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Kansas City Massacre — Part 17
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~ Gpon interview iw. Secher ‘stated that he has an indistinct ‘Fesaliecs 2
tion of having received on two successive dates, during the early pert of June,
1933, phone calls fram a man, then in Kansas City, whose name or sther inform-
tion concerning identity he did act recall; further, that he bead never mt this
person who gave him wheat purported to be a "hot" tip on a race, to be run the
day following receipt of first phone cali, and at Latonia or sane other track
in Kentucky, name of horse, ET CETERA; that on the oceasion of the second phone
oall, about noon, this same man inquired whether he had made a bet was ad- -
ised in the affirmative and that he played the mentioned horse phich Pinished
‘es an “also ran" and that since the occurrence, foregoing incident, be “bad re
coived no additional communications from this sam person,
Mr. Sacher also stated that he is positive that be had never: net the ;
herein mentioned man end that his (Sacherts name) was evidently on ea "sucker"
liet; further, that while et Liami, Florida, during the Winter, 1952-33, he had
_ _...attended and played the races, therefore his name and address might have been —
made a matter of record, He stated that the man calling from Kaneas City, as
now recalled, asserted as a matter of introduction that he hed mt hin one .
- prior date but cannot recall the circumstances alleged by the man, who may have
d given him an addresa at Kansas City, also a name, to be used in case the tip on
A BT CETERA proved to be profitable, but that having made the det ani lost, be *
“kept no notes in the matter and had forgotten the incident, .-—- -. oaiagee.
The following investigation was coiucted by Special Agent Lm Be + Hey-
wood at Charleston, We Veo: . a a
Rk, D » Globe Furniture Company, Charleston, ¥. va., etvised that
‘the telephones number "at his place of business, is 22625; thst for mary years he
has played the horses races and placed bete on tips furnished him by race track -
eS touts; that in June, 1933, ezact date not recalled, he received a long distance
telephone call at about 11:00 a. M.!from ¢ man mamedjinderson who ms tel king
from Kansas City; thet thie man was unknown to him; that thie man requested him
to place a bet of $100 on @ horse, name not know, which was racing either that
day or the next day, at a track near St. Louis, Mo.; that Anderson advined that
Dee menernnemaanar - the race had been fized by the omer of sane horses, and a relative of the omer,
go thut the time of the race wuld be set back, thus enabling bin, lake, to place
a bet on the horse after the rece had been run,
Mr. Lake further stated that be was unable to see how any such arrange-
ment could be made and therefore would not agree to place the bet; that in the
afternoon of the same day, 4nderson called him egain fram Kansas City and stated
as follows: "The race is on and horses running. Hold the line a minute”, an
then gave the name of a horse, this name not being spoken distinctly; t after
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