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Born
Charles Floyd was born in Adairsville, GA. -
Floyd's first arrest
He was arrested at age 18 after he stole $350 in pennies from a local post office. -
Married
Married Ruby Hardgraves and had a son, Charles Dempsey "Jack" Floyd, who was born while Charles was in prison -
2nd arrest
Arrested for a Kroger payroll robbery in St. Louis, Missouri and sentenced to five years in prison, but only served three, then gained parole. -
After his release
Upon his release, Floyd was thought to have killed a man who was accused, but acquitted, of killing his father. His marriage also ended. -
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Entered partnerships with more established criminals
Together they committed a series of bank robberies over the next several years. -
Floyd's nickname
Acquired the nickname "Pretty Boy" after a victim of one of his bank robbery's described him as "a mere boy - a pretty boy with apple cheeks." -
This man just don't stop
Floyd was arrested on March 9 in Kansas City on investigation, and again on May 6 for vagrancy and suspicion of highway robbery, but was released the next day. -
Puebloooooo
He was arrested in Pueblo, Co and charged with vagrancy. Fined $50 and sentenced to a whole six days in jail. -
Frank Mitchell
Under the alias "Frank Mitchell", Floyd was arrested in Akron, OH and charged in the investigation of the murder of an Akron police officer who had been killed during a robbery that evening. -
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Toledo
Arrested on May 20,1930 in Toledo, OH on suspicion of the Sylvania Ohio Bank robbery and was convicted on November 24, 1930 and sentenced to 12-15 years in Ohio state penitentiary, but he escaped. -
He still out here killin people
Floyd killed federal agent Curtis C. Burke in Kansas City, Missouri -
Killed Sheriff Erv Kelly
While being arrested -
Kansas City Massacre
Floyd, along with Adam Richetti, became suspects in a gunfight known as the "Kansas City Massacre" that resulted in the deaths of four policemen. Floyd was suspected as being an accomplice of Vernon Miller, who initiated the gunfight. The alleged accomplice was said to have a gunshot wound on his shoulder, but Floyd had no injuries. He owned up to other crimes, but vehemently denied involvement in this one. This crime was also inconsistent with his other crimes because he was not a hired killer. -
Death
Floyd was shot in a cornfield while being pursued by local law officers and FBI agents. Despite his life of crime, Floyd was viewed positively by the general public because when he robbed banks, he allegedly destroyed mortgage documents. Locals in Oklahoma referred to him as "Robin Hood of the Cookson Hills".
