Silas_M_Newton_Part_04.pdf

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« 3 7 - a FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION This Case inated At a YORK CITY K.C. File #65-7 Report eae 3 Date en eriod For heport Made By Which Made KANSAS CITY, MO. 7/1/4L ( 5/16 ~ 6/18 tie: racter of Case } SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: © SILAS nan is president of Kansas Western Pipe- pone dine Company, Denver, Colorado, which is a small oil company with three small producing oil wells but no pipeline. NEWTON receives on average about $200 per month from this corporation. NEWTON reportedly drilling oil well near Los Angeles, California, at present Lime. NEWTON believed 2 formerly to have received financi…

cr la REFERENCE : Report of Special Agent [Jos Angeles, California, dated 3/20/41 Assistant Cashier of the Citizens State Bank, cUracken, Karisas, upon interview advised that SILAS M. NEWTON was well knom to him and although he did not carry a personal account with this bank, he did do business with the bank as president of the Kansas Western Pipeline Company, which comp. maintains an account at the Citizens State Bank at McCracken, stated that NIN TON was the "promoter" type of individual and was more fident that i LS that no sums of money “have boon sent by NEWTON to the Subject of this case…

cr : ‘a of the Newton Development Company of Denver, is also president of an oil company the name of which aid not is drilling a well in California near the ocean. stated he believed that the location of these drilling operations is in the vicinity of Los Angeles. He had no definite information on this. According to NEWTON formerly was connected with the Oriental Refining Company of Denver, Colorado, and also was associated _in Ss | advised that Mr. NEVTQY ha en financed in some of his promotion schemes and operations ‘through J. H. CARPENTER of Now York, a financier, who he stated has been re…

that it was about six weeks prior to May 16, 1941, that a withdrawal or deposit appeared in this account. stated tht the Newton Development Company, of which Mr. NEWTON is president, has banking connections in Wichita, Kansas, but he was unabic to recall the name of the bank that these con- nections were with. At Wichita, Kansas ° atari ae aene Derren of the Kansas State Bank; ssistant Cashier of the Southwest National Bank; Vice President of the First National Bank; and Assistant Cashicy of the Fourth National Bank, éLi in Wie ected in an effort to locate the bank account of opment Company, w…

r : ; ——_ of. advised that he does not recall ever having seen bic a withdrawal from this account made in favor a He advised that if regular withdrawals were made in favor of this individual he would know about it. i to determine to whom the withiramls were made in favor PENDING.

UNDEVELOPED LEADS: KANSAS CITY FIELD DIVISION g his affiliations or association with Subject with aliases, Subject in this case. FN j

+ we ° * “ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION This Cage Originated At: NEW YORK CITY __. K.C. File #65-7 Repor e At Date When Made Period For neport Made By Which Made KANSAS CITY, MO. afif/ar 5/16 ~ 6/18/41 [sm Title: Character of Case oe eee SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: SILAS M. NEWTON is president of Kansas Western Pipe~ line Compeny, Denver, Colorado, which is a smll oil company with three small producing oil wells but no pipeline. NEWTON receives on average about $200 per month from this corporation. NEWTON reportedly drilling o11 well near Los Angeles, California, at present time. NEWTON believed for…