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; killed w. J. iGrooms. and ‘Frank Hermanson, city de- [cick or dray 1 and a. shot. by Groce, treed ~ “ai! right; “Yet ‘em Shave tt,” Miller whoutes to Welzcna : - At the same instant Miller opened fire with the machine gun.” - What happened then shocked" the nation ‘into s _Teallzation of the desperate attuation as to gangsters and gunmen. ' not known whether he did any shooting when Miller ‘The four officere were killed and Nash with ‘them. Tt ‘was tot the i fire. oe - _ [intention of Miller ‘to ill Nash. Of that the police and the federal agents Trapped by Telephone Calls. =: ere certain. But when they realized that he killed and that their chance he police here and the bureau of investigation found ‘the of rescuing him was gone, they took to flight. ; £ the two killers when they checked telephone calle from “They went ic the a iiaing Here 2%4 ore eens springs and Joplin to Kansas City the day before the they were not followed. ‘There Weissman helped Miler dress eta ry, Men were sent to Hot Springs and to St. Lowis for} wound in the arm. They remained there under cover-until Monday ‘night, urpose. Records of calls are filed in the St. Louis office They left Kansas City that night, and a few days) later the police and tae Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. tyes agents were on their trail. | Hot Springs it was learned that a woman named Mrs: E. When the police, and the federal agents completed a check of the teles. inor had telephoned to one Herb Farmer at Joplin at 4:42 j Pole pumbers apd located the house on Edgevale road: they ordered tha arrest of Farmer: in Joplin’ and the Connor woman in | Hot + Springs, Both, s June 16, which was the day the federal agents captured had disappeared and have not been seen. Nash on the wreet i in Hot Springs. “~~ ete cate coer Reed, chief of police at McAlester, Ok., and Frank Nash, mvict. The killing of Nash was accidental. +" -. feissman was armed with two .45 caliber automatic pistols. “tt ts Weissman’ . First Major Crime. oe ‘Home Telephone Was Jackson 7073. . . Welsman {s known here also as William Westerman. So far as i ~ t 10:09 that night Herb Farmer put in a call to telephone known this is his first bie crime. His, record shows several arrests for Jackson 7073 at Kansas City. That number proved to | minor crimes. - ae house at 6612 Edgevale road. : . Miller's criminal career began near “Fargo. N. D., ‘where he was @: sheriff. He embezzled some funds and served @ term in the prison there, McFarland, operator of a he house belonged to N: E. P His later headquarters, after he took to ‘underworld pursuits, was Chicago, own cigar store. Mr. McFarland was appraised of the| pic. ao not known just when he arrived in Kansas city. He ‘rented the ad aided the police i in the subsequent investigation. He! nouse at 6612 Eagevale, road April10.. ~ =. ae ; nothing about the crime or the connections of his tenant, a Called the Landlord Once About: a Lock, . # . ' tt og m4 Mr. McFarland, the owner, told the agents and the police that. he was Blood Soaked Rags and Puncture Tacks in the House. not in the house after he rented it to Miller and that the rent was paid e police and ‘the agents searched the house aad found: © July 10. On ence occasion, ‘Mr. McParland sald, “Miller calied him and caked ra hich had b af b da Miller's told hi mthe lock on the back door was out of ,crder. Mr. McFarland of- Saked rags which had oeen used for bandages on Nil fered to send # man: to repair ft, but ‘Miller ‘protested, saying he would, | They found’ a keg of roofing nails such as bandits use| ponair and asked that the cost be deducted from the rent. . ‘ ww from their-motor car when they are fleeing to cause). Complained Also of Pigeons. ~ a res to pursuing cars.. There were other evidences of the On another occasion, McFarland said, Miller called him and told d him; ncy of Milles, No firearms were found, : . . pigeons were getting into the eaves. McFariand offered to -send a may C4 4 eq to make repatrarte shup out sic pigeons.” Again Miller told Mr..McFérlags. tbat he would get a man to do it if McFarland would deduct the bu. - from the rent.. McFarland knew Miller as | V. c. Moore, the name under which Miller rented the house. . - - “Ae = oO 7 at ‘clephon= Tall from Herc. . ”: hecking the ‘enone calls the police jearned that’ ‘shortly after t June 17, the tg:rning of the killing, someone called Herb Farmer a) from the union station here. That man presumably was. Miller. seman got into the killing largely by accident. He called on Miller PASTOR AND WIFE IMPROVING. | the reward would be sent throughou?. Migevale road home the afternoon of June 16. Miller told him of _ the United States today. apture and his plan to release Nash. : og | Temporary Paralysis Still Afflicts| Stevens is 33 years old. He is about ~, - the Rev. L. B. Conrad. _| 5 feet & inches tall, weighs about 154 ‘Weissman Agrees to Go Into It. lold Weissman he planned to overtake the convict and his escort unds f i “ The Rev. L. B. B. Conra a. iate venion. and is of medium dark.com _ pastor of the Country Club Christian ; _ highway after they had feft the union station, get the drop on the /church, and Mrs. Conrad, who were| OTTO H. KAHN GOES ABROAD. | nd free Nash. Welssman agreed toaid *°, an injured Monday in a motor car trash Trip to Eu rope Is for Pu of. two men went to the union station from the Edgevale house early|Dear Oklahoma City, were reported Recuperating Strength. i 11. _|to be in an improved condition a morning of June They parked their car in the parking lot op yesterday. Mrs, Conrad haa almost| New Yorn, July 5. 5.—Otto H. Kahn, - he east entrance of-the union station before the officers arrived recovered. Mr-Conrad still ts suffer- | New-York -banker—who.recently_aps:_.- > meet the train on which Nash was being brought. i ing temporary paralysis of his ieft| peared 25 a witness before the sen< . oO, -Jarm and left shoulder, the result Of) ate subcommittee on banking and An Accident Aids Killers. a deep cut on the back of his head. | currency, and Henry L. Stimson were ras purely accidental that the federal car parked] near - the kitterst |His skull was not fractured. - - among the fassengers who sailed to- OH | not the result of 8 tareful check of police movements by the killers A PRICE ON A KIDNAPER: ‘{might on the liner Aquitania. . at, first believed. . ' , Mra. Kabn said her husband was _ t tr 500 fo Clare ce | Bot feeling well and said he was go« 5 not known whellf ether of the killers was in ti} union station [Pat Ss a Sein Gang. | 3E,Rbtoed to regain his strength. the shooting that ming. | Hf -one of. Ahem was, : ‘Mr, Stimson, capenied by y oF ‘and their prisonefinto the streets < ee eee °K Feward of $500 for the divest and % : pa Decidi on Massacre Suddeity. vic.” p eonvietion of Clarence Stevens, the | Stimson. “4 i Jf ch. [only missing member of the gang] H, C. Furlong, Wichita, Dies. J killers stood at Gir car watching the approach ‘They saw that n¢ of the officers had his firea Neth and bis| Which kidnaped Miss Mary MeElroy,| Wienrra, Kas, July 5.—Kenry 0. in” his ‘<-. 4 daughter of H. F. McElroy, city man-| Purlong, “59, widely known Kansas hands | acer, will be offered by the! police de-| barber who has operated @ shop here o shoot. Tey» maf a quick Gecizion t to make the there’ at partment today. : the last fourteen years, died late to« 8k E. C. Reppert, director: of ‘police, day. He was a past president of the ‘ sald lest night circulars.bearing a! Kansas Btate Master Barber's Asso new picture of Stevens and notice of ciation,