The 1933 kansas city massacre proved a vital turning point in the fbis rise to power in the united states. Im not too sure how historically accurate this movie is, but its a pretty good gangster movie anyway. Hermanson, one of the police officers killed in the kansas city massacre, began in kansas city on june 10, 1935. The sun was shining brightly over kansas city, missouri, on the morning of june 17, 1933. Kansas city city, missouri, united states britannica.
The kansas city massacre was the shootout and murder of four law enforcement officers and a criminal fugitive at the union station railroad depot in kansas city, missouri, on the morning of june 17, 1933. Charles gargotta shot down years later along with charles binnagio on april 06, 1950. The victims were mostly male sex workers, street kids, and drug addicts and the killer knew, after getting away with the first murder, that the police were not quick to solve these crimes involving this often forgotten about population. The massacre, which followed earlier guerrilla warfare activities, on both sides, shocked the nation and became a pivotal event in the bleeding kansas era. Kansas city massacre from true stories from the files of. Based on the union station massacre in corrupt kansas city, where gangsters attacked law enforcement officials in a public shootout while they were trying to transport frank jelly nash back. The kansas city massacre was the shootout and murder of four law enforcement officers and a criminal fugitive at the union station railroad depot in kansas city, missouri on the morning of june 17, 1933. Law enforcement officers were escorting bank robber frank nash back to prison when they were ambushed by. The kansas city massacre 1975 rarefilmm the cave of. Vault home kansas city massacre kansas city massacre part 1 of 93. University of missouri at kansas city school of law and university of missouri at kansas city school of law. The train would arrive at kansas city s union station at 7 a. His trial, predicated on the indictment charging him with the murder of frank e.
Kansas city massacre part 24 of 93 pages250282 view. Speculation has been raised that this may have been due to the race of the victims. This set off a rivalry with proslavery supporters from bordering missouri. Gangsters free one of their colleagues being escorted to prison and kill. Reenactments and interviews shot by dave frederick. The kansas city massacre shocked the american public into a new consciousness of the serious crime problems in the nation. Adam richetti, floyds bankrobbing associate, who was executed for the kansas city massacre, but who insisted he was innocent. A team of hoodlums trying to free a fellow gangster of middling importance caused the bloody morning that brought kansas city national infamy. The union station massacre involved the attempt by charles arthur pretty boy floyd, vernon miller and adam richetti to free millers close friend, frank nash, a. In august of 1933 he and a lieutenant, charles gargotta, survived the famed armour boulevard shootout. Fifth in a series of jess williams westerns a jess williams. Kansas city, city, clay, jackson, and platte counties, western missouri, u. See the full list of kansas city massacre cast and crew including actors, directors. Jan 11, 2020 experience the stories and history that make the 100 years of union station in kansas city a mustsee historical gem in the heart of the cit.
The kansas city massacre was a dark chapter for law enforcement and for the fbi in particularat that time, one of the deadliest attacks on the law the nation had ever seen. Union station in kansas city is reported to be haunted by immigrant spirits and those of the kansas city massacre. On june 17th, the jury returned a verdict of guilty with the recommendation that richetti be given the death penalty and he was sentenced to be hanged. John lazia, kc mafia boss the kansas city massacre, known as the union station massacre to kansas citizens on june 17, 1933 was linked to him. Within a year of the tragedy, congress responded by giving us new tools to fight crimeincluding statutory authority to carry guns and make arrests, both of which have. Kansas city union station kansas city downtown missouri river kansas city missouri haunted america ghost adventures haunted places abandoned buildings city streets. Kansas city 80 years ago these are what this city looked like in old photos. The kansas city massacre tv movie 1975 release info imdb. Shootings in kansas city, honolulu and san antonio kill six people.
The kansas city massacre started with an attempt by a gang led by vernon miller to free frank jelly nash, a federal prisoner with a crime history spanning decades. Dale robertson, bo hopkins, scott brady, matt clark, john karlen, lynn loring, robert walden, elliott street, mills. Kansas city massacre 1975 gman melvin purvis dale robertson stops pretty boy floyd bo hopkins, baby face nelson, alvin karpis and john dillinger. Fifth in a series of jess williams westerns a jess williams western book 5 kindle edition by thomas, robert j download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. In june 1933, a shootout took place at the union station train depot in kansas city mo, as gangsters with machine guns tried to free a prisoner being transported by fbi agents. The kansas city massacre involved the attempt by charles arthur pretty boy floyd, vernon miller and adam richetti to free their friend, frank nash, a federal prisoner. The conflict escalated into the violence known as bleeding kansas. It is the second spinoff of the 1973 film dillinger, following melvin purvis. The destruction of the city of lawrence, kansas, and the massacre of its inhabitants by the rebel guerrillas, august 21, 1863.
