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Kansas City Massacre — Part 28
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thot he not imaedictely leave inczsmuch as Bobb; Moore wes then leaving
the evartzent. igent Suith further states that cbout five minutes after
thet time it was felt thet he should not leave the apartnuent iméismuch es
itiller might be emerging at eny moment. However, it was finelly ceciaed
th:t he should proceed deovmstairs. He claims thet he proceeded to the elevator
ena took the sane to the first floor and then proceeded out of the Sheridan
Fo:d entrence to the apartuent, tuming right on Sheriden Road to Gelt
évenue there he expected to find égents Lockerman snd Rice; thzt he crossed
Galt Avenue, proceeded dot the north side looking for these Agents and thet
imiedietel; he turned into Galt «venue he observed the Auburn convertible
coupe of Bobby Uoore parked in front of the Galt évenue entrence; thet sczecne
wes sounding the horn and thet imacdiately a men was seen to emerge fron
behing two parkec cars end get into the cutomobile; that he ulso observed
Sergesnt Freenuth, agent Nichols and Sergeant Kempster coming out of the
apertnent. He sev Nichols rumning on the sidewelk to & position opposite
the froat of the Bobby lioore car, point his pistol et the occuyents and yell
to thei to halt; thet Bobby jioore imnedietely scresmed and the cer sterted;
tact he, zgent Sith, heard severei shcts evidently fired by iiiller and
&lso cbserved that Nichols fired several shots at the cer. He also observed
Sergeant Treenuth fire several shots vith his pistol end Sergeant Xempster
endeavored to imiediately open fire vith his machine gun, which wes deleyed
erocrently due to peoole being on both sides of the street and, further,
because of 2 man alighting from a car perked directly in the line of fire.
Tae set-up et the tine thet Vere Liiller energed from apert—
acnt 2ll tes as follows:
Agent iiotesteen anc irs. Rogers were in the kitchenette. «agents
Mecala, Nichols end hezting anc. Sergeents Freenuth,. Curtin end Kempster vere
at the door of roon 207. agent Guinene stated he had just left the group
of zgents «t the door to proceed into the kitchenette at the tine the
identificetion wes mede., Apparently the only outside guards were éigents
Lockermen éna Fice, who were in é cer perked on the opposite sice of the
street con Gait Avenue enc the Lgents with police officers in en cdjoining
a pcurtz.ent watching the fire escape. There wes no one on Sheridan Roed
excepting thet jgent WW. 4. Suith had been sent by égent Guincne to the
Sheridan foad entrance imnediately pricr to the tine thet iiiller stepped
out of cpartment 211.
The cer of agents Leckerman and Rice was perked in = cirection
just opposite to thet in which Bobb; Hoore's car was headed. Right here I
think it should be observed that ordinary precsution should heve prompted
the parking of & car by the Agents or police officers scuevhere in the vicinity
feced in the direction thich 4 cer would normally teke in driving up to the
entrance on Galt Avenue. I believe this is one of the very bad errors which
occurred as then the cér drove off with :tiller there wes no one to follor
him and, as it tured out, the car wes only able to drive taree blocks then
Miller had to cbandon it end if he had been followed he coulé hive been
taken at the tine cf cbenconing the car.
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