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SUBJECT: CHARLES "PRETTY BOY" FLOYD

KANSAS CITY MASSACRE

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He: CHARLES ARTHUR FLOYD, with aliases, Deceased!, ET AL

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Colonel B. M.fCsstee1, Superintendent of theLissour State Highway Petrol, celled st this office todayand r Zested e request that the Division furriish him with

fired from the .45 caliberwhen Floyd was killed. Henode with cartridges desig-It is noted that a previous

eutaietic pistols recovereddesires tLst these tests be

neted as Remington-UMG 18.request wes made that tests of this character be for-warded to L. L. Means, of the Highway Petrol, at Columbus,Ohio. However, I um advised that these were not received.Colonel Cesteel stetes that he will appreciate the coop-eretion of the Division is this regard, and requests thatthe tests be forwarded to hi: at the headquarters of theHighway Petrol in Jefferson City, Eissouri. He is posi-tive es to the designation of the csrtrid;es in question,stating that he has examined the cartridge with which hewishes to make comparison, ssd that it bears the designa-tion noted. I will appreciate the advice of the Divisiones to whether this request of Colonel Casteel can be con-plied with, and ask that it be given early ?onsiQeration.

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For your into:-nation under Aate of October 80, 193, bnllete en� ehelletired through theee too gone were trenenitted by air eail and epeoial delivery toIlejor L. ll. Home of the llieeouri State Polioe, et the Ieil liouee, Golmhue, �le.Under tiete or Rovenber 1, 193;, einilnr epeeinone were tmnnitted to the Sp-eeialAgent in Charge et St. Louie to be given to C-eptein Leigh of the Iieeomd StatePolice.

It ie noted your letter requeete the teete he lode with Remington-$ llcartridges. Thie ie obeolete enenmition end there ie none eveilehle in the Divieimet Iaehington. an inquiry at the Ear Department dieoloeed there one no enpply knoento he in the Ieehington area. In thie eonneotion you are enivieed that it iegenerally regarded deeirebl, of oouree, in bringing evidence oi� firearm identifi-cation to the oourte to nee exactly the eane type of lleunition ee the evidenceepocinene. Such exact duplication, hovever, ie not generally believed neoeeeery .Ierely for the purpose of noting enminatione and eonparieone of the teet ehote eithevidence bullete and for thin reeeon it ie deeired to knoe whether an i�entifioetionof theee gone has already been effected by the State Polioe.

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Dear Sir:

0RE: VERNON C. MILLER, Iith aliases,

Deceased!, ET ALCONSPIRACY TO DELIVER FEDERAL PRISONE

1 ed is re ort of Special Agent W. F. Trainer, datedInc Os pat this office November 20, 1934, together with copies of the in-

tdictments returned ectober 24, 1954 and November 5, 1934, againathe various Subjects.

It will be noted that in the indictment against the mainou of defendants there are no overt acts charged Ihich Iould

Sr Pdirectly implicate the parties in the murders, while in the in-dictrent against Richetti the overt acts do charge the slayingor the various officers. The United States Attorney at KansasCity intentionally phrased these indictments in the manner shoan

f iltin order that it might be more possible to secure pleas o gu ywithout fear on the part of the Subjects that they Iould by theirpleas of guilty admit implication in the murders.

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� Mr. Joe Sanfratello not San Fratello! was interviewed by thewriter and Special Agent G.V. Doherty at his store, 410 Massachusetts AIe., .

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Ha. Blanche Sutor, owner of the Fifty-Fifty Grille beer parlor! at the corner of Massachusetts Ave. and Barton St.,upon being interviewed, advised that she has such a large number ofcustomers calling at her place that it is almost impossible for herto recall all of them. She stated that she opened her grille onJuly 5, 1954 and that the official opening occurred July 10, 1934.She said she recalled Mike Sanfratello being in the grille, butcould not remember who was with him. A large nunber of photographswere shown to her, among uiem the photographs of both Richetti andFloyd--but after examining them all, she stated that she did notrecall having seen any of the persons represented as having been inher establishment. Efforts were made, through reference to names,to try to refresh Mrs. Sutor&#39;s memory as to these individuals, butthis was without results. She stated that she has changed bar-tenders several times since she has opened her establishment.

Mr. A. R. Bettaglia, owner of the Utica Drug Storeat 426 Rhoda Island St., upon interview, advised that he recalledtwo Young girls whom he knew by the name of Edith and Rosa. Esstated �nat these girls made many purchases at his store for a per-iod of approximately one year&#39;s time; that he did not know theirlast names, nor whether they were married or single. Ha knew, how-ever, that theyresided in the Amiantus Apartment House. H. Battagliawas interrogated in an effort to ascertain whether or not any pescrip-tions had been filled, but he stated that he was positive that thegirls had not purchased anything on prescription. He advised thatthe only purchg�as iuich they made were cigarettes principally IDOLand OLD C-OLD!/one purchase of a bottle of pine tar cough syrup lateSpring of 1934!. He advised that he has not seen the girls now forapproximately five weeks, and that he never saw them associating withany other girls or with any men in the vicinity of his store. Itmight be mentioned here also that Mr. Battaglia stated that thesegirls never purchased any articles which would lead him to believe

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Hr. Brantley stated that he was going to release the girlstomorrow, and they would probably return to Sallisaw and from thereto Kansas City, Missouri.

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Reference 1 made to telephone conversation of November23, 1934, had with � Tame, concerning the proposed conferencewhich lnited States gttorney Laurice Kgfiilligan desires with thoseofficials of the Division who were in ansas City shortly after themassacre. .

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Reference is made to Division communication dated Nov-ember l7, 1934, concerning the above entitled matter, callingour attention to the fact that no report had been received shon-ing the_resulte of the investigation by this Office, regardingSubjectPGelataa, at Chatham, Ontario, Canada.

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��ze gun was surrendered by Ir. Adelman to llr. Birch end IIIbrought to the office. Adelman values the gun at $5.00, and requestedthat when the Division has finished Iith it that it be returned to hil,and he wee premised that it would be in the event it were not needed forevidence. Adelmen had in hie possession s combination stock and soshhsrdfor the gun but it was not deemed necessary to possess then.

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Honorab e Maurice H. Milligan, United StatesAttorney, Kansas C ty, Missouri, has requested an in-vestigation be made f the jury panel before whom theindictments growing 0 t of the case entitled VERi~i01u C.MILLER with aliases ceased!, et al - Conspiracy toDeliver Federal Prisone , otherwise known as the Kansas

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On March 1, 1924, Frank Hash was setenced in the UnitedStates District Court for the Iestern District of Oklahoma, at &#39;Oklahoma City, to serve twenty-five years upon conviction of thecharge of assaulting a nail custodian. He was received at the ..United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas, o larch 3,*1924,�and escaped from the Penitetiary Reservation, on the evening ofOctober 19, 1930. The Division of Investigation launched anintensive investigation which extended all over the United Statesand parts of Canada. lash was suspected, and evidence was gatheredby Special Agents of the Division indicating his participatio inthe Sensational escape of seven prisoners from the United BtatesPenitentiary at Leavenworth on December 11, 1931. Hash was ap-prehended in the_Ihite Front Pool Ball at Bot Springs, lkanseson June 16, 1933, by Bpeciel Agents of the Division and it was � �while he, lash, was being returned to the Feeral Penitetiaryat Leavenworth that a group of sachine gunners, in a surprise 92 =attack, set upon the otficers, killing five and wounding severallothers. . _ _ _;g n .

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and Che lee Arthur Floyd ceased! is residing at thatplace as F. K. Bennett._ C l Barman and Harold Frankdo not identify Edward �Ii ite ac being identical IithEdward iilcizeck I;-.o witnessed ill of sale for a PondSedan, motor 14275741, to Joe Baldin at Cleveland on4-5-35, to whom 19555 Ohio lie ac 670-695 Ia issuedwhich was found on Buick Sci motor 2771459, whichwas t&#39;:.ou.;&#39;nt to be used by Sub}, cte Floyd Deceased!and Ade; Richetti in fleeing from Kansas City, Fiesouri,after the massacre; "

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Beyer are suspected by the Kansas City, Missouri, Police .___..-having murdered John Lazia at Kansas City; further, that shells found atg _,"_""scene of the murder have been identified as being shells fired frcm a gunused in the Kansas City massacre»

It is noted in letter from the Kansas City Office to the &#39;Cincinnati Office, dated September 1&#39;7, 1934, that Ismss LsCapra stated afterthe Kansas City massacre and upon Floyd&#39;s arrival in Cleveland that he con-tacted Moe Davis to reach Vernon C. Miller deceased!. It is further notedin report of Special Agent s. r. Trainer, Kansas City, dated 9/s/ca Page 10,that Floyd left Cleveland, Ohio, during the summer of 1935 and proceeded petwhere he picked up some money with Vernon C. Miller deceased!.

It is further noted in the aforementioned letter fran the KansasCity Office to the Cincinnati Office, dated September 17, 1954, that lbsDavis is a well known fence among thieves and that LsCapra stated Hoe Ihvisis connected with an underworld syndicate headed by one �Lacks� of Haw YorkCity. In this connection, it should also be noted, as set forth in letterfrom the Cincinnati Office to the Detroit Office, dated October ll, 1954,that the �big boss" of the Arron-head Inn, near Cincinnati, Ohio, 1 Hoe Dill;It is further indicated in communications frcsn the Cincinnati Office thatIascuola is probably interested in the Lrrow-head Inn and that both Lalcuolaand Bove were interested in the Prospect Club, near Cincinnati, and serereported to have left there and to have gone to Cleveland, Ohio. &#39;ihe fore- _going tends to indicate that Lascuola and Bove are connected aith Hoe Davis» �

Iith respect to the infomation that Hoe Davis is connected withan individual named "Lucite", who heads an underworld syndicate at New YorkCity, it is noted in letter from the New York Office to the Detroit Office,dated September 14, 1934, that Louis Buchalter, who i probably the mostimportant and powerful gangster and racketeer in Raw York city, was acquaintedand associated with Vernon C. Killer deceased! on several occasions afterthe massacre at Kansas City, Missouri, and it is known that l�ller was in HawYork City and the East after the massacre. It is further noted that LouisBuchalter is mom as &#39;Lepke" and it is thought that this individual may bethe one whom James LaCapra refers to as "Dicks."

It is noted in letter from the Detroit Office to the CincinnatiOffice, dated September 28, 1954, that one Hoe mvis alias Iilliam Martin,up Qs sought in connection Iith the murder of Morris Komisarcw at Leke_ suburb of Cleveland, was reported to have been arrested by thef &#39;_noes,-fsaao, �Police Department in July is-so. 1 communication from the _.�lixiil� bpartment advi eed that thi individual had never been arrested_ ,_bA_-._ear we»: : ~i92 . f§_|B_a__�{&#39;.¢

Inquiry by the Iriter of Chief of Police lliller, Lakewood, Ohio,developed that on July 2, 1930, the body of Morris Komisaroe, notoriousCleveland underworld character, was found in lake Iris, off Lakewood. �B10condition of Komisarow&#39;s body indicated that he had been murdered. Ls 1371!

