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Kansas City Massacre — Part 6

184 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: Murder · Topic: Kansas City Massacre · 182 pages OCR'd
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; informant had stated | that "Hervey Bailey and micherey = jad escaped. -from ‘the Kansas State Penitentiary ‘at ‘Lansing; “‘Xensas," ‘On - May SO, 1953, -were residing ‘on the 4200 block en ‘Drexel ‘Boulevart in: : Chicago, Thlinoiss: 3 et 23 Pugh eee gs Ty ay ote res : Agent lumedietely went to ‘the 4200 block on Drexel Boule. vard. Drexel Boulevard is an especially wide street heving two traffic ~: . lanes, one for North bound traffic and one for South bound traffic,. with : > <-g ‘park about” pixty feet in width between the two traffic lanes. :: fhe: 7? -,4200 mumbers begin ‘at 42nd Place, while 42nd Street enters Drexel ‘Boul "ward ‘from the west @ short distance above, . the tw ‘buildings on ‘the “" Gest side of the street immediately between. 42nd Street ani £2na Place™ ‘{ “: bear mumbers in ‘the 4100 block. | 42nd. Street does not ‘enter Dretel Boul .2.,vard from the East and the numbers continue da.-the 4100's ‘to. 42nd: Place. "on the west side of the ‘atreot, however, | ‘between 42nd Btreet ‘Onl 42n4:: Ti: Place, there is the Shirley Apartment, ‘Hotel at 4160 and the ‘Hotel Bernera “20; @t 4170, which are the only two buildings that occupy this space. ©: the :: *"- Hotel Bernard 1s a very hanisome four story hotel apartment building and - dg the type of residence in whieh former escaped Federal prisoners Keating ‘“" an@ Molden would live. On thé west side of the street between 42nd Plece "and 43rd Street, ‘going from North to South, there are nine large stone = front buildings, . most.of whieh take in ‘roomers and several’ of: ‘whieh are typical: ‘Foomi ng houses which seem to. cater toa good: ‘glass. of: POGMET Ss. On the eorner of 45rd Street apd, Drexel ‘Boulevard ‘there’ is: a arug store and ‘a-munber ‘of emall shops with ‘apartments vend offices tbove 7i0ne' ‘Or: these ‘offices is the Drexel Beverage ‘Distributing ‘Company. fhe Bast): ‘pide of Drexel Boulevard between 42nd Place end 45rd: ‘Street is eccupied 37 2 “on the North eorner by a two entrance, four story, walk-up epertment' : Lut ding, which fa rather large, but whieh appears to have reasonably : " priced furnished apartments. ‘ Immediately below this apartment building : ‘there are five large stone front buildings, most of which ‘Beem to cater. . .to roomers, except for one place. that hes a dresamaker's. ‘plate in front. oe ~ Below these five buildings there is 4 amall Hotel, known as the Graceton |. Hotel, which is a bechelor hotels Iumotietedy to the South of. thie hotel. o
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