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Kansas City Massacre — Part 35

125 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Feb 2, 1954 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kansas City Massacre · 125 pages OCR'd
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a eet Pa ne mee ee re a le ee ™~ “ho has “comnitted | a ‘gerony, eliher 45 the ‘state oe or out of ‘the state; ' ‘and <2 “the prospects and probabilities would be far better and grenter for @ ‘eon _ viction under, that statute than under the federal statute that is involved. st ‘Ta view of all’ the circuaatences surrounding the Department. thinks that a prosecution should be had, I would suggest: _ that the matter be taken up with the coumty attorney for the proper’: “eounty with a view of insti tating 8 prosecution | in the state courts F oth ree xe set! ‘ Le we wy woh ate dy ; ae rf realize that it would have a “palutery effect ‘te convict . ‘Brady, but you can understand how embarrassing 1+ would be for this office t to procure an indictment and then attempt to present the matter to a. . sey where the proof is so lacking as we feel. it is in this case, as fer: an ee any {ederah offense is. ‘concerned.’ : a tbe. Pre ¢ ‘note from your “reports, however, thet Bredy hae no criminal: . . “ pecord other than thet he was once held for investigation on a chargé of vagrency ot Oklehoma City; and thet neither Huston Resh nor. his father. haa Say criminal records. erg oF a sneering a we “oe tnt ee mo, Huston Nesh and Brady | are yet. tn jail and I would suggest that” af your department cares to act upon my suggestion that you iumediately present the matter to the county attorney for either Seminole or Pontotoc’ ~ County with a view of heving prosecutions inetituted in either one of these counties. Perhaps one would have to be instituted in Seminole County as to™. old man Nesh and the other one in Pontotoc County as to Brady and Huston” Nash. This Should be done befors. the next grand jury ¢ convenes on February ae aon nweotoeete e sO a ee ema en et ae eg ene ony : a wt yet —s ote SA oe Ot
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