Police Disagree Over Floyd In Kansas City Killings
Kansas City detectives debate if Pretty Boy Floyd orchestrated the mass slayings of five men, after two women identified Floyd from a photograph amid claims he acted for pay. Witnesses described a man with a machine gun. officials doubt Floyd’s weight and identity. Funeral services held for two victims. pursuit widens to South Texas as a tip cites two men with five machine guns.
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GCITY
Charles
Pretty Boy) Floyd
Oklahoma
Frank Nash
Floyd
Jack Dalton
Lottie West
Travelers’ Aid Society
Union Station
Nasty
Kansas City
William
Jack) Killingsworth
Polk County
Gma
Bolivar
Killingsworth
W. J. Grooms
Frank Hermanson
Otto Reed
McAlester
Oklah
Raymond J. Caffrey
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Nash
Leavenworth Federal Prison
Para~gould
Gold Fish Thief Apprehended at Capitol Pools
Capitol guards had watched for missing gold fish in the pools. A muskrat was seen slipping into the north side pool, and the thief was captured. Since the arrest no fish have disappeared.
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Capitol
Perhhep
Wife Admits Plot in Auto Salesman's Murder Plot
Mrs. Bessie Ops 36 confessed to authorities plans to kill her husband, Opas, owner of a motor sales firm, for a $30,000 life policy. Police say she offered youths five thousand dollars to commit the crime, with Dominick Zullo 19 and others implicated. The scheme unraveled after Opas became suspicious and notified authorities.
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Bessie Ops
Sho
Opal
First Deer Seen In 40 Years In Missouri Field
In Big Piney Missouri on June 2 AP reports J B R Jackson spotted the region’s first deer in four decades. While plowing a corn field his plow mule balked and a full grown doe appeared about 40 yards away, startling him.
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Big Piney
J. BR. Jackson
Jackson
Former Legion Commander Heads Burns Oil Field Death
Eldorado Ark native Major OC L Bodenhamer age 40, former American Legion national commander, died in East Texas oil field accident near Henderson when a lighter sparked explosions while he lit a cigarette. R C Cook injured. Bodenhamer had served in 19th Infantry, discharged 1919, elected national Legion commander in 1929. Widow survives.
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Ark
American Legion
Henderson
Texas
Bodenhamer
Houston
East
R. C. Cook
Cook
Bodenden
Shreveport Hospital
el Dorado
Burral
Con Bodenhamer
Army
19Th Infantry
Legion
Louisville
Goldthwaite
Tenn
Baylor University
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