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Kansas City Massacre — Part 22

152 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Sep 21, 1955 · Broad topic: Prisons & Escapes · Topic: Kansas City Massacre · 152 pages OCR'd
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Le ell 7 7 7 a rn a - a ee mr a mr i Sctober cou 19339! Saat ae be ¢ 2- 2 29/S= 673 “i & RHCORDRAD wanton” of Investigation, | ne, oe a Sade fod TNDEXED pogeral Building, Sulteb, =.” Kansas + CaN, aissourl. Co pe pt al A Pe eas a I an inclosing herexith « copy of s telegraz cant by the Acting Director of the Bureau of Prisons to the yerden et the United States Peni tentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas end to fo the Barden United States Pant~ . tentiary Annex, Fort Leaverworth, Kan You wi , of course, exercise the | - privilege accorded in thesejinstructions to the; Wardens in a post circunspect - ‘manner, As I uderetand it, inatructions have been -lesued so that the three prisoners, namely, Geo elly, Albert L.fBates, end Harvey: ey, have, . been ordered to be held ih Sisolation and are not to be eran any privileges or accorded the opportunity of eceing any jprisitors, and that the only exeention to this will be when you or sone onesfor whos you will wouch and accompany, _ has official business to transact _Pequiring ocatact with any one a of the three prisoners. ols . , “irs Bpoar has just advised no of the publictty appeering tn ons of | the Kanses City papers today announcing the fact that @ group offpitnesses | the Kansas City esasacre. I instructed Mr. Spear te cancel all plans for this arrengenent in view of this publicity, reper veddinash tien ieee Meanie or sensational ataosphere eurrounding this matter. aa wry See _ In order to avoid any publicity ie’ the future, 1 would sogguct thet ” arrange to take tro or three of those witoeases att tine to tho Poultentiary arrangenent be made in such a manner that the witnesses will not. ce to their friends or to the newspapers the fact .. being texan to the Penitentiary. T realize that the shole sat~ —:- taken care of hy taking the group together, but this would at~' ‘- on epectacular character, end for this roagon I believe: of two or, three wntil all have bed the en ; Incl. $676093 sin & RENO =
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