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Kansas City Massacre — Part 32
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9. Rogs "
Ovi ations City, who brought, him to ‘the latter. ‘plage: ‘for’ Vavesti gatign: ‘Gonieern.
ing the’ recént, attempt on December’ 12, 1938 ‘$0 rob the daiik. at Barreh, ‘dicta,’
Lon Johnson and: his ‘prother; ‘*Slospy” Johnson, wore ‘drrested. and“ “brought” $0:
‘the Oklaboma County Sail, ‘where charges wore. filed egainet then: ‘tor. horbor ing
cine Wilbur. Underhiid: < Haze], Underbi21 . was el80 ‘brought $ to. ‘the. Oktehona ‘County.
tines , tarkea quite freely, “although lepsing off into periods of geni~eonsetoua
“.* “nese and delirium, He was talked.to at Variois tines by Division Agents and: A
; | consistently denied any ‘participation, either by himself or. "Harve iley, An:
, the Kansaa City ihassacre, atating ‘that’ he could easily. prove that at that “tine
a _be and Harvey Bailey were in a house at Oklahoma City, where he was treating.
*" Bailey's wounds. “He ‘stated to Mr. A. B. Cooper of the Burne Detective ‘Agency,’
a ‘and in the presence of Agent f. M. Bireh, that he had participated recently in
the robbery the following benka:” at Frederick, Oklahoma, where he, Bob 3% :
. braty and J Terk perpetrated the holdup: just before Clark ‘an&@ Brady we
apprehended at Tucumcari, New Mexicos- ‘the robbery.of the bark at. Clinten;
Okietoma on July 5, "1933, tn which he stated ats‘ that he, Brady and Clark:
" participated; the ‘robbery’ ot “the bank at Stuttgart, Arkensas; at Gosleste,:
* Oklahoma; et Baxter Springs, Kansas; at Galena, Kansas; ‘end also; I delieve; se"
* “the attenpted bank robbery at Harreh, Oklahoma,” Re. would “not etre” any detatie:; :
"* "gs to those who ‘participated with. hin except aa tothe banka at Frederick and...
Clinton, | Oklahoma andaleo the bank at Coalgate, Okidhoms, in which he etated.”-4
+ he was essisted by GeneDavia, RaQDavis and Ralph Rowe; that the latter’ Fee
“gumerows snonjuous telephone. ‘cells were fad ‘ootensibly'? “teea .
‘friends ‘or ‘confederates of. Underbiit and who’ on one or. +90! "Oceasicns ‘stataa, :
ip they, rere coming. after: him’ "Underhill, “Mmself, atated that he. felt te “won:
da. ‘murdered by some of' ‘his ‘Companiona in “crime, who- “would think’ ‘thet. he had:
‘pevealed ‘tueir. part in various robberies. © Be repeatedly “‘Tequested’ & gan “with:
‘which to” protect. himself; also numerous nysterious cars visited the wieinity ..
“of: the hospital during this time ‘and one night a cer containing four men ‘meade -
“cautious” inquiries’ in the vicinity of the ospital in en effort to ascertain # - i
in which 3 roon Underhit2 | Woe ecnfined. . ae
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the ‘above facts were "communi cated to ‘the Divi sion by telephone ond:
instructions were received thet as soon es Underhill was physically able, he:.
should be delivered to the Warden of the State Penitentiary at McAlester, fron
which institution he was an escape under life sentence. On January 4, 1938
.. the doctor in charge stated that he believed Underhil) could be Safely moved” ||
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