RAYMOND J CAFFREY

RAYMOND J CAFFREY Update officers information and/or submit photo of officer
Officer Rank: Special Agent
Memorial Panel: 49-W: 13
Department: Federal Bureau of Investigation
End of Watch: June 17, 1933
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Agent Caffrey was killed in an ambush while returning escapee Frank Nash, back to Leavenworth Penitentiary. Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, Adam Richetti and Vernon Miller opened fire on the lawmen, killing four and wounding three. Chief Otto H. Reed, Detective William J. Grooms, & Detective Frank E. Hermanson were killed in this incident which became known as the Kansas City or Union Station Massacre. FBI Agents Frank Smith, Joseph Lackey and R. E. Vetterli were wounded but survived. Frank Nash was also killed. Vernon Miller?s body was found, beaten and mutilated by gangsters. Adam Richetti was found guilty on four counts of murder and executed. Pretty Boy Floyd was killed in a shoot-out with FBI agents a year later.
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