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Kansas City Massacre — Part 40
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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
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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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