View of the front of Union Station in Kansas City immediately following the Union Station Massacre. Identification on back reads: At right is the automobile of Raymond J. Caffrey, federal officer who conducted Frank Nash to Union Station, at Kansas City, Mo., where he and three other officers as well as Nash, the convict, were slain when gangsters attempted to wrest the prisoner from the officers. Between the cars may be seen two of the officers who were slain in the shooting and behind the wheel of Caffrey's car the head of the slain Nash. Sent bureaus, Hearst papers and fast mail. (Inter) Further identification reads 5-3-94, information from family of the Brocks (Mrs. Dorothy A. Chamblin) men between cars, West side - Ben Brock, east side - Tom Brock, man on ground Bill Grooms.
View looking north from the grounds of the Liberty Memorial of Union Station with the Kansas City skyline in the background. Several cars in the stations lot can be seen.
A short, detailed account of the Union Station Massacre on June 17, 1933, with photos from the private library of Hugh Chase, police department historian.
Part one in a two-part series of articles about the Union Station Massacre in 1933, with photos and "Thumbnail Sketches of Union Station Massacre Cast," including Adam Richetti, Frank Nash, Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, or Pretty Boy Floyd, et al.
Article describing the efforts of Senator Thomas Eagleton and Mayor Charles B. Wheeler, among others, towards "restoration of the Union Station and the development of a major science museum within the great hall, federal office space in the wings of that building and a new IRS facility to be constructed on land adjoining the station."
Article about the importance of the Union Station Massacre in 1933, involving such criminals as Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, or Pretty Boy Floyd, and in the growth of the Federal Bureau of Investigations under J. Edgar Hoover.
Short article about the favorable proposition to use the "land directly to the south of the new Union Station ... for park purposes," and "that ample traffic ways to the east and to the west from the station should be provided," with a photo of Union Station.
Article reports the opening to pedestrian traffic of a bridge linking Union Station to the Freight House District directly to its north. The pedestrian bridge, incorporating an historic 1892 steel-truss bridge once located elsewhere in Kansas City, will allow visitors to Crossroads and Freight House area restaurants and attractions to park in Union Station's large lot and take a shortcut across the railroad tracks.
Because of recent deficits, Union Station management has announced cuts in staffing and hours. These cuts are meant to save $2.5 million over the next year. Management is looking at buying a collection of antique railroad cars as well as developing a paleontology lab inside of Science City.
Street level view believed to be looking south probably on Main Street by Union Station area or Signboard Hill area. Identified as “Cut through the rocks near Union Stationâ€.
View facing south that captures the downtown Kansas City, Missouri, skyline. Union Station, the Fidelity National Bank Building, the Southwestern Bell Telephone Building, the Jackson County Courthouse, City Hall, the Richard Bolling Federal Building, and other downtown buildings can be seen.