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ee ree oe : *! +, ‘Jae een ‘ fe . | fee. Oeteber r 3, 1923 ue ce | there had appeared in the afternoon edition of thexRensas City Joumal “.~ - | Post an article with headlines reading "Plaza Killing Blamed on DU. 8. ¢-- | ; | f . 40 AUR On sno. NCTA - \" — Bibtston of Inbestigation * WRRDSS HB. Bepostnent of Trutice Bashingion, BG. eee tg tt tee tooth. _ MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR, => 348021 74.8 Oklahoma Gity on the telephone on the 2nd. instan . Reppert Asserts Massacre Due to Negligence". Also "Talked Befo Uptown Businese and Improvement mata Luncheon". ope The substance of th cle ‘was that ius, ¢, E hepbert. Commissioner of Police, had stated in his luncheon talk that the massacre: at the Union Station on June 17 was due. to thé criminal negligence of the’ ~ Federal Officers in cherge; that an Agent of the Division of wrieteeen - called the Police Heedquarters in the morning requesting the assistance | a of police to meet e prisoner coming into the station; that the Agent did ©. character; that if the police had been informed that it was Frank, Nash they e 7 were to meet they would heve been properly equipped and in ali Pee eed the the massacre would not have occurred. Mr. Reppert further criticised the--". . manner in which the officers took the prisoner across the plaza. He =. ae stated that they were bunched together when they should heve been deployed, ° oe : some of them at least some distance from him; that they should heve had: et macbine gune rether than pistols. Reppert further referred briefly to (3:5°% > the HcElroy kidnaping case and stated t he had been amused at the accoun’ of that case, which gave credit to thd Federal Agents; that asa matter of -”: fact the case was solved by Thomes J? ins, Chief of Detectives, who Pen oe would heve solved it regardless of the Agents' activities. The article..." - also stated that the Government had not solved the Kensas “ity massacre ~*~: case, in spite of reports to the contrary; that the who had solved =":. the case was the man sitting next to him, namely Thomas{J. Higgins, who had puf hie fingers on the two pen who were responsible for the shooting. The. r nder of the article related to a laudation of the¥Police Department = ..- at#iatisas CityT° He stated thet crime had been reduced 40% since he, Reppart, | hed teken cherge and that this was due to the efficient services of Thomas J. Higgins, Chief of Detectives. a \ - { not identify this prisoner to the police nor did he indicate his desperate clrenge’ ance SEG AKON e request gade eh.’ on thO Gbrnfng! 682 U. & LEPARTEENT OF JUS STICE/ re Police Departnent for the services of patro