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Kansas City Massacre — Part 40
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a 8: montion whatsoever of the Kansea City massacre, and indicated to these: a Le a
men thet this departmert had no charges against zei
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"Rent! n of any such fect, ani had not bean at the County Motrue. Fapera’ 9
Glerts possession showed that hie Chevrolet car had been furchased ee
ergl. Berg] was questioned in sone detail about this by ‘agent and wre
+o fon ee gees ree ret ore -* 2. Peemarae SRN IRE LY ee
atirh vas Fete, fe ae od nat . hand Lthtes
* acont mate ‘this perark in ‘only the presence ‘of Solar ‘ent ‘Donohue ent nade" °
gier but that he was i}:
‘wanted solely for questioning in regard to the activities of certain canes:
” These men infarmed egent that they he& not learned vhore Zeigler was living . 7
and ecemed to think thet agent hod not revenled his full knowledge. concert .
ing thie man but aié not ross thelr quostions ia thie regard, ~ Sar aae ——
a oye wi, AAS ety .
a ‘Subsequent to this, wortqus porsons were brought “tato the
. office of Chief Solar for quostioning, whore Sergeant Donohue stridontly -
questioned them. These ren vere connected with the carace at 40 Feat te a,
cago Avenus, Oak Park, Illinois, where Zeigler received his mil. There | oe
"ore no newsparer ren present at first when eacgent questioned these ‘ren.
- Towever, in @ short, time the discipline which had occurred upon the errtval
of acont brole down, and tho various mibers of the pross began invading |
the office of Chief Soler. These men seensd to know that agent was fron”
the Division of Investigation end asied for agent's nem, knowing that the
lost nane wae Beus. - Agent refused to cive these ren his nem or any informe-
tion concerning his reason for being in this investigation, and tolé than ~~
thet he was not permitted to make ery stetozent of enr kind to the press. -.-
It was with eon astonishment, in consequence, that about an hour later. ee ,
—_—
" agent observed in the Chicago Amrican an article indicating that e Federal -
Agent hed called et the Cicero Police Station and had indicated that Zeigler :
had been positively identified as e mavber of the gang which perticipated in
the Kansae City massacro. Agent imediately ealled you by telephone and _ f -
informed ver thet thie erticle in the paper \ was not true, snd Phat t seont *
hed not made the renarke Anfitoateds Rte 8, a wy is
oY Arent returned to Chier Solarts office ‘ard there exrined
@ Tims newspaper, which had acent’s nan in it, that fe, Bawa, and in-’ ee :
Gicated that agent had mado eone remarks about the fact thet a car sold -
by Borgl had been used in the Kansas City raseecre, and thet these renerke
had been mado at the County Morgue. leodless to eay, acent had made no me -
20 no reporters were present, Berg] denied that he/imow Zeicler.* Towever, :
“agent told Berg) that his past dealings with nals belied this fact. - = >
Bergl, However, found a warm friend in SerceantsDonohue, who stated thet ne oe
he had known Berg) for twenty yeare, and that he’ sav nothing wrong with.
selling cars to erininals if they hed the money, and indicated on a nuzber
of cecasions that Bercl was conducting a lecitimate automobile business.
Borg] wea taken to the County Morgcuo, but azort did not vieit the riorcue,
but staved at the Cicero Folice hecdcuarters. Donohuo indicated to arcnt,
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