George"Machine Gun Kelly" Barnes (1895 –1954) was a notorious criminal during the gangster era. This release covers the investigation of the Charles Urschel kidnapping and the resulting...
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But George “Machine Gun” Kelly—really, George Kelly Barnes—earned a notorious place in FBI history after kidnapping a wealthy oil magnate in 1933 and being associated with that phrase.
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On July 22, 1933, George Kelly and his gang kidnapped Charles Urschel, a wealthy oil magnate. After Urschel’s family paid a hefty ransom, he was freed. Over the next few months, our agents—then a...
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Machine Gun Kelly, bootlegger, bank robber, and kidnapper who ranged through Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico in the 1920s and ’30s. Abetted by his wife, Kathryn (whom he married in 1927), he joined gangs whose exploits won press headlines.
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Prohibition-era gangster George"Machine Gun" Kelly pulled off one of American history's most infamous crimes and thought he got away with it. Then his victim got revenge.
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Machine Gun Kelly was a bootlegger, small-time bank robber and kidnapper who ranged through Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico in the 1920s and 1930s.
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Machine Gun Kelly, born George Kelly Barnes on July 18, 1895, was an American gangster from Memphis, Tennessee, during the Prohibition era. Image: Picture of Kathryn (left) and George Kelly (right) being sentenced to life imprisonment for their involvement in the Urschel kidnapping.
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Here we have the page for notorious American gangster George B."Machine Gun" Kelly who was incarcerated at Alcatraz from 1934-1951.
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Seventy years ago today, Bureau of Investigation agents and Tennessee police officers arrested gangster George “Machine Gun” Kelly. He was a “wanted fugitive” for good reason. Two months...
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