During his reign, john lazia provided the gunmen responsible for the kansas city massacre in 1933. With five others, they were convicted of conspiracy to free a federal prisoner, frank jelly nash, in january 1935. Marais des cygnes massacre kansas historical society. Even the restaurant, lazia, was named for the supreme kansas city gang boss of the 20s. At the same time, there were antislavery folks trooping into the kansas city area in western missouri to establish settlements. A mass murder committed in front of union railway station, kansas city, missouri, shocked the american public into a new consciousness of the serious crime problems in the nation. Miller august 25, 1896 november 29, 1933 was a freelance prohibition gunman, bootlegger, bank robber and former sheriff in huron, south dakota, who, as the only identified gunman in the kansas city massacre, was found beaten and strangled to death shortly after the incident. At the time, nash was in the custody of several law enforcement officers who were returning him to the u. The killings that took the lives of four peace officers and their prisoner are now known as the kansas city massacre. Find 232 listings related to video in kansas city on. The attempt to free bank and train robber frank nash from custody resulted in the deaths of four law enforcement officers and their prisoner.
Charles pretty boy floyd see history alleged accomplice in the kansas city massacre adam richetti see history verne milllers friend frank nash see history verne millers fbi photo. Pretty boy floyd and the fbi kindle edition by reynolds jr. What followed became known to the world as the kansas city massacre an illfated escape attempt that resulted in. Verne miller history page south dakota public broadcasting. Law enforcement agencies across the united states chased him without pause, however it is highly possible that floyd had absolutely nothing to do with the incident, which killed three policemen and one fbi agent. Kansas city massacre video cassette the kansas city. Jarvis hunt designed the building in the style of beauxarts and it consists of 850,000 square feet a grand hall that opens to a 95 foot high ceiling. Kansasmissouri border war lawrence massacre and burnt. From the kansas collection of kenneth spencer research library and the department of history of the university of kansas. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. Though floyd denied involvement in the incident, authorities intensified efforts to capture him, and the following year he was gunned down by fbi agents. What was the kansas city massacre and how did it change the fbi forever. The union station massacre tells the story of how a bloody shootout in kansas city in 1933.
Jul 06, 2017 the kansas city massacre also had some unintended victims. Ghost of the kansas city massacre american hauntings. The kansas city massacre is a 1975 american television film about melvin purvis. Located on the missouri river at the confluence with the kansas river, the city is contiguous with kansas city, kansas, forming part of a large urban complex that also includes leavenworth, olathe, overland park, prairie. Includes bibliographic data, information about the author of the ebook, description of the ebook and other if such information is available. Gman in 1974, also directed by dan curtis and starring dale robertson as purvis. 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.
On june 16, 1933, local police and fbi agents arrested frank jelly nash no relation to this writer in hot springs, arkansas. The famed outlaws bonnie parker and clyde barrow and their gang arrived in kansas city just weeks after the shooting, and the publicity and heightened fears from the massacre led to somebody noticing them in their hotel room. The kansas city massacre occurred on the morning of june 17, 1933. Over the weekend, our very own gabe pacheco participated in the marmaton massacre mountain bike race in ft. More from 1938 kansas city kansas city with the russian accent see more. Jason roe is a digital history specialist at the kansas city public library, content manager and editor for the civil war on the western border website, and the author of the librarys popular this week in kansas city history column. Union station made newspaper headlines on june 17, 1933 when the kansas city massacre took place outside of the building. See the full list of kansas city massacre cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. It is a fact not generally known that no complete account of this massacre. Police identify gunman in mass shooting outside kansas city bar. It occurred as part of the attempt by a gang led by vernon miller to free frank jelly nash, a federal prisoner. Verne miller photo gallery south dakota public broadcasting. On june 16, 1933, herbert and esther farmer were involved in the plan which set into motion the kansas city massacre, a pivotal event in depressionera crime. Contributed to documentcloud by neil nakahodo of the kansas city star view document or read text in the meantime, weve decided to seed our own bracket, which you can download.
