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Kansas City Massacre — Part 15
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JaCKSON CCUMTY )
Before me, a Notary Publis, duly authorized by lew to administer cathe,
pereonally appeared this day the undersi med, Lonnia Ross, whe depoees and
mya, af follows:
I reaide at 2542 Foodlen’ aveme, Farms City, Missouris J am engsgeé as «
porter at the G5Sth Street fevera which is soe owned ané operated by Walter
Reine and tml Martine I have bean ang.ged in the capecity of porter at the
above named establishment for the pert three aonthe, Before the time that I
wat to the 85th Street Tavera some three months ago I wus anployed by Frank
B. MWulloy, otherwiee known as Frits Mulloy, and ms under his exployment,
ang:g- as porter, ot the Horse Shoe Club at 7701 Sstete Line Ros¢c, Keoeas
City, Miscouri. I had bean employed by Frank B. Malley for at livest nine
months con.tinuovaly before I went to wrk =% the G5tb Stre-t Tavern se here
wationad,
My duties et the GSth Straet Tavern included thom of answ-ring the telephone
ant w.iting on tride who e:lied there for food and drink. My hours of
ea ploymat eich day at the G5th Street Tavern ware from ten in the morning
to nine ia the evwenioge I wee employed in that capacity at the Gith Stre-t
favern om June 17, 1935, an¢ I definitely recall the date of June 17, 1935,
. by the fuct that J re:d ia the p pare and beerd through geLercl reports by
woré of month on Juss 17, 1955, th:-t several officers hud been murdered if a
massacre aiereia mehina guns were ued in front of the Union Railroaé St: tion
Ksnoap City, Missouri, on that dates I definitaly recel) that at least tue
weke prior to the dete of June 17, 1935, which I have fixed as above, there
wee a long Gistence telephone cal) made by scimone unknom to Be to the
Beth Street Tavern.
In com-ection with thrt telephone call I angmernd the telephone and the porty
talking on the othar em) of the line asked for Fritz Malloy. I told the
perty thst Prite Milloy ens not present. The purty then told m to ent in
“touch with Frits imlloy apd to tel] Frits Mulloy for him to gt in touch with
ir. Killer and bive Mr. Mill-r gell a telephon sumer at Melrose Park. 1
614 sot kn: 2 the name of the party enlling nor Gid I know whot telephone
sumb-r Mr. Millar woe to be instructed to be calleds J do know, howver,
that tha talephom eall which I anse-red wes a long distance call from be lrose
Park, I do nct know in wh t stute belrose Purk ie loceted, but the rassen I
know tht it was a long distance call wie thst the telephon- op-retor told m
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