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Wilkie, John E. (John Elbert), 1860-1934

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Letter from John E. Wilkie to George B. Cortelyou

Letter from John E. Wilkie to George B. Cortelyou

Secret Service Chief John E. Wilkie informs George B. Cortelyou that they have investigated James Seldon Cowdon at his request. Cowdon is a clerk in the Treasury Department and has characteristics of “a harmless crank.” Cowdon is interested in political economy and flying machines, and talks about both “with fluency and a total disregard of facts.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-13

Letter from John E. Wilkie to George B. Cortelyou

Letter from John E. Wilkie to George B. Cortelyou

Secret Service Chief Wilkie informs George B. Cortelyou that he has received the letter and will give his personal attention to the preparations for President Roosevelt’s upcoming trip. He intends to send three men with Roosevelt’s traveling party, and have them be joined by two additional men at their destination.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-16

Comment on the House debate of Friday, January 8th

Comment on the House debate of Friday, January 8th

John E. Wilkie reports on the recent debates in the House Committee on Appropriations surrounding the Secret Service’s payment and involvement in land fraud cases. Wilkie outlines and refutes the claims made by some committee members, including Representatives John A. Tawney, Joseph S. Sherley, and William I. Smith. He concludes with the observation that the committee members “alone were responsible” for the state of Congress and that “no executive officer” is to blame.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-08

Letter from John E. Wilkie to George T. O’Haver

Letter from John E. Wilkie to George T. O’Haver

Secret Service Chief Wilkie thanks Memphis Police Chief O’Haver for his letter regarding Albert B. Hurst. Wilkie has been in contact with the Washington Post and determined that the newspaper received their story from a contracted news service. Wilkie encloses this letter for O’Haver’s interest, and asks him to return it when he is finished.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-18

Letter from John E. Wilkie to George T. O’Haver

Letter from John E. Wilkie to George T. O’Haver

Secret Service Chief Wilkie congratulates Memphis Chief of Police O’Haver on the conduct of his force during President Roosevelt’s recent visit. Wilkie also requests an investigation into an incident in St. Louis, covered in the Washington Post, which Wilkie believes to have been improperly reported by one of O’Haver’s officers. Wilkie requests that O’Haver conducts a private investigation into the matter and provide the facts to the White House.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-09

Letter from John E. Wilkie to William Loeb

Letter from John E. Wilkie to William Loeb

Secret Service Chief Wilkie informs William Loeb that the letter from the German Ambassador which Loeb mentioned contained a lot of “information” from an informant who specialized in anarchist matters. Wilkie relays what the informant has told him, but does not believe him. Over the past seven years, Wilkie has investigated this informant’s information repeatedly and found it to be false. Even so, Wilkie recognizes there could be a grain of truth in what the informant says.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-09

Telegram from John E. Wilkie to William Loeb

Telegram from John E. Wilkie to William Loeb

Secret Service Chief Wilkie informs William Loeb about information in German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg’s letter. Wilkie is very familiar with the informant and many of the people mentioned in the letter. The two that are characterized as most dangerous are in New York “drinking a good deal of beer and doing a good deal of talking.” Nothing about President Roosevelt is mentioned. Wilkie believes the informant is not credible, but he will look after the matter with great care.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-07

Letter from John E. Wilkie to Charles J. Bonaparte

Letter from John E. Wilkie to Charles J. Bonaparte

Secret Service Chief Wilkie decodes and forwards two telegrams from Assistant Attorney General Marsden C. Burch to Attorney General Bonaparte. The first confirms the present parties and the forthcoming report. The second confirms that District Attorney N. M. Ruick is behaving, and asks that Bonaparte wait for further information before asking Judge William B. Gilbert to send another judge.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-03

Letter from John E. Wilkie to William Loeb

Letter from John E. Wilkie to William Loeb

Chief of the United States Secret Service John E. Wilkie advises William Loeb that there does not seem to be “any danger to either the President or Secretary Taft from any of the anarchist societies.” The “radical branch” of the Western Federation of Miners must know that any attempt on the life of the president would harm the organization. Wilkie urges that the informant whose charges came to Loeb’s attention be more specific so that the charges can be investigated.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-23