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DEATH DEALING MACHINE GUNS The boldest defiance of law-enforcers took place June 17, 1933, while Detectives Grooms and Herman- son'of the K. C. Police and Federal Agents Vetterle and Caffery re-enforced Chief Reed of McAlester, Oklahoma and Federal Agents Smith and Lackey who were bringing FRANK NASH, an Oklahoma Train robber back to Leavenworth from which he had es- KANSAS CITY MASSACRE caped. The seven officers surrounded Nash outside of the Union Station. Friends of Nash had enlisted the aid of CHAS. (Pretty Boy) FLOYD, already notorious as a killer, VERNE C. MILLER, ex-convict and gun- man and other aids. Floyd and Miller, coming from two directions with machine guns, boldly ran toward the car in which Nash was held prisoner shouting to the officers "Up! Up! Put 'em up." Detective Grooms fred, wounding Floyd, who yelled "Let 'em have it," instantly killing Detective Grooms, Caffery, Hermanson and Chief Reed who lay scattered in the street. Prisoner Nash, seated in the car, was killed. The gangsters got away during the excitement. VERNE MILLER'S body was found Nov. 20, 1933, nude, almost unrecognizable on a highway near De- troit. A Chicago Liquor Lord who was found dead, supposedly was killed by Miller, and Police records charge his death to this claim. PRETTY BOY FLOYD was shot to death by Fed- eral and County Officers Oct. 22, 1934. 14