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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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=4- a ee er ee ee a, i cain ied 2 ” ‘ eee Opt rte EI os : . eos -. ee ee) . ‘¢ oa ee . wy as . : ooo. 4 ope. toa tet fhotes cpl ae. uf abcyut three hundred yarda from the house referred to above and on: the same .. Route 70, which he steted he believed Housley had recently built. He stated, -. - % however, that he was not sure Housley owned this place, “The writer and Spectel - : ‘Agent in Charge Brantley then proceeded back to the Marquette Hotel, and re Brantley called Little Rock, Arkansas and made errangemerte to have Special - Agents Frank Smith, Kelly Deaderick, L. M. Chipman and Deputy United States Mershal Payne of Hot Springs proceed to Hot Springs on the following morning . and meet him and the writer together with Mr. Grahem at 5130 A.M. in front of the Marquette Hotel, In accordance with the above arrangenente, the above Agents, accon- panied by Geputy United States Marshal Payne, met the writer and Special Agent in Cherge Brantley and Crahem in front of the Marquette Hotel at 5* 45 at which - tine all of the above referred to men proceeded to the house which, according __ to Postmaster Barris, belonged to Dr. Housley. hie house wes raided and: Housley ceme to the door accompenied by bis wife and allowed the Agenta and Sete the Deputy United States Marshal to examine al) the rooms, but Galetes was . s ... -- not found therein. Housley steted he had not seen nor aia he know Galatea; _ ' that he believed the reason that the house was raided was because of the fact tLat he wes an ex-convict and they could not let him alone when he was trying _ to live honestly. Ee was questioned regarding the house referred to sbove ~““* which, according to Postmaster Harris, he had constructed recently, and he-- | stated that he did not own this house but that he believed a party by the _* + neme of %. A. Iwing owned the sane. _The home of Ewing wes raided and Calates was not. found therein, Ewing resides there with his wife and two small children. an The above named Agenta and Deputy United States Marshal Payne then ~ proceeded to Lake Hamilton and eight houses or lodges were raided in the vicinity of the Lake, including the lodge of Frank Clark, supposed to be an intimate essoc- fete of Galates, but without : SUCCeas. mes ge : ; - On Februery 14, ‘jose 8 letter wes received from J. R. Demby, former Postmaster at Hot Springs, Arkansas, who steted that sometime ago he had inter | - viewed Kir. Butterworth of thie Division and thet there are cértain persons in ‘ Hot Sprizes who can furnish inforvation as to the hiding place of Galetae, but. "+ - “as they are afraid of the gang; that if Mr. Butterworth will contact him, Denby, he will put- him in touch with the _ Persons who have the infomation, ‘Demby did- not name the men. - Loe agent Putterworth interviewed James R. Demby at his residence, 506 iiest Grend avenue, Hot Springs, Arkeanses. Mr. Demby said that Mr. w@. F. Broughton, 709}, Robson avenne, Rot Sorings, had reported to Mr. Derby thet Mr. Broughton had seer Richard Galetas on Lake Cetherine, near Hot Springs, in February, 1954, Agent Butterworth interviewed Mr. Broughton at 7082 Hobson Avenue, Hot Springs, and ifr. Broughton informed this Lgent that ebout February 1, 1934 he wes fishing on Lake Catherine in front of a cottage owned by Herbert Akers, Chief of ‘ thet these men are desirous of a reward and they went to be extremely cautious #x - o
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