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George Machine Gun Kelly — Part 01
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"Owing to unavoidable incident unable to keep.
appointment. will phone you about six..
Signed, C. H. Moore."
About 5:30 p.m., on Sunday, July 30, Kirkpatrick
received a telephone call from a party who asked if this was
"Mr. Kincaid," and upon being advised that it was stated "This
is Moore. You got my telegram?" to which Kirkpatrick replied
in the affirmative. Kirkpatrick was then instructed to leave
the Muehlebach Hotel in a taxicab and proceed to the LaSalle
Hotel and waik west a block or two. He requested permission
to be accompanied by a friend, which request was curtly refused.
Accordingly, Kirkpatrick took the bag containing the $2oo,000,
arriving at the Lasalle Hotel at about 6 p.m. He walked
west. After proceeding no more than half a block he observed
a man approaching him who, upon reaching Kirkpatrick, said
"Mr. Kincaid, I will take that bag," and reached out and took
it. Kirpatrick then stated, "I want some instructions. I must
who had taken the bag told kirkpatrick to return to the hotel
and Urschel would be returned within the specified time.
Kirkpatrick then returned to the hotel and from there proceeded
to Oklahoma City. Catlett returned to Tuisa.
URSCHEL RETURNS HOME
Urschel arrived home exhausted at about l1:30 p.m.,.
July 3l, stating that he had been able to sleep but very little
during the nine days he had been held in captivity. As soon as
he recovered from the shock and regained his strength he was
interviewed by FBI Special Agents. A detailed statement was
obtained including every movement and action taken by himself,
the kidnapers, and those with whom they came in contact during
his period of captivity..
Urschel's statement concerning the kidnaping and
transactions which occurred immediately thereafter was substan-
tially the same as Jarrett's recollection. Urschel stated that
immediately after Jarrett's release one of the men produced
some cotton, a short bandage, adhesive tape, and he was blind-
folded. Approximately one hour after being blindfolded the car
passed through either two small oil fields or the end of two
large fields approximately thirty minutes driving time apart;
that he could smell the gas and hear the oil pumps working. The
first stop was made about 3:30 a.m., when he was taken from the
car by one of the abductors into the brush, and that the other
man was gone approximately fifteen minutes after gasoline. About
one hour later a stop was made to open a gate and approximately
Within a minute after the last gate, the car drove into what he
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