Victim
Frank Nash
- Born
- 6 February 1887
- Died
- 17 June 1933, aged about 46
- Record
- Wikidata Q5488619 · Wikipedia
Victim in The Kansas City Massacre
Escaped federal prisoner being returned to Leavenworth; killed in the car he was supposed to be rescued from.
1933–1938 · Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri · Disputed verdict
Thirty seconds outside Union Station in June 1933 left four lawmen and their prisoner dead. The FBI blamed Pretty Boy Floyd. Historians are still arguing. Read the case.
Dated events
Frank Nash escapes from the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas.
Two federal agents and Chief Otto Reed arrest Nash in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and take the overnight train north from Fort Smith.
Gunmen open fire outside Union Station, killing four lawmen and Nash.