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Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd — Part 5
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Mr, Donaldson stated that abl of the other individuals |
implicated in fhis mail robbery wore dead, with the ex-..- 5:
ception of a $t. Louls,gemgster named}King, al ent
who also rec¢ived £5 years for mail robbery. Mr. aldson ~ ...-
advised tha} Sherrill escaped from the U. & Penitentiary =.“ :.:
at Leavenworth, Kansas shortly after his incarceration. 22600 00S.
there; that after his escape he joined the al Spencer =] We an
geng which was then operating in the Osage Hille of et Boye Ts
Oxbahama; that onerrill Was sudsequently capturea OCU - er
some time around 1925 near McAlester, Oklahoma and~ -. 3. ; pots pe
returned to prison, Mr. Donaldson advised that at the |... SA aI
time Sberrill was arrested near Denver, Colorado, tm.. © we
1918, Eva Lewis was in the car with one George /Eudaley, = .-
that Eudaley and Sherrill were very friendly; thet Kudaley™. ’--
bad served time in the Jefferson City Penitentiary for — Ue
bank robbery. Mr. Donaldson advised that Roy Sherrill
was also known as GabeOShertil], that he was the son of
a Baptist minister who lived at Terre Haute, Indiana, and os mo
that his father may be living there at the present time, =. - .. *.- |
_ that Roy Sherrill has e@ younger brother named Ray Sherrill .. fo Te
who has been connected with Roy Sherrill in numeréns store | eanar
robberies in the past. Mr. Donaldson afvieed that Sherrill =<*.°-.;
4e a vicious outlaw who is an expert shot with any kind of 70 mt it
-. firearms and that in his opinion Sherrill would not hesitate /.- -_
to shoot @n the slightest provocation. ere
os Mr. Donaldson eadvieed further that. Harvey “Bai Ley .
‘was a well-known gangster who hai robbed a bank at Fort «5°
geott; that Bailey was serving time in the Peritentlary -..-
at Leneing, Kanses at the time Sherrill and his eompenions ~
held up the mail trein at Peola, Kensas. Er. Donaldsm =: =
states that to his knowledge Bailey and Sherrill were’ Pt
rather intimate acquathtances. Clement Braley alias F.C. °
Barnes was not known by Mr. Donaldson. — ae tee hep le
. _ Mr, Donaldson advised’ that he has lost track of ~*~.
¢he individuals mentioned above since 1925, however, that oo.
- all information in the possession of the Post Office =2 >>.
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