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Kansas City Massacre — Part 13
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“shat he hea been arrested in ‘Arinwre, Oklahoma, @ and ia oon aege nee
: oy “waa somewhat familiar vith the terri tory and with gangsters who ath re
Live theres Ho said that his cousin, aow deceased,’ ‘had at one time 2.2) ee
deen an extremely largs ‘operator in alcohol in Northern Texas,~ané ; nn =h
that he had run liquor for his cousin for a long whileg In connection, wot
with thie running of liquor, he beceme acquainted with the Barrow -
' Brothers, who were mown to him when he first net then by the Bane ©
of Porters These men were named Clyde\barrow and Zz. C. We Be- oY
described Clyde Barrow, ealias}forter, age £8 or £9,°67" tall, -
or more, weight 145-150 pound » build, slender, hair, dark, eyes, | -
hazel, complexion, light, ‘clean ehaven, well dressed and manicured,
and Wears sport clothes, He is supposed to have a criminal record © on *
at Dellas, Texas, Houston, Texas, and to have been arrested on the
** West Coast, Clyde Barrow owns and. operates a machine gun which he.
“* 9s supposed to have purchased et Beaumont, Texas, where he has come
connections Clyde Barrow also carries a revolver, He frequently :.
Wears sport pants and pull over sweater, but peverthless oarries Bae, wee we
revolver concesled in front of his trouserse, en: at
oY ~ apg anes
om oe
I. C, Barrow re slightly over “5% or 1, ‘weight 138 wcmba'tads .
pounds, build, slender, complexion, ruddy, hair, dark, eyes, vate re be
dark, waually wears @ caps These two men, he said, were engaged
in general criminal activities throughout Oklahoma and Texas end —
aid not come to Chicago except when things became "hot? 4n their 7 ae : 4 ..
msual haunts, Del Gado said thet the Barrows had a hideout in the’ eh “ie.
mountains in Oklahoma, where they went from time to tine, ani where AM a
various members of the gang went from time to time, The store keeper: . -'/
‘ at this point ie an unele of the Barrow Brothers, or some close rele a “y
ative, and it is believed tint thie store keeper is also the Poste. 2 2.
master at thie points This store keeper protects the Barrow Bro Brothers.
Del Gado could not remember the name of thie man but upon examining | wa
an atlas finally picked out the site as in the vreiniy of Kemp, - "3h Ae
Oklahoma. _ “EL ate ae we, sagt Lact he
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“pen Gado said ‘thet on rity: June 25rd, 1935, ie wae, ats
"She vicinity of State and Quincy Streets, Chicago, Illinois, where - ‘
., he can usually be found, and that Clyde and I,.C. Barrow epprosched re
"Rims Both of these men knew that he was well acquainted with the. :
City of Chicago and that he was an expert automobile driver, having -
i’ @piven liquor for #0 longs ‘Due to hie previous association with |
these men, both of than believed him to be perfectly reliable, In-- x
consequence, they told him at that time that they desired to pull a
job in Oak Park, Illinocise This job was to hold up the Oak Terk Trust
& Sevings Bank, They informed him that about a year previously thy
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