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Kansas City Massacre — Part 32
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New Your, ‘Jan. ‘B—The “anton
‘station massacre at Kansas City of
‘four officers and their prisoner will
be completely avenged with the ar-.
rest of Richard T. (Dick) Galatas,
alias Dick Sheridan, who today is the
subject. of an intensive search,” by)
government agents. -
Galatas, underworld boss. ‘ot - Het
Springs, Ark., was the master mind
of the -slaying of @ department of
. justice agent, the chigf of police of.) - -
McAlester, Ok., two Kansas City de-
tectlves and their prisoner, Frank
Nash, on June 17 last when an at-
‘tempt was made by gunmen to’ take
Nash away from the officers... >
: It was charged by the governinent |
that ‘George “Machine: Gun*
, Harvey Bailey, Verne Miller and wil-
‘bur Underhill were the main mem-
. bers of the mob that actually’ did
the shooting. There were others,’
however, who contributed to the kill.
Angs by advising the gang.as to the
“movements of the officers. - :
:. Frank Nash, bandit and bank robe,
, ber, wanted by the United States,
j was found to be in Hot Springs, fe-;
mous hide-out town for mobsters from
| au over the country. Dick Galatas
“owned” Hot Springs and any crirai-
‘nal he knew was safe in that town,
_ vestigation arrested Nash and spir-
‘ited him eway without even the Jogal
‘police knowing what was going on,
.Galatas felt that his prestige os. %
was at stake. and ‘deter-
j Protector was ats fete Vad She
With Mre. Nash he chartered j
teirplane and within dn hour from
"the arrest was on the way to Joplin,
Mo. he having been informed that; ~ » --
j the federal men had taken the au-]. =" =
tomobile road toward that city, +: -
| Arriving at Joplin, he went tothe
,home of Henry Farmer and from! . ~
. there made several Terig distance tele. } z
phone calle to Chicago and Kansas, ~
, Clty, The Kansas City, calls were a
_ direct to Verne Miller, - --
| Miller was positively. identified ‘as
‘one of the machine gunners in the
{6laylngs white other evidence pointed .
to Kelly, Bailey and Underhill. -.
Bailey and Kelly were taken ‘in the’ -
" Urachel kidnaping case, and Verne
‘ Miller was alain by Detroit gangsters.
; Wilbur Underhill was wounded fatally - ot ce Ig
i by federal agents and police when hes mo, J ea
| resisted arrest at Shawnee, Ok. -
end Mrs. Farmer and Mre. Nash Wash were
taught shortly after the massacre. 4 .
Today's orders are out that Ga _ Be Ss
the master mind, must be taken dead. . me wi. eet
‘or allve, and Hoover ts determined TT : °
;this will be soon. When this under-
. \world protector ie In custody or in the
morgue the case will be placed on the
, telosed fleas ene ied
ee .
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