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was about 15 minutes late. The train was due in Kanses City at 7:00 o'clock and "Upen arrival at Kansas City, agent left ocith, Reed an‘ Nash in the . etaterocor, end want outside an the loading pintfam amd was mos by Special | 4gcnt in Charge Vetterli and Special Agent Caffrey, and Detectives Herma son and Groons, Agent, at tmt time, locke! up and dom the platforn, but did _ Rot sce any individwunls to arouse his suspicion. special Agont in Charge Votterli, at tmt tine, advised that Oaffrey's oooh was outeide ant tt there wis ala a cowe t be used to follow the ear, After this, erent wont in end got Nash, Reed and Smith, and thm, accampenied by Special Agent in Gharce, Vettarli, ani Agent Caffrey and Detcotives Harmanson and Grooms, el) the lobby. This agent had proceeded up to the Union Station and out through one sawed off shotmin end Reod head another. | - oy - + . woo r oe . ( , faa getng out the door of ‘the Union station, the extire party’ was “A - ex@ind Hesh, and ao brief stop was mie by agmt to ascertain if anything I wusual was goen, ani the party then proceeded to Caffrey's Chevrolet eoach, were Ceffrey unlocked the right hand doer and Wash got in the back seat, Agent instru ted Nash to get up in th driver's seat, in order to nllow Rash fot in the driver's the writer, Smith and Reed t get in the back sect, sent; arent rot in the back seat on the left hand side; Snuith got in tw back _ sect in the eenter and Reel got in the back seat on the right hend side, . <=" |, Bermanson, Grooms and Vettarli were still on the right hani side of the ear, oe ax Caffroy tnd gone around behind the car to get into the driver's seat = ~ wenL le through the left bend deer, There was « green Plymouth onr perked on The) | \ so wight of Caffreyts car abou$ 6 feet amy. Agent locked over towrd the 1 . wight and ecw tw mon run from behind a ear about 35 feet amy. ‘Agent saw those men through the window glass on the windshield of the Plymouth, whieh ‘wos none too elean, ani therefore, a clear view sould not be obtained by . agent, but agent 414 see that both mec wore armed and that onc of theso ma had what wuld appear to be a machine gun, and the ether a rifle or shotgm, although agent is not definite on this, The mn with the mchine gun had it pointed dizectly at Caffrey*s car and shouted , “Up, ww, Agent realined that they ware friends of Nash and mid “Here that instant, one of these tro men sald “Let thas heve it," and the wr was en. _ Agent had his shetcun pointed toward the Cloor, ani the muasle ‘ petrecn the értvar's seat ant the door, the butt of and tie aide pmel. Im endeavoring & cock this gm to fire, it » and te