It is unclear how the assailants knew about nashs arrest and scheduled arrival in kansas city on june 17, but many observers have suspected that kansas city gangster john lazia played a role in the massacre. The kansas city massacre for the history channels tales of the fbi. The lawmen caught the evening train for kansas city. Kansas city shooting leaves at least two dead, 15 injured. The kansas city massacre 1h 39min crime, drama tv movie 19 september 1975 gangsters free one of their colleagues being escorted to prison and kill several fbi agents and local police officers in the attempt. Despite the accusations of limited news coverage of the incident, the wichita eagle commented that four young black people who were murdered only eight days before the wichita massacre received even less media coverage. They blamed the kansas city massacre on both of them, and richetti was executed for the crime. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. The prisoner, frank jelly nash, captured in hot springs, arkansas, also was killed at union station in what became known as the kansas city massacre. Devastated by his arrest, frances nash asked miller for help with freeing her husband.
Seeking protection, he offered to tell the fbi the entire story of the massacre. Private society member party kansas city 25min 720p 5,580,933. Find highquality the kansas city massacre stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. The killings which took the lives of four peace officers and their prisoner, are now known as union station massascre or the the kansas city massacre.
We encourage you to explore the cases were currently investigating and contribute your findings. Before that bloody day in kansas city history, the federal bureau of investigation struggled to assert their authority. On may 19, 1858, proslavery men killed five freestate men and wounded five others in a ravine that is now listed as a national historic landmark. The sounds of machine gun fire interrupted the lives of everyone at union station in kansas city, missouri, that day. This city would ultimately straddle the state line between the two states. The killings which took the lives of four law enforcement officers and their prisoner, are most often remembered as the union station massacre or also as the kansas city massacre. Pages in category crimes in missouri the following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. A mass murder committed in front of a railway station in kansas city, missouri in june 1933 shocked the american public and led to new crime laws. From 1984 to 1988 there was a serial killer loose in the streets of kansas city. Union station is located in kansas city, missouri and was opened october 30, 1914. The victims were mostly male sex workers, street kids, and drug addicts and the killer knew, after getting away with the first murder, that the police were not quick to solve these crimes involving this. In august, a kansas city gangster and known junkie, michael lacapra, turned himself into police after he barely survived an assassination attempt. The depressionera shootout, while important in understanding kansas city s lawlessness in those days, was only a backdrop, not the focus of the film festival. A shootout at kansas citys union station june 17, 1933, occurred when a gang led by vernon miller attempted to free frank jelly nash, a federal prisoner.
The kansasnebraska act of 1854 made kansas a territory whose people would decide whether it was admitted to the union as a slave or free state. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the dodge city massacre. In probably be et lletoloe for some s communication time, a r which he may go to arkansas. Union station massacre mass murder, kansas city, missouri. The great northfield minnesota raid full movie, western, english, entire film free full westerns duration. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the kansas city massacre. Black history facts black history month esther jones pin up vintage black glamour vintage style my black is beautiful before us african american history. The kansas city massacre involved the attempt by three gunman, identified by the fbi as charles arthur pretty boy floyd, vernon miller and adam richetti, to free frank jelly nash, a federal prisoner being returned to the u. Verne miller and the kansas city massacre book in one free pdf file. Charles arthur pretty boy floyd, about 29 years old at the time of the kansas city massacre, had been arrested on numerous occasions, the first by the st. The kansas city massacre on june 17, 1933 in kansas city, missouri would lead to charles arthur floyds death. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The kansas city massacre was the shootout and murder of four law enforcement officers and a. Penitentiary at leavenworth, kansas, from which he had escaped three year.
Outsideunion station, the usual flurry of activity was taking place as people came and went on the arriving and departing trains and crowds milled about, hurrying to catch. Apr 16, 20 im not too sure how historically accurate this movie is, but its a pretty good gangster movie anyway. Union station, kansas city mo in 1933, kansas city was a. Find out the full story in the book true stories from the files of the fbi. A shootout taking place at the union station railroad depot in kansas city, missouri on june 17, 1933, this gun battle occurred when a gang led by vernon miller attempted to free frank jelly nash, a federal prisoner. Oct 01, 2017 the great northfield minnesota raid full movie, western, english, entire film free full westerns duration.
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