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Kansas City Massacre — Part 35
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“hs r ees, r an rather ‘convinced ‘thet old 2 man Hash really ata not know a whe
. Underhill was; but, be that’ as it may, he unquestionably gave the ‘officers ®
the | the information that he bad hat night, Jead to his coptare after ee
ro ee Aeouning that, Huston. ash ‘has told a rether. "improbably ‘story,
a ge proof, in. my judgment, would etill be lacking to show that these =
"pen knew that a federal warrant had been issued for Underhill, It's
"-toue that he was known to be a fugitive from justice, but very. ‘tow
- people imew that he bed been indicted for the Kansas City massacre.
“In fact, the writer had no knowledge of that fact, He was merely 21-7
generally known to be an escaped convict from the Lansing State peni~..:
tentiary. That these subjects may have kiown that a state warrant had:
_ been issued for him would not suffice because the atatute clearly indi~
_, cates that the act has Feference to 8 federal ‘Offenses:
tee ee
aoe ‘Yow the most ‘thet: ‘the ‘reports ‘disclose as to Bredyta guilt
“ ander this section would be that he was perheps present and witnessed *:?
the marriage between Underhill end hie wife and made arrangements to have
the preacher, who was a berber, marry the couple, I note that both the -<.55"° .
clerk ahd the preacher failed to Adentity Brady a8 the many although they - a “:
Bey he resembled the mans . : oe
Se Se “'Y ‘further note. that pray “denies. ‘that Gnderhili ever stayed ns .
-.<:, 7’, bis home, T understand the facts to be thet Brady really had no home But et:
oe _ tat he lived with his nother, ure, Ross,” erie
. a “3 a oo the setter up, we find that ‘Underhill 18 dead and that.
the two Nashs gave the officers coneiderable information that would have.
tended te bring about the apprehension of Underbills #hile the only proof
as to Brady was that he may have been in the company of Underhill and ran
8 ~tgetn’ t state that I am of the opinion that the proof *
not be sufficient to warrant a prosecution under ghe section referred tos
. I note that thia section provides a maximum penalty of six months in jeiis:
* Perhaps if the proof was eufficient to justify ‘a prosecution wder this -
, section, it would be ‘pufficient to establish a conspiracy between Brady
,, and Huston Mach, but not. a8 Aad od man. Reshs j Same fi
at was,
aw ° “Section 2062,, Yolune + ‘Okiahoms: Btatutes ion,
F mo “to cover a prosecution in the state. courts, That section goes so far as to.”
; \ 7 a make it an offense to even clothe or harbor or secrete in ony way. any Person
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