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Kansas City Massacre — Part 37

149 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Feb 14, 1934 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kansas City Massacre · 149 pages OCR'd
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ian 0 ee a ‘ an + . oo oe * 7 2. oe Ea os: Lewson ate tos ‘that ¥elney Davie cones 5 Fron nim, yo Okinhoas, abd thot at one time Lawson wae a pel of hia. Aecording ~ to inwaon, Devise served tine at Grnnite and bcAlestor on 6 rel robte ry charre: thet et the prenert tine ho is ebout 28 or [9 years of are. arroeted off while enroute to the [iil at StillwetexA, Sclebom, thoy effected their escape fro. Federal authorities; thet at thit tim they were being beld on e mil robbery charge. he further atated tr. t while Doe Jarrer wea doing tice nt tkletore thet there me a '.Feceru) Fold croéev on hin, tub thet It wee lifted fer rensons uninors to bit, (Hote: See Oklnhom City Port iffioe resords un to why the eton ws takes © off.} Lawson was ebdle to furnie® this Informe tlon by renaco of the fect be we exployed in the reeord rear of the State Conitenticry at LeAlester, Oklahoms, and le an expert Sencerprint tate " In 1972 Doe » Barker, efit and ert atom wore - Shorty uwllliszs, secording to inwson, received @ ten your sentence to be served at tic. leater, Gxlahom, ard Lewson doen not _ known whether or not be fe still incarcerated there. Lawson states “bO saw Soe Barker in eosho, Kissourl, in the letter part of IGE, | éné at thst tice Loc Sarier wes ériviac bis own oar and wee steying et Hert Famer*e place neer Joplin, iierouri, laweor atnted that | be, binsolf, vielteé Farmer's place in Novecber of lv¥sc but at thst - time nobolty was et home. Lewson ateter thnt while he knows definitely thet the two Serkere and Volney avis were is Yanans City just prior to the masecre, te ie not eertein ebout Alvin Sarple or Camptell, but knows thst one of the tro eas present and thet they bad been at Liller’s bouse. Agent Ferland questioned Lawson se to the recent killin: “Of Yormpe Lilier and eeked why Killer hed beer placed on the "spot". Lecording to Lewson Miller wee kille? bee: use he knew whe hed rulied thoes jot at the Union 2tation ard the aod deonme afrnid of the fi.ct thet if Willer was ever aprrehenied te aight telk, and furthermre, Filler wos an “ex-conper" ent equid not be trusted by the uadersorld, ‘their theory being that *Onoe a ‘eopper’, alenye a *oopper’", Agent Far Plane cueetioned Lewsor. as to bie knowlet~: of Bermnra™ billins onc wheather or not he knew thet sernext billire had pecentit becr™ pat on tke spot", Lawson stated that ke cid net kroz of thie feet, but thet if 4t df4 occur tre reanor for iS wee teat thie eere mob hind *put him or the enot™ beeruse of ter fect ti. he, “Billips, wee ar “evyecorner” from St. Louis, ard hed formeris in
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