"Pretty Boy Floyd Charles Arthur Floyd (February 3, 1904 – October 22, 1934) nicknamed Pretty Boy Floyd, was an American bank robber. He operated in the Midwest and West South Central States, and his criminal exploits gained widespread press coverage in the 1930s. Like several other prominent outlaws of that era, he was pursued and killed by a group led by Melvin Purvis. Historians have speculated as to which officers were at the event, local or the FBI: known accounts document that local officers Robert ""Pete"" Pyle and George Curran were present at his fatal shooting and also at his"
"years later he was arrested for a payroll robbery on September 16, 1925 in St. Louis, Missouri and was sentenced to five years in prison. He served three and a half years before being granted parole. When paroled, Floyd vowed that he would never see the inside of another prison. Entering into partnerships with more established criminals in the Kansas City underworld, he committed a series of bank robberies over the next several years; it was during this period that he acquired the nickname ""Pretty Boy."" The nickname was given to him by Orville Drake, because when he worked in"
"embalming. Floyd has continued to be a familiar figure in American popular culture, sometimes seen as notorious, but also at other times viewed as a tragic figure, partly a victim of the hard times of the Great Depression in the United States. Charles Arthur Floyd was born in Bartow County, Georgia, in 1904. His family moved to Akins, Oklahoma in 1911, and he grew up there. As a youth, he spent considerable time in nearby Kansas, Arkansas and Missouri. Floyd was first arrested at the age of 18 after he stole $3.50 in coins from a local post office. Three"
"on April 7. In November of that year, three members of Floyd's gang attempted to rob the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Boley, Oklahoma. Despite his life of crime, Floyd was viewed positively by the general public. When he robbed banks he allegedly destroyed mortgage documents, but this has never been confirmed and may be myth. He was often protected by locals of Oklahoma, who referred to him as ""Robin Hood of the Cookson Hills"". Floyd and Adam Richetti became the primary suspects in a June 17, 1933, gunfight known as the ""Kansas City massacre"" that resulted in the deaths"
"the oil fields he would wear a white button-up dress shirt and slacks to work. The men on the rig began calling him ""Pretty Boy"" which was later turned into ""Pretty Boy Floyd."" According to one account, when the payroll master targeted in a robbery described the three perpetrators to the police, he referred to Floyd as ""a mere boy — a pretty boy with apple cheeks."" Like his contemporary Baby Face Nelson, Floyd despised his nickname. In 1929, Floyd was wanted in numerous cases. On March 9, he was arrested in Kansas City on investigation, and again on May"
"Baby Face Nelson Lester Joseph Gillis (December 6, 1908 – November 27, 1934), known by the alias George Nelson, better known as Baby Face Nelson, was an American bank robber in the 1930s. Gillis was given the nickname Baby Face due to his youthful appearance and small stature, although few dared call him ""Baby Face"" to his face. Criminal associates instead called him ""Jimmy"". Nelson entered into a partnership with John Dillinger, helping him escape from prison during the famed Crown Point, Indiana Jail escape, and was later labeled along with the remaining gang members as public enemy number one."
"Adam Richetti 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. Adam Richetti was born in Strawn, Texas on August 5, 1909, and moved with his family to Lehigh, Oklahoma three years later. He had an older brother Joseph and a younger sister Eva. Richetti, although he began drinking heavily at 14, was apparently uninvolved in criminal activity until his arrest for robbery in Crown"
"Charles Makley Charles Omer Makley (November 24, 1889–September 22, 1934), also known as Charles McGray and Fat Charles, was an American criminal and bank robber active in the early 20th century, most notably as a criminal associate of John Dillinger. Makley (Pronounced Make-lee) was born in St. Marys, Ohio, to Edward Makley and Martha Sunderland Makley. Charles was the oldest of five, with two brothers, George and Fred, and two sisters, Florence and Mildred. Makley dropped out of school in the eighth grade and turned to crime in his teens, first with petty theft, then bootlegging and bank robbery in"
"Bumpy Johnson Ellsworth Raymond Johnson (October 31, 1905July 7, 1968) — known as ""Bumpy"" Johnson — was an American mob boss and bookmaker in New York City's Harlem neighborhood. The main Harlem associate of Charles ""Lucky"" Luciano and what would become later known as the Genovese crime family, Johnson's criminal career has inspired films and television. Johnson was born in Charleston, South Carolina on October 31, 1905. Johnson derived his nickname ""Bumpy"" from a bump on the back of his head. When he was 10, his older brother, Willie, was accused of killing a white man. Afraid of a possible"
