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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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The informant eteted that in Jack's Sucke Ghop, 311 Hennepin Avenue, there this mob henge cut, there is one telephone and probdadly two. Be atated thet he is almost positive a telephone call was made to aeee Dutch" in Milseukee over cne of these telephones. This office ia meking en inmeciste eheck of the toll calls froc telephones at $11 Hennepin Avenue. Doadore * Yosterdey, Tom Bonks, Berney Berman, “Kid Can", end other embers of the Minneapolia pert of the Tein Cities updersorid, entered plecs of guilty in Federal Court to cherges under the Internel Revenue Act, these charges boing the outgrowth of their liquor business. Ton Benks wes fined $,090.00, Berney Berman wae sentenced to @ year and a day in the Leavenworth Penitentiery, and "Kid Can" was given a year in the Borkhouse. The other defendents, minor members of the geng, received sneller sentences. It wee called to the attention of this office yesterdey dy Herold Steseen, County Attorney, Dekotea County, that the fingerprints end photograph of To: Benke bad not been secured. ir. Stassen’s interest in this weo that « fer deys ego, Agent Hall, while invosticating an angle of the Erever kidnaping cese, loceted a party in Minnezpolise who witnessed four nen teke one Con Althen from hig room at the Library Apertmcotes in hiisneepolie shortly before he wes found dead in Dexote County, just beyond the boundery of Minneapolis. This informetion wee given to Hr. Stessen with the suggestion thet he display photographs of one Goldie, Tommy Russell, “Zid Can®, and Tom Benks to thie pereon. ur. Staseen 414 display photogrephs end obtained a positive identification of “Kid Cun® end Goldie os being two of the four parsons teking Althen from Lia room. Howsver, there ie no photogreph availeble of Tomy Ruseell end Tom Banks. Two days after securing thie identification, Stescen received en shonyuoua letter setting forth thet Tom Banke, "Kid Can”, Goldie, ané@ Tomy Fussell bed actually eomaltted the murder do Minnessolis bet bed dumped the body in Lr. Steasen'e county, waich hee been the sateblished custom here for some time. . Thie office fa also desirous of obtaining a photozreph of - tox E:nke 6nd perticulerly went hie fingerprints, Coneequertly, ateps were token immadietely to hove Bunks brought in end photosrephed and fingerprinted, through the sooperetion of the United States Attorney here. In the event theese efforts fo not produce recults, this office intends to request the Divieion to tske the necessery ctezpe to keve thie Gore throuch the United States Mershel's office. The Division will be further edvieed regercing thia.
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