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Kansas City Massacre — Part 39

158 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Jul 15, 1953 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kansas City Massacre · 157 pages OCR'd
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a At St. Louie, Lo. The following information ,consisting of @ number of contacte “2 os ye +; -0f Charles Arthur Floyd and Adam Richetts, vas furnished Special 2: f.288 . -.. \ Agent in Charge D. M. Ladd of this office by Major Lewis M, Means of: pron . '- ' the Missouri State Highway Patrol who hes conducted considerable ine * vestigetion on his om initiative for the purpose. “oft locating and =... <*> apprehending Floyd. Such information is being furnished, in detail: r+", to the Kanses City Division Office for their guidance in conducting © ~ ‘. | \ further investigetion for the purpose of Jocating 2 end Spprebending ; a wo . Charles Arthur Floyd, en, ae ‘ ar ae nag See ‘ Major Means advises that. Floyd's vite, “Baby ‘Floya, ‘is ‘reside: yo, ing at 223 N. BSt., Ft. Smith, Ark., at the home of one M, L, Metheny, \ a widower, Prior to the time that Ruby Floyd resided at the Metheny *~ oe home, Metheny bad employed one Stelle Collins as a housekeeper, Stelle” “ _ Collins is a sister of "Rabbit" Collins, a wholesale junk peddler of Fte* a Smith, who is now serving a term in the Leavenworth Penitentiary, Rabbit a a * Gollins married one Pay Hope of Hitchita, ‘Pkla., a cousin of Ruby Mloyas- " "S, . * after Stella Collins left Metheny, one Bessie Edwards, ean eunt of Ruby - "Floyd from Boynton, Ckle. resided with Metheny as hie housekeeper, In ae ” Septenber of 1933 Ruby resided at the Metheny home, living with Metheny ae under the guise of visiting her aunt. The hietheny family have @ connec- tion with one Flerety family at 317 N. 4th St., Ft. Smith, Ark, Like- wise, the feather of Stella Collins lives on the corner near the Metheny . _ bome, where he allegedly operates a grocery store, Other daughters of. ee Colline, Grace and Stelle ‘Gollins, 3 run a “Jotnt™ on re Street, -fort ae . . . . - a -+ og - aS me, a. ‘ tt a ", ‘ ; . ce : Bessie ‘kawards, above ‘peferred te, te related to Buby ay oe oe _ °'"4 -gaerrlege, ana toe other relatives of the ‘Edwards ‘girl are loceted ae | wet : follows! : . a . : 7 Two brothers reside at Alma, dvkaieney. gee a, es gtt ly 7". One brother resides at Van Buren, Arkansas, 5 800 woo ye 4) & sister, last name Morgan, lives in Mularow, Onde, | a ne One brother lives in Haskell, Okla, ."-' <4 oan Pe ms ’ A sister, Mra, Fay Hope, livee at Hitebita, _ ‘ute. ‘ "lai, Wash Edwards, Annadarcol, Okla. Tye toe. ; y- ‘Bud Hope resides in Fadtansle, Okla. rr arr “rhoya hes the forioning, flear relatives: Bie pak Soe oe ours. Spears, Floya's sister, resides at Obiitgse, ie he oprTa ets ost 2" Okela. near the Bernsdall Refining Company. an ; & brother, Bradley Floyd, resides at Earlsboro, Okla. - Hie mother resides et Sallisaw, Okle,. = 4.
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