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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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he ss" all the principal hotels throughout Rochester, N.Y, . Innumorable - _ procure) end ell those interviewed stated that they had not seen te "anyone answering either the descriptions or resembling the .- Pan : ‘bear parlor at 238 East Avenue, Rochester, N.Y. : . frequented by gangsters and recketeers, in view of which it wae ™M ret Rochester Police Department, was contacted and photo of "Pretty ~. °.- Boy* and Beulah Baird displayed. Lt. Collins stated that he is an © 62-2949 From the writer's personal koowledge of Court street, it. is known thet this area wherein the Square Lunch ia situated is deemed advisable to confer with the Police Dopartnent « :; Lieutenane ay collins, sting Night ‘Captain of Beintine, a the streets more or lesa but that he bes not sean anyone ensverig : "Pretty Boy's* description; that the Square Lunch is situated in - a a district where gangsters and racketeers of every kind are known _ n to loiter; that he personelly has several good informants in thet yee area and that he would make inmediate contact with than to ascere . tain whether or not anyone answering *Pretty Boy's" or Beuleh‘sa . ~ deacription had beon sean, Lt» Collins aleo instructed several ai the detectives at headquarters to make similar inquirisa ani when. . later interviezed, advised that he had been unable to procure” any . 7 ~ information that said persons had been seen; that.he and bis men . " will continue their inquiries and in the event they are “Aocated, they will be taken to headquarters. | Chief McColl an4 the writer for a consid erable paztod of time observed many places in the vicinity of the Square Lunch on Court Street. Captain J. F. iieDonald, Detective Headquarters, ‘Rochester, N.Y., Police Department, was interviewed on October 16, 1933, at | | which time he had several copies of the picture of "Pretty Boy* end. oe Beulah Baird made and given to all detectives will instructions to... be on the look-out in all section of the city for said ‘persons and SS also ell informants to ascertain whether or not said persons had been aeen and eudsequently advised the writer that all inquiries made availed nothing but that they would continue their efforte. Captain McDonald at the time of the first intervier anolgned Detective 0 Se: Galloway end 4. Sharpe to assist the writers ME ee ee a! The ‘writer, together with Detectives Galioney and | sharpes ” _ displayed the photo of “Pretty Boy" and Beulah to the clerks in: ." 22, informants were interviewed (whose names the writer’ ras unable to photographs, with the exception of one C. Hartman, who opera fos a a. Hartman advised Detective Galloway in confidence not in the ~ presence of the uriter, that on Friday evening a man who he is positive 4a identical with the photograph of "Pretty Boy", entered his establishnent end ant st one of the tables with an attractive young lady; that he, Hartmen, did not pay particular attention to the 1ecy and would not bave noticed the man only he wus well aupplied er ee Ait te
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