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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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i ener Fans oy Bai en ote a “ 3 . : an fn a we . got into the plane and Galatss got in the plane 4nstesd of his sife and we “ht _ etarted to Jopline It did not seem long to make the trip to Joplin ané as ert Se I rementer we arrived there about dusk, I recel) th:t either Diek Galetes =.: - got off of the plans at Joplin, I do not yocall wheather J handed my puree -— and thet Herb Farner vould be there scon to take us dcm to his homm, shortly ‘Qelates at Hot Springs atvieing thet we hed left for Joplim by plane anf While at the home of Galatas during thie period of tine én Friday afternooa,. Jane 16, 1935, he received ecvoral telephae ealls, but I afi not hear ‘any of them ami 414 not know from whor they cam, When I had been there for scme "-« “Little tims be said to me thst I had better go to the home of Esthe Farmer ~ > .." at Joplin, Miscourle He dié not explain to me why J should @ to the home of Esther Farmers I asked Gelatas why I should go to Joplin eas I ket the 20. Farmers only slightly end bie yeoply was thet I should g0, without further {oy explansting I asked Galetas how we would go to Joplin and be avked me if . on I hed ever ridden jn a plane and I tolé him thet I had not and J 4% not waat to as I was afraide He explained that planes were safe ené that Mrs. Galetas woulé accompany mee 1 finally consented to make the trip to Joplin by plane ead Galutas took me, Hy ebild and his wife to the airport where there vas @ oot lane, J 61d not know the naze of the pilot of the planee My beby and J Ye a ‘cr bis wife told me that Esther Former would be called by telephones that we of.” were going over theres We landed out of the city limite of Joplin, Missouri, oT but ep I bé never been at Joplin before I em unable to describe the location See of the place we landede I did not pay the pilot for the trip from Bot. 2 ‘Springs to Joplia and J 444 not give money to Dick Galates or any other | “esta ‘person to pay for this transportctione I recall that I had taken e gun out of. : Millerts car and bed pot it in my pores and this gun was 12 my purse when Zo: $o the pilot and whether 1 Gropped it. The gus in question wae left at the “ home of Frank Vaughs im Joplime , Pe ET Whee we lended at Joplin ve expected to find Hort Farner there wei ting for ua, - wut after looking arcund we ca 14 not locate him and it was than that Diek -..... Gelatas had soneors o:ll for a taxicab to teke us to the torn of Joplims -. =. ve Upon our errival in the texicad at Joplis we entered a drug store from whieh ~~ Plece be telephoned to the home of the Farmers. After eo mpleting this Teh RS, telephone call he informed me thst be bad just talked with Fether Farmer a ee after Herd Farner appeared with his car end took us down to hie residence -.- ~ whieh ie about scven miles south of Jopline eS Ms “4 st arriving at the hme of lise Yarmer, Mrs. Ferner ret 6 | &% the doar emf @0om - = after we discussed the pick up of my husband at Hot Springs» I heard Dick... | Gelntas recite im detail to Mre and Mre. Ferner the circumstances surrounding the arrest of my husbanie Mrs. Parner iscidentelly inforsed me that about -.-' five o'clock that efterncon she received e telephone call fram Mrs. Dick requesting that He-b Furner mect us et the planee We loter learned thot was through e mix-ap that Berd Farmer went to the wrong ailrporte At ‘about. ten o'clock that evening, June 16, 1935, Mrs. Famer received a telephom | e2ll from Mrs. Dick Galatas et Hot Springs poking inquiry as > whether oF weet mot we hed safely lanted, In the course of this telephone converset ion Diek
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