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Kansas City Massacre — Part 11

174 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: May 19, 1952 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kansas City Massacre · 174 pages OCR'd
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gee ctete mee ce ‘" process of making complete investigation near Platte City at the place where baad om ee ee ee tae Tees ot ed cma eee, ae rk ain, o so Se” pres tees Se rears dele rly ER eins nat, tea § % | a S. 7 bei Buren un 905 aa tee Bank Poilding mS " CiA3)- Mi seourd Ke. OF AY x. a ants tf Director qav3s United Stetea Bureau of Investigzevion Washington, D. C. 1 patina neg Dear Sir: - : VERNON C. MILLER with aliases - - FUGITIVE, et al ee OSTRICTIGH OF JUSTICE (Rndesyor * to Deliver a wegh Federal Prisoner Frank Nash) © E.C.File 62-760 ua Teast night near Platte City, Miasouri, at a tourist cam, two « or : more ‘men end one women or more, who were suspected as being identical with Clyde Champion rrow, Marvin Ivanfmarrow end the women who travel with them, one possibly deing onniekParker, took two cabins for the night. Various officers were edvised, —. through e confidential informant and the Sheriff of Keneas City, Missouri, with - , humerous other officers formed a posses which surrounded the cabins in an effat | te capture the parties housed thereing A gun battle enswd and the individuals, believed at that tim to be the Barrows, escaped. It is reported that one or more of the pereons in the party were eevcrely wounded. Special dgent is Charge Gus T. Jones and Special agents Dwight Brantley and Le G. Turrou are now in the incident occurred. A detailed account will be later fortheoning ebowing the resulta of the investigation mde. . re ae fo a — fhere was found in the cabin from which the parties Lett ea 245 ‘ealitre - Colt sutomtio, Model 912, U. 8. army, Us 8. Goverment property, Serial forsee This pietol is being analyzed by a dballistician at Kansas City. Any other *, weapons that may be found on the premises are also to be analyzede - tea It has now been determined from a display of photogrephs that ‘the men who | occupied the cabins are Clyde Champion Barrow and Marvin Ivan Barrows } notorious outlaws and klllere. : & broadcast has on this date teen hed over radio stations EMBO: and - W.D.a.F., Kaneas City, Missouri, notifying the public of the ebove ac currences me It 18 believed the wounded party may seek medical aid and that some physician _ may be kidnapped for thet purposes 411 doctors receiving mysterious calle of any kind have been requested to iumediately commuicate with the nearest Police, ™ Sheriff or United States Bureau of Investigation offices You will be edvioed of complete detalles of the above. My 257 Pp. g WFT 3B 9
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