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ia en at gee Tee eee eee aie eae pe pee eee en ana dite Sie eet — rr ~ Bie aenleie ee Saved-off ghotguas and emall erms were , kept in r secret baeing place in the garege. Ko Confidence Man gould work in Hot . |. Bprings without the O.K. of Galatas, as if they tried te eo. as he would have then arrested by the local edninistretions The racket ‘of the Geletas erowd was pot restricted te Hot od Springs, but most of the prospective victins were tagged there anf then followed to various points of this country and Canadas where they. were "fleeced". Galatas received cne-third ef the | proceeds for the part he played in directing the Sand". The -warious Confidence Men when in trouble would wire him for +=°% money and he would immediately send then what they needed. =: _ When conditions became dangerous for these men in Hot Springs © = they would depart for their hideout, a mountein retreat located | about 14 miles fran Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Upon receiving word that things had adjusted theasel ves ‘they would i returne ; _wietins’ money by use of force in ease the Confidence Men were not successful in obtaining it from them by other means. ‘Phese men were in Hot Springs part of the time, but spent — ” considerable time away from there. They all hed eutonoyizee equipped with sub-machine guns and revolvers, ent que methods of eoncealing the guns under the tonneen the front geet in such a way that by pressing buttons the guns would ‘ve. - peadily available. The Ratrong-arn” | men 3 all used bales. ‘a “eadi tion to the Setrong-Are® men mentioned above, ‘employed a negro called Tyree Murphy, of Hot Springs, as e killer. At the present time this negro drives a Packara . Roadster which was purchased for him by Galates. : "fe equipped with two machine guns whieh are » ecacealel in the 3 manner heretofore Goscribed. - A photograph of Harvey atley was identified as « member ef the mob know es Eddie. This individual, according to Hill, oe drives a Reo Sedan enf is heed of Gelatas' gun mex, being en fo zn . expert machine gun: eperator. The photograph of Wilbur \:°>":: |) Waderbill was identified as ene of the gunmen ef the mod, were photographs of Bernard Phillips, Bd Davie, Bob Brady ~ | q@nd Alvin Karpis. With reference to the letter Hiil eb “het this individual hed a bed finger on the left hand. . =; will be sdoerved that Alvin Karpis, #6008, P.D. Tulsa, cxlatoms, ‘de desorided as having @ one inch eut scar just delow the =< " kanokle of the left inex Finger. “wad orate’ that tere as Sie Scion ee ee