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Kansas City Massacre — Part 13

155 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kansas City Massacre · 155 pages OCR'd
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a ie 7 nr’ wo +. * sate ta Ne : . a a . a dae ee 7 Roe art Jo a ae Let ee jes" ; STASSEN, County Attorney, Dekota County, personal friend.of ‘thie agent,“ _” goummunicated with agent and stated that bad poms information’ ‘that might ? ay “ * be a possible somes tion, the Following te ee ae ! i prove of value with reference to thie case, He visited agent at the Sty: ir Z office and related the following: On May 17th, the First Bationel Bank 9¢ 7202" ° Farmington, Minnesota, was robbed by three individuals, FARMINOION {é in} re 9 Dakota County and STASSEN immediately conducted davestigation, asa result - which he learned thet one and one-half miles south of FARMINGTON, Minnesota; @ nearby farmer, named JULIUS TROUT, found e number of 515 Winchester; S0j-- ° Savage, 50-50 Finchester, and SO Renington sartridges on the side of the Fond. He also found an empty cartridge box for .45 automatic cartridges. He also - - found an emergency kit, box-manufactured by Johnson & Johneon, of tha larger - aby, | qnd more expensive type. He found an empty Chesterfield cc.package; @ five" S. é. gallon empty gasoline can, painted red; a Minneapolis Journal of Sunday, ny ape 14, 1933, the feature section relating a story entitled, *The Strange Cese®: on of Mr, Atwater"; and evidences thet an automobile had deen standing at tha piece. On the empty anergensy kit were the prints ef. Gootrieh-Silvertom tires euch as the news Chevrolet sutonobl les, 88 En oa bee oe ee after discussing the detai le of the robbery of the 2 bank, ‘agent ; | proseeted to Farmington and there interviewed BR, @, SHIRLEY, Assistant Cedhier,~ 5 _ - @nd MISS L, WITTIER, employee. After examining the photographs of the severel . ae ~— cen yet “Agent then Interviewed MISS x. Je TER, preprictress of -4udividuals displayed by agent, MISS WITTIER wae of the opinions that photograph: of ALVIN KARFIS bore a very slose resemblance to the individuel that was ort ting _ in $he bank when ‘the bank was opened in the morning, the robbery having been wv effected at the bank beforé its opening by two men who ware in the bank ae the employeos came in to comnense the. fay'e work, -, She ws, however, unable bad woke any, other identification. eee ue Bley ee : a Bae : an. 0. kB CADWELL, ‘Cashter> eas elec ‘shown potogrents ‘pt ‘he ant wes Runtér'e Cafe, next door to the bank. On’ the moruing of the robbery; {ehe ory Eee noticed a maroon colored Chevrolet car parked between the bank end het restaurant. The driver got out of the oar and walked into the resteiirant and ordered a glass ‘ef beer and ate a sandwich, On finishing the sandwich and the beer he ordered . ‘ gnother glass of beer and as he wae drinking the second glass of beer, a wan, 37. whom she states somewhat generelly fits the description of EARPIS, entered the . dank, the firat man ordering 6 glass of beer for him. ‘The two men drank their beer and left the restaurant end entered the car and drove away. These tw men were in the robbery. She selected the picture of WILLIAM WEAVER, alias PHDENZ DONALD, as an oxict likeness of the individual who entered the resteurant,
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