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Kansas City Massacre — Part 40

151 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Feb 24, 1934 · Broad topic: Prisons & Escapes · Topic: Kansas City Massacre · 150 pages OCR'd
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a a a a U.S. Bureanr of Inbestigation ee ee Deparbnent of Justice oN 1900 Bankers Building, ete ee, — Chicago, Illinois. _ . © 40 °&, Ses * “ee March 23, 1934, & CAEN en, ep “ ah, fo ES Ker > % OS ee Or 9, CE + * . ; oa A Director, & Ss Division of Investigation, U. S, Department of Justica, Vashiregta, D. C. ° Deer Sir: Re: Vernon C. Miller, with eliases, (Deceased), et al. Conspiracy to ‘ Deliver Federal Prisoner, ‘ith reference to the above entitled matter, there is at- tacked, hereto, a copy of a memorendum sitmitted to m by Special Agent WW. C. Bann. on) reading the items in the Press concerning the death of James George¥Zeigler, I noticed that a "Government Agent” had been cuoted as stating that Zeigler was identified as one of the killers in the Kansas City massacre. I, therefore, immediately inquired of itr. Baum as to whether; he had made any such stat ement to the Fress. He stated that he d not done so and the facts sur- Touming his investigation at theiCicero Police Department are enmmer eted in his memorandum. It is also interesting to note the manner in which this in- vestizetion was handled by the newspapers and the Cicero Police De-. pertment, Very truly yours, M. H. PURVIS, Special Agent in Charge. | Enc, | a nr — n= . Veo oon, (Cd ge ZEL L Ae . _ Blmp BvtGen GF RWVESTGATRNS a 1D ng ay 09 ey waAR 26 IS3e Ati. yee . ‘uF Fou S, GEPARTMERT OF fo Ufice ihe ~ » J
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