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Kansas City Massacre — Part 6

184 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: Murder · Topic: Kansas City Massacre · 182 pages OCR'd
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pty Oe agent ‘{nterviewed Chief vend: giacovered that although he, ‘Gohoomaker, had: eard: the neme ‘Joa; .; ‘Hawes, he was not ‘goqueinted ‘with ‘$his individual, Saptata | ‘9° Conndg. = of. the Second District. Was. called . ty Chief ‘Bohoemaker,- Auth ous als Be Le was jwieble, hed o give any Anforsstion moeerding Havens: = ~ ae the pugeontion - of Chief échoenaker, Ag '’ captain ‘Tarkia -of the First. District; ‘located at Madison Street. ang.” the Chicago Rivers “Captain larkin ‘stated that he ‘aid not. know foe |: | Hawes, but that he had a men whom he trusted implicitly whom he’ thought ° _ would be acquainted with Fawese © In consequence, - ‘Captain Yerkin called. “dn Detective BE. Fe Devine, who stated thet he hed only. known Hawes ‘tor’. . the past six months, ‘and outeide: of ‘the fact thet Hewes was'a ‘bookmaker. ‘he knows little about his ‘activitiess: However, he. stated that. he- aid: “got believe that Haves bad been, out ‘or town for sane. time, He. paid ‘that. “he would not descrids Hawes a5 a very large bookmaker, ‘although Ais book was undoubtedly lerger than most. “of the neighborhood varities. From: she best of Devine's. information, Hawes does met of his ‘business over the telephone. Devine was unable to mention any gang or known hoodlums - with whom Hawes might be connected. He said that Hawes wes supposedto ~ be living at the Morrieon Hotel at this tim. The Morrison Rotel is one- oot ae ‘Lergset- ‘hotels da abe. 100 Bren. 4a. » ahaa? = :: eer a wile interviewing wre a tk ‘be set forth ister, it was. Aiscovered that Hawos, operated ‘a. somber. € ' of books: et warious places around Chicago, ‘and that the Randolph Btree ‘address is Bpparently Hawes’. headquarters. - -While Hawes is not one: of: =the ‘very large Chicago bookmekers,. nevertheless he has a Bizeadic: ‘business. His only connection with out of town points, — is. probably . in aplitting ‘pets either to those points or from those pointe; thet is if a bookmaker took a bet of over $100.00 on more than one horse, ° “Bene ; might desire to split 4t te more than one “pookwaker, | “and it is ‘possible . that Hawes has friends to whom he’ aplite bets or for whom he splits.’ ‘beta. Hawes undoubtedly hes a Prt lon sire leading to some section of: the country, wat dust what. ‘is Twit : we Yo “bounestion’ ‘with the Payment soups which = found t * heave been. in the. possession of. Wanyicat. Sho time of hie ppmbearion ag Hot ‘Springs, “Arkansas, ‘attention is directed . tothe. ‘report. of. “Special > : Agent V. W, Peterson, Chicags, - Tilinois, May "$, 19338, in, “the: file ‘on + “eitled FRANK NASH with aliases, I. 0. #1166 - ESCAPED FEDERAL ‘PRISONER + - “ {nis report of Special Agent Peterson shows that an investigation of ©: ‘leense Plates { for the State of Illinois. tor Less, ‘Munber 624097" showed
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