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: @ © “ah 1 ‘ - a 1 ee “one newapspers got this jnforan tion, ‘pobabay ‘fron ‘the piles, ana 5 atrendy the prese bed carried stories that Bailey, Floyd, et al, were - be involved in the Kansas City massacre. Quite naturally, I presume, it was. i Gssumed thet there was some connection between the oocupants of 204 Vernon é Avenue, St. Paul, and the Kanses City massacre. KARPIS, the BARKERS, and .< =: their gang are known to the Twin Cities newspapers for the reasons thet prior © to June, 1933, they hed been discovered in @ house in West St. Paul by a - a neighbor who had notified the police. The police are seid to have "tipped = can them off* to leave. Thie created a major scandal and was played ¢ on ad Meyer a ; , Mehoney in bis election compe ign of two yeers. 06°. ae wg pratbe oa - After I nede ny “snveatigetion in St. revi, : ‘wort to “plean Lake % fer Oe ana @ filling station attendant there identified KARPIS* photograph ag = 3.7! aon being likeness of man there on June £0, 1035, in the Essex car registered *. °° - to A. CARTER. My St. Peul investigation established that KARPIS, the $¥0¢ “8 _ BARKER boys, end PAULA HARMON or WINNIE WILLLAMS hed been at 204 Vernom.\)3 5.220057 Avenue. I knew they sseociated with Freak Noah because I hed worked on the KEATING~HOLDEN cane. ; Cte ; a Lo. 1 seuee gee +. ho newspapers a day or two after June 20th carried etitertele *” am owe poverely eriticizing the police for their lexity with regard to 204 Vernon * ON _ A¥enue. They aleo csrried stories regarding KARPIS and BARKER and alleged... ', another police "tip off". Confidential informetion received later was to - = effect that TOM BROWN, member of the St. Peul Police Department, Kidnap Squad, had tipped off the occupentes at 204 Vornon Avenue: to Legve. ade & an The above, I think, will show how the newepapers knew, on result of their own inquiries end the firet confidential informetion they ... . received, that NASH, KARPIS (A. CARTER) , BAILEY, 880r5 were @ esaccioted and we the recaons for their surnises. | at ae ie Cae a a ‘ie &-f do hot know whet eprened, in Kansas » City efter 3 june 17th wut " Y veoall thet "A. CARTER” wee identified as VERNON MILLER, which BY 4. - fnveatigetion disputed, and it now hes been esteblished that "A. ‘CARTER ve ... ALVIN KARPIS. I do recall @ news article with @ Kansas City dete. Aine ; oteting thet VERNON MILLER hea ueed the neme “A. CARTER" «, Sak Ete Soe 2 Ay neve been informa by Special Agent R: Le Nelle thet taorson; ” a the ‘St. Poul Pioneer-Press Dispeteh reporter, hed told MR. NATHAN that he .- had checked the Eesex car to "A. CARTER. Coe ; As to the connection between the above and the BREXER case, please ‘be advised thet one of the cars at 204 Vernon Avenue was traded at Roberts Motor Compeny on 6-10-33 for a cer that was used by a couple st 628 Grand Avenue in St. Paul under the nema of BERGSTROM in Jemary, 1934, This cer wae sold to one of the renters of Post Office bozes at White Beer Iske, ~~