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Kansas City Massacre — Part 38

164 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Jul 7, 1923 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kansas City Massacre · 163 pages OCR'd
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&7b - gliaa B4d1e Woodruff, Kansas State Penitentiary No. 67 ‘actual elayera in the instant massacre on June 17, 1933 SUITE L ~ FEDERAL BUILDINO a . KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. TRE is Spoeial agent in charge, vas rr “ veRNo Ce Conese, ae b altacse. m Division of Investigation, «-* - ae 2.3 (DBCEaSED) EF aby T: Lye a a U. 3. Department of Justive,. ys. . CONSPIRACY TO DELIVER FEDERAL | Ol Title Guarenty Building, of My og. op TS. Ste Louie, Missouri, ” —— parece an ae Kansas, today in connection with fefinite information, received through the *axppe vine™, Kanses State Penitentiary Wo. 0636, and Siyde riek,, Missourl, He stated that he also has informetion that about eizty days ; ego doth Nimerick and Barker were killed by being placed on the spot near f Centralia, Yllinoia, He does not. know whet disposition wae mde ef the..--- — . bodies of themmen or any other facts in eonneotion with the manner of : their slayings; however, he atated that he also has the informtion that they were Killed by Derny Wedeter, ¢ Detroit and Chicago gangster, ani. : Bert White, also a gangster in Detroit, chioago and other middle-weatern Gities. He stated that he does mot believe either of these individuals | heve « Police or Penitentiary record, “ Port Huron, Michigan ie @ald to be. the home of White, and he aleo believes tha} both of these alleged wD eeecssine would be known to the Police in Detroit, Michigan, - He stated - that his information fe that Nimerick and Fred werker were Pat on the spot because the "heat" wae too great. ‘In mentioning Ninerick, the informant referred ‘to bim ae ‘grate ow Woodruff. KEanens State Penitentiary recoris ehow that Clyde Himerick is the correct nam of that individual. 4 good deseription of Nimerick was . fot obtainable from the Penitentiary records, since the file could not be ‘located there. Reference ie made in this connection to page 15 of the report of Agent freinoy in the Bremner kidnaping case, dated February 20th: _@t thie office, where Clyde Himeriok is shown ae an associste of the Barkers. | He is shown ae Des Moines, Iowa Police Department No. 0024, Records of ths | Des Moines, Iow Police Department appear to carry his age as 36, ehereas ~ the age shown on the Kansas State Penitentiary records would indicate that he ie now 62, since his age in 1924 ms given ae S2. A photecraph of ~~ Nimerick taken during 1924 at the Kansas State Penitentiary and one of his more recent photographs taken 12-23-31 by the Dea Moines Police Department are enclosed herewith. Alec ean enlarged photogreph of Fred Berker, Kanses Stete Penitentiary Ro. 0626, ia forwarded herewith.
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