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Title: Kansas City Crime Central
Description: This 232-page book details crimes and criminals in Kansas City area from Union Station Massacre and Bonnie and Clyde to the more recent Ali Kemp and Erica Gree (Precious Doe).
Date: 2010
Object Type: Book

Title: Operation Concern
Description: File contains one newspaper article from The Kansas City Times, August 31, 1965, titled Ministers Ask a City Cleanup, by John T. Dauner. It describes the new minister-led organization, Operation Concern, which was designed to improve the community and reduce Negro tensions on the East Side.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Our Criminal Past
Description: Four excerpts from a new book by Monroe Dodd, "Kansas City Crime Central," that "surveys more than 30 of the metro area's most compelling crimes dating from the Civil War into the 21st century." The four are "The Unresolved Murder of Jo Ellen Weigel;" "By Coincidence the Sheriff Comes upon a Gangland Hit and Ends Matters His Way (August 11, 1933, Sheriff of Jackson County Tom Bash kills two hit men and arrests another);" "'I Don't Feel Anything,' Said the Young Man who Killed His Mother, Father and Sister" (18-year old Lowell Lee Andrews kills his parents and sister in 1958); and "A Cop Shot Dead, and Innocent Man Lynched" (Levi Harrington, an innocent man, lynched in 1882, "the victim of Kansas City's only recorded lynching").
Date: 2010-10-17
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Haven? Cops, Residents find Waldo, Brookside Safe
Description: The Waldo and Brookside neighborhoods, bounded roughly "by 47th Street on the north, 95th Street on the south, State Line Road on the west, and Blue Ridge Road on the east," are generally low-crime areas. This is attributed to the "tight knit" nature of the neighborhoods and the Community Police Action Co-op.
Date: 2008-09-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: The Murder of Leila Adele Welsh
Description: Part 2 of the mysterious and brutal murder of a popular young woman in 1941.
Date: 1979-04
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: 1904
Description: First in a four-part series of historical fiction set in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1904 and focusing upon a murder investigation carried out by the city's first African-American police officer Lafayette Tillman. James and Thomas Pendergast and other figures from Kansas City history make appearances throughout the story. The final installment includes a section that explains how historical information was used to create the story.
Date: 2014-11-30
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Robert Van Lewing
Description: Photos and information on Robert Van Lewing, a 45-year-old fugitive on the 10 most wanted list of the F. B. I. (Federal Bureau of Investigations) in 1967 working as a painter in Kansas City "under the name of John Shelley" with residence at 3027 Troost Avenue. "[W]anted in the $31,493 robbery October 28, 1965, of the Northeast National bank of Houston."
Date: 1967-02-06
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Scene of Triple Killing
Description: Looking west toward Troost Avenue from the southeast corner of Armour Boulevard and Forest Avenue. The scene is part of investigation that took place following the August 12, 1933, murder of bootlegger Ferris Anthon by mobster Charles (Mad Dog) Gargotta and others. Sheriff Tom Bash killed to gangsters during the exchange.
Date: 1933-08-12
Object Type: Negative

Title: Scene of Triple Killing
Description: View looking northwest from the southeast corner of Armour Boulevard and Forest Avenue. The scene is part of investigation that took place following the August 12, 1933, murder of bootlegger Ferris Anthon by mobster Charles (Mad Dog) Gargotta and others. Sheriff Tom Bash killed to gangsters during the exchange.
Date: 1933-08-12
Object Type: Negative

Title: Murder Scene, Crowd Surrounding a Car
Description: Crowd gathered around a Buick automobile on Armour Boulevard. The car belonged to mobster Gus 'Steinie" Fasone and was the intended getaway vehicle following the murder of bootlegger Ferris Anthon by Charles Gargotta and accomplices. Fasone and fellow gangster Sam Scola were killed in the exhange by Sheriff Tom Bash. The picture was taken after the bodies were removed.
Date: 1933-08-12
Object Type: Negative

