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Kansas City Massacre — Part 1

97 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kansas City Massacre · 95 pages OCR'd
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a” Te iate anal i ee ee a ee i Pa ane 6 1900 Bankers Building, Ii DEL Pane 15, 1953. alk MATL Special agent in Charges, United States Bureau of Invest igst ion, 005 Federal Reserve Bank Bldg, BUREAU OF ihveSTIGATION JUN 271933 4-é. | Keness City, Missourl, = + DePARTMERT GF Juste; . | 7a ‘ Bear Siri- he: Parc Riss, with aliases, eS Yet I: 9. #166, Escaped Federal Prisoner Chief of Detectives Shoomaker, Ghicago, Illinois infors- . ef Special agent W. Carter Baum, ef this office, that Mr. Ellicott Pisbrod . hed called him on the telephone and had stated that three bullet-proof weats hei resently been shipped to Kensas City, Kansas. Special sgent Baw intervieved Mr, Wisdrod at his office, 716 . Madison Street, Room 804, Mr. Gisbrod operates a eompany know as the Bullet-Proof Vest Caspany a id - T lr. Tiebrod displayed « Railway Express Agency, Inc. .. peeetpt, showing thet he had ship ed a package on May 17, 29535 to Bels " fovelty Company, 1011 M. Fifth Street, Kansas City, Kansas. Mr. Wisbrod Foceived a esashier's sheck for $100.00 when this order was made by ©. = Bell. Sines the bil] emcunted to $120.00, he hat send the goods ©. 6. De €20.00. The express receipt was 6555, and the peckage was picked up by ; ene Petersen, in Chicego. The invoice of Misrod ahowed that three sullet- _ proof vests vere sent, one sine 60, chest, 38 waist, ene sine SS ehest, waist 56, md one sise S57 ehest end 54 waist. og te ARS Mr, Wisbrod haé read the seeounts in the local newspapers ef the murders in connection with the attenpted delivery of Sb ject Mash, ani in a@dition, he hed reed the article in the CHICA) DAILY TRISUMZ, =. Jane 19, 1955, an page &, a Gopy of which is atteched to this letter. 3 ‘i will be noted that in this article George MoGee, who ie in a oe eonnection with the kidnaping of Mies Mary MeKlroy from Kansas Gity, stated that de and hie easpanions wore bullet-proof vests. 4 circular Gescribing |. . “these bullet-proof vests is entlosed. RS cc Tes : rot aa Sinse tr. Visbrod was met acquainted with Mr. Bell, 13 1s). quggected that a thorough: investigation be made in an enteawr to accep dein © the present omere of these bullet-proof vests. In e@dition, en sxanisation - ef the file mentioned above will show that pie tures were recently obtained « - yy the Kanses City Offices of Fred Berker, divia Karpis, and Berneré fillipe. It te suggested thet the eye wi tansses of this erine, examine these pigtures, tagether with the pisture ef Verne Miller, & St. Paul bank robber is a: tet 4 od : a. we . te
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