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aed eee lh It is alleged thet the officers fired three or more shots from shotguns into the car as it ms leaving, Captain Bexter had « machine gun, seid womething got wrong with ite James Thorpe, Deputy Sheriff fran Jackson County, who had a machine gun, seid it jammed on hime The gang, upon leaving, are said to have gone up the road several miles and turned off into a road known as Missouri Highway number 92, and made their wey into some by=roada. None of the officers went in pursuit of them that night. The following day Agents Turrou and Brantley went with some officers and searched tho surrounding country into which the gang ms said to have gone that night. It was found where they had been. They had tire trouble, They inquired at two farm hounes for a pump and a jack and finally obtained the some and repaired their tires, The gang could not be located. Deputy Sheriffs later found another spot that had been occupied by the gang that night, and a woman's dress bloodieoaked was found. From the best that could be learned these persons had headed north, They were traveling in a Ford YS Sedan with red wheels» One of the wheels had been driven so much with a flat tire thet it was beyond repair, and was left by the gung, ‘This we recovered and taken to the Sheriff's office at Platte City. During the aftornoon of August 19th there wis received et the Sheriff's office a telephone call from the Shoriff at Mt. Ayr, Iowa, to the effect that some persons head been seen in thet vicinity and were burning some clothing, and their ections appeared suspicious. Immediately pon receipt of the fcregoing informstion the Faneas City Burem Office contacted Park Findley, of the State Bureau of Investigation of Iowa, and requested him to put this information, and the best descriptions @vailable of these persons, upon the radio, which was done. The Sheriff and the County Prosecutor at Platte City atated +hat they did not know who wes in the cabin prior to the time that they rented it and did not know until sometime thereafter, or did not even suspect thet it wes the Barrow galge Photographs of the Berrows were presented to the persons at the Tourlst camp and to the Sheriff's office, As above stated, Marvin Barrow's wife was identified as the woman who got the meals, ani Hubert Bleigh was iden- tified as the person who went into the drug store at Platte City. There was no question, as this report will show, as to the identify of the persons in the cabins at Plette Citys As observed from the report of Special Agent 0. Re Davis, San Antonio, dated 7-27-1953, Colt 45 Automaticg, numbers 588676, 573279, 527651, and 615565, have been identified as having been stolen from the Bnid, Oklshom, Armoury on July 7, 1953. From this report it is noted that Browning Automatic