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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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“Tequesting ¢ that t ‘they 1 be » picked 3 up; “thet he ‘and Rowe inn an pee et Ardmore ite @ car accident, and to dodge being taken back to Ardmore where he felt that ¥. . fovieee of an “association between Rowe’ “and Underhill efter. he ‘Yott: ‘Shawnee, ‘ee E hat if Rope barbored Underbill which. the “facts end eirciinstances “indicate” ‘that 2o7 38 he dia; that At was gone without his knowledge 6r ‘approval. “Jnmen wolunteorea oe : the. information that ‘while he was practicing. eriminality he ‘gained. ‘considerable. knowledge concerning the operation éf what is known as'a “piggerhead” safe, oom monly used im’ country benks; that on a date just sudsequont te the attempt to ro the Harrah benk by carrying away) the ‘safe, whieh offense occurred on December, i, 1093S, he received a ‘telephone @all while at Senitiole from a party at Shanes, x questing that he come to Shawnee, advising him that a ‘party there wanted to see nf _him; that he drove to Shawmee, arriving there about eleven P. M. 3 that he mot.” eee, his informant who took. Aim out to a point neer the ball. park where he found Under=’. 21:3*" “pill walting in’a eer; that he and. Underhill: talked together and drepk® eome whiskeye:" Inman, did not. divulge the: parpoge ef their meeting, ‘but left the’ impression. that 69) 3% 4 At Was concerning the handling of a"niggerhead® safe, Ho,edvised that he left Uster-. “hill after an hour's visit and never saw him again. © Iman” stated that “he Fealized 32% | that his jointly renting the premises at Shawnee where Underhill was killed, Linked. ‘~~ > ith his bed reputation, -would.so doubt be sufficient. to convict him ifthe Governe - ment pressed the prosecution; that if the Government desired it, be would enter @-° ~ + plea of guilty to the charge of harboring Undérhiil, but that if he entered sich. a plea that he would be grossly lying es to the facte, ‘which are that neither he mr: ce **" Smalley had any thought of harboring Underhill; and that 1¢ was the greatest surprise: . of bis life when he Jearned. a shay Sorernt had been killed at, ue Preeiere which het Be i : “ ee “? a Bde: in he authorized ty Jeistant t. "& kttoraey- X oe rer. “tha Nesters District’ of. Oklahoma, ‘the Hon. B. KE. Hodges, charging Rows and — - Invan with conspiracy to harbor Underbill, and filed before U. 3, Commissioner 4," Bacock at Oxlehama City., On January 25, the ‘Sheriff of Pottawatomie County ats: ’ Shawnee communicated with the U, S, Marshal at Oklahoma City, Mre Gears, advising “Bim thet he hed heard rumora “that ‘allies of Underhill and Rowe were ‘preparing: $0. ees : ‘Jiberate Rowe from custody, ‘and requested the U, & Marcial to transfor Rows $02 h03., . Oklahoma City for safe ae ee ne January 25, Marshal Geare Tenowed Rove. : . 32 Sa: as Sa aes 28. ata Tagan’ wore arraigned By Ce ¢ at Oxklehoma Sity. Both ‘demanded preliminary hearings, “ehich” RAF erance bonds, deing. set for each in the eum: ot No, bes ny a oe be! Petes fi Beh. sya” “*! ae me Be 5 i "fae '’ a this e6 wore. “submitted. ‘to he U, S.. = wn weatern District of Oklahoma, the Hon. W. C. ‘Lewis, on January rites who, after re 4: viewing eane, expressed his opinion that the evidence “againet Inman end Sualle 7 was dnsufiiclent to warrant a a successful prosecution, — At the ieee eke of = ae
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