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Kansas City Massacre — Part 40
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N. Jeckson Street, they hed in their possession a Ukelele, a banjo...
and @ guitar, and they took these with them when they left. They: ~-
went to the Post office approximately every day and obtained mil |
throush General Delivery under the names which they had given to
the Wheelers, However, mo record of a change of address for these
people, or any recollection of them, coulé be located through the
Generel Delivery window of the Post Office, ~
The Wheelers described Mrs, Martin as age 24; height
Sft. 7 or 8 in., weight 125 lbs., complexion dark, hair black,
maybe a quarter breed Indian, very good teeth, a neat but not
expensive dresser, |§ This women told the Wheelers thet she was
in the Walkathbon Contest at Tulsa, Oclahoma, which ended around . .
Christmes of 1932, end she had engeged in that contest under the ~
name of Mra. Martin. These three people left the residence at
137 N. Jackson Street very hesily, on or about April let, 1933, ~"
and left a number of items of clothing and other belongings after
them at the time. Subsequently Lrs. Wheeler received a letter
from some person, requesting that these iteme of property be
forwarded to the writer of the letter whose address wes at soms
comunity with a name like Elisville, which was located about
thirty miles from the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mrs. Wheeler
made an extensive search to locate this letter, subsequent to
wiich she stated that she was confident that she had destroyed ite
She could not recall the name of the writer of the letter, but
knows that it was not Fade, Martin, Campbell or Wright, but
believes it was some person representing himself as a relation .
of one of these people. Mrs. Wheeler atated that immediately «© .-
upon receipt of that letter she contacted police officer Newlin § § ‘-
and in canplience with officer Newlin's instrustions, shipped
the goods in question to the person who had sent the letter to her,
It should be noted that former Cfficer Kewlin cleims that he ~ Be
imnedietely communicated the information concerning the receipt |.”
of the tetter by Mrs. Wheeler, and the shipment of the goode as ~
requested, to tke Police Authorities at Tulsa, Oklahoma, who had -
exchanged communications with the Police at Casper previously, — .
—-, concerning Campbell, and this informetion was conveyed to the ~ — a
Pert... 7 Polfce at Tulsa in ample time to allow them to handle the matter —
= 3 at the point of destination of the shipment. Neither former
Officer Newlin, or Assistent Chief of Folice Miller, ere eware
of the exoct disposition of the matter by the Tulsa, Okla., police,
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Mr. and irs, Wheeler steted that some wonmsn who
onereted a red colcred car, the make of which was not known, would
visit some cne or more of the people residing et 137 N. Jackson
Street during the period of their residence at that address, Mres
Wueeler stated thet she saw this woman standing on the side-walk,
and she could only state from otserveation that she appesred to be
micdle aged and heavily built. She seems to recall that thev
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