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Ls,goe_n._1,si:ewood, Ohio, Hoe Davis was wanted for questioning in eonnec_�_�.&#39;gar-,._3�§_sgir er any connection with K@misarow&#39;s death._ Detective Potts advieedjj,,�.;�

that time that Davis was regarded as a "big shot" bootlegger in Cleveland. "He further advised that lloe Davis had not been fingerprinted or photograjhedby the Lakewood Police Department. He also stated that he had not seen &#39;Davis since that time except on one occasion which as in the early sunmerof the current year when he observed him coming out of the Portage Hotel atAkron, Ohio, but that he had never known his regular address at either Lake-wood or Cleveland. Detective Potts described Moe Davie as follows:

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Inquiry at the Identification Bureau of the Cleveland, Ohio, PoliceDeparnnent resulted in the wri ter being advised that they have no criminalrecord of iioe navis.

Jake Mlntz, a private detective with offices in the CuyahogeBuilding, Cleveland, who is President of the Cuyahoga County Chiefs of Policeassociation and who has

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been found to be a reliable infomant of this office,the father of Jack liintz, J�r., who, it is noted inOffice to the Cincinnati Office dated September 28,informant Of the Detroit Office. Jake Hint: advisedLsscuola, James Bove and Meyer Barman are unknown to

him and that he had been unable to secure any information to the effect thatthey were in Cleveland.

Captain Prank I. Storey of tin Detective mreau of the ClevelandPolio Department was contacted by the writer and discreetly interviewed. _He stated that Lascuola, Bove and lleyer Beman are unknown to him and that , _he had never known than to be around Cleveland. Regarding 1-ioe Davis, _ 7 . __storey jteted that thisero&#39;t:il.&#39;£.CJ.eveland but is not well lnzown to the public and generally has &#39; _hs1|r&&#39;hie work, being

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always in the taokground. He advised that;92the prohibition era, Davis was regarded as a big bootlegger but stated

at thepreeent time he does not know his activities or where he is residing» �EB further advised that to the best of his knowledge Davis has never been

arrested. He advised that he could secure further information fran confiden-tial sources which he would not reveal as to Davis. Subsequently he advised

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Dxring the time the writer was in Cleveland the Press carriedarticles to the effect that Chief cf Detectives Higgins and Lieutenant JeffRayon had been indicted at the Kansas City, Missouri, Iederal Court ancharges of perjury. Captain Storey advised that about two months ago theytried to locate some person in Cleveland, Ohio, but that he did not have anydirect contact with them and did not know who they were try�-ins to locatebut that he had been advised that Rayan was, apparently, giving Eigineorders. &#39;

It is noted in oanmunication from the Cincinnati Office to theDetroit Office, dated October 12, 1934, that Lice Davis is supposed to be C iconnected vith the Mayfair Club, Buclid Avenue, Cleveland. �Ihis club is &#39;operated and managed by one Harry Proper Ibo is represented to have spentpractically all his life in Cleveland and Nev York City and to have under-Iorld connections in both cities. On the nights of November 5 and ll, 1934,the Mayfair Club was visited by the ariter and special Agent I. 1. Peterlethis club is a typical night club but no gambling is conducted there. G1 ,neither occasion did the writer or Agent Peters observe either Lascuoleor Bove at the Mayfair Club. It Ian thought possible, in visa of their atindicated connection with Moe Davis, that they might frequent this place.

It is not known at this time whether the location of Iascuola andhave is still desired, in view of the fact that _apparently definite infornne , �tion has been developed that Vernon C. Miller, Charles Arthur Floyd and Adm "Riohetti committed the Kansas City mssacre, or whether an interview and .further investigation concerning lloe Davie is desired. A letter is being �-directed to the Kansas City Office requesting advice as to Ihat further inI_=i.,,_,vestigatica along these angles is desired. A _;�,-5}-&#39;,,;&g__-r._ £3

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Police at Wellsville, �1 o enhad been arrested following a gun fight between the Chief of Police,Richetti, and an unidentified nan near Wellsville; and that the secondd d in the stomach, had escaped andman who was reported to have been Ioun e&#39; b en organized shortlywas being sought at that time by a posse which had eis furnished the above information to theafter the shooting. Ir. HerrDivision at 2:45 P.ll. and immediately notified Special Agent in Chargell. H. Purvis of the Chicago Division Office, who see then in Cincinnati,Chic on a special assignment. Ir. Purvi� was instructed to i,mm8diB-15818�d to F¬ellsvi_&#39;Lle, Ohio by e chat�?-ered airplane, taking Iith him SpecialproceeAgents T. J. Connor, H. E. Hollie and S. K. McKee.

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Ohio about noon on Saturday, October 20, 1954 He relamanner in which the arrest took place, as told him by Chief Felts. _Long advised that around noon on October 2.1, l954 he happened to be in thepolice headquarters at Yielleville, Chic when Chief Pultz was interviewingrecognized Hichetti from aAdam Richetti, at Ihich time he, Sheriff Long,photograph which had been mrnished him by Special Agent Chapman Fletcherof the Cincinnati Division Office, and called Bichetti by his correcttted his identity Up to this time liichettiname. Richetti thereupon admi .had been using e. fictitious name and Chief Pulti was not aware of hisidentity. In this connection it is to be noted that Special Agents ofthe Cincinnati Office had been contacting Sheriff Long at Steube:nviJ.1e,lliic with the request that he keep the relatives of idem Richetti, whoreside in the vicinity of Dillonvele, Chic under su.rveiJ.le.nce. Sheriff _Long, cn the night of October 20, 1954, had addressed a telegram to the -rCincinnati Office making inquiry relative to mdahem license #402975 - J�which upon investigation, was found to have been issued to Ralph Dene-tte .-his work withof Lehigh, Oklahoma, a half-brother of hichetti. FromIn stigetion Sheriff Long was acquainted with � &#39;Agents of the Division of ve ,tti d Charles Arthur Floyd, and interned _,the criminal activities of Riche anFultz referred to s small hock!-8"Chief Pultz of these activities. Chief _ilru-ed W the IiJ_lie.n J. Burns International-Detective Agency Ihich" teined a photograph of Floyd and identified this pbotogragil as the. . H �-_�-"_ -. 7.

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Qaief of Police J. H. Fults was interviewed by Special Agentin Charge I. H. Purvis and Agent S. K. IcKee and related the followingcircumstances surrounding the arrest of Richettic Lt about noon onSaturday, October 20, 1954 he received a telephonic call advising thattwo tramps were camping along hilly ground on Qighwsy lo. �I, a shortdistance north of Iiellsville, bio and were acting in a suspiciousmanner. He, along with a police officer and a civilian, both of Ihnmwere lmarmed, proceeded to the point in question. Fultz cited one mnand approached him. The two men who had accompanied Fultz remained inthe background. The individual, whom Fultz later identified from aphotograph as being Charles Arthur Floyd, told him to stick his hands isup, but Fultz stated that he paid no attention to this men, continuing �toward Floyd and making remarks to the effect that he was going to workat the �orickyard and that he, Floyd, would not interfere with a labor-ing man going to work. According to Fultz, his conversation with Flwdcontinued until he had passed him a distance of a few feet, at whichtime he sew a second man lying cm s blanket and apparently asleep.Fultz stated that as soon as he observed the second man, Floyd shoutedto this individual, �Don&#39;t let him fool you, he is a &#39;copper&#39;, let himhave it-�shoot hi.m�-kill him�, and at this point the second nan, whoturned out to be Bichetti, raised up on his elbow and commenced firing.Chief Fultz stated he did not pay any attention to Richetti, but in-nediately drew his gun which was a .52 caliber revolver and beganfiring at Floyd. He stated that he was positive that he had hit Flq&#39;d&#39;in the stomach, at which time Floyd took to flight. He then directedhis attention to Richetti who was still firing Ihile running down aslight hill from the point where he had been lying on the blanket. Le-cording to Pultz, Bichetti soon emptied his gun without having wounded.:.;,hiI, halts, and at this time he, stuck up his hands in way of surrender &#39;-_.,A.____.,&#39;..,&#39;;�1sf Fultz stated that he then took Bichetti to police head:1us.1&#39;ters,�,�:"_._,&#39;§$_§i¬;,*-.1time Bichetti furnished a fictitious name similar to ;,.;,-I than questioned as to the identity of the mn Iho had fled, stat &#39;_-{:~_ _,_,~§:_,,-_; his name was Joe Warren whom he had met some time previous in &#39;!%~I$,"1§f.&#39;"&#39;.&#39;Cliio. &#39; -2*?-ii

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that the man who had fled and who had been identified from picturesabout twenty-four hours later as Charles Arthur Floyd, had reached -&#39;-Highway No. 7 through a roundabout course; that he had stoppd ayoung boy named George Hc�illen who was driving along the highwayin a Hodel "T" Ford; that he paid this boy $10.00 for the-purpose oftaking him to Youngstown, Ohio and was en route to Youngstown thethe Ford ran out of gasoline. At this point the automobile of oneJames H. Baum, a florist located at Wellsville, Ohio was commandeeredand Floyd and Mclillan entered the rear seat of this car, Baum beingforced to drive them. They drove along ufrequsnted roads for ashort time util they were accosted by Deputy Sheriff Hayes ofColumbiana County, Lisbon, Ohio who approached the car. Baum stoppedthe car and got out, at which time he was shot by the Deputy Sheriff.Floyd, in the meantime, had left the car and entered a wooded areaimmediately adjacent to the road. This spot was said to be locatedon Highway Ho. L5 which begins a short distance north of Wellsville,Ohio on Highway No. 7 and rus for some six or seven miles to thetown of Power Point, Ohio on Highway Ho. 30. Floyd is reports tohave ru through these woods, reached an open area possibly 200yards in width, crossed this area and disappeared, going into awoods located on the opposite aide. Chief Fultz advised that a possecomposed of at least one hudred men had been formed; that the areawhere Floyd had disappeared was surrounded and searched without sue-cess. Fultz stated that due to the fact that a heavy rain occurredon Saturday night, a portion of the posse withdrew, but that the areahad been searched again on Sunday, October 21, 1934.

