Mercantile Trust Company Robbery

Description: 

Photograph with a close-up view of an unmarked police car with three bullet holes in the windshield. The scene was part of investigation that took place after an attempted robbery at the Mercantile Trust Company (14th & Grand) on February 8, 1932. KCPD detective Oliver Carpenter was shot and killed while interrupting the robbery; Detective Edward Young was also injured in the exchange.

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Date: 
February 8th 1932
Modern Location: 
1401 Grand Avenue
Kansas City, MO
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Collection Title, Call or Box Number: 
Zeldin Collection of Journal-Post Glass Negatives, P29, Box 19, Folder 22, #3
Digital Object Identifier: 
10016220
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