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Charles Arthur Floyd (February 3, 1904 – October 22, 1934), nicknamed Pretty Boy Floyd, was an American bank robber. He operated in the West and Central states, and his criminal exploits gained widespread press coverage in the 1930s.
The museum's collection of memorabilia of organized crime in America includes John Dillinger's death masks, [3] bullets from the Saint Valentine's Day massacre investigation, [4] and a bullet from the shooting of Pretty Boy Floyd. [5] The former speakeasy [6] has a history of its own; [7] the speakeasy was run by Walter Scheib. [8]
Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd was a suspect in the shooting Vernon Miller was found dead during the FBI manhunt The FBI arrested Adam Richetti. The Kansas City massacre was the shootout and murder of four law enforcement officers and a criminal fugitive at the Union Station railroad depot in Kansas City, Missouri, on the morning of June 17, 1933.
Although the movie has accurate portrayals of several major moments in Dillinger's life—- such as his death and dialogue at his arraignment hearing—- it is inaccurate in some major historical details, such as the timeline (and location) of deaths of major criminals including Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face Nelson, and Homer Van Meter. [80]
Adam "Eddie" Richetti (August 5, 1909 – October 7, 1938) was an American criminal and Depression-era bank robber. He was associated with Aussie Elliott and later Pretty Boy Floyd in the early 1930s, both he and Floyd later being implicated in the Kansas City Massacre in 1933.
Melvin Horace Purvis II (October 24, 1903 – February 29, 1960) was an FBI agent instrumental in capturing bank robbers John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd in 1934. All of this would later overshadow his military career which saw him directly involved with General George Patton, Hermann Göring, and the Nuremberg Trials.
Under Penalty of Death: The Untold Story of Machine Gun Kelly's First Kidnapping. Red Lightning Books (an imprint of Indiana University Press). ISBN 978-1-68435-199-2. {}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ; Urschel, Joe (2010). The Year of Fear:Machine Gun Kelly and the Manhunt That Changed the Nation. Minotaur Books.
Pretty Boy Floyd, declared "Public Enemy No. 1" by the FBI after the death of Dillinger; Baby Face Nelson, declared "Public Enemy No. 1" by the FBI after the death of Floyd; Osama bin Laden, declared "Public Enemy No. 1" by the U.S. after the September 11 attacks; Alvin Karpis, declared "Public Enemy No. 1" by the FBI after the death of Nelson