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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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BB me ee ei i ” 1, Rh. 62-4940 /, i : t ‘ woe ~ no rr aes 3 - + 4" oo oo + * * spartmente. Thie house is operated on a cooperative besie and is” fy a ee Investigation at ‘SCARSDALE, NeY.5° dissiosea thet the | town, is ‘not served by.a Postal Telegraph office, Inquiry at th: Western Union telegraph office, Scaradale, N.Y., resulted in Learns” Sheen | ing that Postal telegraph massages for residents of the tom’ are...> 2." 7 - received thréugh the office of that company located at White Plains, ”.. tet N.Y., about five miles distent from Scarsdale, whence they are ‘ either telephoned, delivered by special messenger or transmitted via Western Union wires. The manager of the western Union office searched his files for the day of March 20, 1935, but could not ven locate a copy of the message sent to’ A.C. "piper by Victor Cs 0 Stearns from Daytona Beach, Flas He atated that in all provabtitty, a the message was delivered by the Postal Telegraph. Companys’ « pov Be Postmaster J. ue Lyons, Scarsdale, N.¥., upon interview referred to the postal directory and learned that no such parson... .-- - as A..C. Piper resides in the tom, It was ascertained, however, ‘ that an August C. Pieper resides at the Cragswold Apartmenta, . . _ telephone 1370, and thet an H. A. Pieper resides at Pall Hedden Roady . lage telephone 1665. . . : oo ae Interview was hed with A. 3. Pearn, manager “ot ‘the Gragenola .. 7" located in an exclusive section of the town, which has a population . of about 15,000 and is regerded as an exclusive residential commme ~~” ity. The business section ia just one block. Pearn advised that Ae C. Piepar and his wife have occupied Apartment 5-H since . October 1, 1032, He described Pieper as a man around 70 years of | age, who lives alone with hia wife, wip 1a apparently retired and” 2 who spent the majority of his time in and around the apartment , with * the exception of periodic trips, He stated that Pieper and his wife. were at that time in Chicago, Ill, but were expected to return home|. ; Within two dayae He advised further that the couple spent the pas’ “winter in Florida, heving returned to Scersdale during the Latter: “i part of February or early Marche Pearn said that Ay C. Pieper bas gon, namely, H. Ae Pieper, who resides on Hadden Road, Soarsdales .: “ Thia son is described ss being between 40 and 45 years of ages.) 2 married, living with his wife and two amall children. It waa dlao: Mage ee stated that the son is apparently retired inasmuch eas he has seen him at various times during the day at his father's apartment, The photograph of subject Richard Tallnan Gelatas, as well es those of other subjects in this case, was displayed to Mr. Pearn and he picked out the picture of Galatas as resembling in some degres H. Ae Plepere He described H. Ae Pieper, to the best of hia o Bo
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