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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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, of Vernon C. Viller However, their cer was ell abot we re te rs a _ At the U. 3. Penitentiary Annex, Ft. Leavenworth, Kaneas,” convict Albert Betes was interviewed and verified the feot that he, ~~. Kelley and rddie Boll, sliase Fé Lakue, had robbed the Citizens Bank at Arxadelphia, Arxvaress, sometize during the month of Avril 19c38 but they didn't get much cash ag the bank had been robbed a eek er two prior to thst; that he and Kelley head bhelé the Bank Frosident end the Cashler up end thet Eddie Doll had remcinadl et the door with a machine gune Ho reesllei dietinetiy that one of the City Judges wna about to enter the bunk then he anw Eddie Doll standing in the doore © wey with a machine cun and did not enter the bent, even though Doll invited hin ine He further atated that while meking their ceteway hie car was badly ehot up; that while Doll wee @riving the cer Kelloy, with a machine gun on one wide, epreyei the side of tha road, cnd he mide an effort to do the sume thing on his sife of the read, dut hie muchino gun had janmzed on bin. Lowever, they 414 mke their - ee tawsye Convict Bates stated thet be, Convict Melloy axdj ‘adie Doll, lias .d LaRue, had also robbed the First hational Sank st\cen Mereus, Tors, siniting efter they had robbed the Citizens hutionel Bank: et Arkadelphia, Arkensas. ‘that they had taken 6 little over $7000.05 froa thie benk; that they hed mede a clean getewmy on thie jod. ; £t the Surnes Detective Agency, who represent the National Bankers Association, it wae ascertained thet on or shout Tune 17, ~~ 193%, the Firat Wational fe nk at Sap hercues, Texzra, had been robbed of £7040,00, and none of this money hrd been recovored. © _ the name « wiht v idler ané. Tiendly; that Pas ley end his gane had robbed the During} Bulley were not very Centra State Ruak y frsencty’ Texne, epd that Batley and Vernon Killer hed en arguew:t which came up, and explained that killer, tho wee ermed rith @ unchine cun wea to be the outside men, remeinine out in front of the bank, wkile @elley uné hie corpeniunr entered the benk end robbed ity; thet Beiley end hie crowd ‘enme out cf the bers ond found Liller waa not vhere be wes eupporei to be, ania that durisg the argunent idller told hin he hed been “*hemred in” efter ke fad psrved end deciced it would be better to ciov2 out exd thst be tea coing sround the bioct when Balley and his sang c-re out of tuc Lopk und that le later el«imed his share of the proceeds of the ObLS rye curniehens further inforrstion as to rho sere the otter particisants im the robbery, end further requeeted thet hig nese not be mentioned OB bev ing given this Anforns tone
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