[chris]

These FBI records concern Gene Leroy Hart, an Oklahoma fugitive and later a murder defendant. Fugitive memoranda from 1974 document the FBI's efforts to locate Hart after his 1973 escape from the Mayes County jail while awaiting trial on a second-degree burglary charge, including inquiries in Tulsa and northeastern Oklahoma. A separate 1978 civil-rights file records an attorney's allegation that local officials and prosecutors illegally monitored privileged attorney-client communications with Hart while he faced three first-degree murder charges. The FBI referred the monitoring allegation to the U.S. Attorney's Office, whose prosecutor concluded that it did not warrant investigation, and the Oklahoma City office closed further inquiry.

FBI file number: 44-2308; 88-9740 | Documents span: 1973-1978 | Released in 2 parts
Names in this file: Gene Leroy Hart, Sidney D. Wise, S. M. Fallis, Pete Weaver, Glen H. Weaver, Hubert H. Bryant
Subjects: fugitive investigation, jail escape, civil rights complaint, electronic surveillance allegations, Oklahoma