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Show WANTED BY THE FBI JOSEPH FRANKLIN BENT, JR., wlth ,.... - 7,. , L Howard Bent. Howard Frank.in Bent. J, Jo" France" 'fZ Charles Rayborn. Hap Rayborn. C. J. Redman, George I Redman C ' Redmond. Coal Frederick Redmond. George Redmond T C. RkhL ' Thoma. Claude Richards. Steve Rlcl. Joe Tony, and others'. Rlchar,U' UNLAWFUL FLIGHT TO AVOID PROSECUTION (Robbery, Attempted Murder, and Assault) DESCRIPTION Age 24, born November 30, 1927, Clay County, Mo.; height, 6 feet 1 inch; weight, 176 to 185 pounds; build, medium, athletic; hair, brown, wavy; eyes, brown; complexion, com-plexion, ruddy; race, white; nationality, na-tionality, American ; occupations, fireman, fisherman, railway switchman, switch-man, truck driver; scars and marks scar on point of chin, inch oblique scar on second joint of left index finger rear, ',4 -inch oblique ob-lique scar on back of left index finger, fin-ger, -inch oblique scar above inner point of right eye, -inch horizontal scar above inner point of left eye, three H-inch scars under chin, cartilage removed from tip of nose, dim cut scar on left side of forehead, -inch scar on right thumb, 1-inch scar on left knee, H-inch scar on right elbow, bullet wound high on left shoulder; remarksjaw re-marksjaw has been broken and was wired, may be crooked; ap-, ap-, pears extremely nervous. CRIMINAL RECORD Bent has been convicted for armed robbery. CAUTION eat Is armed and extremely dan-jerous. dan-jerous. Bent has escaped from confinement, he has fired at oA cers seeking his arrest and has run through road blocks at excessive speed. Complaints were filed before U. S. Commissioners at San Diego, Calif., and Cincinnati, Ohio, on March 20, 1950, and November 9, 1950, respectively, re-spectively, charging subject with violations of Title 18, U. S. Code section 1073, in that he fled from the State of California to avoid prosecution for armed robbery and attempted murder and from the State of Ohio to avoid prosecution for robbery. An indictment was returned by a Federal grand jury at Cheyenne, Wyo., May 9, 1950, charging subject with a violation of the same statute in that he fled from the State of Wyoming to avoid prosecution for assault with intent to murder. Any person having information which may assist in locating thia individual is requested to immediately immedi-ately notify the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice, Jus-tice, Washington 25, D. C, or the Special Agent in Charge of the Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation listed on the first page of the local telephone directory. |