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Kansas City Massacre — Part 33

127 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kansas City Massacre · 127 pages OCR'd
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“ suite L, Federal fulat ; Tages oye. Mi esourd ¢ 7.00; 2 oy “conspiracy ‘te. Deliver Joterel on January 18, 1934, suggesting that test bullets shot from e Thompson —wub-machine gun and a .45 calibre revolver recently, recovered in 8t.. *, Missouri be forwarded to the Keneas City office for. tranealtta) “to Mrs: “Merle, A. Gill, Forensic Bellisticien who has been ‘examining paliistic for his erani nation we be paeeaa be EES “eat oa January 3 16. eeived information from the local police department that one JOnN EDTARD. Prana and Basal EPATEAROZZT had been arrested in St. Louls, Missouri, at’ _ Which time they were riding in an automobile, same being the property of: << Bessie Pattarozal. On the floor of this automobile at thé tine of their ““' arrest was found, srapped in paper, @ Thompson gub-machine gun, 45 éalitre @eni-automatic carbine, serial No. S177. This gun, upon exeninstion by. ir.’ ‘ Tom Lewis of the Metropolitan Police Department, St. Louie, showed a slicht... dulge about two inches from the muzzle, indicating, in the ’ opinion’ ‘of Mre* SAE, a =’. Qewle, that the gun hed been recently abused and probably jammed or ‘chokeds “\: a the time of the recovery of this machine gun it was well oiled; however, _ ‘the numbers thereon had been obliterated, and it was necessary | for research . officer Tom Lewis to apply acid to the gun in order ko bring out the numbers, *? “wr, Lewis further developed that the condition of ths abrasion caused in: * obliterating the numbers indicated that an emery wheel had” recently “peea: ay, ._, weed upon the guns 2 fe : Os ag ae es ee th There. 1s being “gren snl ttod ‘ander separate ¢ gover, ‘to: your ot= r transaittai to Mr. 0121, for his’ Sponinat on a"ponneetion #4 Pes gabenachine gun Ro. 5197. « Tre . + wag : i. aT . wate By ; inst dg pas fi Saceurar iiecateeneetereceen ALES
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