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Kansas City Massacre — Part 40
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— = ~-- —--poil-a robbery together ‘end: get-tome" money; thet: pepace MeN ASELOt-¥O “goin wit
_ French on this | proposed stiekowp and remarked thet Be a we Rot mite ready: to! Asove
kal Be, ae ad
. ‘DeBaca” vee “antervie ged at the
Ble. ented “station and questioned concerning now edge. of? T.C, Fienct “and titorme’
that. French was suspected of having burglarized a piece’ in Ok] chona’ where latent? -: -
_ fingerprint s ‘were taken and thet French, who was suspected of having burglerized the
- place in question, hed used the name of Joe DeBace, DeBeca-stated thet he had never
been fingerprinted in hie life end would eledly furnish hie prints, He waa ‘theres.
“ " "upon fingerprinted. and hie e fingerprint. cord is attached to the Diviston | \ -eopiee of
+ thie TePOFee =: mo ape on “ten hale ena
way re ‘
ca : He steted, ‘thet ‘he was born in Italy, put nts ‘perente: moved. tothe. we .
Lg “Haavea states when he was ope year of Ege, and that: he. was reergd ug near Pocatello, /
=. Idaho, on 6 rcench; thet hig fether is The DeBeca, ‘Srey @ rancher ives gbout | [.
' **.. 28 miles from Pocatello ‘and his post-office address is Kenton, -~ Pee het He hae = "ee
-*' worked 611 over the country as e restaurant cook} thet he moved to Hot Sorings,
Arkensas about e year ago and married e Mise Ruby Dillard, whose father, Jim piberd,
al po a city firemen at~ Mot “Sorings; thet “te ceme from Not Sprines to Terreli-ir an
ss Seotember, 1933, -in-his Ford Automobile, accompanied by Howard Collina, | whois
night cook at the Pelece. Cafe st Terrell phere. ne “WeBece)” obtained ‘exp loyment te:
~ 6998. § efter his Barrivel, as ey Ss 09k
a ie oe acuad Aaa eatarautenaame
——e
» en : DeBaca was then questioned as ‘to “die ‘connections in “Hot Springs. ‘He. “
ae ‘stated thet All he ever did there was cook and work herd; thethe. became acquaint ed
“with no Fecketeers of eny sort and knowg, none, of ‘then; that “pe worked for Ii" Collins”
at the Mountein Valley Hotel for.three months. as‘a gook; thet he worked for. fe a
~- James Scott at’ the Crystal Grill; thet ‘he worked for John Williams st tle” Bona oe
Southern, end also for one Brownie at the Deytone Resteurent; that none of the =
ebove persons had pertaers so fer ce he knew and that they all are still ina Hot :
coe Springs. = OF, at, least were when, he left there: on, Sept ender 14,. feniead ne
poe ae SRD * DeBace” stoted ‘thet e 2 Mrs Schefleay’ of St. ‘Youts, itesourt:’ “owns the
we Mountain Velley Hotel, - is not sure as to the pronunciation or epelling of. the:
ea neme, but eat any rate inte seme MA OFns '& spring at Hot Springs from which veter, is.
“.. shipped 61) over the country; that he became, ecquainted in, Rot Springs with - Hts ay
ase e 1: none. of ‘the gerigsters or racketeers ae n-ne of them hung out: around the reeteurcats va
ac felt ‘where he wes, employed; that he believes most of. the racket ears, beng out. pre oo
ia . the” Southern Grilkia Hot ‘Springs. . may ae : .
a we ed . .
.
splat
eee -
| Ste ria hei ares ‘the “time Delaca’ wes’ gquectioned he hed ‘a Vetter ‘in his. ohn ee tees:
ten pocket” end referred td this letter by steting he hed just’ received it that mominz *’
"st from hia wife. When asked where his wife is he stated she res in Hot Spriags, and
upon being asked rhen she would return to Terrell he steted from the wey she eote
she wes not going to come beck to him,
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