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Kansas City Massacre — Part 3
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at Kunena City, Missourl, and requested that they be net, Acoordingly, I
telephoned Special agent Re Je Caffrey at him residence and asked hin if
he desired to neet the party at the Union Station on the 17th with Agent
Vetterii, He ws very anxious to do #0, I also telephoned te polfce head-
quarters end made arrangments to have the ¢wo men in charge of the "het.
shot" or rict car, to be at Union Sietion, and on the morning of June 17th,
Agent Vettcrii arrived at the station at about 6:30 P, i, and rece gilt~-
able arrancenonts with the Station Master so thnt the officers could go
down to the train ani meet the agents with Frenk Kash, as the train ome
ing A fow minutes theroefter, Specinl Agent Caffray eppé:red, be did city .
Officers ifcrrnansen and Groums, in eharge of the riot ear, _ Ne were om the
station platform when the trein pulled in from Fort antth, Arkensas, and
Special Agent Lackey first cane out cf the trein to lock the situation over.
Z also carefully looked over the situntion and i¢ appeared ¢has everything
was quiot. Jeeordin:ly, Frank Kash was brouckt out of the stateroa: in
the train and bis wrists were hmdouffed, but he wis not hantouffed to any-
ons @so. We then procecded up the stens to the station, it having been
Gecidod that instecd of miiting one hour at the Union Station for the train
to pall ont for Leavenworth, Kanses, to return Prenk Nash, there being an
hour's lay-over in the schedule, that Frank Kash would be placed in the cet
|. @ar of Special agent Oaffrey, accompanied by Special Agents Gaffrey, Lackay, ; .
, Smith, and Chief of Police reed, and that the car wuld be followed $0 N /
Leavenworth by Agent Vetterli in his personal car end by the two eity
. detectives, Everything appeared to be quiet in the station. Looking the
sitmtion over outside of the station before moving to Special agent Cafe
froy's ear, which ms direotly. in front of the esst entranme of the station,
everything appeared to be quiet, there being no unususl activity, and nothing
; et all to arouse suspician, We tnmediately proceeded in a fon-1ike procession
to the ear ef Special Agent Caffrey, | . Oo .
Yrenk ash was placed in the middle of the beck seat, with chief
Reed pf kcAlester. on one side end Special Agent F, J, Lackey on the other
side. It ms imw lately decided, however, that it would be better policy
“ $ glace Frark Kagh te the right of the driver of the car ani hove all hime
officers in the bssk te watch him, ani eceardingly, Syecilal Agent F, Se Sith —
@ook the place of Freak Mush in the back ef the ear. YFrenk Nash me then
Suntec in the drivar’s seat, and Special agent B. J, Ceffrey hat started
around ths frant of his oar to tke bis place under the wheel, and had not -
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