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Lawman to Outlaw: Verne Miller and the Kansas City Massacre
Lawman to Outlaw Verne Miller and the Kansas City Massacre Author:Brad Smith On June 17, 1933, thirty seconds of gunfire covered the parking lot of Kansas City's Union Station with blood and bodies. To a nation reeling from depression and a decade of prohibition-fueled gang violence, the "Kansas City Massacre" was one outrage too many. Congress empowered J. Edgar Hoover and his G-Men to find and punish the enigmatic form... more »er sheriff turned outlaw, Verne Miller, who was responsible for the slaughter. The book tells a story of the paradoxical life of Verne Miller, of his mysterious death, and, for the first time, the story of Vi Mathis, Verne's beautiful and devoted lover.« less