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Kansas City Massacre — Part 10
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wie OPE OF eit reference. to the: reference ‘Letter ot the Kenses city ore “age >
; ‘thee ‘addressed to the Chicego Office, the writer contacted Chief of Detectives -
Robert Kaiser in an effort to ascertain the identity of John Huber and one -.: me ee
", Miller, who provides the. cosh. as seourity for the . bond | ft Mize 1 Urban: ate, ey Ee
mea eoariae a ‘ “Gulet Kaleor stated thet on June 11, 1955 hie office arrested
Wine ‘Urban at Clayton, Missouri as a fugitive fram justice fran Summit; - Bie, -
: where Urban was wanted for a bank robbery; thet at the tim of the arrest |;
‘Urban wae in possession of # Ghevrolet Qoach, bearing Dlinois 195 Licence"
#665~875; that he immediately contacted the United States Post Office Inspector’
to ascertain if Urban were wanted by the Government bythe Post Office In-
epector was unable to secure ae fugitive compleint and warrant, due to the fact
. that an original complaint gnd warrant had not been issued at Chicago, Tllincis
“and therefore Urben was arraigned in’ the State Court as a fugitive from summit,"
Illinois and for an extradition hearing, this erraignment being on June 135,564.
1953; that on the last mentioned date Urban appeared in the State Court and = _
fought extradition and his bond was thereupon fized at $10,000.00 returnable’
June 27, 1035, which bond Urben executed and was released end the bond has deen .
continued from time to ? ime, the last date ede Tired for the month of Angust,
re me ns Chief Kaiser further stated that Thomas te hove, - Ste Louds *,
attorney, represented Urban and during the negotiations for Urben’s Sere igmant
" om the extradition hearing, attorney Rowe etated that Urban wae to surrender '.-:~.
et Des Moines, Towe. on Bis appeal dond, this statement of Mr, Rowe being nats
on June 12 or 13, 1953 and. was prior to the Kanmo City shoot ings Chief “
Kafser was of the opinion that Urban surrendered at Des Moines in order that
bie appeal dond would not be forfeited and in order to best the Semit, Ti-
pois *rap*, and others, as by the time he was released on. the Des Hines charge -
te the other < cases would be "too cold", ad, ar % ve
aa mre, ype With reference ‘to ‘the Mdonti $y of John Huber end Miller, Chief. ---
Kaiser stated that apparently Miller is Jamea #, Willer, a justice of the peace vo
. ,. OF tho 6th district, and residing at 1442 Cass Aves; that he has known Miller’ -
7" for about SO years; that Miller fomerly operated a saloon -in ‘pre-prohibition,
_ Gays in the vicinity of 14th ani Cass, which wes a hangout for criminals and ©:
‘c. QUestionable characters; thet, however, Miller had not been in.eny trouble with -
the police or other law enforcement officials, and that et any time the pors ®. 0: -
Cepartment desired the arrest of any person hanging out et Miller's ‘place,’ 22."
1¢ was only necessary to call Miller and he would bring the desired person te”
the poliee station; that after prohibition Miller 41d nothing that ne ae of -
and later engaged in politics, being at the present time a wan bo nda.
politician; thet in hie opinion Miller was the contect man for the eler oe
and Miller gang and provided their bonds, the gang being his henchmen and
political strong-arm men,
With reference to John Huber, Chief stated that thie man ie
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