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Kansas City Massacre — Part 15

156 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kansas City Massacre · 156 pages OCR'd
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oe ets ty me aye sien cee ie Seo. | MEARE vn . ed pt 5 “fnie leitererézort pertains. to “the ane palfistic: ‘e i ‘4 ‘ite involved in the Plaza Slayings of June 19thyF this seein hale": yes A : a - ae ee Te, ¥ “ The , photographs. you have dliustrate evidence: Sees ‘and Seite aa ; casos, found at the scene of the crime and removed. from the. bodies: eae: wifes of the victims. The photographs are numbered end Yettered as. foley - lows; Cartridge cases: 1 to & Bullets: 4 to B. A set of those” wt photogrephe hee deen furnishéd Chief of Detectives Bigeina, ends: wet ro nO, 5 Souder of your, bureau of Standards. oe i, oo eta, Cy eee nae Fiat ge Hs ; te eae Ee the a’ " miecroscopé oxdninetions indicate “that tro Thoup¥on 'S ‘Sub-kicchtpe: oe "7 guns, a .45 Colt Automatic Pistol,-end another weapon using steel) . ball bearings, was used in the slayings. 1% te quite apparent “4... e faut that your agent Caffrey was killed with « Ball- bearing, whilé ee S42 Lackey was shot, with a Thompson gun, Reid, Grooms and Nash were’ F shot with a Thompson gun, while it is apparent that Hermanson vas" * aa - shot with @ buck-shot gun. My conclusions are based apon eareful . _ ' microscope examinations of, the exhibits now in my keeping.- Bullet .° i holes in the tuo care indicate that the gun-fire Cine” Trom: “the front. . . - a “Y ao a es: yes © . 4 te athe whe “ot ayy Bullets end cartridge cases Prom Floyd's ‘gun, ghd from “the ‘sebresia: Bank rybbery, and from the North Kansae, City dank robbery,/as well: Eee . as bullets from our Detective Carpenter shooting, al) failed to de = 7; identified as being connected with the weapons used in the pleza shoot- — ings. Test bullets fjred by me from the two 438 calider Colt revol-~ a 2... were taken from *FurfSarmmons, failed to de. identified | ae Peing. cour _ es E ; nected with any Jocad syaeettondtae i “ rw Bes : oo a - yee re ee an? At ~ ie . os solutely important that teat bullets be fired from the ey at teh or My me in omer that I can identity positively, the pamparison | Psgee ‘aa. well 88 the. gune.| Be cure ‘that no one bana she ee teks . i . . wae , foto. oo ae oF . ne cot ian mi. [= 2 Py +e “ ae +: Bote se os .f sheet — . 2 : ied ; . i" * Pad . ” + tot ue as ae 7 “A, Leo - ae was “discovered on D sugust 10th. oy ww. ‘ail; above wpentionea:: ‘that a ‘lead slug fired froma .38 caliber Colt revolver also entered the body © of Chief of Police Otto Reed. fhie slug was compared with various’ other specimens in possession of Gill’.- especially those fired fram the revolvers of "Fur" Sanmons, but to date, no identification has been made,
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