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Kansas City Massacre — Part 14

184 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Aug 14, 1933 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kansas City Massacre · 184 pages OCR'd
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“a. tional speclams of the eriting of the Reningtes © da previously indicated, this te act the typerriter shich srote Yperriter oo whieh 18 ~ a in the Botes, hovever, wero written on a Renington mounted the suse kind of type ef that on the typerriter ‘Ghannoa house and the typevriter on which the statenent eddressed | “to the Govornor of the State of Oklahom: in regard to the Bleek — Rock benk robbery by Re Ge Brady sod others was wittess as pa typerriter found the the Shannon house in Texas heve been examined, ~:~: "£6 tims appeire thet thie gang, which 1s elso Lavelwed ~~" "da the Prank Hash Kansas Clty murder exes and « great sany other erinos, probably including additional kidnspings been using at Least three Reainzton typewriters, ell seotebhe Model 42, with vary much the sese kind of type, This fact may be of assiatance in the investigetion, end the purpose of this letter is to suggest that ‘immediate steps be taken to trace the typeuriters, the possession of | which has elready been ebtained, and at the sane tine ascertain shether other sintlar aschines bave ‘boca purch-sed, with the view . ye ve * sree ¥ eo . ‘Toere are tro methods = = any to tre the Retagtons ty ‘gusber fros the factory, and the other - t4o eircularise new and - second-hand typewriter deslera, giving the sunbers, 4s these are oe eo old aachines, possibly probably purchssed frou second-hand doslera, Meet are wore guretused atthe gam time perhaps more were purch: sed at the same tine, 4n exanination of the typing indicates the probability eit gone person connected sith the geng is doing most of the typing, this person being, comparatively spesking, more or less educated, ‘ for instance, the handsrittes sote by Braty at the bottom of the let ter to tho Gowernor of the State of howe with the lengusge used in thst letter. me ee ee er nt Walle, of course, this . .
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