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: arrived, the Individuals had left the store end were driving down the. street in @ Chevrolet Sedan; thet the officers followed then for several plocks, . notity the police; thet on Arril 16, 1931, these partie: esetn eppeerea* = and one of the merchents retifie? Chief of Police Cerl Gellther, who, Boo companied by Officer Ralph Castner, started to the store, but before they =: on then pullec ther into the curb to question them. As soon-aa the car stopped, Fioyd pnd Milier got but of the car and as the officers approached, started — 2 te fire at them. In the gun battle thet followed, Willer was shot throug the neck and:killed instantly and Officer Castner wes’ Seriously ‘wounded ar and died several dsys later. Juanita Buehla Baird also received a scalp: Sl _ Wound, At this time, Floyd escaped in the Chevrolet Seden and the twoulu.. . giris, upon being taken into ‘custody, refused to give any information other than steting thet Floyd was the individual who had escaped and furnished their nazes aS Juanita Buehle Baird and Hose Beird, elies Rose Seaunders. ae Meee ae i. °° gherite Pratt further advised thet following this “shooting, = oe cape eck wot eeN OT ett Milier ena Pleyd were identified es the perties who, on April 6, 1931, had robbed & Mount Zion, ky. bank and on Hay 1, 1921, the two Baird girls were reuoved to Willianston, Ey. where they were tried for the robbery and @one * . Victed, but only served, he believes, about six months. The fingerprints of ' the Baird girls ere cot evallable at Bowling Greea, but they no doubt can. be ottelne? at Williacston, Ky., es weil es their photograsks. There is an out- stenting reward in Wool Gounty, Ohio, for the errest end conviction of Floyd for the killing o? officer Cestner, Steriff Frett ecviesé thet there is no _ doubt but thet Floyd and not Liiller killed Castner, es Miller hed a 38 auto- matic in hia heni out of which only cne shot hed been fired, and a 32 suto-.. matic in his pocket, which had not been Tired, Wille Castner was killed with he 41 (taliber bullet. = % 4 ] a t Pa . os - 7, Sheritt Prett also advised that folioring the shooting in Bowling | Green, he received a letter from an untmown individual who signed his name only as a detective and receives his mail et tle Williems Battery Station, Weathford, Oxlahona, advising that he kmew where Floyé could be located; that he also received a letter from Under-Sheriff Raymond P. Drake, Salli- saw, Oklahoma, ¢laining that he knew considsreble about Floyd and where he ‘could be located. However, Sheriff Pratt 1s of the opinion that Detective | Higsings of the Kansas City, Ko. , Police Depertnent, _knows more about Floyd : _then any other individual. * . ey f _ . a’ 1 r : } - aaa i Agent also interviewed Chief of. Police Cerl de11inér, who was “une . able ‘to ead anything to the infomation obtained fron Sheriff Pratt: # Descriptions of the Baird girls | as obteined trom Sheritt prett, are as follows: JUAcITS BUSHLA BARD ROSS BAIRD elias ROSE SATDERS Age 21 23 Weight 110 lts. 110 lbs. Height S* 3" 5* 3" nace Dee een Tet