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Kansas City Massacre — Part 17

164 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Aug 31, 1933 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kansas City Massacre · 164 pages OCR'd
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a By ay ‘ 1 i i f wo . i + 1 ¢ . . 2h , te, Be - aa | = Soe + end 4 . 4 i i : 5 7a Re Lan ‘ ‘ . “ ars 4 f (oy at single breasted uit, size $8, ‘for $22.50. ‘This sale was mae by John Rocks, . teem ee Fes ce ap t= «- F Bem . we yer econ - . . a a Sear 3O yeers of age, married, and has one child. His home was in n Madienter, Oklehone until about a year ago phen he soved to Oklahoma City, where be is now wor in some Orug store. red ses ono geod that _Sotbron’ father-in-law end brother-jp-lew, whose last names are La are.*no good", and one of them (he does not remember which one) was involved in sone short or a worder charge in McAlester. Goldberg said that he 4{¢ not believe Cothron would be in eny trouble and gave as the only reason that he might be considered suspicious she faet that his | father-in-law ond hie brother-inelaw are “no good". cr nce, On October 20, 1932 Lee Weaver, a stranger, purchased a erey, ingle breasted Hart-Schaffner and Marx suit, size 38 for $22. 50. Bo further informa- tion As known about Weaver. te tees eo Pa i a J “NO ‘, 7 ¢ On Deceaber 24, jrese oun Lutb, @ aletranger,” pucchane an : Oxtord : an extra clerk, and no further information is known of bin. -—. Goldberg could not ranember of having sold a exit to any person fitting the description of the individuel deseribed in letter of reference with one leg shorter than the other one. He viewed the photographs of Bailey, Bredy, - Underhill, Bavie, Clark, Miller, Phillips and Floyd and stated that he could Rot -pemamber of ever having seen any of these persone. - a f a * ree . Mr.” Goldberg aleo steted thet Mr, Gee Jones ie “the reguiar ‘eloth- ing bsleaman with his cémpany, and it ie possible that he woujd remember of sell- ing a suit to a pérson described in ‘letter of reference, but thie sale be ts eure waild bave been before August, 1032 and -he therefore ‘feele that it would be. very improbable that Jones would remember the sale. At the tim this agent was in McAlester Jones was in Texas on a vacetion and would not return until two aeys deters . “ay eae sh ; Mr, Willien Johnson, a clerk with GoldbergeJoneph Company, Viewed the photographs of the above mentioned persons and said that he di¢ not recog~- Bize any of them. He aleo could not remember having seen a pérsen in the store answaring the description of the individual Gescriped n letter of. reference with one leg ebdrter then the othex, iY jo. ot — ase 4 4-00, van. nd A ; . 4 Mr, J. Joseph, eo-partner with Leo Golqverg io the above fra, alec atated that he could not remember heving eold a suit to any perem answering the description of the individual described in the letter of reference with one leg shorter than the other. He also viewed the photographs of the above mentioned persons end could not remember heving seen any of then. Mise Sster 4rndt, who works in the Ladies Ready to Wear Depertment of this store and who also does practically all of the altering, seid that shoe could not remember specifically of altering a pair of trousers with one lee shorter than the other for any stranger. She said, however, that there are three or four peareons in McAlester, one being the sheriff there, who hed their trousers altered with one leg shorter than the other, but she could not remember of any mad answer! n; |
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