I/&#39; In response to questions, Chief Fultz advised that he didnot believe the posse was still covering the area in question at thetime Special Agent in Charge Purvis was interviewing him. He furtherstated that if he had known originally that the two me who were re-ported to be in the woods Iere Richetti and Floyd, he would not havegone to that point. Special Agent in Charge Purvis requested per-mission to interview Richetti who was thn confined in the City Jail"at Wellsville, Ohio and further, that the interview be private.Chief Fultz agreed and thereupon Special Agents S. K. Ic�ee and H. Ik-Hollis interviewed Richetti in a cell in the City Jail, Iellsville,"};Ohio on October 21, 1934, for the purpose of determining whether ar_;:;p£E

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Having reached this understanding with Bichetti, a conference Vwas arranged between Chief of Police J. H. Pultz, leyor Ii. H. Daugherty,County Prosecutor George L. Lafferty, assistant County Prosecutor Frank _Springer, Special Agent in Charge H. H. Purvis and Special Agent 8. K. &#39;McKee for the purpose of making arrangements to have Richetti turned &#39; &#39;over to the Government. After Hr. Purvis had informed the City officialsof B.ichetti&#39;s connection with the Union Station massacre at Kansa� City, .Iissonri and of the Division&#39;s desire to take him into custody for re- &#39; &#39;novel to Kansas City, llissomri, all of the officials present at theconference expressed themselves adversely to such a proposition, statingin substance, that they thought the Government was asking too much thanthey asked for custody of Richetti in view of the fact that the localauthorities had an �open and shut� case �against him on charges of assaultwith e deadly weapon with intent to kill, and carrying a concealedweapon. The local authorities advised that these offenses carried In &#39;indeterminate sentence of from one to ten years under the Chic State Lawand in response to an inquiry, admitted that the above penalty was &#39;tantamount to imprisonment of only thirteen months. Every effort wasmade to induce the local authorities to give the Government custody�of Richetti but without success. Among other things, Chief of Police .F�altz and County Prosecutor Lafferty stated that they felt the Govern-ment should show proof aside from Agents� mr� that Hichotti was actuallywanted in Kansas City, Iissouri. They indicated at me time that ifproper papers were sent from Kansas City they might release Richetti &#39;

to the Government.Prior to leaving police headquarters, Special Agent in ChargePurvia requested Chief of Police Fultz to grant pemission for a furtherinterview with Richetti. Fultz stated that he had not yet eaten andthat he was than leaving the police station and ivould return around10:50 P.I. and suggested that the Agents return at that time for the -interview: with Hichetti. At 10:50 P.ll. Special Agents S. K. IcKB6 ifand H. E. Hollis arrived at police headquarters for the purpose ofinterviewing Bichetti, in accordance with �previous arrangements mdewith Chief Fults. Upon arrival at headquarters, Chief Fultz could . -_ .not be located; however, he later appeared and immediately entered i t�*1permitted to enter this office except newspaper men. From the tim. ;of Chief Fultz&#39;s return until 2100 A.l., October 22, 1954, he was &#39; &#39;

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Failing to obtain custody of Richetti, arrangements were madethrough the Honorable Emerick B, Freed, United States Attorney, Cleveland,Giio to have his Assistants, Frank Weidemann and Hugh lc�amee, proceedto Wellsville, Ohio to assist in the negotiations for the custoqr ofRichetti. These Assistant United States Attorneys held several 0011- -ferences with the local authorities with the view to obtaining custodyof Richetti, but without success. E£fqrts__wer;e also made to obtainP°=?e??:.B_iQ_r1 efei-hB_i@55 heel;-izer out.-0&1-.isJi§&.el_=ir1d_i�hee1Ihon:>e2s_&#39;1&#39;ihmachina.51.;n.:hi.ch-IsI.s.1T§_§}O_!ored by the _gthg�_ie;jt e,Ohio from Richetti for the purpose of submitting them to the Tee-�icelLaboratory of We Elivision for examination with a view to determiningwhether these weapons were used in the Kansas City massacre or amrother crime, but the requests of the representatives oi� the Divisionwere refused. All efforts to obtain custody of Richetti and possession. -of the weapons having been thwarted by the loce�. authorities, the Divi-sion of Investigation withdrew its representatives from mrther contactwith those authorities.

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Briefly euunnrieing the investigative eetivityit in noted first of ell tint in the latter pert of October, 1933information eee received at thin erfioe to the effeot that theoer in poeeeeeion of Vernon C!-7|lil1er ehen he made hie eeeepe etChicago, lllinoie e fee bye before carried lee York lieeneeplaten. Our inveetigetio: dieeloeed that this ear one pureheeelin Nev York City by Albertr58ilvere eliel ibd�iivemea, e brotherof Dr. Irwin n!<s11m-e. Albert Bilvere, it no determined, hee notorious raoketeer end el:-eely lf�liatet with AbeKZriJ.lnne,heed of the lee Jersey reeketeere, end I-oui$U3uchalter, one Ifthe heede of the I0! York City reeketeere. then thie inforatieneee eeoured an inteneive effort lea nde to epprehend Albert &#39; &#39;Silvere. Io learned that hie eife and eliild reeided It 88 SmithIunn Avenue, lent Orenp, I-3. Before proceeding to enderteheany imreetigetioe in lee Jersey it eee eeceeeery, of eouree, to -

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Bloomfield, Iontelair, Iepleeood, Orange, last Orange, lestOrange, and Irvington, eta. Inamuch as our investigativeactivity would carry us into these many suburbs, it ass sleetundesirable and decidedly inpractiaahle fro! the standpointof sound investigative policy considering the nature of theease and the individuals involved to take into our confidencethe various police officials in the sunny towns and sities inshich we hed to operate. Ia secured the services of ThomasDincnd, a lieutenant attached to the office of the Essex CountyProsecutor, Iessrk, 3.8�. In 0u.r work in Ilse Iersey in thiscase ea eorked solely with this individual. - -

On the night of November 5, 1933 SpecialAgent 1.. O. Turron, myself and Dimond proceeded to 52 Bouthmum Avenue, Zest Orange, NJ. and made an investigation withinthe apartment of Albert Silvers. This see on a Sunday.There as no investigative activity in lee Jersey on lcvernber I,�I, and B, 1953. -

On love-aber 9, 1933 Diaond and ayself againrent to the apartment of Albert Silvers at Bast Orenp, IJ.It ens learned st this time that ahen Silvers took out thetelephone at this address he gve as a reference the teleztonenumber Iseex 830, which telephone number ans listed ia thename of A. zz§On.., 817 Chancellor Avenue, Irfington, IJ. Itens felt that som infornnticn night be eecurod at thin addresseith reference to Silvers. On Ilovernber 10, 1933, Dimond andmyself ears proceeding to this address and Diamond recalled thaton the night of Saturday, Iovamber 4, 1933 there see a suicideor homicide at this address. It sould appear that the lmebandof the nsid for Shes suspected his wife and Shes of having an .

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told the lrvington Police Department this on Sunday morning, _;_-av�g I_evee|her b, 1933. Ihen se arrived at this address it lee - _;.,+.=.-. ~ __after investigation that A. B. Shae ms none other than-:�!f12�,g�§ilvers and that he had lived in this apsrtnent under another §?~_&#39;"&#39;_. &#39;ké.l .

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_ _ �I �Rt:-,during the polioe investigation on the night of lovalher I, _. --}&#39;-It-_._and the nornild of love"-aber 5. e detective of the Irvilll�n &#39;_� "Y-&#39; ."-Police Department inquired of the euperintendent whet "eort of . -.e men Shae eee, and on giving hie the information, thie - �" j _detective looked at acne pepera in hie pocket Ihioh Iere I "&#39; - �

driver&#39;e lioenee and en operetor&#39;e lioenee and the detective ; 7 �-;,,�e-&#39;-_,;"then eeid they ma been looking for Shea for three deye. rue H� �_»_ � Adetective than called up heedqmrtere end eeked for I80� &#39; �e mtoroyole petrolrnn etteohed to thojJrvingto�&#39;Folioe �*5 "- &#39; .- . &#39;~Department, end eeked Harrif�oee if he knee the lieenee number - - _of the oer of Ll Silvere. The superintendent and hie vife,although they knee Shae en: in fact Al Bilvere did not at In! | -&#39; A -tine edviee the orricere that Shae eae Silver-e. InfornntionIan .1» developed to the effect that mm Iloee, the ~.&#39;tj-ij,.;;-�Ii¢_"-"&#39;e�petrolmn, eee in Silver-e&#39; eprtment on e number of eeoeeioee = l -==--:~=;r;:.-- --

in uniform. Bilvere mde hie getaway aone time euheequent to ,

Sunday afternoon, November B, end the reporte later reflect tht i _&#39;he ens subsequently found murdered in Ooneeetieut on Iove�er27, 1933. It wold appear that on November 2, 1933, or prior h *_

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. - __Jersey registration. The information no that Harry Bose fond �lthese item: and of eouree it ie obvious that Role knee Silver!�eee living at thie address under the name ahee. �fheee deeunente &#39; �

Iere turned over to isilvere eon time euhaequent to the afternoon _of Sunday, lloveuber 6. Detective Diaond end weelf, oe the eight .-%l__of November 1.0, 1935 did oell et the Irvington Poliee Departmet ",1 �:3�eotvithatending the information developed, and talked to Lieutenant _. &#39;Oreff ineemuoh ee it eee Di1aond&#39;e helief he eee entirely reliable. it ,,&#39;,;_we learned from Graft� that Harry Boee either Drought siivu-e in " ¢l5�i-Lf, __the police etetioh on the mrning of Iovemher I, and identifiod hi! � �"&#39;l"-�-&#39; �

ea Silvere, or elee Roee me already in the etetion when lilverl 1: _=&#39;,,_&#39;;_eame in and identified his ea euoh. Our mly purpoee it going 2 _to the Irvin;-toe Poliee Departant he to eeeur;e__th_e� driven-�e naive;and the lee Jereey registration. The Irvington Police Deper&#39;tmcl"~&#39;_fifr&#39;e&#39;qeonred e receipt from Bilvere aoverieg the,doou:|hntn"lII&#39;Iled ever _&#39;{. .-"�*3_&#39;¢te hie, however, it ie noted that this receipt doee not fl

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. Y l�I..T. eithout the knowledge of the Police Depertnent. On -Sunday, November 19, 1933 Dinond end ewnelf vent to Iiepleeood, " � � 1INT. for the purpose or checking en nddreee. It ie recelled . &#39; ,- &#39;that Vernon O. Ililler had in hie poeeeeeion in Obieego, Illinois � le lee Iereey driver&#39;s license issued under the acme �Btephen J�.

/f�roes, 6 Henry Place, linpleeood, I-3.� On thin dey Dilnond end &#39;myself secured tron the next door neighbor eoneideroble lefornetieeconcerning Oroee, end learned that he ens not_ identical eith _Hillel�. W November 21, 1933 Agent Soucy, lnyeelf and Dllond wereegein in Ilnpleeood, NJ. end on that night picked up Drone end _ .brought hie to leenrk, IJ. for questioning. The point ehere eeIent in klpleeood, I.J&#39;. is jut over the line from Irvington. &#39;

leturelly, before performing thin investigativework in Ice Jersey, ee undertook to leern ell there eee ooncerniltllocel conditione. It eee known, oi� course, that Zieeerk, IJ. II 1 &#39;5.�one of tm Lantern headquarters of the slot mohine rechte, QMthat most� or tie: elot zechinen Iere stored ct Irvington, IJ.hfore proceeding to East Orange, NJ. In were edvieed tint the ~Police Depertreent there rue unreliable, end it me euggeeted thetit not be tnhen into our confidence. This reputation ofunreliability nppcnre to be beeed on the following: - I

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Following the election in Ieenrk of Iovember, DJe ncendnl nrose end various gnngstern end politicinnc eere indicted _end some were tried. The E-est Orange Police Department �irniebel &#39;~ &#39;-en elibi by nenne oi� e loose lent record that they keep ebieh reeultedin the eoquittel oi� those defendnnte.

