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Kansas City Massacre — Part 18
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the Madison Park Hotel at 158) Hyde Perk Avenue, Chicam, Tllinoia, °
Yan Struck, who bore a number of aliases, was a former reputed omer LL
of the Jeffery Tavern but was killed by gunmen in the Spring of 16354 -~"
_ gent remexbers the nerapsper articles et the time which steted that
. Van ‘Struck, had left the tavern but had driven beck elone lefer when
he wes met by two men Fho apparently knew him and approached Aims ° He.
wee shot by a revolver carried by one of these men at Which time they
made their escapes Some witness, who had observed this shooting, mre.
this information.
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It is to be noted, in this regard, that Finnte Wilisens, the
former paramour of suspect Beraard Phillips, worked for one month at ~
the Jeffery Tavern during the month of May, 19335, Winnie Williane bas
been interviered by agents of the Chicaco Divieion Office when she ont
called et thet office and this intervier yal be set forth in s eubse= . a
quent report prepared by Agent, Rpatings In eddition, ‘Agent: Keating L
Will set forth the fact that /wadillec Sedan was _eubsequently located *.
for ssle in a West side automobile showroom, It had apparently been |
purchased by this firm from another firm, which in turn hed secured % ~~
through the Bergi Moter Company, 4n which Guffinkler, Chicago hoodlum, ~~ —-
has € finencial interest, The report of agent Keeting will set far th
thet in the spartieat rented by Verne !iller tket the car wed by Mrs.
Holdep,who lived et that place under the neme of Mra. urns, was Licensed -~-- --
from LaGrange, Illinois. It is significant to note thet while at the
Oak Park branch of the Cadillec Motor Csr Company one of the workmen ine
formed agent thet it night be wise to check the garages of Enil Denemark, — a
who wae frequeatly signing bonds for well knorn criminals ard who oper: ted 3
@@rages at_ 4860 Ogten 4 Avenue and at 418 ¥. Burlington Street in ‘TaGrange,
Jllincis, ob cated
Br. H. P. Wissing, Division Special Agent, Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific Ratlroad, Room 8, LeSelle Street Station, Chicago, Illinois, in- -
formec agent some time afro that if crininels were thought to be on the
Lower Peninsula of Michigan, on the Western shore, that these perties
might be hiding at Shield4* Recreation Resort on Lakeview Lake, mail address,
Leke Ann, Michigan, Roy Shields, who is unter indictment in Chicego, I1l.,
on e charge of racketeering, is known as the proprietor of this resort, <= -
There is'a private olf course consisting of pine holes and in saai tion
the resort ia secluded in a large section of woods, ‘There ere three «
winding entrances to thia resort leading through the wods for several
miles and permitting easy entrance enc exit, it, Wissing discovered this
resort by innecertly stopping at that plece in 19%, at which time he
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