"Aussie Elliott Aussie Elliott (1914 – February 3, 1934) was a Depression-era outlaw and associate of bank robbers George Birdwell and Charles ""Pretty Boy"" Floyd. Born in Oklahoma, Elliott was convicted of bank robbery in 1932 and sentenced to the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Oklahoma eventually escaping on August 14, 1932. Soon after joining Birdwell and Floyd, the three robbed a bank in Sallisaw, Oklahoma of $2,530. Although identified by witnesses raiding a bank in Henryetta of $11,352 only six days later, several reports attributed the robbery to the Ford Bradshaw gang. Along with Adam Richetti and Edgar Dunbar,"
"Melvin Purvis Melvin Horace Purvis II (October 24, 1903 – February 29, 1960) was an American law enforcement official and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent. Given the nickname ""Little Mel"" because of his small boned 5′3″ (163 cm) frame, Purvis became noted for leading the manhunts that tracked such bank robbers as Baby Face Nelson, John Dillinger, and Pretty Boy Floyd, but his high public profile was resented by local law enforcement. Purvis asserted he had killed Floyd single-handed, others variously claimed that Floyd had been already wounded, or even that Purvis had ordered Floyd summarily shot dead for"
"Alvin Karpis Alvin Francis Karpis (born Albin Francis Karpavičius; August 10, 1907 – August 26, 1979), a Depression-era gangster nicknamed ""Creepy"" for his sinister smile and called ""Ray"" by his gang members, was a Canadian-born (naturalized American) criminal of Lithuanian descent known for being a leader of the Barker–Karpis gang in the 1930s. Karpis led the gang along with Fred Barker and Arthur ""Doc"" Barker. There were only four ""public enemies"" ever given the title of ""Public Enemy #1"" by the FBI and he was the only one to be taken alive. The other three, John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd,"
"Spanish Louie John Lewis (died April 1, 1910), better known by his alias Indian or Spanish Louie (Lewis), was an American criminal and member of the Humpty Jackson Gang, serving as the gang leader's longtime lieutenant from around the turn of the 20th century until his murder in either 1900 or 1910. His death was the first recorded use of a drive by shooting as a means of gangland execution in New York City. John Lewis was born in New York City, although his background remained a mystery to both the underworld and authorities for much of his life. Lewis"
"called ""Melvin Purvis' 'G'-Men Detective Game."" Melvin Purvis Melvin Horace Purvis II (October 24, 1903 – February 29, 1960) was an American law enforcement official and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent. Given the nickname ""Little Mel"" because of his small boned 5′3″ (163 cm) frame, Purvis became noted for leading the manhunts that tracked such bank robbers as Baby Face Nelson, John Dillinger, and Pretty Boy Floyd, but his high public profile was resented by local law enforcement. Purvis asserted he had killed Floyd single-handed, others variously claimed that Floyd had been already wounded, or even that Purvis had"
"Boy Floyd who eventually became one of his closest confidants. The two became partners and, despite Richetti's worsening alcoholism, accompanied Floyd on a crime spree during the summer of 1933. They stole a car in Castle, Oklahoma on June 8 and together stole $1,638 from a bank in Mexico, Missouri six days later. That same afternoon, two police officers were killed near Columbia for which Richetti and Floyd were wrongly accused. Three days later, on June 16, the two men kidnapped Polk County Sheriff William Killingsworth from Bolivar, driving east in his brother's car (which he stole) until reaching Clinton,"
"Count Floyd Count Floyd is a fictional character featured in television and played by comic actor Joe Flaherty. He is a fictional horror host in the tradition of TV hosts on local television in the United States and Canada. The Count Floyd character originated on the Canadian sketch show ""SCTV"", but also later appeared on ""The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley"" (clips of which were used on ""Cartoon Planet""), as well as Rush’s ""Grace Under Pressure"" tour. As originally conceived, Count Floyd was the alter-ego of another ""SCTV"" character: Floyd Robertson, co-anchor of the SCTV News. (The name was"
"Legs Diamond Jack ""Legs"" Diamond (possibly born John Thomas Diamond, though disputed; July 10, 1897 – December 18, 1931), also known as Gentleman Jack, was an Irish American gangster in Philadelphia and New York City during the Prohibition era. A bootlegger and close associate of gambler Arnold Rothstein, Diamond survived a number of attempts on his life between 1916 and 1931, causing him to be known as the ""clay pigeon of the underworld"". In 1930, Diamond's nemesis Dutch Schultz remarked to his own gang, ""Ain't there nobody that can shoot this guy so he don't bounce back?"" Diamond was born"
