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Kansas City Massacre — Part 24

249 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Oct 23, 1933 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kansas City Massacre · 249 pages OCR'd
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-¢= It wa later learned by this agent through conversation with all of the agents involved that Sergeant Fremuth obstructed the staira and ans epperentiy in not too much of a hurry to get dow; that shen he arrived in the lobby, Agent Nichols and State Policeman Buck Kempster ren past Frewath into the lobby, and observing a man in a brow esuit end hat at the desk, placed guns against himjand Nichols, immediately upon sensing that this man was not MILLER, ran out into the street and ws followed shortly by Sergeent Kempster. At the time Nichole reached the street, he turned around end sav Sergeant Premuth standing at the door apparently inactive for the instant. - Agent Nichols, on seeing the Auburn automobile beginning to pull away from . the curb, rao up to this car and shouted, "Stick ‘an up*. He was answered by two shote from MILLER in the car. The oar was being driven by BOBBY MOORE. As the oar pulled away from the curb, Nichols shot twice at MILLER end turned around to see where the machine gun was. At thie time, Kempster came out of the door with the machine gun and ren out into the street behind the Auburn automobile; and because of the fact that the neighborhood was crowed with pedestrians and people were running across the narrow street (Galt Street), Kempster wis unable to open up with the machine gun until MILLER was approzimtely one block awy. Agent we still in the apartment at thia time, having just arisen from bed at the time Special Agent Guinan edvised him of the telephone conversation indicating that MILLER was about to leave the apartment, and ~ had taken up hie post in the kitchen immediately upon being notified of this information, ~ VIVIAN MATTHEWS was brought into apertment 207 and wma under guard by Agent Yan Wiggoner. . MS. JOHN MADALA began woeping and was almost at the point of hysterics during the shooting as was also VIVIAN MATIBENS, both of whom were in the apartment immadiately after agents and police officers at the door had left, ; Agent W. A. Snith (according to hia statement to we}, who had previously left the apartment to assemble the gun squads, me at the tine of the shooting approximately three-fourths block awey on Sheridan Road. Agents Lockerman and Rice were parked directly across the street a short ‘ distance from the Auburn automobile and approximately 50 feet from the car et the time MILLER entered it, They advised that they had seen BOBBY MOORE in the car ee she drew up to the ourb; that ashe bad opened the door and atarted the motor and had honked the horn of the cer three times as eae signal; that immediately upon being accosted by Agent Nichole, she bad screamed and MILLER had shot twice at Richols,
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