Title: Murder Scene, Crowd Surrounding an Automobile
Description: Large crowd surrounding a car at Armour Blvd and Forest. The car belonged to mobster Gus 'Steinie" Fasone and was the intended getaway vehicle following the murder of bootlegger Ferris Anthon by Charles Gargotta and accomplices. Fasone and fellow gangster Sam "Hog" Scola were killed in the exhange by Sheriff Tom Bash. Scola's body is slumped over the steering wheel.
Date: 1933-04-12
Object Type: Negative

Title: Miscellaneous Unsolved Murder Cases
Description: A collection of photocopied newspaper articles from the Kansas City Star and Kansas City Times detailing various unsolved murders. Each article is annotated with its date and source of publication. Includes Sabrina Rae Herron, Hazel Hardesty, Louie Cuccia, Mike Licausi, Fred Renegar, Webster Kemner, Wolf Rimann, Jimmy Maroon, Nick Penna, Burt Lovejoy, Louis Olivero, Clara Ebert, Leroy Crist, and Mary Bono.
Date: 1911/1973
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Dead Woman's Body
Description: Image of two photographs that together depict a woman lying in bed with a large wound to her head and a shotgun resting by her legs. Appears to be a suicide victim.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Mercantile Trust Company Robbery
Description: Bank employee L.G. Bickford posing behind a teller window at the Mercantile Trust Company at 14th and Grand Avenue. The scene is part of investigation that took place after an attempted robbery on February 8, 1932. KCPD detective Oliver Carpenter was shot and killed while interrupting the robbery.
Date: 1932-02-08
Object Type: Negative

Title: Mercantile Trust Company Robbery
Description: Unidentified detectives inside the Mercantile Trust Company at 14th Street amd Grand Avenue; one of the men kneeling, looking toward the floor. The scene is part of investigation that took place after an attempted robbery on February 8, 1932. KCPD detective Oliver Carpenter was shot and killed while interrupting the robbery.
Date: 1932-02-08
Object Type: Negative

Title: Mercantile Trust Company Robbery
Description: Rear view of an unmarked police car damaged by bullet holes. The scene is part of investigation that took place after an attempted robbery at the Mercantile Trust Company on February 8, 1932. KCPD detective Oliver Carpenter was shot and killed while interrupting the robbery; Detective Edward Young was also injured in the exchange.
Date: 1932-02-08
Object Type: Negative

Title: Detective Charles Fredericks
Description: Detective Charles Fredericks holding a shotgun. The scene is part of investigation that took place after an attempted robbery at the Mercantile Trust Company on February 8, 1932. KCPD detective Oliver Carpenter was shot and killed while interrupting the robbery. The shotgun pictured was damaged by one of the suspect's bullets.
Date: 1932-02-08
Object Type: Negative

Title: Mercantile Trust Company Robbery
Description: Close-up view of an unmarked police car with three bullet holes in the windshield. The scene is part of investigation that took place after an attempted robbery at the Mercantile Trust Company (14th & Grand) on February 8, 1932. KCPD detective Oliver Carpenter was shot and killed while interrupting the robbery; Detective Edward Young was also injured in the exchange.
Date: 1932-02-08
Object Type: Negative

Title: Miscellaneous Murder Cases, Missouri and Kansas
Description: A collection of photocopied newspaper clippings from the Kansas City Star and Kansas City Times detailing various murders, largely in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Names involved include Terri Allen, Phyllis Dove, Janelle Duffield, Patricia Jeschke, Matt Jones, Brian Mann, Erroll Miller, Daniel Null, Susan Soutee, Ed Schneider, James Potter, Nancy Sexton, Sabrina Herron, Linda Osserman, Linda Lambert, etc.
Date: 1981/1984
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: ''Precious Doe'' (Erica Green) Murder Case
Description: A collection of photocopied newspaper articles pertaining to the murder of Erica Michelle Maria Green, a child previously known only as "Precious Doe." Erica Green's unidentified, decapitated body was discovered April 28, 2001, in a wooded area near 59th and Kensington, setting off a nationwide search for information about her identity and killers.
Date: 2005/
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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