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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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aa a a Bee hie ‘ hire 2°" "Ghe Washington Field office will, at the. oftide of he am 4, Bar Department, make au effort. to’ ‘eecertain thé army. T* gecord of, Richard T. Galatas,: and determiié whether -he is’ ‘pow veceiving-or “Bae in. ‘the past rece{ved_ Compensation “through” ‘the ‘Veterans ‘Adminfetrations 3 “A Copy. of the ‘fingerprints of Galatas should ‘be’ ‘obtained. from the ‘Tdenti fie: Cation’ Unit ‘of the Division for | purposes ‘of ‘gompariaon’ with “the fingerprint Peet ede the War, Departucnt, * a8 ‘thid will ‘no doubt facilitate. fhe inquiry. * Any: ““ "end all information concerning Galatas that fs available at either the Har, oo Departaent | or r the, | eterans Administration should be obtained re ‘The ‘Tos angeles oftice: + Lee Sg Gedy has Ftatea that - ‘Galatas is extremely fond. of: his mother apd no ike a doubt he t's supporting’ her, “She 18 Mrs. “Tde ‘Galetas, : ‘residing ‘at 624 East: “',, State Street, Long Beach, Californie, with her ‘daughter, Lira, angelina’ Set : “Raines. It {a also observed that Cady stated that Harold (Pat) ‘Scheuffler; :* , who is married to Lena McFadden, a sister of Betty Galatas, is working -< "with the CWa in Los Angeles, California, and 1$::49 aleo observed from thie !;7 report that possibly Earold Scheuffler and wife are residing at $223 Garden - Homes, Los angeles. It is to be noted that possibly Galatas may be™ __ frequenting the race tracks at Tia Juana and Agua Caliente, Vexico, south”. ; the Sen Diego, narrarhnee and even though the races‘are not in progress ‘in‘ confines of fhe Rey abi, ot Mex 206 é cee : . " : oF one: ‘Los ‘ghgeles ‘oftics ‘te vodueatad ta. ‘eonduct appropri ate investigation at 524 East State Street, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, and ':-. . gover this eddresa thoroughly for a reasonable period of time. It is sug-.: o gested that 1¢ might be adviseble to have some agent or agents obtain a room ‘, at @ point of vantage in the vicinity. of said residence where surveillance: “thereof could be well maintained. It is requested that a ‘elose cover. be: ‘placed on all ‘mail being received at thet residence or. emanating” therefro: $2: + ab will be Well. to make arrangements through the’ ‘proper. ‘postoffice official $0 Flew, the envelopes in which mail 16 received.: Galatas is clever, well!’ ‘educated and’ no doubt fo coiyereant,: through &. Glose association with certain. ‘policé, officials, with the manner ip which covers are placed on the ‘mailé, ; It ia therefore sugcested that. all mail, xocefved at the hom Of his’ mother... . be Glosely covered.: It 1a ‘pequeated. that arrangements be made to check the | T' $ncoming and. outgoing long distance telephone. Calle at said residence ag: : well as telegrams outgoing ané incoming, and the ‘Railway Express office ‘should ‘ be checked in an effort to determine whether checks are being cashed theres a It {6 requested that efforts be made to ascertain whether the mother ‘of! hae Dick Galatas has a bank account and ‘make arrangements with the bank, iz on a she ig doing business with one, to determine whether she ie depositing ~ checks or money orders of any kind. If it is found that she is receiving * money orders and depositing them or cashing them at some bank, it is likely that this occurs at stated intervals or given datec, and appropriate covers should be maintained | thereone a en aR . . Peary . _— an A eee ge re gs ei
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