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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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t wo ee Ae ee ee - a . towel, gr et tc nmen aes te amit ae | pa edt eee hans ipl LS" : 7. eee Te "ae wil), ‘be obadrved in this report, “sith the: request. that i Greciage be “immediately to the New York city Office, the address pf whigh was furnished: ~ York, and knew that Cady ‘and Bebcock operated a collection agency ‘there ‘but: - either. He stated that they wre therefor two years or more and came to ets sy, after they hed collected 1t; that ‘they are now’ collecting for the estate ™ ' of the late Dr. Souderbdyj ‘that they have a smal) account 42 the Dank which ahs ao whose name he does not know; that a atenographer 4s also employed in ‘the —— | little ’ ghout them.’ He was unable to recognize the photograph of Galetas . rie : floor with Cady a Babcock. He was interviewed end stated that he bes seen oe ‘on one occasion he learned that one of these men had talked to a elient. of bis about collecting soms. Money, . and. he thought . the whole. ‘thing. wos “unethical,” He expressed himself as believing that: there sre “four men: =v, many ‘and a fourth who appears to. be. between “thirty-five and forty years won, Of age, and rather tall; that while he has hot odserved. these persons... glosely, hia stenographer, Miss Marian Scott, a notary: ‘public, has been ne "to observe them all. Boylen viewed the photograph of Galatas but was not - Sena ai le ee ee ne a. on teh BONE Paaety eit ri wee Ag tet UE be CEES ete Te ent... the Pine cares hi Tmo New York Office wad 2 ee teas by letter, to the. re white 3 Las Se cell ey, ae co) Ait “ot téroy, wae } interviewed: Hé stated be was formerly from Canisteo, “Rew?” did not know them intimately, and doubts that he would be able to identify Leroy in November 1933; that they are said to be efficient collectors but ”: be has heard that it is diffioult for their clients to get money out of then «= never ie more than thrée or four hundred éollars ‘per month;* thet he. does ‘nob know how many men are connected with the firm, and knows nothing of ‘the: fenily sonnection. Comfort was ‘unable to identify’a photograph of ¢ Galates Re G. © ysiiimen,, ower of the * pullding’ ‘Sn which 1 caay: ae and Babcock have their offices, was interviewed. He stated that there are” oe four men connected with said firm including’ L. H. Cady, Roscoe Babeoek srt: the father of Babcock whose initials he does not know, and enother man‘: a “office; that these people came to Leroy in Novenber 1933, and he knows very ce” és any person connected with Cady and’ Baboook« He stated that ‘they have two automobiles, o1 one a Packard end she other. | he ‘believes, a Hudson,. doth : ‘sedans. y : Png en ~ Ect 3. ee padi Boylen, Pasa ‘hen hie office on “the 8 Same’ Cady and Babcock, dut does not know them well and does not like then;” “thas: ‘including Lee Bs Cady, Roscoe Babcock, - the’ father. of Babcock, an elderly in the office of said fim on two or three occasions and has hed epportuntt able to recognize it as a likeness of any member of the firn he has eeen. = 7 Misa Marian scott, a stenographer tn Boylan’ 8 ‘office, was interviewed. She appears to be a very intelligent young woman. She stated that she has been at the office of Cady and Babcock three or mre tines to execute certain papers requiring the seal of a notary public; | that she — c
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