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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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2 gs “2. Boyer et thet time informed the 4égenta thet if they did not believe his informetion was on the level to just check tele- phone number 4-2150 - Ft, Worth, which telephone number was formerly in the nane of Kathryn Kelly in Ft, Vorth. ro he ver F fit ‘ A This matter ie set out in detail in report of Special . A-ent C.B, Winstead, dated at Dallas, Texas, 9-14-33, It Jt = aD Pax Pas 1 io On September 5, 1953, Agent Winstead at Gainesville, Texas, interviewed C,H, Xirthenbauer, gunemith at thet plece, who stated thet during the preceding winter two men who gave their names es Kelly and Hendricks, stayed around Gainesville for several days; thet Kelly ceme into his shop once and asked if he mew how he could get in touch with Boyer; that F.J. Boyer had at one time kept a Thompson Machine Gun in his (Kirthenbeuer's) Shop, but that had been a year or two ago; that about two months before the raid wes made on the Shannon Farm at Paradise, Texas, (Aurust 12, 1933,) George Kelly with a women and a young girl cams to his plece in e Ford, Model A, Sport Roadster, and hed him make a switch key for the car; that at that time Kelly esked if he (Kirthenbauer) hed a 50-bullet drum or 4 20-bullet clip for Thompson Machine Guns; that at that time he also asked where he could find Boyer; thet about one month before the raid on the Shannon Ferm wes made = exact date he could not fix ~ Kelly alone came by hie shop and etated, "The key you mace worked ol) right," then esked if Boyer was around; that the time George Kelly was in his shop with Kathryn and the little ¢irl, Kelly engaged him in conversetion and asked if he had machine runs for sale, and remarked, "Wie could sell @ lot of them between here and Kanses.” Thereafter, in response to letter from the New York City Division Office, deted October 2, 1935, requesting that inquiry es to F.3. Boyer be mede at Gairesville, Texas, to whom Thompson Sub-Machine Gun No. 4685 hed been sold on Januery 21, 1927, which gun was found in the personal effecta "of Albert L.\Estes at Denver, Colorado, Agent Winstead again interviewed F.J. Boyer at Gainesville, Texas, the results of which interview are set out in report by Special Agent Winstead, dated et Dallas, 10-13-35, - me eee ee ee ee ee ae eg me ee ere cert ee ere ee ee ee ee
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