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rae taulene 7 ’ cetoos ee Sees ear wre ee: AE AEE 1h the tt fue fo Tone ae Manage t Maile. SSarp Ea, Director. who was a lifelong oe . friena of tne deceased = cm — Guerd Lers on Noverber 25th very excitedly and in a "white heet", and steted that he had- a“ secured information through Jemes Lewson, ” $3903, to the effect that. ;. Fred Berker, Lloyd "Doc® Barker, one Volley or Volney Devis, and Harry Campbell elies Dave Campbell hed committed tke Kenses City = murders. te i nn Jemes Lerson wes errested et fen Francisco on September *- ~ - l4, 1933 end beceuse of his kiown associetion with the Barzxers and vl Sarpis he was questioned thoroughly by Epeciel Agent Willien J. - gb! namsey, es reflected in the report of thet Agent dated et Sen Francisco, Californic, Septexber 19, 1933, but on thet occesion Larson insisted thet he hed been in £en Frencisco for approxinately one year preceding his : arrest. ste ete The nanes of Volney Devise end Ferry Campbell entered this investigetion for tne first time wien mentioned in tus report of Epecial égent Treinor. The otuers, of course, iave been kept in mind throuzhout tris investigetion, and I have been edvised by ir. Coffey of the Identi- fication Unit that wented notices were pleced on ell of these individuels on Januzry 19, 1934, pursuant to the request of the Kenses City Office ~-* in a letter dated Januery 13, 1934. mo The only evidence in porsession of the Division et this - time indiceting the presence of the Barkers or Karois et Kensas City _ on June 17, 1933 is the stetement made by the informent now serving a. life sentence in the Kenses State Penitentiery. Tneir photogrepha heve been viewed by witnesses in this case without being even pertially | identified. From a review of the Keating, Holden and Nash investige-_ - tion, Division file 76-585, the following informetion was obteined: Fred Barker wee born end reered in the vicinity of Heosho, He sterted his early crininal life et Tulea, Oklahoma and is Both Barker end Karpgis are Missouri. well known to the police of thet clty. _wanted for the murder of Sheriff Kelly at West Pleins, Missouri in December, 1931. TWented notices were pleced in the Identification Unit of the Division on Januery 2, 1932. It appeers thet Fred 3erker end Karpis, eccompenied by Kate or betherine Berker, mother of the Barkers, epproached