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Kansas City Massacre — Part 39

158 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Jul 15, 1953 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kansas City Massacre · 157 pages OCR'd
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UNITED STATES BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION THIS CASE ORIGINATED ar KANSAS ory. DATE WHEN MADE: ~, REPORT MADE AT PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE: id a oF tw eee se S-14-34 —ee os . 5 16~54 > Me, Fl Paso, Tex, ca VERNON C. MILLER, with aliases (Deceased), et als! .- SYNOPSIS or FACTS: LO, “ —- W.C Girkerson, a barber and ‘operator of pool hall in Royalty, Texes reported that he saw: Charles (Pretty Boy)°Floyd in Royalty shortly. mate oath ‘ ae ie - 79 : ii aayt “ea " CONSPIRACY’ TO. ; DELIVER FEDERAL, PRISoCR qyoOF a * + Tie after Christmas, 1953, Claims to have recog- nized Floyd from pictures he had seen in news-_ oe! a . ta) a . - T+ Tepers; that Floyd was driving new Pontiac COUPSs | et alameda ae oe P, 7 REFERENCE: Letter from Director, dated Jan, co a 1954, addressed to Sp,Agent in | Charge Tones Oe es re San a Antonio, Tex gf < VFR Ss oy "Agent interviened #.C.C41kerson who operates a barber . shop and poo} 1] hall in Royalty, Tex. Mr. Gilkerson stated that soon after Christms, 1853 6 man drove up to his barbar shop about 12:30, midnight, and got out of a new ’ Pontiac coupe and came to the barber shop door and asked him where he could get” something to eat; that he noticed the man was well dressed, wearing a blue suit of . | elothes and a white Stetson hat and had a muffler around his neck; that he recog. - . | “nkZed this party as Charles (Pretty Boy) Floyd from photographs he had seen of him -| 1° in the newspapers; that he weighed about 195 pounds; that he noticed a woman who -_ ’ remained in the Pontiac coupe, which car bore @ Texas license the anunber of mich however, he did not obtalns wei dh pubes ag eos, wit wo 1 ee Mr. Gilkerson said ‘thet ‘after ‘this. mn “yet the berber shop he ‘ ' drove over acrose the street to a cafe which was closed and le could not arouse ©." anyone; that he then drove away headed south towards Grand Falls, Tex, Mr. BO NOT WRITE IN THESE ace RECORDED AND INDEXED: APPROVED AND FORWARDED: 4 MAR 18 1934 COPIES OF THIS REPORT FURNISHED TC Wan 2 0 1036 Diviston-2; EAR 19 19344 [MAR « ¥ Ise 1936 Kansas Citye2; El Pasor-2. cadet Maal a . “ROUTED oT: of | # FILE ia ICU be @OPIES DESTROYED
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