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Kansas City Massacre — Part 40

151 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Feb 24, 1934 · Broad topic: Prisons & Escapes · Topic: Kansas City Massacre · 150 pages OCR'd
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ktter discussing thie patter with igente of this office, Redges ae Fe again interviewed Johnson, requesting him to come to the Kan=, . pee, sis City office for interview, eaince Johnson had indiected. eee thet he was aware the Government mus seeking to apprehend witli wig fhe Floyd. Coe ao oe oa ene - | nhom an wr nov a ' Elmer Johnson raa interviewed on Hareh Plat ty Special. Agente. ae ; erold E. Andereen and ¥. F. Treinor in company with Deputy Te ea | Sheriffs John Kelley and Lawrence Hodges. Johnaon stoted- Sp thet he has no definite {nform:tion thet Floyd fe in the). vicinity of Sulyhur Sprinzs, but that he has in ming several... peorle in that vicinity sho mi ght protect: dim. 5 34 af cee oe B® Elmer Johnson frankly” “etc tea that his relatives bezan thelko Po Seem oer ss business at tht nlace many years e7o ahen Oklahone Bes an Indien Territory, aod thit they hed made their money by . . _ Gealing nits parties of the outlaw clase who traveled between...:...0-.. 0 ..--- the Indicn Territory and the North; that, therefore, it sovld ae, Se be unwise for business reasons for any one, particularly him, 2: 0/:- ¢-. to do enything which would reflect cotivity. ia copnection with “ ie J the apprenension of a party such ae Floyd. Mo ter he ty an - . ‘. aoe iy ag OFS However, Johnson stated th: t he eould personally welecom an : -° - oprortunity to assist the officers snd stcted he believes he coulé sucure information through gucrded incuirles in Sulphur 7 ' Springs if Floyd is in thit wieinity. He st: ted he makes oc= * 04. OLS." easional trips to Sulphur Springs to see his reletives, and a = wee ag ‘ that he would do his best to secure this information, which - he will give to thie office eni the Sheriff at Kanscs City, cate upon his return at the earliest opportunity. . Re proffered no«, a («: dinfornetion which zo.ld indicate frankness in corroboration na 24 “"" of the data furnished ieee nt ef course, he could » .., not be questioned in thet connection without Sieclosing the. source of the inforzu tions ” err te Bg abe Nt Soe? th view of. the develonment of ‘fects subsesent. to ‘the pesort: a? it epreere th:t her st:temants were based upon converertion “hich she did actually overhear end, therefore, it is belicved th.t Fim-r Johnson is for sone reason conceslirg f{uforn tion. It is thousht ponsibls thet he is relucte:t to stete all tie facte in his krowledre for fecr of injury to some of his fricnda or rel:tivea at S-lphur Sprincs. There is a
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