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Kansas City Massacre — Part 35
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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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