Prison City Murders – Case 19 Part 2 – Bridge Too Far

DATELINE: Monday, September 30th, 1929. Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri. Police statement of Mrs. Mayme Hofman: Before I knew what was happening I heard the shot … and I jumped out the door and ran upstairs. While I was running up the stairs I heard a second shot. Mr. Bill Reed lives down the stairs from us and I knocked on his door and the Reeds were entertaining guests. Mr. Reed opened the door, and then he went downstairs with me. When we got into the Bennetts’ apartment, Mr. Bennett was lying on the floor and Mrs. Bennett was in the living room… I saw Mr. Reed pick up the gun, but I do not know where it had been… Mrs. Bennett then sat down beside Mr. Bennett, and sitting there on the floor, she became hysterical. Mr. Reed then said, “Call the doctor.” … He arrived in just a little while and just as the doctor began his examination and had announced Mr. Bennett dead the police officers and a reporter from the The Star came in. Sources: The Devil’s Tickets by Gary Pomerantz (available on amazon.com) https://www.amazon.com/s?k=the+devils+tickets&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 https://kchistory.org/week-kansas-city-history/let-there-be-lights https://www.larryco.com/bridge-learning-center https://www.bridgebase.com https://www.acbl.org https://www.kansascity.com https://newspaperarchive.com/ https://www.ancestry.com/ https://www.genealogybank.com/ https://www.newspapers.com/ https://www.findagrave.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/ https://www.fold3.com/