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Title
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Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hofman
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Description
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Mr. and Mrs. Hofman, friends who were playing bridge with the Bennetts when Mrs. Bennett shot and killed her husband John G. Bennett on September 29, 1929, in a quarrel over the bridge game. Mrs. Bennett was acquitted. Photo appeared in the "Kansas City Journal-Post," Thursday, February 26, 1931.
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Date
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1931
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Object Type
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Negative
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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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Compilation: Robert C. (Bobby) Greenlease, Jr. Kidnam/Murder Case
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Description
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Three volume compilation of Kansas City Times and Kansas City Star newspaper clippings related to the Robert C. (Bobby) Greenlease, Jr. kidnapping and murder. The individual volumes are labeled: Volume I, September 29-October 31, 1953; Volume II, November 2-December 31, 1953; Volume III, January 8, 1954-Present [2003].
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Date
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1953/2003
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 5: Records and General Data
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Description
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This series contains miscellaneous police records, newspaper clippings, Kansas City Star staff correspondence, and information on various mafia members, including Charles Gargotta and several others listed in Series 2, all suspected of having ties to organized crime, mafia, and mob activity in Kansas City. Loose mug shots were removed and interfiled with Series1-3.
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Date
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1947/1959
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Pursuit of Truth: From Kansas City's Libraries, Alvin Sykes Plotted and Unlikely Course to Civil Rights History
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Description
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Booklet published by the Kansas City Public Library summarizing the community, civil rights, and legal activism of Alvin Sykes. The text covers Sykes' early life and passion for self-education through public libraries. His involvement in the 1980 murder case of jazz musician Steve Harvey at the Liberty Memorial is highlighted. Sykes' pursuit of a federal civil rights violation case against Harvey's accused killer, Raymond Bledsoe, after he was declared not guilty by an all white jury in Jackson County court is covered. Sykes' civil rights and legal activism following Bledsoe's conviction in 1983, including his involvement with the reexamination of the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, is also covered. The booklet contains an introduction by former Kansas City Public Library executive director R. Crosby Kemper III and concludes with a note from Sykes discussing his life's work.
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Date
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2014
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Francis Xavier Aubry
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Description
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Description of the murder of western freighter and postman Francis Aubry (or Francois Aubry) in Santa Fe in 1854 by Major Richard Weightman, "a veteran of the Mexican War, a graduate of West Point and a dashing and brilliant, hot-headed officer, lawyer and publisher."
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Date
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1962-02
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Object Type
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Magazine
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Title
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Myrtle Bennett
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Description
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Mrs. Myrtle Bennett shot and killed her husband John G. Bennett on September 29, 1929, in a quarrel over a bridge game. She was acquitted. This photo sat on the dresser in her apartment and was used in the Journal-Post coverage of the murder and trial. The trial took place in the Criminal Court building, Jackson County, Missouri, February and March of 1931. See page 24, Kansas City Journal-Post, February 27, 1931. This photo was also used in the same paper September 30, 1929, front page, the day after the murder, and again February 22, 1931, front page.
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Object Type
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Photograph
