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Kansas City Massacre — Part 34
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“pout “e120 ie “the wri ters wae : intoraed by ‘forse OEE
“Special: Agent whan that there had been r break et the ©:
Kaneas State Feniténtiary, Lenaing, Kansas, early this ‘wornings
that he underatood that Bob Brady and Jim Clark, two convicts
who had escaped on May 30, 1935, together with ‘Sothers and w#bo
were later apprehended and were being belé in Cell Fotse Huger
Bz which je known, ae the Teole tion Mara oF, Puniehnent Bard s
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wrt “4h Jong Qietesce call wee » innadietely placed end ‘thie
7 “escape was, verified oy @ conversation had with Acting Special _::;
State Penitentiary. .
1, _—
se: sere = Ohh Agent, ccconpanted by Bpeciel Agent Ls: “De ‘Hienou
ay “punber 2 on this date in plece. of ‘the regular guard ‘who was oft - x
. today, had reported that he was attacked by several’ ‘ priaonere early:
this morning; that they had rushed him, had gone to the front office,
secured clube and that they bed beaten him up and one prisoner, ->:
|, who he recognized as Bob Brady, was jabbing him with an ice pick,’::
Zand that Bredy and Jin Clark had also taken bis keye; that all wore .
- “to gather acne anal Lumber and made. a. latter. There wee 2 song
‘hose hanging on the wallz that they. took’ thie, ‘together with: ‘the
ladéer, and went out the back door of the cell house and alongeid
‘guard house tower number 22 which was not occupied by ‘a guard; they
‘used the ledder to clim>d the wall, whioh is a 25 foot wall, and after:
““peaching the top they used the hose to slide down. The guards report!
- thet they had fired a aunber of shote at them. . One ‘guard otates..
“he believed he hit one convict. Thies afternoon Deputy Nerden A.J
" grahen, agent Nichole ani the writer made an exemination of Guard 4)“:
House Towor located possibly 150 yards from the corner of the fron$
wall, and found the windows had a sumber of buliet holes through them:
Aleo several pieces of buckshot were found which had made 4 hole but
which had not gone through, From all appearences no rifles, machine
guns or pietol shots were fired; that shotgune were she only weapons ©
deed to try to halt the dreake Oe er a ey Ree
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