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Kansas City Massacre — Part 2

130 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kansas City Massacre · 128 pages OCR'd
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wr the street from rhich ‘place he witnessed e part of the shooting. _ been given to the police and was | advised it had note ‘had been unable to zet in touch with the informant, ag he had dart rei ses “ae M. tao me wee ge Ay Sete dane wee mete ee June 20, 1933. MEMORANDUM of Telephone Calisre FRANK WASH _ Mr. Harvey advised from Kansas City that although a women who witnes- © ‘ged the shooting has identified the picture of "Pretty Boy*t#loyd as that of - — : one of the men wth the machine guns, he doubts that this i fication should -—-- be considered positive; that another witness, Geimel’Esylink, has said = 2 positively that Harvey®Bailey was one of the men with ‘the machine guns; that . Mr. Vetterli has recognized from the photographs that a man named Bob®Brady, : another esceped convict, as one of the gimmen; that he, Mr. Harvey, ascertained — yesterday at Lansing thet beyond a doubt Harvey Bailey was the ring-leader ao, of the men who escaped from the penitentiary, which information was received - from Warden Lewa;’one of ‘the officers kidnaped in. the ‘prigorisbréak, tho was cos taken from the prison in a car by six escaping convicts: ‘that four of these ~ convicts, namely Bob Brady, Hervey Bailey, Wilbur ‘Underhill and Ed°Davis, have ~~ been tentatively identified es being connected with the shooting at the Union . Station; thet/‘MrALink, who is acquainted with Bailey, having mown him for as some time, says he drove his car up before the station to perk the same, just > * where the gunnen were waiting for the victims to leave the station, and that these individuels swore at hin, telling him to "get out of there", and’ pointed © a machine gun in his face, an’ that he then moved his car a little "further. down Bee f. : va i fe WOT RECORDEDOOFY PILAD IN “ ites priteheses S z I recuested thet the renort covering the statements of informant ; ‘Link: a be forwarded to the Bureau by air mail. I inquired whether this, Anfornation had” Mr. Harvey stated that it is believed Bailey has gone to Oxlehoma; that — Mr, Nathan suzgests that I.0.'s be prepared immediately covering the men wanted § © in connection ith this shooting; that the newspaper articles regarding this mat— ter had been favorable to the Bureau and that he had sent to the Bureau a mupber- . of the clippings. - . ; ae Mr. Hervey stated thet they needed more e Agents: and it was decided thet. Brace Nathan, Dvight Brantley and Harold Anderson Should go to Kansas city to" assist in this investigation. oe stout Ty ' Special Agent in Charge Gus Jones telephoned ftom 7 Lig. "aes g he 4 one to call or see hin. I told Jones he should conta t this - Peo shored ‘f STUSHICE - RECORDED ; & INDEXED
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