"Gerald Chapman Gerald Chapman (August, 1887 – April 6, 1926), known as ""The Count of Gramercy Park"",""The Gentleman Bandit"" and ""Gentleman Gerald"", was an American criminal who helped lead an early Prohibition-era gang from 1919 until the mid-1920s. Chapman was the first criminal to be dubbed ""Public Enemy Number One"" by the press. Gerald Chapman was born George Chartres in August 1887 to parents of Irish heritage. Arrested for the first time in 1902 at age fourteen, Chapman was incarcerated for most of his early adult life. While serving time for bank robbery, he was transferred from Sing Sing to"
"Charlie Floyd Charlie Floyd (born in Aynor, South Carolina) is an American country music singer. Floyd performed in his native South Carolina for several years, and opened a nightclub called Charlie's Nite Life in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. In 1993, he signed to Liberty Records and released his debut album, also titled ""Charlie's Nite Life"". Alanna Nash of ""Entertainment Weekly"" gave Floyd's album a B rating, saying that Floyd had ""the gruff voice of a '70s Southern rocker but his songs belie his tough-guy sound."" The album produced two chart singles in ""I've Fallen in Love (And I Can't Get"
"John Paul Chase John Paul Chase (December 26, 1901 – October 5, 1973) was an American bank robber and Depression-era outlaw. He was a longtime criminal associate of the Karpis-Barker Gang and most notably Baby Face Nelson who later brought him into the John Dillinger gang. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover once referred to Chase as ""a rat with a patriotic-sounding name"". Chase and Nelson continued to rob banks with John Dillinger until Dillinger's death in July 1934. After the death of Nelson in November 1934, Chase fled back to California where he was arrested a month later on December"
"Up)"" and ""Good Girls Go to Heaven"". After the album's release, Floyd closed the nightclub, but reopened it in 1998. Charlie Floyd Charlie Floyd (born in Aynor, South Carolina) is an American country music singer. Floyd performed in his native South Carolina for several years, and opened a nightclub called Charlie's Nite Life in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. In 1993, he signed to Liberty Records and released his debut album, also titled ""Charlie's Nite Life"". Alanna Nash of ""Entertainment Weekly"" gave Floyd's album a B rating, saying that Floyd had ""the gruff voice of a '70s Southern rocker but his"
"Johnny Gardner Johnny Gardner (c. 1882 – c. 1953) was a notorious gangster and professional bank robber commonly known as ""Dressed-up Johnny"", whom the police described as the ""ace of the safe crackers"". He was born on August 26, 1882 and was a native of Zanesville, Ohio. He had spent time in the Ohio State Prison at Columbus and the Illinois State Prison at Joliet. Johnny Gardner was described as a ""notorious character"" and a ""gangster of the worst kind"". Gardner and his gang began terrorizing southern Illinois from 1919 to 1922, robbing banks and post offices across the country."
"William Jackson (gangster) William Jackson, also known as Action Jackson (December 13, 1920 – August 11, 1961) was an enforcer and loan collector for the Chicago Outfit. He earned his nickname of ""Action"" because it was slang for ""Juice Man"", which meant debt-collector. He was tortured to death by his fellow gangsters, allegedly on suspicion that he had become an informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Chicago police described him as a man with the body of a giant and the brain of a child, who was known in syndicate circles as a mob ""juice"" collector who specialized"
"and recorded by James Taylor on his 1971 album ""Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon"". Machine Gun Kelly is the stage name for an American rapper from Cleveland, Ohio. Machine Gun Kelly George Kelly Barnes (July 18, 1895 – July 18, 1954) better known as ""Machine Gun Kelly"", was an American gangster from Memphis, Tennessee, during the prohibition era. He attended Central High School in Memphis. His nickname came from his favorite weapon, a Thompson submachine gun. His most infamous crime was the kidnapping of oil tycoon and businessman Charles F. Urschel in July 1933 for which he, and"
"Harmonica Frank Frank Floyd, known as Harmonica Frank (October 11, 1908 – August 7, 1984) was an American blues singer, guitarist and harmonicist. Frank Floyd was born in Toccopola, Mississippi, the son of itinerant parents who separated without giving him a name, though he is recorded in the 1910 census as Shankles Floyd. He was raised by his sharecropping grandparents, who died while he was a teenager. He taught himself to play harmonica when he was 10 years old, and he eventually learned guitar. He gave himself the name Frank Floyd, and began performing in the 1920s for traveling carnivals"
"of crime. Before he became notorious as the ""Black Panther"" he was sought under a variety of nicknames such as ""The Phantom"" and ""Handy Andy"". To confuse the police, he adopted a different modus operandi every few weeks. For example, he would steal a radio from each house and abandon it nearby; when that pattern of behaviour was established, he would drop it and do something else. Proceeds from simple housebreaking were low, however, and after stealing guns and ammunition from a house in Cheshire, he upped his criminal activity which resulted in his turning to robbing small post offices."
