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Kansas City Massacre — Part 6
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pty Oe agent ‘{nterviewed Chief
vend: giacovered that although he, ‘Gohoomaker, had: eard: the neme ‘Joa; .;
‘Hawes, he was not ‘goqueinted ‘with ‘$his individual, Saptata | ‘9° Conndg. =
of. the Second District. Was. called . ty Chief ‘Bohoemaker,- Auth ous als Be Le
was jwieble, hed o give any Anforsstion moeerding Havens: =
~ ae the pugeontion - of Chief échoenaker, Ag '’
captain ‘Tarkia -of the First. District; ‘located at Madison Street. ang.”
the Chicago Rivers “Captain larkin ‘stated that he ‘aid not. know foe |:
| Hawes, but that he had a men whom he trusted implicitly whom he’ thought °
_ would be acquainted with Fawese © In consequence, - ‘Captain Yerkin called.
“dn Detective BE. Fe Devine, who stated thet he hed only. known Hawes ‘tor’.
. the past six months, ‘and outeide: of ‘the fact thet Hewes was'a ‘bookmaker.
‘he knows little about his ‘activitiess: However, he. stated that. he- aid:
“got believe that Haves bad been, out ‘or town for sane. time, He. paid ‘that.
“he would not descrids Hawes a5 a very large bookmaker, ‘although Ais book
was undoubtedly lerger than most. “of the neighborhood varities. From:
she best of Devine's. information, Hawes does met of his ‘business over
the telephone. Devine was unable to mention any gang or known hoodlums -
with whom Hawes might be connected. He said that Hawes wes supposedto ~
be living at the Morrieon Hotel at this tim. The Morrison Rotel is one-
oot ae ‘Lergset- ‘hotels da abe. 100 Bren. 4a. » ahaa? = ::
eer a wile interviewing wre
a tk ‘be set forth ister, it was. Aiscovered that Hawos, operated ‘a. somber.
€ ' of books: et warious places around Chicago, ‘and that the Randolph Btree
‘address is Bpparently Hawes’. headquarters. - -While Hawes is not one: of:
=the ‘very large Chicago bookmekers,. nevertheless he has a Bizeadic:
‘business. His only connection with out of town points, — is. probably .
in aplitting ‘pets either to those points or from those pointe; thet is
if a bookmaker took a bet of over $100.00 on more than one horse, ° “Bene
; might desire to split 4t te more than one “pookwaker, | “and it is ‘possible
. that Hawes has friends to whom he’ aplite bets or for whom he splits.’
‘beta. Hawes undoubtedly hes a Prt lon sire leading to some section
of: the country, wat dust what. ‘is Twit
: we Yo “bounestion’ ‘with the Payment soups which = found t
* heave been. in the. possession of. Wanyicat. Sho time of hie ppmbearion ag
Hot ‘Springs, “Arkansas, ‘attention is directed . tothe. ‘report. of. “Special > :
Agent V. W, Peterson, Chicags, - Tilinois, May "$, 19338, in, “the: file ‘on
+ “eitled FRANK NASH with aliases, I. 0. #1166 - ESCAPED FEDERAL ‘PRISONER +
- “ {nis report of Special Agent Peterson shows that an investigation of ©:
‘leense Plates { for the State of Illinois. tor Less, ‘Munber 624097" showed
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