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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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. - ZT. ate th wae te ep “e pans Seated ‘that ‘Ditk Galatas o ; Beach, ‘California; whore” “Bis mother resides} that ‘Dick. ‘Galatea, or nis “vite = Betty om property in Detroit, Michigan, ‘and that. the’ sam ‘fe béld™ ip, the 2 nam’ of his, .Cady*s, wifé, but he: would Hot deséribe the: type. ‘of property. . nor. would he designate ite 106 ation #/ He! ‘stated. tiet beta ‘confident™ that sé: =. where Betty Gdlatas Aa found : there. alec wha ‘be found ‘Pick;. that he think : Gelatas: etsll has ; wmoney; ‘that very” likely he waa’ frequenting ‘racetracks: as he was very fond of horsé racing; that he likes ‘the luxuries ‘and fins oh ‘things of life, 48 a good, liver, well, educated,’ and does ‘rot | believe he ‘will be found in any rural or remote eection of the country where the? ‘$ lucuries and better things of life are unobtainable; that the photograph ~2 |." of Galetas is a splendid likeness of him, but he believes he is a bit stoute .’ than the photogreph would indicate at thia time; that Dick is very fond of ¢., bis mother and no doubt is sending her money; that he is firmly convinced M*ehe knows where Dick is, and thinks that Dick is either personally contacting »,) he? or ‘conmnicating with her in some manner; that if he were going to _togk “"" for Dick Gelatas he would first’ ‘contact the mother; that hé alao would? 72 . epend some time in Tia-Juana and agua Caliente, Mexico, race tracks, (Thee ‘| tep towns are located a short. distance south of Sen Diego, California.)....- " Further, that Dick might even go to Kexico City as he knows that Dick is > anart enough to go into some country from which extradition to the Tnited. States would be more or leas difficult; that possibly Dick has connections - - in Montreal, Canada; although he does not: know what they are, and that: 0% a _ he is en intimate friend of foraer Governor Grayes of aAlebama. Cady: was i*.+ asked 1f Galates has any insurance and he stated to his knowledge he has hons “= put that he believes that.be owns securities of séme kind; that Dick. had 33% “+. jan alles, but that he a44 not feel disposed ‘to divulge it. asked what kind ‘? of am automodite Sclstes aight be driving, Cady said that the lest time he; ‘ knéw anything of hia automobiles hé was using a Cadillac. He also stated 2: ‘that Galatas served in the United States army during the World War ‘and waa. en officer and eaw service overseas, but that he dose Rot know. Mp ee * reat aidioreen. ts intowetoving an informant of: tot. “Springs, “Arkansas, was informed that quite’ a number of confidence ‘men ‘f : <, the United States on occasions congregate in Monterey, Mexico, and that. he "pad heard one confidence wan whose name he did not furnieh ‘gay that Dick": Galatas probably owned property. ‘in the vicinity of Monterey: Cady we " asked df in his Judgnent Dick Gélates might “be in Monterey or vicinity,“ ‘and he stated emphatically: that he does not believe so. - The fraternal“ yrs ‘affiliations of Galatas were ‘Aisciissed with Cady end he atated that he; * pelieves he was a member of the Nasonic. order end of she > Beneficial’ Proves: _ tse order of Elka. . mete ae ct me “ _ aad ats y - nr vo ee It was apparent during the entire interview with , Cady that he was endeavoring to ascertain how much the Government knows about Gelatas, his connections and his past, and that he would furnish a minimm of information with respect to Galatas or his wife and her family ties. AB = -
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