Dr. Irvin I. Silvers eee apprehended nt Orenp, _IJ. on the night of November 16, 1933 end teksn to Ienrk. A tee �_dnyo efter thin the Chief of Police of lent Orenpg, IJ. oozes to the .&#39;County Prosecutor ct Hen:-k end told hie he Md learned one of Lielieutenante hed been operating in hie town in connection eith e -_: -.j-____ �UDepnrtmnt of Justice inveetigetion without his tnoeledg. Ie he 4�-K __§-&#39;rinterned that thie eee lo eeeeuee the Department er Justice bed been?-�eifgg;-4�-;,e};edvised to keep eeey tron the Best Orenge Police Depart:-ant. .- _,_-�,;-�»92é&#39;,»:-&#39;,"

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With reference to the attached copy of the letter

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Office under date of November 7, 1934 in the case entitled

"Charles Arthur �Pretty Boy&#39;bF1oyd with aliases, Deceased,et al", please be advised that I conferred with SpecialAgent O. C. Brice of the Training School and he advised that

Goodlow¥;ay, formerly Sheriff of Sequoyah County, Sallieaw,Oklahoma had furnished him with information to the effect

that Floyd had been in New York City during the past twelvemonths prior to the time that he was killed. Agent Bricestated that Goodlow Gay was about as close to the Floydfandly as any outsider could have been; that it was Gay whoarranged for the funeral of Floyd and that Gay had obtainedhis information from Floyd&#39;s grandfather, C. H. Floyd.

As stated in letter of the Little Rock Office,

Agent Brice advised that Gay would obtain additional infor-mation from the famdly of Floyd and would furnish the in-formation to Special Agent Smith of the Oklahoma City Officewithin two weeks.

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with aliaaea, at e-1; , " &#39; . 5Oaeapiraay to Deliver" &#39;.. Y r-&#39;=1;�:1=&#39;z&#39;.10r1usT:;I ;Ledarai Prieoaer _ &#39; ��&#39; �*&#39;Daarsir: t F" I

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�_1_-If" aiaee the latter part oi� 1950. Ten I111 reeall that III 5eptQber ll,

ii: 1930, ehem Prohibition agents raided a irbIe.&#39;|.&#39;y at �liabath, I. In ie Prohibition 18!!-It eaa ehot and killed. Babaequent to thin the Stateor lea Jersey eaaured an indictment charging a lumber at detaadanta with

~-5 murder. The United Btatea Grand Jury returned an indict-;ent against theaame group ahargiag tnm with eilltulilq ebatrueting and interfering

- with the aerviea of a aaareh Ian-eat. Iaiman become a fugitive att . that time and remained lo until he reemtly surrendered lineal].&#39; ... 1

Iiek Daimre, an aaaoeiate or �neilnl, eaa one atthoae indicted by the State and the United Staten Government. la lika-

&#39; &#39; aiee remained a tugitira until September, 1955, man he practieailyaurremdered himeelt in Rae Ieraey. Delnore eea tried first on thestate charge oi� In-der and Ill eequitted. he State in�iehnt naaolla pm-oaaed after thia acquittal. Delmore eaa than trial in the

1 lederal Court m the indietmmt on ehieh riailsaa reoentb aurrendereil&#39; himself and Iaa acquitted.

5%,; __. at Ielark, I. 1., it Kl learned that Iradariek "Pearaa, �H4 Broad Street, ia the attorney for Iailman. Be

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Ieiaman appeared at the oftioe ot United Staten Oounied onerHolland, at Iewark, ll. 1., on lownber �I, 1934 and tumiahed e ,$85,000. hond. Be gave ea hie addreee Ill Chancellor Avenue,Ieeark, ll. I. he following persona are on the bond or Ieipan:

Gmuel Eater I-10 Prince Street Ieeut, IJ.Ieaao I-ehroti� 81�? Springfield Awe. llewark, IJ.Barnett L. la;-one 198 Berry Btreet laeheneaek, IJ.

United Statee Oolmiaeionor Holland adrieedthat there ie no oonneetion between hondlnen and Ieinaen.

Attorney Pearee wee interviewed on liovqber lt�,and he wee edrieed oi� the deeire oi� the Ditiaion to interrogate Ilei�el.He eaid that he in eunewhat unwilling that �Heine: he interroptelinenmoh ea the ease on ehieh he ie noon to he tried rolte, an Itetedabove, on ideatirieatioa. he wae adv-ieed that there wee no oonneotionheteeea the eaee and the latter on whioh it wee deeired he he pi t ted. He eaid however, that he would leave it up to Ieienn

a erroga ,and would iatom thie otriee ae eoon aa Ieiamn expreeeed hie ideasandon the matter. On Novnhor �lth Peale! telephoned thie ottioo

eaid he had talked to Weinal and that Iieinan etpreeeed a Iilliagneaeto he interrogated eonoarning hie aotivitiee during the pet twoyeare and that euh interrogation oonld take plane in liew Iork oity.Pearae laid, however, that he ie etill ieptieal eoaoereiha Qinterrogation prior to trial an Ieinan I111 take the etend ellendoubtedly will he eroae-exninel ae to hie aotiritiee and whereehouteduring the pet teo yeera. He eaa aeeured that any intonation _developed during the interroptiol Ioold not ho tuniehed theproeeoutiaa otrieiale for the Diatriot or Ilew Jereey for nee itoroaa-ecaamination. However, in tiee oi� hie akeptioin oh the pointhe waa told that it would he aatietaotory to allow the interrogationto p over wltil after the werdiet. Peeree eaid that he ie preeeing .

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hear Denver u year ago. Arthur.s��-_� ..1-; t- iieztify ;92o:o-ru;h of Tote:Virgil ils0; as being "E1 " Ecxe; O1 sayparty known to him.

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Elossoz gyplegate use shown the photographs of Prs. George Chase aliasTitle: Chase elies 11168 White alias Grace Hickey, Walter C&#39;F&l1oy311:5 Ziltor Jollend, and ?irgil Dixon alias Virgil Dickenson, but sheclaimed that she did not know any one represented by the pnetographs.�gent exhibited the photograph of Homer Virgil Wilson, Denver Police;e;;ruze:t Bo. 8291, to Arthur Johnson alias "Red" Price, Iho is eon-�ned in the Colored: state Penitentiary under Io. 5715. Jrthur Johnsonstated tnet the ;hoto~rapn of Homer Yiroil �ilsor is not e l�Pe"o_ H . -" Hess0: ;:s&#39; ;?r;r nor is it a lireness of anyone known to biz.

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Dear Sir: RE: nm aliases, Deceased,at al

CONSPIRACY TD DELIVER FEDERAL PRISONER

As of possible interest to the Division, this is to advise thatSpecial Agents H. E. Andersen and U. F. Trainer of this office were accosted

, the street at Kansas City on November 23, 1954, by u§;l§_§.%§ill, local_ &#39; ballistician, It will be recalled that recently there has app ared in the

é Kansas City Journal-Post certain critical publicity which appears to have&#39; been sponsored by Mr. Gill, wherein an attempt has been made to discredit 92

the gggg or this Degartment ;p_ggngect19n,s}th the solutiQg_QI:ih£,1�£JE��L

.nanner dealing with Mr. Gill at the present time.

&#39; SE0 It eppears that the Journal-Poet is closely allied with the local .ity administration and that I-ir. Gill is seeking publicity as a ballisticien,

which ha was unable to secure through the press release given by the Department

Hr. Gill fir st, upon accosting the �agents, asked whether �You fellowsth t of course toare sore at me." �Die:-e was no desire on the part of e Agen s, ,

discuss the matter with him and he Ias advised that there were no comments

gjvzhstever of any nature to be made, Of course, this office is not in any

Mr. Gill stated to the Agents that he is positive that the ballistic

exhibits which were secured from the weapons of Charles Arthur°Fl0yd, now in&#39; �possession of the Division and which were forwarded to the Missouri State

ighwa &#39; Patrol some time ago will furnish e definite means of identification3

0 f one of Floyd&#39;s weapons with the evidence exhibits found after the Kansasgs .

the above means to secure direct from the Divi sio spin qt_ Zthe shellullets fired from the pistols recovered from Goa �¢i�$yd. �Hots rnI wuss DI-.5TRO1ED DEC 131935 AW->°, Q, Q1554 �_ h

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published by *.JhBK.81&#39;LBE:$ City Journal-Poet, HI�. Gill would identify one of thepistols of Floyd as having been used in the massacre.

This office nee contemplated no action in connectiai with the

above, but the facts have been submitted to the Division for consideration,It is suggested that the Unit ed States Attorney might subpoena the evidence

81J8Ci;.1BnB in the possession of LL". Gill, if the Division so desired, in order

that an appropriate comparison might be made by one cf the Division&#39;sballistic 6I§>81"tI- &#39;

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T0:__Director

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not yet suspected also had a handy part in that crime. It hinges on

hlcdregor and is quite different from the line up police have made public.Lt the start of 1954, December of 1933 or January, two Kansas

City labor rscketeera, an upholsterer naniee�l�ramer, orxiramer, and �IilliamSrbraasman, better known as sakcroaa, conceived the idea of organizing /�all thexrnilk !agon_dr_iwe1;s_in this vicinity. Their plan was to make a

first claaa racket out of it by assessing drivers, dairy owners and grocer

stores. &#39;lb&#39; put the proper muscle on the guys they wanted, Kramer and Grossmanwork, a

after the two are reported to have

broug,ht92iicGregor here to dc their pistolV Things progressed rapidly

contacted lazia and made a deal with him for what ever support they needed,

for a percentage of the take, of course, and members were signed up.

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district council and it appeared as if J. E. lmttk�tubblefield would takeit at that �liim�econtrol of the council from the boys who had

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all or them over the road if he took over the OT8B�1ZBt1O�e the only way

to prevent this was for a bum, so Cremer and Grossmen were contacted.

The dope is that quite a number plotted Stubblerield�s death

and £cGregor was named the executor. �e shot Stubblefisld one night in Car» _

penter&#39;e hall after the letter had been lured to an open window by a fake

telephone call. The phone was on a stand by the window. A sawed off shot

gun was used.

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City by L-Zik%92].aCaprs, sometime in April or I-Lay, but that is all the bunk,as there are dozens or men at the Labor Temple who many times sew BcGregor

and Groesmen and Crsmer together several months before the time he is supposed

to have made his first appearance here with Lsceprat H

�Cramer and Grossmsn became quite active and the labor people

began to get worried. Some or them realized the purpose of the milkmen&#39;s

organization and they knew what would happen to organized labor in Ksneae

City it these fellows started their racket. LaxxDyer, secretary of the Central

Labor union and himself s member of the tesmstere&#39; union, was one who saw

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arrange to have A. A.92Ahner, operator of e St. Louis detective agency, bumped

off. Lhner had been employed to break any strike attempted by employee oi�

various garment factories in Kansas City and his men had been dealing that

union a tit. Plotlcin is reported to have said that he thought the man were

kidding so he casually mentioned $500 as a joke. &#39;I&#39;he two members of the

murder syndicate were deadly serious and they scoffed at such an offer. They

reminded Plotkin that he represented a powerful international organization

that had plenty or money and that 1&#39;.hner&#39;s death should be worth more than

that. Plotkin then decided they meant what they said and he became frightened.

