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Kansas City Massacre — Part 34

153 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Jul 26, 1922 · Broad topic: Prisons & Escapes · Topic: Kansas City Massacre · 153 pages OCR'd
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: angtindt fe othe PRA gt ease eps eer op are . “pal diacuseicn of information’ Feg ding Hoyd's. Tosa” “appearanc eo: Was | _ all. ‘tines. by: ‘Agents Of. ‘thie. office with Sheri ft” Bash, | who jas: ‘been. kept"s "Cand has cooperated with ‘ybie’ office Yo an effort‘ fo" epprétend: Wloyal <.y€ 3 i ROS deemed advisable originally to directly contact the. ash ‘faatly,: bug. en { ee mats “@ohe. through . ‘the: ‘confidential. Anformanta, of the “of fic 68: "of the: Sheritt,- 4 A “pbout. ‘alk ‘weeks “ago, Special Agente. R20. Suren and N.'B. . Warsball’ of: ‘thie: - fice interviewed ‘Blddl's Ash, whose true hem ‘te Freda’ Ath, {She “fea eripple: “gin ‘and operates, a house of. ‘prostitution. et. 1410 Holmes Street. ‘here. Ay: thet “tlgie she. furnt, shed no, Anformati on ot. any, ‘val ue 67 ; a TREE OR ae in Kansea City File 15-163. re Bash, the. sheriff at Kansas City, who is entirely reliable, - according t6 2 _.axperiences of this office,..has sought, confidential information, melative ‘to: thee. ossible contiectiong of; Floyd, #1.th Given, but to date had not sécured: any”. of: puch’: 7 #intormation:; It ig noted that Given’ ‘is strongly’ ‘tntrenched with. factional | polis! ay “> ties at Kansea: City, and the. atlegation as mde by DE Lard: Lasater,. wenti ion ed RE above, may. or may not be forrest. ; 7 + ~ ate afer poe ~~ oe enueny “38; “y934 aT Ce igeute” i; EB. Pariend and the writer, together’ ‘with. ? os peputy sher! tt John Kelly of Kansas City, Ml esourt,: faterviewed Leonard. ¥. ash, 9750 Kansee avenue, Kansas City, Kanses,. whois: ‘the father of Freda. Mahé: - He is: -found to be.a man about 70 -years- of: age; “at quite: ‘alert and frank “ana ‘@ parent ly sincere dieposition.© It was readily noted: that he was somerbat incredulous of any inquiries regarding Floyd, but after duite an extended discussion of the | i. e- matter, he ateted that ‘his daughter, Freda, inKanana, city, ‘Wi sequri,, gould: ze lv probably, furnish more “dnformatioa’ then he, an thet’ he. ‘woutd, scconp ny. athe" agp c bad ure Ready wy Beg he. _feughter sy. : Me ; ioe oe: Teg ‘w yreda eh as interviewed in the preseiee of ter tower at yAi0 Holmes Street, 3 _ at which time, Mre. Jackie Ash, the widow of Wallace Ash, was élso ‘Interviewed. 8 “Jt was ‘determined that Wallace vriy and Willian Yash; ‘the two, brothers. ‘of, Fred a” were shot end killed “by Subject Fioya during the’ year; 1931," “at” Kensee’ City “? Kensass | ‘The motive was thet of robbery Ansofar’as William Ash ‘was: “concemed;™ “"and it was found that Floyd “had a grudge agsinst Wallace Ash, which was: hips i *notiye evidently - for Killing, him, we Vrs, Taokd Sd “was “the second: wits of. Page ri goat Hallade ‘Ash,. Ber maiden ‘Bane , ‘waa. ‘Wellace, ‘vel AB. ‘the’ pe steelers 2 * oklahoma, pe denons Se eens oe ea was’ the first, wife ‘of Wallace, ‘Aen. : ‘Rose “and Wallace’ ‘were, ‘divorseds ‘after. which-2:: ‘qalisce ‘married’ Jackie ‘Wallece, the ‘party “tatervi ewed,. Subject” Ployd was “{n- ee timate with Bulah Beard and, therefore, well aoqueinted, with ‘Rose. Wellece’ deh © a bag Mae ‘ fe AS “ ot .. 1 . . ™ . “s i ' uo eat .o ca 7 1 7 . sa i , 4 ‘t f 4 - TSA manananss soe one GET rape seem ect meng Snr He ah AE any LORE ee Meme rs,
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