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Kansas City Massacre — Part 16
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previous night st “The Barn? end that Canfield himself bad visited “The
Barn" and from such observation as he could make he waa sleo inclined
to believe that the persons in question were Gelates end Vivien Alien,
They drove a Ford sedan, South Ceroline license pletes 765, The
Chief was unable to follow them when they left the roadhouse, °
By errengements between the police and agents, « meeting
wee hed later thet night end agent Sterr and Trooper Eleroth went into
"The Barn,” met Willieme and were placed by him et a teble in the balcony
from which point ean effort was made to observe the persons in the premises.
Owing to the dim lights, it wes difficult to make a careful study, but
Agent Storr ani the Trooper were satisfied that there was ano one in the
premises resembling Galatee, Vivien Allien or Vernon Miller. Wiliiams .
meade at leset three rounds of ell the tables and reported back thet he.
@ould not observe the persons whom he had seen there the previous night.
These roadhouses do not cater to stag parties and for that reason Agent
Starr and the Trooper, being unaccompanied by women, were somewhat ¢on~
spicucuse and therefore, efter erranzements to have Williams communicate
by telephone with egents' hotel in the event the parties referred to
or anyone resembling them appeered on the premises, the troopers enti
sgente returned to their hotel but no telephone eall was received. “
On the following day, while agents were weiting to
communicate with Uilliems at bis unlisted telephone, Lake Plecid ¥6?,
& telephone cell vas received from Trooper Elsroth seeking egents to
meet bim in front of the stadium immediately. Upon arriving at that
point it was found thet Trooper Eleroth hed deteined for investigetion
on ecoount of leck of regiatration certificate, a Ford sedan bearing
South Carolina license plates BeSS765. fhe parties occupying this
ear were questioned by agents without identifying themselves and it
wes found that one of them wes H. WU. Struerer of 517 Vest St. Louis
Street, Nashville, Ills, a partner in the ownership of the Hetional
Circulation Company, 17 Weet 45th Street, Mew York City. He stated
he hed up until thet day been residing at the adironéack ee a
Lake Placid. Ascompanying him wee J. W. Harrison, hie pertner, an \
Englichman, who hed been residing et the St. Regie Hotel, Lake Plecid,
end whose permanent home is in Chatham, England. ‘Theee men stated .
they end the persons eccompanying them vere engaged in the house to
house selling of high cless magezines and were enroute to Glens Felis,
Hew Tork. . —
- It was Struever who had been identified by Williams
end Chief Cenfield as resembling Galates and a blond young women ece
compenying him hed been identified as Vivian Allen. Upon careful
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