Be told them to beat it because he didn&#39;t want to have dealings oi� any kind

with them. Later Plotkin was moved by his organization to another city, either

Cincinnati or Cleveland--I oan find out in ten minutes if necessary.

These two ambitious lads then decided that they would take

over the cleaning and dying racket, as Grossman had been monkeying with it

for some time. They now are reported to be in control or it and to have mde

a racket of it as such an organization affords. Cramsr 5?�YA� 5_,__- _--_&#39;-&#39;7�: �fs,"&#39;¥il . . the building occupied by the musicians� union and is repor LI;r~ 1&#39;, ."�¬,� fl U8 h e

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and is something of a racketeer himself. They probably could not get to-

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Motion picture operators union and is blamed for the attack on Ed*"Dubinsky�ehome in recent weeks. This suspicion is borne out by the fact that he is

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organization. The union has been having trouble with Dubinsky, who owns

several theaters.

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have been his manager. They brought him here and were active with him for a

considerable period. they are known to have solicited work for his gun and

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No information obtained at Cartersville, Gee,to identity of person writing to I. B. Floyd,Okla; No record of Louis Austin at Columbus,Department. Hrs. Daisy Hsulden, Albertville,advises

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Special Agent W. M. Sirens, with the assistance of Sgt. Piersonof the Columbus Police Department, checked the alphabetical file ofarrests in the Identification Unit, for e record oi� Levis Austin, withknown aliases, and found no record for Austin, Columbus P. n. is-toe.A search of the records at the office of the Clerk of Superior Court,Muskogee County, Ga., likewise failed to reveal any information relativeto Austin. It is believed that the Austin referred to in a letter fromthe Little Rock Division Office is the subject of Birmingham File 2604604,captioned Lewis Austin, with aliases, National Motor Vehicle Theft Act,Ihoee criminal record as obtained from the Sieriff at Greensboro, H. 0.,follows:

"Levis Austin, alias Levis H. Austin, Art Austin, Herman F.Smith, L. E1. Austin, George Neal, Frank Smith, Louis Austin, RobertSpears, Lewis Fields, Herman Franklin, Louis Hard, Louie Herman, JohnFrazklin Ptanley.

October 25, l9ll, as an Austin Ins arrested in &#39;192.1lsa, Okla»,for investigation, held 48 hours and told to leave tom, having beensuspected of being implicated in several bank robberies.

February 5, l9l&#39;.5, as Herman F. Smith, arrested in Huntsville,&#39;I�ex., for burglary, given two years. Escaped in June that year.Arrested as L. H. Austin in San Antonio, Texas, July 23 that year andreturned to prison.

January l3, l9l4, as George Heal, arrested in New Orleans, La"as e dangerous character and given 20 days in the parish prison.

April 9, l9l9, as Levis H. Austin, arrested in Tulsa, 0k.le., andheld for investigation. Disposition not given.

August 25, l92O, as Frank Smith, arrested in Memphis, Tenno,suspect ed of bank robbery. Disposition not given.

April 1&#39;7, 19215, as Louis Austin, arrested in Little Rock, Ark.,I es ing liquor, given a year in prison; escaped in July of that year.. ._ x-&#39;f:%&#39;x�_. &#39; A.-~. �- J t§...?a=_*_,- � , n 1 .lie �giuvo from justice, being wanted in Sandy Utah, also Guelph, __¢___&#39;_

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September l7, 1927, as Louis Austin, arrested in Miami, Fle.,as s. fugitive; held for investigation. Disposition not given.

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June 12, 1950, as Louis Austin, arrested in Perchmsn, Miss" forrobbery; given l0 years in prison.

Fbruary l, 1832, as Levis Fields, arrested in Jackson, lieu,for larceny of purse. Disposition not given.

March 26, 1952, as Louis Austin, arrested in Baton Rouge, La.,charged with highway robbery. Disposition not given.

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10, 1932, as Herman Franklin, arrested in Fort Forth, &#39;I&#39;ex.,robbery of a business house. Released to county.

5, 1932, as Louis Hard, arrested in Baton Route, Le., for

Iebrusry 22, 19315, as Louie H. Austin, arrested in Joplin, Io.�for invest iget ion; released.

June 26, 1933, as Lewis Austin, arrested in Van Burai, .Lrk., forinvestigation. No disposition given.

September 28, 193$, as Louis Herman, arrested in Charlotte forinvestigation. No disposition given.

February 22, 1934, as John Franklin Stanley, arrested in Columbus,Ga., as suspect and for investigation. No disposition.

April 1, 1934, as Lewis Austin, arrested in Greensboro, forpossession burglary tools and stolen property.

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she addressed a letter to her ister-in-law, Ere. Eula Llsulden oi� Sallieew,Okla" about 8/31./34; that the latter Ltrs. l�aulden is a sister to PrettyBoy Floyd&#39;s mother; that Floyd has never visited around Albertville.

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agent Dunne ascertained that e man resembling Floyd and his twocompanions were seen near a drug store, at Wat1rin&#39;s Barber Shop and st theTusmmbia Hotel at intervals between Oct. 15 end 19, 1954. The three menwere riding in a Ford roadster, with white wheels and neither oi� the aecmpanions of the man resembling Floyd was reported similar to Richetti.Investigation at the �isoumbia Hotel disclosed that the man who resembledFloyd was Sergeant John I. Gibbons of Plant Ho. 2, T.V.L», Nitrate PlantsGibbons is regularly employed at Camp Dir, H..T., and his superior officersreported that he was in the vicinity oi� Tuwcxmbia for a few day only at thetine of this investigation.

On October 17, 1934, L P. Iarren, Superintendent of Service, 1Tutwiler Hotel, Birmingham, telephoned the Birmingham Division office, &#39; - &#39;stating that George Mason, e gambler mentioned in report oi� reference by SpeoielAgent Nichole, was seen around the lobby of the hotel by one oi� the bell boye "&#39;adding that the men in quest ion resembled Bernard Phillipe. An imedieteinterview with Ir. Warren revealed that George Ibsen had not registered in f1&#39;:_�_ d,=f__,;.,_._-,.the Hotel; hrtuwes loitering on the streets in the inmediste vicinity. �rescould not ident -.photograjhe oi� Phillips were exhibited to Iarren, however he __

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Immediately on receipt of reference letter frcm the Divisiondated Oct. 12, 1934, a letter was addressed to John A. Veqch, Sheriff,Tunica, h1iss., advising him that an agent from the Birmingham Office wouldcall at his office relative to his letter to the Director concerning Floyd»Special Agent W. L. Temple telephoned the Sheriff&#39;s office at �Punice, -Mi ss., from Clarkadale, lLiss., conversing with H. C. Wynn, Chief Deputy,who stated the Sheriff IDS than in Tennessee and advised that it IanDeputy I-&#39;yn.n who wrote the letter to the Director. Deputy Flynn was aware ~that Floyd had been mortally wounded in Ohio for which reason he statedthe request made in his letter should be disregarded.

Special Agent in Charge J. H. Henson ascertained thmug: Bea?Han am, a Birmingham gambler and informant, that a man resembling BernardPhillips assisted in robbing Johnnie Connors, a well known gambler ofMontgomery, ;d.e., recently. .

The Birmingham Division office received e cancellation forIdentification Order $1196 on November 19, 1954, hence no further in-vestigation ie being snde relative to Phillipe.

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Mr. Brantley te phoned from Oklahoma City and advised thatthey,-%¥2§&#39;nj_xg Rose and loose this afternoon; that newspapermen are on their trails, an hether the girls will give them any in-formation or not, he does not know; that the girls had advise him thatthey will not; that it has occurred to him, Brantley, that if there isgoing to be any story published, that the Division should have the benefitof it first. Mr. Brantley stated the girls were still in his office andI suggested that he wait until night fall and take the girls down toMuskogee, or some other place, and turn than loose. Hr. Brantley statedthat the girls had their own car there, and he was going to turn themloose so they could drive their car and go where they pleased.

Hr. Brantley gave the following statement over the telephone ofthe Baird sisters:

"Juanita and Rose Baird were arrested at Sallisaw, Oklahoma,November 15, 1934 by Division agents. Their arrest wasat the home of Mrs. W. Llkiloyd, mother of Charles Arthur Floyd. Juanitaclaims to have met and ma. ied �Pretty Boy" Floyd shortly after his re-lease from the Missouri State Penitentiary in 1929 and to have beenassociated with him off and on since then. Juanita claims to have beenat Toledo, Ohio at the time of the Kansas City Massacre and not to haveseen "Pretty Boy" Floyd for several months, and not to have come in contactwith him after th~t until September, 1933. Rose Baird claims to have beenin Kansas City at the time of the Iassacre, but to have had no contact with"Pretty Boy" in Kansas City at that tine. Juanita and Rose associated with"Pretty Boy� and Bill Millerkilled. Rose claims to have

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Mr. Brantley advised that the above information was furnishedby the girls in signed statements and the residence of these people atthe address given in Buffalo for the period stated has been establishedby investigation conducted at Buffalo by Division agents.

Mr. Brantley further stated that Rose admitted that she knewRusty Gibson&#39;s wife, having been in jail with her at one time in KansasCity; that she also knows Russell and that she will see what she can doabout obtaining information for us. She disclaims any knowledge Of themassacre being given to her by Floyd or Richetti or obtaining it in anyother way; that she would try to get to Richetti and see what she coulddo.

Hr. Brantley stated that they were giving the newspapersl no information, and that he would hold the girls until tomorrow morningin view of the fact that you might desire to release the above infonmation.

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Eafananco ia ado to rrport of Bpaoial Lgant D. I. H11,Ibtroit, liohigan, aatod 11/ll/34. I111 you kindly ad�aa it, llYin of the hvalopmnta la this oaaa, tho location and interro-

gation of Phillip Laaaaola, Janna Bova and I-loyar Barman and alltho interrogation or Hoa Davin, Glovalaad, Ohio, 1| hair!!! _ .

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��f?CT?T?E � * *�* 2:2 �T� ;,§"��Ei4?E; E.Floyd and Richetti both indicted Yansas City; &#39;-=2� Q! EsdgfMissouri, by United States Grand Jury Octobar?§T§M�*w§-4/-22, 19:-,4, charged with having transported rrdm;¢;.§%,__;{,;-

*�;&#39;?eep1-rater, Ii-Llssouri to Fansas City, Kansas, &#39;5&#39;?-�,192_]$<92Pontiac Sedan, Motor Number ;3ss9 June J.s,3&#39;V&#39;3I9" ONE1933, knowing same to have beegstolen. Floy�.fc-$]334mslain near Liverpool, Ohio October 22, 1964. 2Non ast return made on capias by U. S. Marshal, .Kansas City, Missouri for Adam Richatti, IhO is Inow in custody State authorities, Columbia,hissouri, awaiting trial for murder.

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2 REFERH¢CE: Reports of special Agent W. E. Miller, KansasCity, Iaissouri, dated 7-16-54 and 6-6-34. I

DETAIL9: The title in this case is being changed to show additional Ialiases of Subject Richetti which had not been heretofore reported in thiscase, and also to indicate that Charles Arthur Floyd has been slain whilehe has been carried as a Subject of this case.

