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- en ag a ae ee re Te a cage se a needa . tae. shell eases taken from the weapons found in the posseesian of Davie and his companions at 250 So, Catalina St. It is noted that the Los Angeles Police Department at the tims they secured these weapons did not definitely mark fop . identification the specific weapons taken from each individual, The above “-: “i Mentioned test bulleta and cartridge shell cases, together with the fingerprint canis end photographs ef the individuals in question are being forwarded to - the Kansas City Division Office for the purpose, of conperieca, the fest. ballets. going forward under separate covers oe “4 Mase LL Tb it a - OR, at ‘A conference was had with Chief of Detectives ‘JOSEPH TAYIOR of ‘the ©: Los Angeles Police Department, who advised that positive identification has been ' made es to DAVIS and hia compenfona relative to their participation in nuuerous grocery store robberies in Los Angeles, wherein victims of the robberies were physically detained by Davie and his companions, which brings them (Davie ana his companions) within the category ef a recent kidnaping law invoked by the . Californie State authorities wherein a sentence upon conviction of hanging can ~~ be given. Detective Taylor advised that ft ie the present intention of the Pare _ los Ange ee authorities to Prosecute Davis and Ais companions under that Aamo a . r 7 awe ae oo. s wd 7 chief of Detectives Taylor further advised thet in all probability: Davis* wife and their 10-year olf son will be released in the very near future,’ " It should be noted at this time that Davis exhibits deep affection for bis wife end child and expreese2 ccnsiderable concern about their being held, Davis advised the local autherities that he wished vo have then released a5 ey had done nothing wrong Momselvese or ee ee - of Gp March 1, 1054, ED DAVIS wes interviewed by Special Agents in Charge 7 ‘J.ELP. DUNN and EB, E. CONROY and the writer at length at the Wilshire Station of the Los Angeles: Police Department. In order to lay a basis for the question ing of Davis, particuisr rwiervaoce is made to letter of Special Agent in Charge ~ E. E. Conroy of Kansas City, Mo., dated Feb. 15, 1934, which seta forth the names of all persons prominently iden tified with the instant beatae and which gives a abort review of the activitiss of each, | ws It will be noted that Z.0. #2ies was tssued “againet 1} mp DAVIS pimaridy ‘decause ef the fact that he escaped from the Kansas State Penitentiary at Lansing, Kansas, on Memorial Day, 1933, with Harvey J. Bailey, Wilbur Underhili and Robert Brady, who were indicted in connection with the massacre. 1.0, 71102 wae issued on JAMES CLARE, who had escaped with Davis, The massacre took ‘Place less then three weeks after the escape of the above named, individuals, a we one rr “ee P ge, aft .f ‘ __. DAVIS, when interviewed, stated ‘thet ‘mediately. after the escape ‘fran the pmitentiary at Lansing, Kansas, on May 30, 1935, he with Balley, Underhill, Brady and Clerk proceeded direct to the State of Oklahoma, Es stated that since that time he has never been in the vicinity of Kansas City, Missouri. He stated that HARVEY J. BAILEY was taken to a home in Oklahoma City, Okla., the exact lo~ cation of which he refused to aivulge, as Bailey, according to Davis, was suffer~- ing from a bullet wound in his leg which hai been inflicted at the tins of the escape from Lansing.