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Before Hand

Despite his name, George never fired a shot at anyone. He started out small as a bootlegger and a failed smuggler. He spent much of his young life in and out of prison. He was given a tommy gun by his wife and grew very fond of it. He practiced day in and day out, therefor he got the nick name Machine Gun Kelly.

His coming Up

On July 22nd 1933, Kelly entered oil tycoon Charles Urschel's Oklahoma City Home and kidnapped him and one of his friends. They held him ransom for $200,000. They soon let him go and were later caught that same year. He was sentenced to life in prison.

George Francis Barnes Jr. AKA Machine Gun Kelly

Urschel's Keen Senses

Thanks to Charles Urschel's good memory he was able to give the detectives working the cae enough evidence to know where they were and who was involved. They captured Kelly's associate Albert Bates first and after weeks of eluding, Kelly and his wife were captured.

Sources

FBI.gov/about/MachineGunKelly

Biography.com/MachineGunKelly

501. The book

Red Herring

A possible Red Herring is that Kelly committed the kidnapping with nobody knowing his intentions of wanting to do the crime. It was a random kidnapping where there was no intention between the two. The guess to whom the kidnapper was a difficult one.

The Case

If I was the detective of this case I would have taken the same steps that were taken. I would have paid the ransom and then tried to figure out from the clues given who the kednappers were and where they were.

G-Men

When he was caught and arrested, He yelled "No, G-Men. Later the FBI kept the nickname and are well known as G-Men.

"My guys are good even if i turned out to be a horrible heel"

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