The United States Grand Jury at Kansas City, kiasouri, onOctober 22, 1934, returned an indictment charging Charles Arthur Floyd andAda: Hichetti with having on June 16, 1953 transported from a point nearEaepwater, Henry County, Kissouri to Kansas City, Kansas, a 1952 modal pPontiac Sedan, Motor Number P869269, property of Walter Griffith, knowing Isame to have been stolen. I

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On October 22, 1934, a capias was issued for Adam Hichettiand a non est return was made thereon. A certified copy of the indictmentand capias were forwarded through the United States Attorney at Kansas City,Missouri to the United States attorney at Cleveland, Ohio, in order thatan effort might be reds to secure custody of Richetti, who was then in theCounty Jail of Columbiana County, Ohio, having been apprehended by Chiefof Police John Fultz, near Wellsville, Ohio.

It is the information of this office, secured through DeputyUnited States Karshel HcCowan, Cleveland, Ohio, who appeared at Kansas City,Kissouri on November 4, 1934, that the capias was not executed due to thefact that custody of Richetti was not surrendered to the Marshal by theState authorities in Ohio. Richetti was brought to Kansas City on a hsbeascorpus Ad Testificandum in the Kansas City massacre case, but was returnedto the Chio Cfficers of Colurbiana County on November 5, 1934.

Infonnetion has been received that on November 9, 1934 Richettiwas brought to Boone County, Columbia, Missouri in custody of the MissouriState Highway Patrol and is being held in Boone County awaiting trial formurder which occurred at Columbia on June 14, 1935. He is in the custodyof the Sheriff of Boone County and will be found either in the MissouriState Penitentiary at Jefferson City, Kissouri, where he has been held for atime for safekeeping, or in the County Jail at Columbia, Missouri.

The United States Attoniey at Kansas City, Kissouri has ad-vised thet pending the outcome of the Etate charges at Columbia, Kissourihe will withhold an opinion as to prosecution of Richetti on the instantindictrent in Federal Court at Kansas City. However, a request will bewade by this office that a detainer be lodged against Richetti with theSheriff of Boone County, Kissouri by the United States Karshal at KansasCity pursuant to the instant indiotrent.

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I llAgent]. They transferred to this car a small trunk about 6" x 28 x 24 ,which was higher than it was long. This trunk was grey fibre and hadno metal reinforcements or other distinguishing marks which Er. Griffith canremember. They also had a sub-machine gun and two forty�five antomatics.

Griffith and the Sheriff were in the front seat and werecovered by the machine gun frat the rear. They drove west past the southside of Fontrose, Missouri, and missed Appleton, Eissouri. They drovewest on the county line and a mile or two north through Ballard, Missouri;thence, one miles north and west crossing Highway 71 north of Adrian and thenstraight west into Kansas. Just west of the Kansas line they stopped for _gasoline at a filling station on the left side of the road, although therewas another station at the right. They also stopped a little farther onat a well with a windlass by a clump of trees but no house. A farmer waswatering his horses there at the time. They wound around through Kansasand missed all highways, and entered Kansas City, Eissouri, from the west.

they drove about one-third of the way across the inter-cityviaduct beyond Culmer&#39;s Storage Company and turned down a street leadingto a round safety island having two red lights about a foot apart. Theyturned around this island and cane out on what was thought to be St. LouisStreet. About a block up this street Floyd got out and walked back of thewarehouse located there, saying he was going to use a phone. He returnedand they drove ahead on this same street for about a block and a halfuntil they could hardly see. The car was left in the middle of the streetwith the lights on. Apparently a contact was then made with another carwhich Griffith did not see and they were told that they could take the carafter about fifteen minutes.

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The Oklahoma City office received -information on Hovcnher 13,|.&#39;.-7&#39;-_" 1934, from e confidential source to the effect that Juanita Baird had been vieit- �

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Juanita and Bose Baird accompanied Division Agents without anyhesitation and were brought to Oklahoma City by Agents Hall and Little. In routeto Oklahoma City, they dieolaimed any relationship, the possession of the Fordcar in question, and their true identitlele

Agents Ihelan and Franklin remained in sellisav, Oklahoma, for thepurpose of locating the Ford car in queetione They obtained information throughFe �I. Floyd that the oer could he found at the hcsne of his uncle, B. Floyd, ona farm approximately sdx miles northeast of Sallisew, 0k.1Qh@18a this car waslocated and brought to Oklahoma City by Special Agent Ihelane

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Upon arrival at the Oklahoma City office, the fingerprints of Boleand Juanita Baird were taken, classified, and found to be identical with thefingerprints of these two individuals. they thereupon emitted their trueidentities, Juanita Baird claimed to be the wife of the late "Pretty Boy" FloydeThey at first dieolaimed any knowledge of the activities of the late �Pretty Boy"Floyd and Adam Hiohetti. Both girls denied any knowledge of Adan Richettie

Upon further questioning, however, the Baird sisters admitted theiractivities and relationship with "I-�retty Boy� Floyd and Ldlm Hichatti, and thefollowing signed statement was obtained from Rose Baird on Hovmbar 81, 1954,at Oklahana City:

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_ L-&#39;I&#39;he_p*_&#39;§_&#39;was about eighteen years old, I went to a beer Joint operat 1,-*,.,... leh in Kansas City with a fellow. Ihile at Sadie&#39;s Joint, I _ ~ &#39;§If�l3�3*-@:&#39;~*I"�Is1l.aUe Ash, her eon. About two weeks later, I married Iallace Ash.

soon learned that he was a narcotic addict. I lived with him off and onand finally secured a divorce in 1929. He was shot and killed in 1.930sanewhera in Kansas City, Kansas; llrs. Ash had a friend by the name ofStevens who was confined in the Missouri State Penitentiary at JeffersonCity, Missouri. Sis visited and corresponded with him and acquaintancesof hie would call at the nah hcsse upon being released fran the penitentiary.Mrs. Ash later married Stevens and I believe they were divorced. lire. Ashi s now dead.

Sometime during the spring oi� 198, Charlie Floyd was released from theMissouri State Penitentiary and same to the Ash heme. Charlie Floyd isthe person who I have since learned is known as �Pretty Boy� Floyd, theindividual who was shot and killed somewhere in Ohio during the latter pertoi� October, 1934.

Hy sister, Juanita Baird, met Charlie Floyd, I believe, at the Ash buns.I went with Charlie Floyd and Juanita to Salliaaw, Oklahoma at the timeCharlie&#39;s father was killed. We stayed in Sallisaw only one night andCharlie took us to Fort Smith, Arkansas the next day and we want on toLittle Rock, Arkansas to visit my mother.

The next time I saw Charlie Floyd and Juanita was up in Kansas City aboutsix months later. Charlie and Juanita left Kansas City, and some timelater I received a letter from Charlie telling me to meet than at sunstown in l�isaouri near Kansas City. I met Charlie and Juanita and anotherfellow by the name of Bill Miller. �Huey were driving some sort of anautcmobile, and the four of us traveled together up to Ohio. Is stoppedat tourist camps and hotels along the road. Ia later went back intoKentucky to see some oi� Bill Miller&#39;s friends and returned to Ohio.

In the spring of l93l, while Juanita, Charlie, Bill Killer, and I weretogether, we were in Bowling Green, Ohio. Ia did not know the boys .were not tor anything. We were walking down the street in Bowling Greenwhen an automobile drew up with two policunen in "it. They hollersd, &#39;Handsup�, and shooting started islnadiately. Bill lliller was killed, s policuianwas shot, and Juanita was also shot in the head. Charlie Floyd disappeared.Juanita was put in a local hospital, end Juanita and I ware placed under__

charged with being connected with a bank robbery. �Ia were t _ _ieted, and sentenced to three years in the Kentucky Penitentiary

Kentucky. �Hills conviction was later revoked on appeal, asafter being in jail for about a year. 9

�Ihen we were released Iran Frankfort, Kentucky, we returned to Kansas Citywhere we want to our mother&#39;s heme. �Ia had received a few letters trm _:

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&#39;>.- " "t�its3ky&#39;. Ie received money for payment of attorneys� fees by cashicheck, and do not know the parties from when this money came. I guess " "Charlie Floyd furnished some of this money.

About sir months after we were released fronlrankfort, Kentucky,I saw Charlie Floyd eunewhere in the vicinity of Eerlsborc, Oklahoma.I do not remember the exact place. Elie next time I saw Charlie Floyd _was in &#39;192oledo, Ohio, in September of 1933. .

I had returned to Ksnes City, Missouri, and in Sspteber of 1953, Ireceived s letter from my sister, Juanita, frm Toledo, Ohio. I went toToledo, Ohio, to visit my sister and she was living somewhere n CherryStreet. I had not been there more than two or three days when CharlieFloyd appeared with a fellow called Eddie. I have since learned that Eddieis known by the name of Adam Riohetti, and have observed s photograph ofAdam Richetti which is identical with the man I knew as Eddie. Charliesaid that we, Juanita and I, were going with them. They did not say where.They were driving an old Chevrolet car. Is packed up our clothes and wentwith than because we were scared not to. Juanita and I traveled withCharlie and Eddie from Toledo, Ohio to Buffalo, Haw York. Upon getting outof the oar in Buffalo, New York, I saw for the first time that Charlie hada machine gun. They also had two automatic pistols. Upon arriving inBuffalo, we rented an apartment at B Eighteenth Street, Apartment BB1.This apartment was located on the second floor of the building. Eddierented the apartment under the name of George Sanders, and I accompaniedhim. This apartment was rented some time in September of 1933. Theapartment consisted of five rooms and hath. To peple who inquired atthat address, I told them that I was Hrs. Rose Brannon. Juanita livedwith Charlie as his wife. Charlie and Eddie remained in the apartmentconstantly with the exception of a few trips. They disposed of theChevrolet car shortly after arriving in Buffalo. They would leave stnight and he gone sometimes one or two days, sometimes two or three weeks.They made very few of these trips. They did not state where they had goneon any of these occasions and I have no knowledge as to where they traveledor what they did. Charlie and Eddie provided sufficient money to pay therent and supply us with food. I have no idea where they obtained thismoney. Whenever visitors would some to the apartment, Charlie and Eddiewere usually in another room. Charlie and Eddie have answered the door

,, d the paper boy. They never picked up any guns when anyoe ems to- "�g:-, or acted as if wclnsone was caning "after than. &#39;_-i.�1&#39;;�;.:.__:§- __-. - A .i - . _. - ., ,_ ___:.f?_� _� II� �that Charlie was hot from what I had read in the papers. He _.- remarked, however, of any oi� his activities, and I never aak.*..iiy"qIsstion. �lie knew better than to ask questions. He never if _ I

anthing about the Kansas City massacre. Eddie never mentioned snot nabout whether he was hot or any jobs he had ever pulled; in fact, he always

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Sometime during the latter part of October, 1934, Charlie seked us ifwe wanted to go home. We were all more or lees homesick but Jhaniteand I are the only ones that mentioned that we would like to go home.

