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Kansas City Massacre — Part 13
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*. ¥e foe aces: wh eres g2 "Fag ake LE sites phat.
‘chs PF ” Meference is mde to recent telogran, ‘from the. OkLahana Cit;
adhe eiim preneere ages
ty ;
Ae ft Oklehoma City, Oklahoma, and {s ‘nog: residing at $he' Perk Leno Hotel; 2 3,
& Sheridan Road, Chicago;é7llinols. “Gubsoquent’ ins Reeves ti fren - RE s
Special agent in Charge Gus Jones, who ie working on $ ease at a “Wensap’
City, Missouri, requested that Leavitt be located and ‘brought oo she ime se
Chicago Bureau office for interview, in en. endeavor to ascertain, at Possible.” we
the vhereaboute of his friend, Vernon c. Miller. | See ay ~ yt oe Ray re ETS “
4 “ee tbe Fel Poe a Re anor SE Oo ee fren TE me
‘ “ynvestigation by Special Agent Madalea end the sriter eters
the Detective Bureau, Chisago Police Department, indicated that Morris Leeritt
elias Max Leavitt alias Mac Leavitt wae known there. Police file No. SS260 .
showed that extradition papers were forwarded to the Governor of ‘Oki ahomd “ age
... in the fall of 1932 by the State. of Tilinois, requesting the ertredition i Ae
’ S” of Morrie Leavitt from Oklehoma City, Oklahoma to Chicago, ilincie, tor: 4.
ansver @ violation of the Illinois Security Lews. fhe extradition papers “BY
wore signed by the Governor of Oklahoma, end Detective Sergeant Joyce of | 22-22"
the Chicago Police Department proceeded -to Oklahoma City to return Leavitt. Wa
to answer the aforementioned eharges. When Detective Joyee arrived in- mon we
Oklahoma City, he found that Leavitt had prosesded voluntarily to Chicago, - tet
Illinois, the day before, and oventully. had this case > Sropped at sal enee,
, Diinote on Septenber 18, 1958, - 2B ti. eal oe 3 va #2 Br : oe
Pans “rpied: a " Looking over the police file sn Leavitt; m , typenritten i iar
: nous ‘Letter | was ‘found in shich the: polices ‘were. inforned that if they wire: .
_ Leoking for Mée Leavitt, they could find him With the Blucators Finance * Gc
Company at Oklahoma City, end that he was living in Okleboma city with ee ae
woman named Florence O'Connor, age about £68 years. Subsequent investigation *: ve
determined that Florence O'Connor waa formerly ea clerk at the Ponmoor apart-...
‘mont Hotel, 921 Bastwood Avenues, Chicago, Diisotes, : ‘while Leavitt owned anf ;;
Managed sane, When Leavitt took the position with the Blucators: ‘Finance \: &
Company, Oklahoma City, he conveyed Miss O'Connor to OkLaboma City and .:>
installed her ee a secretary. She recently returned to Chicago, Tlinsis Yo
| - Yn the year 1926 or 1929, a confidential informant known to the Chicago Burea! an
” efftee informed agent Keating ‘that, the O'Consior wan #6 en intimate friend +<--"-
of Verne Miller. _ Bowers che fa noe Feported ‘to ie ye peranowr' ‘of Mac - e ‘ pe
“n ; rony ier. < seiiimai? manager, ‘of ‘the ‘park: ‘Lane Hotel; “Caleags, ‘a Pas:
intervieeed, ‘s ‘ag woll ae clerks forshay and H. 8. Neleon. . the manager ‘im oe
formed he writer and agent John L. Madale that on May 1, 1955, Mrs. M. -' Pa a
Leavitt and family, consisting of three children, all grown-ups, leased | ~
apertcent 401 for a period of six months. This apartment is a three-room
kitchenette apartment. On June 29, 10335, Mac Leavitt checked in at the
Park Lane Hotei and was assigned to Room 419, Mr. Skillman stated that
Leavitt avoided signing any lease for hia fanily, edviaing the management
that he would be only there temporarily.
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