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Kansas City Massacre — Part 13
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Lo. Sheriden Roads "gent interviewed ur. Azeling, ‘the manager red this” Ee
;, garage, which fs operated in conjunction with a Standard Filling Sta fide, :
. Mr. Azeling said that he had no regular customers etoring oars at ‘this: *
garage about whom he was suspicious, He examined the pictures of ‘the
various suspects in thie case ani was unable to identify any of thei:
as either permanent or transient tisers of the garage, He stated that.S>. ce
* the only car in the garage, whose operator he did not know, was a black” 2
Lincoln Sedan which hed been stored the night before, Agent Baum’ eximined
thie car end discovered that it bore Missouri license plates 25-707 and -; sy.
St. Louis City sticker #15206, hie car was locked, although it was on a
.the third floor of the garage, and @n examination from the exterior none Sy
failed to reveal anything of. suspicious nature about the care 4 sumber. “>
of chauffeurs living in the neighborhood while driving their employers ; - ae
around Chicago are in the habit of leaving care in this garage, Mre -:"*
Azeling said, and most of the time these chauffoures leave the varieus =:
_ eare locked, although most omers Leave the car unlocked is the garages’
oo Mr. Ce. ¥. Bowers wes interviewed at the Dexia oarace, : Po
047 Dakin Street, at which time Mr. Bowers examined the pictures_- we uh es date
of suspects and said that he 414 not know eny of then, although * ;
he did say that he had seen Bernard Phillips at some time but could . chy a
not place where he hed seen bim or under just what conditions he. sls. “3°”
had seen Phillipss’ ‘He said that he had not seen Phillipe fecently, <:'7:7 ~
however, and thought that it had been sometime this year probdablys?, v3.4 -
but be could not place the exact month, While Bowers wae being ime +) =:
terviewed a number of his employees were present and also one Lincoln |* 32)"
_ Park Policeman, who is now suspended, was present, as well as a former =’.
sergeant on the Chicago Police force, who resigned sane two years QB0¢
. The names of these mon were not obtained but can be obtained, if se
necessary, Both of these men, who live in that neighborhood, are fre-
quent callers et this garage and stated that they had seen @ man ren
sembling Bernard Phillips around that neighborhood, but could not.
place just where or when they head seen him, The pilotures of the other’ Spe Bi
-* -suspecte could not be identified, The policeman, who hae béon suspended | & 5.
: by the Lincoln Park Police, was suspended due to alleged brutality. ‘fin’. -
" gonnection with the erreat of a motoriet on the corner of Sheridan Road © :
and Irving Park Boulevards At the present time he is awaiting the filing ‘+ Pit acl
of charges in a hearing, Mr. Bowers was acquainted with the arrest of eso} oe
Clyde Bridges and his subsequent sentence in Indiana on @ charge of bank + eo,
robbery, stating that he bad witnessed the arrest of Bridges, He said
that the policemen who arrested Bridges made frequent ealle to the speak.”
easy almost directly across the street, on Dakin Street, from hia shop, —
He said that Bridges was supposed to heve been working in thie speakeaby
at the time that he was arrested, Mr, Bowers aleo eaid that while Bridges
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