"Charles Panarella Charles Joseph Panarella a.k.a. ""Charlie Moose"" a.k.a. ""Len Conforti"" a.k.a. ""Chas Esposito"" (born January 5, 1925) is a New York City mobster and capo in the Colombo crime family with a brutal reputation as a hitman. Charles was born in 1925 in Brooklyn, New York. He is also known to use January 5, 1922 as his birth date. He has used the aliases Charles Panarello, Chas Esposito, John Garguilo, Joseph Charles Panarella and Charles ""Moose"" Panarella. He stands at tall, has brown eyes and a scar on his bottom lip. In 1940, Panarella was arrested for the first"
"house were Creek County Sheriff, Willis C. Strange, Sapulpa patrolmen, W. E. Gage and Floyd Sellers. These men were unharmed during the shootout. Aussie Elliott Aussie Elliott (1914 – February 3, 1934) was a Depression-era outlaw and associate of bank robbers George Birdwell and Charles ""Pretty Boy"" Floyd. Born in Oklahoma, Elliott was convicted of bank robbery in 1932 and sentenced to the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Oklahoma eventually escaping on August 14, 1932. Soon after joining Birdwell and Floyd, the three robbed a bank in Sallisaw, Oklahoma of $2,530. Although identified by witnesses raiding a bank in Henryetta"
"Frank Nash Frank Nash (February 6, 1887 - June 17, 1933) has been called ""the most successful bank robber in U.S. history,"" but he is most noted for his violent death in the Kansas City Massacre. Nash spent part of his childhood in Paragould, Arkansas (Greene County) and was arrested in Hot Springs, Arkansas (Garland County) the day before his death. Frank ""Jelly"" Nash was born on February 6, 1887, in Birdseye, Indiana. His father, John ""Pappy"" Nash, started hotels in several southern towns, including Paragould and Jonesboro (Craighead County) Arkansas, and Hobart, Oklahoma. Nash's mother, Alta, was the second"
"bank robberies in the United States. This led to the creation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the designation ""Public Enemy"" for significant wanted criminals. This era saw the rise of famous gangs such as the Dillinger Gang, the Barrow Gang, and the Barker–Karpis gang. Other famous public enemies include Pretty Boy Floyd and Machine Gun Kelly. In 1957, security cameras installed at St. Clair Savings and Loan in Cleveland became the first recorded use of film to apprehend and identify bank robbers. The robbery occurred on April 12, when a 24-year-old male pointed a gun at a"
"has been portrayed multiple times onscreen. These include: Baby Face Nelson Lester Joseph Gillis (December 6, 1908 – November 27, 1934), known by the alias George Nelson, better known as Baby Face Nelson, was an American bank robber in the 1930s. Gillis was given the nickname Baby Face due to his youthful appearance and small stature, although few dared call him ""Baby Face"" to his face. Criminal associates instead called him ""Jimmy"". Nelson entered into a partnership with John Dillinger, helping him escape from prison during the famed Crown Point, Indiana Jail escape, and was later labeled along with the"
"John Floyd (Jesuit) John Floyd (1572 – 15 September 1649) was an English Jesuit, known as a controversialist. He is known under the pseudonyms Daniel à Jesu, Hermannus Loemelius, and George White (also Annosus Fidelis Verimentanus, Flud, and the initials J. R.) under which he published. He was known both as a preacher and teacher, and was frequently arrested in England. He was a brother of Henry Floyd, and was born in Cambridgeshire in 1572. After studying in the school of the English Jesuits at Eu, Normandy, he was admitted on 17 March 1588 to the English College, Reims, where"
"an American Flag and buried under a pine tree at Fairfield Plantation. Soldiers who had served under him erected a marble monument in his honor. It is now the only structure on Fairfield plantation. During the American Civil War and First World War, the Macon Volunteers renamed themselves the ""Floyd rifles"" to honor this Floyd. Charles Rinaldo Floyd Charles Rinaldo Floyd (October 14, 1797-March 22, 1845) was an American planter, politician and military leader most famous for his leading the Trail of Tears out of Georgia and for his Okefenokee Campaign during the Second Seminole War. He wrote one of"