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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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Aes 4 SUITE L, FRDEHL WILLING Kansas City, Kissouri Cetober 16, 1055 “7 DYSON OF ‘NESTexTION io fa i a OT" 20° 1933.4 $ Pas -_ specie) agent tn “Charge Po Division of Investigation © Ue G. Departmant of Justice © Room 1403, 370 Lexington avenue Mew Tork City, New York | Dear Sir: . _ ‘WIRNOH Cc. MOILIR with adicees: - _ROIITTE, 7 OTE. - OBSTRUCTIGN OF JUSTICR (Rndoavar to EN ONT gs + Deliver Federal Prisoner Fronk Bash). :7"" ae ra eh. 7 $ Ranson City File, 62-760 Pe ag 2 mr, a i ai ye - : ™ x , Referring to your letter ‘of October” ‘Se 1933, yelative to gueetions asked” by Sargeant Butta, ballistic expert of tle Hew York City Police Depertnaat, regirding exhibit photographs formrded from thie office, the Following 6 comente . bave been secured from Herle Ae Gili, the ballistician here: a 7 Tre two dots. ind icated in the ‘mi eropho tograph. of one > of the oe ‘evidonce cartridge ceses are constant in their appesrance in ~ esch of the exhibits pertaining to the particular weapon fron _ which they wre fired; the tw raised dots in the crater rene o - the primer indicate cavities in the firing pin point. end the “Ee fmniner ebould note their rols tHonship to the weapon electors 2 de 2e The portion of the feted bullet indicated in the nicrophoto-. graph te ae stated: “Tool and flew serkinge", ang are located between jand impressions on the circunferene of the, emibite : fe fool morke of the charecter ehomn ere slays epparent. in. the, ' poattion stated and are csused by the rifling cutter; these -" perticuler murkinge uppear on the bullet in question about wee? ~ midway between the buse and nose ‘of the bullet, well fom on ihe bearing furtacee | f : “$: f . Se y <e tos a. ” a Se in enlarged photograph of the ‘ocuplete ballet is ‘atiached”: Bay Sap :- ° herewith, The portion of thie photogruph marked mi th on errem : , indicates She section Bicrophotovraphod for clover, Ansyoction, «! wg ce an inspection of the cosplote bullet, as 1s attached herewith, will indicate to the omminer that the bullet entered the chamber of the wonpon in a normal ranners Hachine guns of the Thompecn mko do show a slight nons-diving effoct which fe 4
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