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Kansas City Massacre — Part 36

59 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Jan 23, 1934 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kansas City Massacre · 59 pages OCR'd
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Bornara Phillips, alias 5. be Courtney, IO. £1196- Phillips was a knowm friend of Frank Nash, Vernon ¢. Liiller and Hervey J. Bailey, ané apparently engaged in criminal activities with them and their friends, He has not been definitely identified in this case, but several witnesses described a man similar to him in appearance as an actual participant in the massecre, No process of arrest has been iasued for him in connection with this case, however, he ies wanted for bank robberies at Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Crom Point, Ihdianse Roports from underworld sources indicate that Phillips was murdered by other gangsters near Ste Paul, Minnesota, during July, 1933, but the Division bas been unable to verify suck informatione Efforta are being made by the Division to effect the apprehension of Phillipss . ot James Clerk, alias yin Clark alias Jack Yartin, former subject Ie0e #1192. Clark was apprehended at Tucuncari, New Mexico, by local officers on October 6, 1933, and returned to the State Penitentiary at Lansing, Kansas, from which place he was an escape and where he had been serving 4 life sentences, Clark again escaped from the Kansaa Penitentiary on January 19, 1939 and is now at larges Clark wae originally wanted for questioning in view of his former associations with Bailey, Underhill and Brady with whom he escaped from the Kansas State Penitentiary on Memrial Day, 1935. Clark was viewed by the various witnesses in this case and not identifieds No concerted effort is being made by the Division to bring about hie apprerension at the present time in connection with this cast, TeOe $1192 has not been reinstated, oe a e 2° ° 5 Se Ed Davie, alies W, FE. Davis, alias Keith Stone, aliaa Sebron Edward Davis, Slias George~Allen, alias George Kei th“allen, To0. #1193. Davie escaped from the Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas, on Memorial Day, 1933, with Harvey J. Bailey, Wilber Underhill, Robert Brady, James Clark and others. It will be noted that this escape was lese then three weeks before the massacre took places He is the only one of the original members of the Memorial Day break who bas not been brought into custody altha gh Ciark has again escapeds He was serving a life aentence in the Kansag State Penitentiary and was already an escape froma life sentence in the Oklahoma State Penitentiarye Davis ia known as a vicious killer and bank robbere He has not been identifiel as an actual participant in the massacre. No process of arrest is outstanding for him in connection with thie case although he is wanted for questioning. Suspects not Definitely Identified Janes (Pur)ksaumona, alias Jobn\No n, alias John{0tHarae Sammons Was arrested by Division Agents and local officers at Kansas City, Missouri,
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