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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.
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.
Feb 19, 2024 · 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.
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.
US National Archives. 441K subscribers. Subscribed. 50. 6.5K views Streamed 8 years ago. It’s 1933 and George “Machine Gun” Kelly, one of the most celebrated gangsters of the era, set his...
It was 75 years ago today—September 26, 1933—that wanted gangster George “Machine Gun” Kelly and three others were captured by Bureau agents and local police. That date might not have meant much to history except for the reporting that followed. As the legend goes, the surrounded and frightened Kelly shouted something like, “Don’t ...
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