l Psserve Board: ( A t t e n t i o n Mr. Eddy, S e c r e t a r y ) .About a month ago you were good enough t o n o t i f y t h e banks of the country through the F e d e r a l Reserve system of the t h e f t of 155 United S t a t e s t r e a s u r y checks from t h e f e d e r a l p r i s o n a t Leavenworth, Kansas, and t h e i r c i r c u l a t i o n , a f t e r f o r g e r y , i n the name of George E. B a t e s , by a man who r e p r e s e n t e d h i m s e l f t o be a p r i s o n guard, wearing a badge, and c a r r y i n g a f o r g e d l e t t e r of i d e n t i f i c a t i o n . I am now glad to inform you t h a t two men r e s p o n s i b l e f o r the f o r g i n g and c a s h i n g of t h e s e checks have been a r r e s t e d a t T u l s a , Oklahoma, and 130 b l a n k checks i n t h e i r p o s s e s s i o n recovered. I am a l s o p l e a s e d to advise you t h a t the man r e s p o n s i b l e f o r the c i r c u l a t i o n of checks p u r p o r t i n g t o have been i s s u e d by an o f f i c e r of the Department of the I n t e r i o r , Bureau of Claims, drawn on t h e T r e a s u r e r of the United S t a t e s , and p a y a b l e , i n most i n s t a n c e s , t o George I . M i t c h e l l , h a s been d i s c o v e r e d , and no f u r t h e r danger from t h e s e checks need be apprehended. These checks were the s u b j e c t of warning c i r c u l a r s from t h e F e d e r a l Reserve banks i n t h e l a s t p a r t of September. I thought p e r h a p s t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n mig^t b e v a l u a b l e t o the banks, i n view of t h e i r c o o p e r a t i o n with t h i s S e r v i c e , as I am convinced t h a t i t was because of t h i s c o o p e r a t i o n t h a t the men were apprehended. (Signed) W. H. MOBAN Chief.
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