Evening star., 1933-08-15
.URSHEL CLEANUP
KIDNAPPING Blow
Arrest of Bailey, Desperate
Gunman, Hailed by U. S.
Officials.
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body Of American people, is superior to
the mind, ingenuity and resources OF
the Nation. The Department of Justice
will neither temporize nor equivocate in
attacking this problem"
Attorney General Cummings ex-
pressed belief that Bailey. an escaped
Kansas Penitentiary convict, was the
leader of one Of the country's most
dangerous criminal gangs.
Cummings said Bailey had been iden
tifled as an operator of machine gun
In the slayings at Kansas City. The
slaughter resulted when gangsters at
tempted to free Frank Nash, fugitive
convict, while he was being returned
to prison, only to kill him accidentally
in the hail OF bullets that moved down
four officers, including an agent OF the
Department of Justice.
Bailey Held In Dallas.
Bailey. taken at lonely farm cabin
near Paradise, in North Texas, and the
four others arrested there, were being
held here for probable early return
to Oklahoma City.
Bailey was captured Saturday, but
news of his arrest was withheld until
Monday in the hope other members
of his gang might return to the rem
devious. Federal operatives. aided by
local officers, surprised him. They said
they found marked money that had
been paid to effect the safe return of
the oil operator.
UrscheI went with the Federal agents
to the lonely cabin and there identified
it thoroughly, even to finger prints.
Stanley emphasized particularly the
fact the Justice Department had been
enabled to move SO swiftly and surely
in the Urschei kidnapping because it
had quick information.
This, 1 believe. proves that when
the laW-enforcement authorities receive
the corporation of the families in such
cases, together with the very excellent
which was extended in this particular
Wanted in Dozen States.
The thoroughness of the Justice
agents work at Paradise was seen in
the fact they knew every inch Of
ground about the cabin and had every
possible bit of -informa ton of value. A
shabby garage where Urschel was Kept
was identified by the Oil man; there
was a rickety cot where he had slept.
At Denver Detective Capt William
Armstrong said Bates was wanted in a
dozen States for bank robberies and
hold-upS and, the captain added. we
were getting ready to fight about a
dozen States that are going to demand
that Bates be turned over to them
We want TO send him to prison for life
for Colorado robbery"
Police today announced they found
marked ransom money, paid for
Urschel's release on Bates
The Dallas Jail in which Bailey was
held was manned with extra guards
IDENTIFIED AS GUNMEN.
Bailey and Miller Named As Killers
In Kansas City Massacre.
KANSAS CITY. August IS P,.-
William l.. Vandeventer. United States
district attorney. said today that Harvey
Bailey, under arrest at Dallas, and
Verne c. Miller fugitive, have been
identified positively as the machine
gunnerS who killed four officers and
Frank Nash. Federal convict, at the
Union Station Plaza June IT.
Wilbur Underhill also fugitive was
named by Mr. Vandeventer as another
OF the gangsters at the scene. but the
district attorney did not say whether
he fired on the officers
E Bailey, Vandeventer said probably
will be returned to the Kansas Peni-
tentiary where he escaped Memorial
day. until the Government can COM
plete its case in the Plaza slaughter,
and turn the entire evidence over to
the State of Missouri for prosecution
on a murder charge.
Miller formerly was sheriff at Huron,
S D. Bailey and Underhill led the
Kansas Prison break in which IL con-
victs escaped by kidnapping the war
den and two guards
WON'T TURN OVER BATES.