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Kansas City Massacre — Part 16
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‘in or around the Lincoln sedan but ssid he @id mot pay any particuler °
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lobby where he turned it over to eo bell boy, As he remenbored, this
luggsge wes handed to him by a short, derk man, who was accompanied by
@ very tell, dlond women. He recollected that acme other ‘people were }
attention to them. He related that twenty or twenty-five minutes efter
the dark man en! blond women entered the hotel, they emerged, the men
cerrying the suitcase or grip. He 414 not notice which direction they
took but seemed fairly positive they €id mot hail a tazicab. Harrison
aid mot appesr very certain of the deteils he furnished but recollected
that he hed deen contacted by somecne regarding the errivel and depertare
of the women.
, Thomas Labelle, bell boy at the Robert Treet Hotel,
Newark, H.J., examined the photograph of Vivien allen end advised thet
he had cerried a grip for » man who eppeared at the hotel with her on
the efternoon of August 7, 1055. He said thet the luggage was brought
to the door by the doormen and that ander the direction of Irs, Allen's
ecompanion, e short dark mean who seid "Take thie and watch it for me,*
he set the bag down nearthe checking room. He observed the man and
women pass through the lobby of the hotel and go downsteira tovarde
the washroom or rest room. <About twenty minutes later they returned
end the man aeked for hie bag. They then left the hotel, the man
earrying the luggage. LaBelle advised thet he bad never seen either
individual before, to the best of his recollection.
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, ' In view of the fact tint Mre, dilen end her companion |
had gone to the besement of the hotel and remained for twenty minutes,
it eppeared probeble that they might have stopped for refreshments is
the restaurant, which is loceted bensath the lobby. <Acoordingly, inquiry
was made et the Robert Treat Hotel coffee shop. Mise Ellen Talley,
Waitress in the coffee shop, edvised after viewing the photogreph of
Mra. Allen that the letter was in the coffee shop during the afternoon
of August 7th and she recollected Mrs. Allen was accampanied by a big ©
man end a short, heavy set individual, also a dark Jewieh looking women
of emell though heavy stature. ds Mra. Allents party entered the coffee
shop the tell men, spperently Buchalter, esked for some change to make a
telephone cell, He then left the others et the table and went towards
the washroom, outside of which ere located two telephone booths. After
remaining in the coffee shop for fifteen or twenty minutes the party left,
ell pessing through the door opening out on the berber shop and washroom
in the rear. Miss Talley sould not recollect thet she had ever seen any
of the four individuals before, She hed no recollection of seeing e amsll
boy (the Buchalter child) in the eating plese. However, she called attention
to the faot thet she would not have paid any ettention to Mra. Allen had
it not been for the fect that she was 8 poticeable blond and taller then
the everage woman.
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