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Kansas City Massacre — Part 32
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house, but blinds were all closely Grawa;. the Cniat Police wau-iwive tne?
pera) Fasd. this house es. he" Mad ‘learned: that* Pad been rented: té-eny Betray’ 2
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Pens ae as after Tegeiving the above 1a fornetion, . at ra ees $9, ra S the i
Pisce imbetiately.’ "the party’ ot orticers was divides into two sauate: Sas,
under the irectionor Nighs Chief. of Police Frank Bryant end ‘eonetating'¢
i Deputy Shoritrs Kets, ddans, Kerr and Catrony” ad Agents Bdgar,’ Bitch and
“e Franklin, was detailed to cover the front of the house 86 aa to" direct ‘ny
-" possible fire in a horthwesterly
- consisting of Agents Prank Snith, “Deadort ek
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direction, while the squad led by the ‘writer
Firat rven and Bryce, took the reer of" tha house (from & position ‘ac}-that pur?
;2£ ire “would bein a” southtesterly direction! thie’ avoiding the, possibility.of
any of the*possé being Injured, by cross-fitg, TR was-considered that’ eereag:’
"by th® inmates would probably be made to the rear Inasm
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“or Oper “approaching near thé Peer of the hoiies,’a dog ‘beget “berking
ty jously, which hastened our ‘epproach for fear ‘the noise would ‘alerm’the
vo) dnmates, Upon’ erriy ing at the rear of the house all the rear blinis wéreap
"and Underhil} was plainiy see near ong ‘Df the back windéws in the brightiy 3:
lighted roon, @ressed only in a long ‘anion ‘ait, The writer lur$ 1%
rushed immediately right up to tho “windows end Hurt, shouted, throw sts
“e' Up your hands! This és t ‘ t
iv" guddenly whirled to pick up his gune, af which time Hurt i ji Yat Fee
0 Pia witie tear gaa gan and the writer fi ointbiank et hin ‘three times ?*: t
., With a Thanpson na ; . Immediately falling to the floor. the 4
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Se” Reg crawled out the front door on his hands and knees, having been shot through .
. the shoulder with a machine gun, A women, Eva Mas Nichols, who hed been in beg
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