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Kansas City Massacre — Part 37

149 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Feb 14, 1934 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kansas City Massacre · 149 pages OCR'd
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« . * st “Mr. Jones promised that at Karple should happen to return to | Kiefer, he would notify the Sheriff at Sapulpa, Oicla homes co \ 4 - Mrs. L, J. Bichards was not ‘eontacted et this time; acting upon advice of Mrs, Jones that she might not give any information of value and it would serve to put her on guard and possibly tip off Karpie. 1 Sheriff Will c, Strange of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, stated that he has 4 record on Alvin Karpie and knows he is wanted by the Government as well as the Sheriff et Westplains, Missouri for murder, While Agent was talking to the Postmaster at Kiefer, Okiahoma, Sher- Aff Strange visited a restaurant acrosa the street from the Post Office. 4 waitress at this restaurant told the Sheriff confidentially that Mrs. Alvin Karpis visited her mother one day last week, but left. Sheriff Strange made arrangements through his informant at Kiefer to notify bim if Karpis comes to Mra. Richards‘ at Kiefer, Oklahome. . ~ The following investigation was conducted by Special agent J. J. Perkins of the Oklahoma City office. yoo sms Harry Gideon, Night Officer, Maud, Oklahoma, stated that he haa heard nothing further of "Pretty Boy* Floyd visiting the home of Frank Hali; that E. H, Cook, who is a neighbor of Hall, had been confined in a hospital with a sore leg and was unable to secure any informtion from Hall regarding the location of Floyd. Mr. Gideon stated that he would keep in touch with Mr, Cook and if anything of intereet was learned he would immediately get in touch with the Oklahoma City office, Records of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester, Oklahoma, @isclose that Ed Davis, #24253, waa received from Stephens County, Oklahoma August 3, 1931 for murder, sentence - life; that he escaped on May 5, 1932. ; Greene McCurtein, Postmaster, State Penitentiary, McAlester, made — a search of the records for the purpose of securing Davis' corréspondence re- cord, but was unable to find same. He stated that when WilburWnderhill was brought to the penitentiary he remembered giving the correspondence record of Davis to J. W. Phillips, Agsistent Deputy Warden, who failed to return same to him. He atated that Mr, Phillips was in Minnesota after e prisoner and upon his return, he would secure the correspondence record of Davis and forward it to the Oklahoma City office. UNDEVELOPED LEAD: THE OKLAHOMA CITY OFFICE will follow out the leads as suggested in reference report of agent Trainore PENDING
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