Evening star., 1934-10-24
j. s. DROPS MOVE
TO GET R|CHETT|
"JeaIousy" Given as Reason
for Ohio Refusal to Yield
Accused.
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN.
WELLSVILLE, Ohio, October "a
@.-Adam Richetti, desperate
pal" Of the slain Charles pretty
Boy" Floyd, will be turned over to
authorities of Columbia, Mo-,
County Prosecutor George Lafferty
said today, just as soon as the
officials there produce the necessary
papers to hold the gangster on
charges of Staying two officers.
BY the Associated Press.
WELLSVILLE, Ohio, October "a
Missouri and Federal officers last
night ended their efforts to obtain
custody Of Adam Richetti, desperate
and confederate of the late Charles
Pretty Boy" Floyd.
Richetti may be tried for shooting
to kill Police Chief j. H. Fultz of
Wellsville, in the same county where
Floyd fell dead from the bullets of
Federal agents and East Liverpool po-
lice. or he may be turned over to au-
thorities Of Columbia, Mo-, for the
murder of two policemen there.
Sheriff Thomas Bash of Kansas
City announced that he would make
no further effort to obtain custody
of Richetti for participation in the
Kansas City union station massacre
in 1888. Inspector c. w. Cowley. De-
partment of Justice agent from Kan
sas City, likewise announced he is
withdrawing.
Richetti Arraigned.
Bash and Cowley made their an
nouncements after Richetti, in an
unexpected move, had been brought
before Mayor w. H. Dougherty of
Wellsville and arraigned on two
charges-carrying concealed weapons
and shooting FultZ with intent to kill
The shooting charge grew out of
the gun fight last Saturday between
Floyd and Richetti and Ftlltz and
two special officers. Fultz received a
minor wound in the ankle.
I'VE have done everything We could
to get this man." Bash said. They
have kept putting us off and now
they have bouno him over to the grand
jury. Tney never gave us any eX-
cuse except wire from the local au-
thorities at Columbia, Mo-, in regard
to two murders there"
Riche.ti's bond was set at $50 900.
He was taken to the county jail at
Lisbon, Ohio, under heavy guard.
While the authorities argued over
the custody of Richetti here, Coroner
E. R. Sturgis at East Liverpool said
he would hold a formal inquest in
Floyd's death today. The body will
be shipped to Salisaw, Okla, today for
burial.
Crowds of curious citizens continued
to gather at the mortuary at East
Liverpool
Fultz would not even allow the Fed
eral representatives to take the ma
chine gun Floy.i left behind after his
gun fight Saturday. The agents want
to make tests to determine whether it
was one of the weapons used in the
Kansas City massacre.
At the arraignment, Richetti read
lily pleaded guilty to the charge of
carrying concealed weapons, but en-
tered plea of not guilty to the shoot
ing charge.
In explaining his refusal to turn
over Richetti, Chief Fultz claimed that
Melvin Purvis, in charge of Federal
agents here during the hunt for Floyd,
would not cooperate.
Purvis headed a squad of four Fed
eral agents and four East Liverpool
policemen who cornered and killed
Floyd Monday.
CoWley declared "it wouldn't seem
to make much difference where Ri
chetti was tried, provided he was tried
on a murder charge and found guilty.
1t does make a great difference, how
ever
I'VE want Richetti at Kansas City
so We can get positive identification
of him as one of the three killers at
the Union Station.
Most Important Witness.
Eve want him at Kansas City be-
cause he is the most important living
link in a gang of Midwestern crimi-
mails, including many aiders and
abettorS of such criminals as Floyd,
Dillinger and Richetti
I'VE wanted the machine gun so
We could compare its bullets with those
in the massacre victims and trace its
origin.
by turning Richetti over to Federal
men on warrants charging him with
obstructing justice and with violation
of the Federal automobile law We
could transport him without an extra
dition fight.
Once in Kansas City. he could be
tried also on murder charges after
the Government had obtained what it
wanted from him." Cowley concluded.