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Title
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For Sale: Crypts Next to a KC Legend
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Description
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Brief item reporting the 2006 public sale of crypts in the same mausoleum as that holding the remains of Frank Nash, killed in Kansas City's Union Station Massacre on June 17, 1933. The crypts, located at Linwood Cemetery in Paragould, Arkansas, will be auctioned off as a fundraiser to pay for improvements to the cemetery.
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Date
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2006-07-09
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Union Station Massacre Scene
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1933
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Massacre Resonates 75 Years Later
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Description
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Brief article recounting the Union Station massacre on June 17, 2008, its 75th anniversary. Bureau of Investigation escorts of escaped murderer and bank robber Frank Nash were ambushed in front of Union Station in Kansas City on June 17, 1933. Images included.
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Date
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2008-06-16
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Union Station Massacre
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Description
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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.
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Date
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2002
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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70th Anniversary of the Union Station Massacre
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Description
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Brief article recounting the Union Station Massacre on its 70th anniversary. Bureau of Investigation escorts of escaped murderer and bank robber Frank Nash were ambushed in front of Union Station in Kansas City on June 17, 1933.
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Date
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2003-06
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
