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Kansas City Massacre — Part 8

199 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kansas City Massacre · 197 pages OCR'd
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nt * He ah aa: pen “her r bajar Team her or dea het an, aoe, gue ise a e eatigation at the scene of the target prec eti¢e ge ‘600° caper ® 3S eaidbre shells which had bean discharged. from Ne ‘different. machine guia,’ ee Sy ‘evidented by marks -on the ehell¢, which wera © examined | ‘by: wy aries, Rebar, *pallie~: a tie expert of the Staté Bureau of Znvestigat ion end ‘Iaentificat ee 1 al * found several shells which had been aischerged ‘from’ ‘a Colts 45 automatic. ‘pietol< x There were also found ‘a number of empty ms cartridge - " type. . Evidently the shells were procured from some Government Arsenal. or. ‘Armory 6: a “assistant Superintendent O. P. Ray of the State Bureau was “ani the . “wieinity ‘and at- ‘¢eanpted to trail the Ford automobile Dut was unsuccessful. “Ip was reported thet ..00° _when the car passed out there wore only two men end two women; in, At although it’ wee. about dark. ent might a ee contained more poroonts ES = i? ~ 7 sy, ae v ys oa ; ca rn Title ‘Agent was ‘at the errs Bureau of Tovestigation’ Send [dentists - a. Jong ‘distance. ‘eall wae “peceived a . Ceaviok thie morning, ing uiring into. this matter, Okleahome who hed. been making | a: (farther ‘{nvestigation y “@otem ined thet ‘there. ‘were four men” kon “from Sheriff Maxwell et Atoke, ‘and who stated that it hed been defini tel . by:.a number of -persme, who stated that ~ wie that the two women were ‘about. 24° years a mee two women in the car which had been seen ‘ed to be Italien; that e number of per~ it was a black Sedan with Kansas license; _ of age or younger; that two of the men appe _.. gons had positively stated that "Pretty Boys Floyd was abier the whee) end driving | . the car and thet the fourth person was Alvin Tubby, an Indian, who was reared in. '_ the visinity of Kiowa, Oxlehoma anf who. had served two or ‘three years ‘in the ‘Navy’. ‘ena for the past two or three years had deen liying in ‘Chicago; that ‘uddy ‘on Mode. ro Gey gfternoon about 3 Ofclock called at the Post Office at Kiowa end ‘pogeived..0 °°, postesréd mailed Prom Coieago end which s stated, fn ‘effect, Whe stuff you are. looks ane Ang for is there,* e. iat 7 quvdy de short, heavily built,’ very é ; a mis ‘is ; significant in that {nformtion has been received within the past 10 days i . +. ghat Ployd, accompanied by a brow ‘skinned negro, had been “geen in the vieinity: of ~ Sallisaw, Floyd's home. _It is possible that the postcard ‘received by. Tubby ree: _ ferred to some express shipment which he was to receive at Kiowa and further investi. ~, gation will be made to pecertain if he aid receive-a. shisment- there. : 7 “Bhert ff, Max~ well stated that allof these parties in. he Yor’ car. left Kiowa ‘on the ‘gfterncon -. ov of Monday, July 10, going : in’ a northerly. ds rect{ ons: ‘Ho one.was § giert enough +6 umber of she ¥ Kansas ‘license , } "a “pnt, Oklehoma on “the ‘night of July 7th: the National Guard at ‘that place was purglerized and 16 Colts 45 calibre pistols and ebout 600 rounds of 45 calidre emmnition wore taken, Numerous fingerprints were secured vy Mrs ae poet. Reber of the State Bureau of Investigation end Identification and are now being” — | . checked against the prints of known suspects in this case. ‘The mmbers of the pistols will be furnished this office by Col. Elmo C. Flynt of the Adjutant. General’ office. It is stated that the captain of the Nationel Guaré Armory’ et Enid bed | removed a certain part of the firing mechanism in these pistols so that they will not be usable without repair. Mr, Reber of the State Bureau furnished. this ‘Agent with 8 of the enpty shells, which were discharged in the target practice at Blue Hole and stated from markings on seme he was able to determine ‘thet they bad been
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