Charles Arthur `'Pretty Boy'` Floyd
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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 Kansas City Massacre involved the attempt by Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd, Vernon Miller, and Adam Richetti to free their friend, Frank Nash, a federal prisoner.
Nov 13, 2021 · Pretty Boy Floyd became an American folk hero for robbing banks during the Great Depression before being gunned down in 1934 by FBI agents. All That's Interesting history
Pretty Boy Floyd was an American gunman whose violent bank robberies and run-ins with police made newspaper headlines. In 1911 Floyd moved with his family to Oklahoma, eventually settling in Akins. Originally a farmer, he was drawn into crime by poverty.
Death of Floyd. After an intensive search, the FBI and a team of local police officers located Pretty Boy Floyd hiding on a farm just outside Clarkson, Ohio, on October 22, 1934. Floyd shot it out with the law enforcement officers and was killed in the shootout.
Nov 13, 2009 · Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd is shot by FBI agents in a cornfield in East Liverpool, Ohio. Floyd, who had been a hotly pursued fugitive for four years, used his last breath to deny his ...
Up until June 17, 1933, Pretty Boy Floyd led a relatively unremarkable life in and out of jail as a Midwestern hoodlum. He was robbing banks and payrolls, stealing cars, murdering rival thugs, all the while escaping police custody by jumping from trains and hiding out in the trusty Cookson Hills of Oklahoma.
Following the death of John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd became "Public Enemy Number 1"on July 23, 1934. Charles Arthur Floyd was shot and killed on October 22, 1934 by FBI and local law enforcement officers led by FBI agent Melvin Purvis in a cornfield or orchard near East Liverpool, Ohio.
The group was searching for Charles Arthur Floyd—known far and wide as “Pretty Boy,” a nickname he hated and refused to answer to, preferring “Choc”—and they quickly realized they’d ...
Aug 31, 2013 · Music video by The Byrds performing Pretty Boy Floyd (Audio). Originally released 1968. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music En...