Charlie gave me some money and Juanita some money and told us to buy anautomobile. Ia went down to the Niagara Motor Compay and bought a lord -

VH8 Coach. Ie paid $350.00 for the car, and I signed the papers in thename of Byrl Iest, giving an address in the 400 block of Rhoda Island inBuffalo. we drove the oar up to the apartment and a day or o later, wepacked up and left. Ie left Buffalo sometime in the evening. Eddie wasdriving when we left Buffalo, and Charlie rode in the back sat. He hadthe machine gun with him. They traded off driving from time to time. Ishad not been gone from Buffalo but e few hours when we had a wreck aboutthree o&#39;clock in the morning. Charlie was driving the car at the time, andEddie was riding in the back sat. It wee foggy, and the wreck occurredas a result of running into a telephone pole. Charlie told us to go getthe oer fixed and came back. I Itayed in the oar, and Juanita went tothe next town for a wrecker. A wrecker came and pulled us in to lastLiverpool, Ohio. The garage was a large garage but apparently wee not-e regular Ford Agency because they had e hard time getting parts. Ispaid $51.00 and some cents to get the oar repaired. We waited in thegarage for the oar to be fixed because they told us that it would beready any time. Shortly afternoon, we heard the fellows in the garagetalking about somebody being Jumped up by officers near town. Ie figuredthat it wee probably Charlie and Eddie. Is did not get the car fired upuntil late in the evening. By that time we had heard that one of themen who had been jumped up had been captured. Ia did not know who hadbeen picked up but we thought that it was Charlie and Eddie they wereafter. Ia did not go back to pick them up, but decided to go straightto Kansas City.

Jbanita and I left last Liverpool and drove straight to Kansas City,Missouri, arriving there the day that the peers carried the story ofCharlie being killed. Upon seeing the papers in Kansas City is the firsttime that we were sure that it wee Charlie and Eddie that had been jumpedup in Ohio. I went straight to the Blackstone Hotel in Kansas City atthe corner of Ninth and Cherry Streets, where I registered in room 304.

._ __.&#39;. _ I�? . J; :_5 ?i?%$hyed around in Kansas City for a while, and about two weeks la �éi§Q,;bq?f._�~I;ent to Sallieaw, Oklahoma, to the heme of Charlie&#39;s mother. I � =,_?§$92een_there two or three days when I was picked up by Sgeciel Agente&#39; j--2E7

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when we left Charlie and Iddie at the time the car was wrecked, theytook a blanket with them and a few little things they had. _Ihsn weheard about someone being Jumped up by local officers, it was ruoredthat these men had firearms with the. Is told the fellows in thegarage that we were going to Chicago, but instead, we drove straightthrough to Kansas City. I stayed at the Blackstone Hotel in Kansas Cityfor six days and then went to the home of my sister, Ire. RobertHendricks, 1618 Newton Avenue, Kansas City.

So far as I know, Floyd and Hichetti did not pull an robberies orcommit any other crimes during the time we were living in Buffalo. Iknow that they did not rob that bank in Ohio a few days before Richettiwas captured as they had been accused of doing because they were withus at that time.

Is had no friends or visitors while we lived in Buffalo with the -exception of a few children in the neighborhood who would call at thedoor with apples and things to sat. We did not go to any night clubs orgambling joints, nor did we attend any picture shows together. Floydand Hichetti spent most of their time playing cards in the apartment.S0 far as I know, Charlie and Eddie did not get in touch with anyonein Buffalo and did not get in cotaot with their friends or families.Is did not receive any mail from friends or relatives while we lived inBuffalo, nor did we write any letters except to write with reference toedvertisaante, obtaining maps, etc. Ie received no packages or lettersby express, nor any wires so far as I know. Neither did we have etelephone. To the best of my knowledge, none of us received any messageswhatever while we lived in Buffalo, Haw York.

As far as I know, the only place that Charlie had ever been shot was ,in the ankle and that happened somewhere in Oklahoma. the only bulletscars that Richetti had were on the neck, and I understand he receivedthose in Oklahoma.

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This statement is made to Special Agent John B. Little of theDivision of Investigation, U. 8.. Department of Justice in theFederal Building at Oalahoma City by Jlmnite Floyd, age 26.

I first met Charley Floyd right after he was released frcln thePenitentiary at Jefferson City, Missouri, in 1929. I mt him atthe home of Mrs. Ash in Kansas City, Missouri. My sister Rose wasmarried to Wallace Ash and I was visiting my sister at the Ash homeat the time I met Charley. My maiden name is Baird and my heme iein Kansas City.

Shortly after I met Charley Floyd we were married. is were marriedon Lia:-ch 14, 1929, at Kansas City. I do not recall the circumstancesof our marriage, the place where the ceremony was performed or thename of the party who married us. Ia lived in Kansas City untilsometime the following sinner. We lived first one place and thenanother. Charley was dealing dice sunewhere on 15th Street inKansas City at that time.

Sometime that summer es moved to Pueblo, Colorado. We arrived there onenight and stopped at a rousing house. The next morning, May 9, 1929,we were arrested for investigation. I was given 30 days and Charleywas given 60 days. I got out of Jail before Charley and went beck toKansas City where he met me later.

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or Hay, 1931 we were in Bowling Green, Ohio. The four oi� Ill werejumped up om the etreet by local police who told ue to �Get �cu oror eomething similar to that. Ihe only thing I remember wee theoffioere pulling up in a ear and ocmnanding ue to get our hande up.The next thing I knew I wee in a hoepitel. I wee ehot in the head adhave a soar there at the present time. I later heard that Bill Millerwea killed on thie oooaeion and that Charley got away. Rose and I weretaken to williametown, Kentucky, and charged with eome eort of �conspiracyin eonneotion with the robbery of a bank near there. Ie were aentenoedto three years eaoh in the State Penitentiary at Frankfort, Kentucky.We were there about ten monthe and were then released when the eourt

of appeale revereed our oonviotion.

We returned to Kaneae City after being releaeed �Iran Yrankfort and Ijoined Charley in Oklahoma about two weeks later. Charley was runningaround with George Birdwell at that time. I wam&#39;t with Charley all thetime, I just eaw him from time to time. I went to Eerleboro, Oklahoma,and etayed at the heme of Bradley Floyd, Charley&#39;e brother, for awhileon a visit. I eaw Charley i�rc|n time to time then while he wee withGeorge Birdwell.

After I returned to Kaneae City from Bredlwy&#39;e, Charley came there.Thie wee e ehort time after the bank at Sallieew, Oklahoma, wee robbed.I only wee with Charley for one night on thie ooeaeion. The next timeI new him wee in Toledo, Ohio. Thie was in the fall of 1933. I hadgone to Toledo and met my wieter Role there. Ie had been living at theToledo Hotel and on Cherry Btreet and at other plaoee. Ihile we wereliving on Cherry Street Charley Iloyd eame around. He had idem Reeohettiwith him. I knew idem only by the name or Eddie and have einoe learnedthat hie name ie Adam Raoohetti. they told ne that they wanted ue togo with then. They had e Chevrolet ear at that time. They had a machinegun with than at thie time. I had previously eeen Charley with a gunthat looked like thie one down in Oklahoma after I got out of Frankfort.

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tripe or when they would be beck. I don&#39;t know where they went onthese occasions.

Charley and Eddie apparently disposed of the Chevrolet in Buffalobecause I never saw it after we got there. In October of 1954 wedecided that we would leave Buffalo. The boys asked us if we wantedto go home and we said yes. They gave us each some money, I had about$200, and Rose and I went down to buy e car. We stopped at a oar placeon the way down town and bought s Ford coach. We both talked to thesalesman but Rose signed up for the oar. I do not remember what nameand address she gave in buying this car. We took the oer and returnedto the apartment. Is bought the oar a day or two before we left Buffalo.we left Buffalo, the four of us, Rose, Charley, Eddie and myself, o themorning of October l9, 1934. Charley and Eddie took turns driving thecar. Charley carried the machine gun between the front seats of theear. Early the following morning we had a wreck, before daylight. Ithink Charley was driving at the time. Ie had run into a telephone pole.The wreck was near Liverpool, hie. I went into Liverpool to get ewrecker. I figured we would get the car fixed up and pick the boys upat the same place later. Ihen I got back with the wrecker the boys -were gone and Rose was with the car. The boys had taken the machine gunwith them. Around noon we heard that soeone had been jumped up byofficers near town and I figured it was Charley and Eddie. The car wasnot fixed until nearly dark. Ihen the car was fixed we started forKansas City. Ie figured that it would be of no use to try to meetCharley and Eddie since we were pretty sure that they were the oneswho had been Juped up. we had heard in the garage that afternoon thatone of the men had been captured although we did not kncw who it was.Ie arrived in Kansas City the day that Charley was killed in Ohio andthen I knew for certain that he was the one who had been jumped up nearLiverpool. Is had had no arrangements to meet anywhere else if anythingof this kind happened. -

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I, Iuanite Floyd, make the following statement to Special AgentJohn B. Little of the Division of Investigation, United States Departmentof Justice, in the Federal Building, Oklahuna City, Oklahoma. &#39;.l&#39;hie -statement ie supplsnental to e etetement previouely subzmitted by meto Agent Little on November 18, 1954. -

The person that I have referred to as Charlie Floyd ie the individualwho hae been ocmmonly known as Pretty Boy Floyd. I don&#39;t know howCharlie happened to oall at the Ash hcwne but I understand that therewas eomeone in the Missouri State Penitentiary at the time Charlie wee&#39;there who recmnmended him to go to the Lab h�l�e

The pleee where Charlie was dealing dice in Kansas City after he got &#39;out of the penitentiary was in a pool hall on l5th Street, the name,location and the proprietor thereof, I am unable to ltete.

The only individuals whose names I know with when Charlie wee ee-quainted at" the time he wee released frcm the penitentiary in KennaCity were Jim Bradley who hen einoe been eleetroouted; �lie! Ldvett whenwe both knew, Charlie having lived with Tex in Keneae City right afterhe was releaeed frcln the penitentiary; Denny Sieehen who is now deed,frequented the nah home and was e friend of Charlie&#39;s, aieehen beinge bootlegger; Billie Howard, e bootlegger and gambler whom I law onlyonoe, was an eequaintanoe of Charlie&#39;s end who is now deed; EddieDickey frequented the Ash home and was in the penitentiary at the wanetime Charlie was there; Hethen King who I knew by the name of Bob weein the penitentiary with Charlie in llieeouri and is new confined in

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would at the time he wee reading detective magazinee remark that &#39;alot of people got bum rape� but never mentioned any particular oaoae * 1?-i*

�Iith reference to the u-1;. taken by Charlie and mu. at the time ea &#39;.,j_~&#39;_.,~;&#39;~;;:§;-he-;_*.�.l:.were living in Buffalo, I wiah to etate that they only went out thne &#39;or tour timee that I can recall. They never mentioned where they went �92__&#39; __on these tripe, when they were going or when they were caning baoke I &#39; �

Hawknow of no contaote that Charlie Bloyd had while he wee in Buffalo, _ g.York. i -I 5; _;;-

Ie never received any mail except replies and anewere to advertieemente,nor did we ever receive any meaeagee by expreee or telegraph. Ia had no &#39;telephone. Ia never did write hcme while we were living in Buffallle -tr " ...� &#39; g.

