The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-10
By ROBERT TALLEY
vra serv,ce Staff Correspondent

Lindbergh baby, which shocked the nation as no crime ever had shocked 1t before and brought widespread clamor for action.
 Second was the Kansas City union station massacre last June I7, in which gangland roared a machine gun challenge to Uncle Sam, with the murder of four ofii- cers, one of them q federal agent. Two other federal officers were wounded and q federal prisoner, whom the gang was trying to res- cue from the~law, was killed acci- dentally.
 Ringleader is Convicted
 The war between the govern- ment and organized crime was on in earnest then, and 1t has con- tinued ever since. Today, the al- legged ringleader and chief ma chine gunner of that massacre --- Harvey Bailey, the most danger ous criminal alive"--stands con- victed of a sensational Kidnapping, several of his aides have been found guilty and others will face trial soon.
 Still at large. however, and lead ing federal officers q will-o'-the- wisp chase over the country, is the alleged second machine gunner. Verne Miller, former South Dakota sheriff who turned crim. inal.
 Not only because of the merci- less horror with which wholesa le murder was perpetuated, but be- cause 1t was 6 brazen challenge to the federal government on the part of the underworld, the Kansas City massacre stands out above other crimes. The story of what happened reads like . fiction thriller.
 Some time before, Frank Nash. a mall robber and member of Ball ey's gang of outlaws, had escaped from the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan. Nash fled to Hot Springs, Ark, where he grew q mustache, purchased Q wig to : cover his bald head as . further 7 disguise, and posed as respect able" gambler around Hot Springs . resorts.
 {. Caught in Speakeasy ], Federal officers trailed Nash 7 there, surprised him as he wai , drinking q bottle of beer in q |. speakeasy. snatched off his wig tc , cinch their Identification, and placed him under arrest. !. Immediately. as federal officers !, subsequently discovered, Mrs Fran !. ces Nash, wife of the prisoner, 2 telephoned friends ip Chicago. The latter telephoned fn underworld |, friends of Bailey and Miller at , Kansas City and in this way ' Bailey and Miller were informed that the officers and their prisoner would arrive at the Kansas City Union station the following morn. ing.
 There, they were to enter an auto for the short drive to Leaven. worth.
 Original plans of the Bailey-Mii. { Ter gang, federal officers since have : learned, called for the outlaws te Intercept the auto op the high. way to Leavenworth' and effect Nash's release there. But these plans seem to have miscarried, fol some unknown reason, and Nasf died at the hands of his pals who were trying to free him.
 Five Men are Slain
 Five minutes after the train ar rived, the plaza of Kansas City, Union station became an arena O horror, as eight men were am pushed with machine guns and fiv, of them killed outright in e brie but murderous burst of Are.
 The officers escorting Nash, re inforced by Kansas City police who met them at the train. barel! had crossed the station plaza ant entered q waiting auto when ma chine guns roared from another car. parked nearby.
 When the smoke cleared, Ray mond J. Caffery, special agent O the U. s. department of Justice was dead. So were otto Reed, DO lice chief of McAlester, okla, whs was accompanying Caffery, ant City Detectives Frank Hermanson and W. J. Grooms of Kansas City Sprawjed on the front seat of tn, auto was Frank Nash, killed by hi pals. who had tried to rescue him
 Badly wounded was Specia Agent Y. J. Lackey of the depart. ment of justice. Slightly wounded was Special Agent R. D. Vetterli