Reader Ad Slot
Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.
Kansas City Massacre — Part 39
Page 41
41 / 158
1, (Was desirouse | vee
In connection with the friends of the persons mentioned above, it may
be noted that Davis stated that hhe hed never met VIVIAN MATHIS or MRS. BOBBY ‘MOORE.
During the questioning an “attenpt was ; made ‘to secure: trom Davis definite
information which might reveal the hangouta of the various eriminals from the .-
Southwest, His atatements, however, wore invariebdly vague, except when he dies
. ¢ussed the Black Rock benk robbery, He became evasive when definite informatian
was desired, He did volunteer information to the effect, however, that HARVEY
BAILEY was not involved in the Ureche] kidnaping case, enc even advised that in
bia opinion the ransom money may have been planted on Bailey at the tine of his
arrest, or that Bailey unwittingly exchanged money of his ogn for the rensom money
in question, not knowing that same was part of the Urschel money, He further
stated that Bailey would not have been at the Shannon Ferm at Paradise, ‘Texaey
in the event he had known there was 80 mich *heat” on the Places | ao
A Davis alao advised that he was “acquainted with PRANK ‘NASH, but that the
hed not seen him since they were in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary togethers .
He also atated that he had never been definitely informed as to who furnished .
the revolvers for the Lensing break on Memorial Day, but that he was cortein 1
_ Rise own mind that Frenk Nash had nothing to do with ite ot
tTpen being aveationed further as to the identity of the individuals
participating in the Kansas City massacre Davis atated that in hia opinian the
affair was enginesred either by local Kansas City authorities or Kansas City -.
gengsters in an attempt “to throw additional heat op our bunch®, inasmuch as -
the date of the Memorial Day escape was so close to the date of "the Kansas City
massacré, He stated that the massacre had been the subject of some discussion .-
emong the members of his group as to the motives ami reasons for the seme, and:
the identity of the futivitunis sho might have participated in it, but that all |
members of hie group were eat a losa to understand why such a crime was effected
in view of the fact that obviously the “heat* from a Federal standpoint would -
be tarned on the Partietpantey and thet was we last shine © of which their gene
= ~ . . + 7
ty 4 ty + eT t Pp . ¢ 7 ley ae
Davis also stated that ‘the | massacre was a ridieulas matter ine 66 ter ;
=‘ "ag the eriminel underworld was concerned, in view of the fact that thay could _
Rot Possibly get any money returns from same ° te ag a a an
te
"s oe, “Inquiry 1 was made of Davis as 7 ‘maiier he was ‘acquainted we
- JOHNNY LAZIA, Kansas City politicians He stated | fat he inew ot Ain but thet g
be had_ never met bim perscnadiye ° oes ss ee Boney aS
te ‘Relative ‘to the ‘whereabouts of ‘Davie on . the date ot ‘the ‘Koneas “edty
massacre, MRS, LOMA DAVIS, his wife, when interviewed advised that she was in
Oklehome City, Okle., at the time; thet Davis arrived from the Black Rock bank
job as previously described; that she saw him in Oklahoma City at that time,
end in this connectian stated thet the automobile fran which the men were cut
off in the Black Rock job was the seme automobile used by them in the Memorial
Day break; that if the recorés could be checked with respect to the recovery
Reveal the original PDF page, then click a word to highlight the OCR text.
Community corrections
No user corrections yet.
Comments
No comments on this document yet.
Bottom Reader Ad Slot
Bottom Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.
Continue Exploring
Agency Collection
Explore This Archive Cluster
Broad Topic Hub
Topic Hub
letter
bureau
Related subtopics
Subtopic
Subtopic
Subtopic
Subtopic
Subtopic
Subtopic