The only vieitor we had while reeiding in Buffalo wee a man and hie wifeand baby who lived near ue by the name of Letteri {phonetic}. Ira. Letteriwae a beauty operator and they vieited ue only on one oooaeion. atthat time Charlie and Eddie were there and we had dinner and played Iardle ~we told the Letterie that Charlie and Eddie were gemhlare. The kid: *1: :":�ij=would nail at the door for food and other hand-cute hut no other vieitore &#39;ever cane to our apartment. Charlie never anewered the door to Iy knowledgebut Eddie answered it on a few ocoaaione. Ihen anyone would knock thoy _. . __ .would go to another roan but I never aw than pick Q e machine gull l_Ivl&#39;_;.-;§f.=�}_?act apprehensive. _ � A�

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In my etetement dated Novanber 18, 1934 I mentioned the tact that we half�_=_-_j.~,an auto wreck near Liverpool, Ohio. I now nnderetand that thie ie last K"Liverpool, Ohio. �Baa garage where the oar wee repaired wae a place that &#39;_..�_~=wee open all night and wee eituated on a hill from which you oonld leawhat I believed to be the downtown eeotion of the town. Ihen we left .,.�£&#39;_� .the garage we told the men there that we were going to 0110030. _

The only eoare I ever observed on Charlie Floyd wee on hie ankle.never did obeerve any old eoara on hie back and the people who dreaaed ,=&#39;;_=-;him in the morgue at Sallieaw never mentioned eeeing any old learn. .�I - �- .92:;_:&#39;P»:_&#39;-;_ 5.:

.. =£1e foregoing eupplemental etetanent eoneiate of two pagee which §_¬-Qxil. . � ,_;.,.-&#39;5}-_ - .7 _ _.--»_ ,__ 1.; va &#39; k__&#39;_"�.;,-L&#39;4i.r .&#39; -V.-. ..-,5, 1.-_-.2,� . Signed! Ieunaita Iloyd ..;�__!,-_-My-; ,._~.:�-Yitneeeea. ..__; ___|_

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. The original statements are retained in the files of the Oklahcity. �ail"-�&#39;:, In the course of securing the foregoing signed statements, �-,__-,;;,;,_3_;T,&#39;A_;_,;�_�-,;_were, " hscertsin the connections of �Pretty Boy" Floyd and the poasi:.=1jhf%z-E3»so , &#39;_;�:&#39;li_i§_-Irevenue while residing in Buffalo, Haw York. It is to be nothat-&#39; heigirls di sclaimed any knowledge of the source of !&#39;loyd&#39;e and Riche =__a&#39;i&#39;1L£l"*-,�5"vrev¢&J,|&#39;;h,&#39;;§;ffa1O, and it is believed that every effort ehould be made to . ,-__�the source of such revenue in an effort to locate those individuals who I -� Wresponsible for Floyd&#39;s successful efforts in evading apprehension over so longI. PO11 Ode

On November BO, 1934, photographs of the Baird sisters were takenby the Oklahcma City Police Deparunent, and there ere being forwarded to theKansas City, Buffalo, end Cincinnati offices, and the Division, with copies ofthis report, tee photographs of Rose Baird,_ two photogregiis of Juanita Baird, ande group photograph showing these two girls together.

Rxamination of the Ford car in question revealed that it is e1952 Ford V--8 Coach, blue in color, motor amber lB--l400l&#39;?, bearing 1934 New Yorklicense plates number 9362-18, and a tire cover with the address "Hiagare ChevroletCompany, Inc., 1550-52 Iain Street". �me oar was equipped with Dunlap balloontires and two bmnpere. Minute inspection of the car revealed that it had sustainede wreck to the front end since it was purchased inasmuch as the paint thereon hadbeen defaced and had not been replaced, and that the fenders had been ironed CuteInspection of the car inside and out failed to reveal any infomation of valuerelative to the identity or contacts of the individuals who had driven its

The foregoing information was furnished to the. Buffalo office bywire, and the purchase of the car by Rose Baird verified at the Niagara IlotorC�ip Ollie

Under date of November BO, 1934, e wire was received frcm theBuffalo office advising that no Federal prosecution would be had at Buffalo withreference to Juanita and Rose Baird inamuuch as the United States Attorney thereindicated a successful prosecution there would be impossible due to the lack ofknowledge or evidence showing that the girls had knowledge of existing warrantsoutstanding for Floyd end Richetti. 1110 girls were accordingly released francustody at Oklahoma City on November 22, 1934.

Both Rose and Juanita Baird requested that their statements betreated in strict confidence and it is, therefore, requested that the officesof whcln leads are requested treat these etatanonts confidentially and deolinofrom revealing the source of the information contained therein.

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_ __ �hire, dated November 21, 1954, and conduct appropriate invest -rela �§¬,.$he acquaintances of "Pretty Boy" Floyd referred to in the fo -~i-._?-par ph--thereof in an effort to determine the ccntecte of Floyd in Ksneeg: land the possible sources of money supplied to him during his hideout period "M"Buffalo, llew York.

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THE CININATI OFFICE will conduct appropriate investigation _ln §_at Iillllnetown, Kentucky, interviewing one Fred Harrison, an attorney whe;¬;;92-531reprieited these girls at the time of their trial there on charges of ¢i§&#39;{¢;~§¬acceseer�eeiin bank robbery, with a view to determining the eouoe of thetf7jTQ,¬¥

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ceivi�wdnfih form of cashier&#39;s checks and sane trace of the source of t--jgr?¢;:§money&#39;lay�be checked through Mr. Harrison. . - &#39;;_ 9""

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view to identifying Richetti and Floyd as residing at apartment number 821, o8 Eighteenth Street, Buffalo, New York, with Rose and Juanita Baird during thetime mentioned in their Itatanente. _ &#39; _

will conduct extensive investigations of the various grocerystores and other stores located in the vicinity of that apartment house in aneffort to identify these individuls as having lived there during the timestated»

Will conduct extensive investigation of the rental agency or the

apartment house manager at the place where these individuals are reported tohave resided in an effort to determine the source of the money used in payingthe rent. It is possible that money orders, express or pdetal, or checks ofeoe kind may have been used in this respects

Inquiry ahould be made of Post Office authorities, Express Agents,and Telegraph Companies at Buffalo in an effort to detenmine whether any con-tact was made from outside sources with Floyd or Richetti through an of theseagencies. -

In addition to interviewing neighbors at the aprtment house forthe purpose of effecting identifiation of these individuals, efforts ahouldbe made to detennine whether they had any visitors or whether they receivedmessages of any kind through outside surces, in an effort to elicit infonnationconcerning the contacts of Floyd and Riohetti. � " .

In the event the apartment abandoned by these individuals has notyet been rented again, it should be thoroughly searched for any possible leadsrelative to the contacts of Floyd and Richstti and their source of IOYBHHOQ

Inquiry ahould be made at all public telephone booths in thevicinity of the apartment house in question with a view to determining whetherthese phones were ever used by Floyd, Richetti, or the Baird sisters, and, ifso, a check ahould be made of all telephone calls made therefrom. o n

if-??i;_ In the event sch has not already been done, the Buffalo otfieggilthlwill so o 3 detailed infonnation from the Niagara Kotor Company where Roll ;&#39; �Baird c;:1ma&#39;to have purchased the Ford oar in question relative to the sill _this &#39; �to the Baird sisters. 533;�

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There are being tranmittod under separatecover ong92;ing, l4 carat white gold, black and shite cseoset on eardonyx, together Iith one Verithin Gruen green gold

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Enclosed is the clipping on the &#39;idia:sappearano<or those implicated in the Lazia killing;

I certainly enjoyed talking to you and llr.Purvis last night at the Ilayfloser. I hope Ie may againdiscuss conditions in Kansas City�;

Ir. Henry JJ: Haskell, editor-in-chiefor The Star arrived here today on his ray to New York. Heis the Iriter or all the tine pieces en your work and thedepartment of Juetiee. He is anxious to have a res minuteswith you later in the seek. I will oall yon in the hepoyou can spare a tn minutes to one who regards your workas "THE" outstanding accomplishment or government in Atho last two years.

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� An Italian. a night club opera-� tor known asr;I..lttie Nugie."

"Little H1-I91. Irhnee friend: weretold recen�y that he was �out of town

" permanently." is named as the �trig-Ier man,� the one who movml themachine gun acrom John I.llsla�l path.I &#39;I&#39;he three were struck down ¬II�lt

�a time. each caught separately and�eliminated. so the word hes it.

It was at a pause in Iuneral servicesIn a �ower submerfed house, net heel:from tree bordered sidewalks at Duty-riith street and Tracy avenue. thatwords were uttered that were to pur-sue the murderers oi Lazla.

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l Pallbearers and friends of the deadpolitician and Italian leader were

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Johnnie what Johnnie would have�done tor you!� - _H -ms. Omenry was aelaed um a.810.000; bond had obtained hit re-

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l 5! thoee outalde the room.v "Born he died tor you; Q gagJohnnie what Johnnie would haw"done for you!" . .

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ll&#39;I&#39;he_l�lr:t reprtsai against Gregory:i would have been fruitless, we that

X it brought him to police attention and 1��caused his confinement in General|hoopii-at with a nmahot fracture oi��hie left leg. Through the police ai�garggz oi tlrst degree robbery wani ge against him. Alter three[weeks at the hospital. Gregory urea;ion-signed in Justice court, bond wea-it made for him md then] in legal.;�.heory a free man, he was whisked}

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! eunonr um :0 inn conrlssm. rll It has been whispered that Gregory;&#39;drove the death car the night Lanawas assassinated.

The enlarged story now La thatGregory coniessed alter his post-arraignment seizure, implicating twoothers. -I

Hi; story. la now relayed, ta thatthe slaying oi Lazia waa carried outunder the misapprehension that itIla to he paid tor, and that hand-_

;so:nely. by a prominent Democraticpolitician. Oifiory is said to hove�

jiound out htmaetl that thin II; not:;true and the men who heard the-Gregory tale are themselves con-|Jvinced this Democratic tactinnal;_chteitain wa; not in any deal nor in-�any way in�imted in the afsassina-l

Instead. aa the ttory comes from,�iriends or the slain Lula. the iingerlat suspi.Ci0n in pointe by them to-;ward Mike lJimmieKLaCapre, wit-_neae before the recent iederai Band�.JlI&#39;!. and until ye�-erday eicaelyjluuded in the county Jail here torihie own protection alter twice escap-ing in recent month: the bullet! d�men who were tracking him down. i

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Mr. Cowley telephoned and stated that he was in re-ceipt of a letter from Kansas Ciiy, dated Hovembe 21, 1934,transmitting certain portions of testigony in thq�grand juryup there to the Division; that there was a query s to whetherthqshole testimony should be copied, indicating that it israther voluminous. Hr. Cowley advised that he thought weshould have the whole record copied; that we did not know whatangle this case was going to take; that Gill is working againstus; the Kansas City Police are working against us; that itwill aid us in combating anything which might arise; thatthere is uncertainty as to what the United States Attorney&#39;soffice will do, as it was a political question with then.

I advised Hr. Cowley that I had not as yet receivedthe letter he referred to but would take the matter under advise-

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Respectfully,

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