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Kansas City Massacre — Part 39
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He said he understood that this car then had been repaired by the ¥.0.R. service.
No record of Murphy's entrance to the Cadillec agency could be found which in--
dicated thet any repair made in that garage was of a Very small nature. tos,
A ‘check at the Bryn Mawr Geraze, where Murphy was ‘supposed to
have staed his car fron time to time, and which ie directly nezt door to the”
Cadillac agercy, was made, but it was learned that this garage did not keep .
the license nunbers of automodiles’ atored in thet garage, and in consequence *
nO information Was revesied to this garagemen, : : _ crear te
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; Mrs. Birdie Brockamp, Manager of the Highland Aapartuente ‘at: eaeer
747 Jeffrey avenue, was interviewed. She was shown the pictures of the . ar
various suspects but could identify nohe. She stated that she could identify
the picture of BasiWBanghart, who is under indictment for the kidneping of
yohn Factor and wno is wantec for a nail robbery at Charlotte, North Carolina,
es a forner tenant in her building, who wes arrested by the Chicago police in .
the spring of 1933 but who was later released, and that she could obtain no _
inforsation regarding this arrest from the police end hed thought it was pos-.
sible that Banghart hec in fact been teken from her building by rival gangsters.
She wes askecé about other suspicious persons who might have occupied apartments
in that building, which is devoted to one, two and three room furnished apart-
ments with hotel service. sere ig no cafe or dining room attached to the
building, however. She stated thet ahe had only one large nan of wham she was
suspicious, end that this individual's name was Charles Orlford, 510° to or
tall, weighing 250 lb., had graying brown hair and blue eyes. br. oriford
stayed et her epertment for one week in order to attend the tiorldts Fair, and :
he Was accompanied by his wife. ‘hese people would not allow the maid in thetr at
apartment when they were out. she believed that orlford wes about 45 years of —.
age. There were no children with orlford, however. She said that she did not: —
know what type of car orlford drove but believed it was @ large car. She said
thet he had given a reference when he came into the building. This reference ©
Was Mir. anderson, whose address was 2316 Kast 70th Street, “hicago, Illinois; _.
Hyde park 3282. She seid that she had looked this man up end found he had @
telephone listed in his neme and had called Anderson, and he had told her oF that :
Oriford wes entirely satisfactory. 4
When questioned regarding Mi. ty. wurphy, urs. Brockamp paid _
that this couple (Mr. and Mrs. Murphy) was one of the most satisfactory she -<_
had ever had. She described Murphy as about 5°10 or 11" tall, having derk
brown hair, hazel eyes and weighing in the neighborhood of 200 1b. She des-
cribed his wife as being a large woman, about 5°68" or 9* tall. She said there
were two children with this couple, one a boy who wes between nine and eleven
years of ace, and the other a girl about five years of age. These parties
rented a tro-room apartment which contained a separate bedroom, on June 6, 1935,
by placing e deposit of $10.00. They moved in on June 14, 1935. Ina the meantime
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