The Washington times., 1933-09-04
BAILEY CALLED
THE KING Of
CRIMINALS
Social Outlaw Kept Career
Hidden for Years; Arrest
DisCIoses His Activities


KANSAS CITY. Mo. Sept. 4
G.N.SD. Harvey Bailey, who
escaped from jail in Dallas early
today, is classed by police and
Federal officers here as perhaps
the most dangerous criminal in
the country.
Successful for many years in
hiding his criminal career from
the world, it was not until his
accidental arrest on a golf course
here a year ago that his criminal
activities, reaching back to the
days of Fred CKiller"D Burke in
Chicago, became known.
Reign of Terror
Escaping from the Kansas
State prison at Lansing last Me-
mortal Day. he and his 10 COM
panions spread q reign Of terror
throughout the Middle West.
Several slayingS and bank rob
berries have been credited by Off.
GERS to their account. but the
most notorious crimes with which
Bailey was connected were the
Union Station massacre Of four
officers and their prisoners here
last June and the ransom kid
naping of Charles F. Urschel.
millionaire Oklahoma City oil
man. a short time after the Union
Station massacre.
Bailey had been indicted BY
Federal grand juries in connec'
ton with both the Kansas City
massacre and the Urschel kidnap'
ing. He was scheduled to have
been taken to Oklahoma City
within short time to stand trial
there in connection with the kid
naping.
His indictment in connection
with the Union Station massacre
here was returned only last Fri
day night. 1t contained two
counts, charging Bailey and 10
others to assist a Federal prisoner
to escape from duly authorized Of
ficers and conspiring together to
conceal an escaped Federal prls'
oner.
Manned a Gun
He had not been indicted by
the State of Missouri for the
actual murder Of the five men,
but the prosecutors Office mere
was gathering it's evidence pre-
paratory to submitting the case
to the grand jury.
Bailey was one Of the men
named by the U. s. district at
torney's office here as one OF tne
two men who actually manned
machine guns during the Union
Station battle. Verne Miller, d
former officer and later Chl-
cago gangster, was the oIllef
machine gunner named.
Bailey was coleader with WI,
bur Underhill. also an escaped
kansas convict. of the notorious
Bailey -Underhill bang. Balley,s
first arrest occurred on gol1
course here in July, 1882 ouC al
that time he was not known 70
have been a criminal. OFFICERS
who arrested him were searching
for another man.
Escaped With 10
bond found in his pocket
and which he was unable to ex-
,loir satisfactorily resulted IN
his being detained and later IN
his trial at Fort Scott, kanS''
for bank robbery. He was con,
victed of the Fort Scott ROBBERY
and sentenced to from 10 TO oO
years in the state prison.
He served less than a year OF
his sentence when he and ~
other prisoners oVerpoWered
guards during a ball game IaSV
Memorial Day and escaped.
It was during his bank ROBBERY
trial at Fort Scott that his criml'
nal career became known. Wnlle
on the witness stand he was loen'
tilted as one of the thug gang
that staged the $4,000 900 ROBBERY
of the bank and trust company at
Lincoln. Neb., in September. 1880.
Helped Hide Burke
It also developed during his
trial that he was a former asso,
ciate of Fred Burke, the suspected
machine gunman in the st. Val
entine Day massacre in Chicago.
Bailey came to Burke's rescue
when the hunt for the latter be"
came too hot and provided him
with a refuge in northern MIS-.
souri,. Burke was making that
section his headquarters when he
was identified by an amateur de-
tective and arrested.
Buy in September and Buy Americas