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Kansas City Massacre — Part 39
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Tn connection with the various persons indicted at Kansas City, Moe,
in connection with the massacre, DAVIS had the following coments to make in
substance: He was never personally acquainted with VERNON C. MILLER, He
etated, however, that he personally believed that Miller was an actual partic-
eed. in the massacre, although bes Dawite had no definite infomation in that
rE Sa
a ene ate oe a nee oo
: a Davis eaid that HARVEY BAILEY probably” may have knowledge of “the |
. identity of the actual participants in the massacre although Bailey never made
any comments to Davis regarding the individuals whom he may have muepec fens
WILBER UNDERHILE and ROBERT Ge BRADY have been discussed gboves © eet <a ab
Davis alleged that he aia. not know RICHARD TALIMAN GaLaTas and vas
not eware of any of his activities, He stated that he does not mow LOUIS STACCI,
FRANK B, MOLLOY, ERS, FRANCES NASH, MRS. E. B. CONNER, HERBERT ALLEN FARMER and
MRS. ESTHER FANiBR. He stated that he believed that he Inew Nash*a tirst } wifes
; “Davis Advised that he knew of Herbert Farmer but that he haa never”
met hin personally end had never been sheltered at the Ferner home near Joplin,”
Uissourls . ; =! : ; 2 OE 7 Bea
With vecerd t to” the ‘additional sut fects. of ‘Yaentirication Orders who
were not indicted, Davia had the folloning comments te make; He stated that he
may have known CHARLES ARTHUR FLOYD as a boy. His statements along these lines,
however, were not impressive, He was not sure that he bad ever met him, but
eteted that when he was a boy he hed traveled about the State of Oklahama a
great deal and may bave met Floyd. In thie regard it may be noted that Floyd
canes from Sallisaw, Okla., located in the far eastern portion of the State, and
that Davis originally came fram the vicinity of Chickasha, Okla,, located in the
‘western portion of the State. The two individuals apparently have never served
any jail sentences together, and according to all information which has been”
gained in the reat. nothing ef a definite nature has ever been disclosed which
would indicate that the two bave been partners da crimes ooo: Sere! a ae
| Davia advised that he does not know BERNARD PHILLIPS. Bevis stated
that the last time he had seen JAMES CLARK was about dug, 2, 1955, which was abou
two months befare Clark end Brady were captured at Tucumeerty New Mexicos
eee ”
oe With regard to suspects mentioned ‘fo ‘connection with the present « case
who have not been definitely identified as participants or conspirators, Davis
bad the following comments to makes He stated that he 41d not know JAMES (FUR)
SKMONS or WILLIAM W2ISLAN. He stated that be served a term in the Oklahoma ~
State Penttentiary with PRED BARKER and ARTHUR BARKER, but that he had not seen
them for several years past, He stated that he had heard considerable about -
ALVIN KaRPIS but that he was not personally acquainted with him, Ho also stated
’ that he had known HARRY CAMPBELL and VOLNEY DAVIS, but that he had not sean thez
since about 1923 or 1924, when he left the Oklahoma State | Pentten ti ery at
McAllister,
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