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Kansas City Massacre — Part 39
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| a. S. Buren of Inbestigution at, S vf
Bepariment of Justice
420 Federal Building,
Dallas, Texas.
March 16, 1034,
Director,
Division of Investigation,
U.S, Department of Justice,
Washington, D. C,.
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Ret GEORGE RI4GLLY, et al, _
Kidneping. <
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Dear Sir: t 8
In responsp to Divieion letter/of March 13, 1934, \5 72
th reference to onel BOYER of Geinesvilye, Texas furnishing ~ , 'v
machine guns to George Kelly and otherifangsters, you are in- + — “4
formed thet on August 20, 1933, Spectal/Acents J.C, White and ~ 7. =
C.B. Winstead interviened F, 74 Boyer at Gainesville, Texas, C
who had requested Chief of Police Loving tc put him in touch 9 * &
with an agent of the Division. F.J. Boyer was knom to both 7 a
fgents White and Winstead as he was in 1920 to about '22 -.
mounted watchman in the U.S, Immigration Service at El Paso, o re
Texes. Hie reputation for truth; veracity end honesty was 3
questionable. . fo.
we At that time Boyer stated to Agcnts thet on August . M ~~
way 26, 1933, Goerge and KethrynjKelly called et his house in Gaines= poo fy
ma ville and sttempted to purchase a Thompson Machine Gun from him ¢& 4
wi 2; but he did not heve one and did not sell one to them; that he > ™
Nests first became acquainted with George Kelly through Wolff & Klar _ _
a of Ft. Worth, Texas, who sent Kelly to him to purchase two t, yy
err a machine guns. He at that time stated elso that he had never ny
PES sold a machine gun to anyone except police organizations, and ~
mets, at the time he mde the seles he wes a representative of the -
a Auto Ordnance Company of New York. ~
He elso at that time stated that Kelly was impli-
cated in the kidnaping of the Lindbergh Baby, and hed told him
(Boyer) that he hed kidnaped e man in Ft, Bend, Indiene; that
this victim was wetering hie lewn when kidnaped. He also stated
sq that Kelly and one/Hendricks were impliceted in the Kansas City
as Massecre; thet he obtained this information .
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