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Kansas City Massacre — Part 38

164 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Jul 7, 1923 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kansas City Massacre · 163 pages OCR'd
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Mr. Webb furnished Agent with tao photographs, one |. @f Jaunaite Buelah Baird, and the other of Ross Baird, These Photor.:” * irene aac ute ‘@raphe are being forwarded to the Kansas City Offies, Mebbd also ¢" 2°, - Division of Investigetion, with'the request ‘phat. they be saarched ent: - lgleseified and that the Kansas City Office be notified of the results. * It is also remested from the Identification Unit that photostat .-..°. - ~ copies of these printe be forwarded to the Kensas Sity Office. aaa - _ To reference to ‘the dotails of the bank robbery: et mo ‘Mt. Zion, ry., Mr. Webb furnished the following information. He | advised that Cherles Arthur Floyd end *Killer*® Bill Miller, accompanied — by Jaunaite Buelah Baird and Rose Baird, stopped et the house of Ghearley Fledge. Fledge, « former railroad man, was an ecquaintmes ("> -, |. of Miller, Floyd and Miller stopped eat his house ‘wader the pretext 3 ' of buying his farm, ora farm in that vicinity. Fledge's farn‘is - a located near Sherman, Ey., on a side roai off ef U, 8. BS, After 2eci- . ing the farm over and talking seriously about the purchasing of it, . | ‘Miller and Floyd informed Pledge thet they would look at another farm — or two in the vicinity before definitely making up their minds, Under this pretense they departed in the direction of Mount Zion, Esentucky. They returned later that dey, telling Fledge that they had not def- . . initely made up their minds, and after dinner, end under the cover of derkness, departed for Cincinnati, Ohio. It was during thie interin, , ond while Floyd and Miller were supposedly looking for s ferm site. a ry ; "" to purchase, thet they robbed the Mount Zion Deposit Bank, obteining © ' $2,000.00. -all four Parties were Adentifioa as doing. Parthespents - in this robbery, ot, re ree . DE! ; Sheriff Webb stated that ‘the gists, Jaunaita Busleb Baird end Rose Baird,were returned to Williamstown, Ky. for a trial : of robbery of the Mount Zfon Deposit Benk; that they were sentenced to - a three year term and were incarcerated in the State Panitentiary.at . Frenkfort, Ky.; that on appeel the Court of Appeals reversed thie — ease for lack of evidence; that the case was returned for trial at . Willieamstowm, Ky., end the judge diemissed it, evidently for the reason ‘that they had Ro more sufficient evidence then that for which the Court | an of Appeals reversed the ease, ote b eens moe aa, (oak. . _ 2 \LGe this case the girle were defended by ¥. A> Rarrison, wae -attomey; Pillienstown, “Ry.- agent 414 not deom it advisable te contact: Mr. Herrison io reference to what be knows about this case, Mr. Webb furnished the information that Mr. Fledge was a man of good reputation in the community, and that the only reason furnished to Agent the fingerprints of Bose Bain and Jeunaita Baird”, . 2 oar These prints ere being forwarded to the Identification Unit of the ae - te ap
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