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George Kelly Barnes (July 17, 1900 – July 18, 1954), better known by his nickname "Machine Gun Kelly", was an American gangster from Memphis, Tennessee, active during the Prohibition era. His nickname came from his favorite weapon, a Thompson submachine gun.
Apr 2, 2014 · Best Known For: Machine Gun Kelly was an American bootlegger, bank robber and kidnapper who made headlines in the 1930s. He was sentenced to life in prison along with wife Kathryn Kelly in...
George “Machine Gun” Kelly. He probably never uttered those now famous words,“Don’t Shoot G-Men, Don’t Shoot.” But George “Machine Gun” Kelly—really, George Kelly Barnes—earned a...
Apr 22, 2024 · 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. Much of his life was spent in prison.
Aug 16, 2021 · A fatal heart issue. Shutterstock. A few years later, Machine Gun Kelly died in July 1954. His cause of death: heart attack. Though he had famously proclaimed that he'd be out of prison by Christmas when he spent his first few months there, he eventually realized it was the end of the road.
Apr 24, 2018 · Updated June 13, 2018. 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. Wikimedia Commons George “Machine Gun” Kelly not long after his capture in Memphis in 1933.
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...
