William J. Grooms

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="02c285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sustik and Richetti Family History</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sustik and Richetti Family History"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="02ad2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <IMG SRC="46369960.jpg" border=0 width="105" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> William J Grooms</div> <div> Jan 19,1904 - June 17, 1933</div> <div> <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Trial of the Kansas City Massacre">Back to the Trial</A></div> <div> Officers of the law who died at Union Station</div> <div> <A HREF="grant_v_schroder.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Grant V. Schroder">Grant V. Schroder</A></div> <div> <A HREF="otto_reed.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Otto Reed">Otto Reed</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id176.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Raymond J. Caffrey"> Raymond J. Caffrey</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id175.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Frank Hermanson">Frank Hermanson</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Family History The Beginning">Sustik and Richetti Histor</A>y</div> <div> <A HREF="id107.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FBI Files and Records">FBI Survielance on the Sustiks and Richettis</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Story">My Story</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fred H. Sustik">My Father's Story</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Trial of the Kansas City Massacre">The Trial of Adam Richetti and the Kansas City Massacre</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eva Richetti">Eva Richetti's Story</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id137.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rose and Beulah Baird">Rose and Juanita Baird</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Charles Pretty Boy Floyd">Charles Pretty Boy Floyd</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Verne and Vi Mathis">Verne Miller & Vi Mathis</A></div> <div> <A HREF="robert_unger_interview.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Robert Unger Interview">Robert Unger Interview</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id173.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="John Lazia">The Kansas City Connection</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="References and Links">References and Links</A></div> <bR> <div> Send your questions or comments to:  <A HREF="mailto: fsustik@hotmail.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto: fsustik@hotmail.com">fsustik@hotmail.com</A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="13f2acc3.jpg"> <div> <I>William J. Grooms</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="470e8b30.jpg" border=0 width="232" height="179" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>On </B><B>June 17, 1933</B><B>, Detective Grooms was dispatched to assist in the escort of Frank Nash, member of the infamous Barker Gang, back to Kansas City for his transfer to the prison in Leavenworth, Kansas.  He along with fellow officers and FBI agents were killed at Union Station that fateful day.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Detective William Grooms was  buried on June 19 at Mount St. Mary's Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri</B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>