2.
More than 21
people were
involved in the
Charles Urschel
kidnapping case.
Kelly was known as
“the most vicious
and dangerous
criminals in
America.
He one of the the
first prisoners to go
to Alcatraz Island.
4. The Crime & Scene
Crime:Kidnapping
Victim:Charles
Urschel
Where:Tulsa,Oklaho
ma
When:July 22, 1933
Suspect:George Kelly
Barnes AKA Machine
Gun Kelly
What: MGK and his
gang kidnapped
5. Forensic Evidence
A threatening letter
sent to Urschel
A knife with MGK's
fingerprints on it.
Three letters written
by Charles Urschel
1st letter was to John
G. Catlett
2nd letter was to
Urschel's wife
3rd letter was sent to
6. Machine gun Kelly was
was a bank robber and a
bootlegger.
Machine gun Kelly's
motive was simply the
200,000.
He died of a heart
attack in Alcatraz Island
on July 17 of 1954 on his
59th birthday.
MGK's trial was on his
September 27,1933.
7. Legal Outcome
MGK and his wife
were sentenced to life
in prison.
Including 6 other life
sentences and other
sentences totaling 58
years,2 months and
three days of prison
time.
8. Conspiracy Theories
One rumor was that sergeant
William Ramsey and other
police officers knocked on the
the door and Kelly came out
with a .45 pistol.
One funny arrest was when
MGK picked up the
newspaper and forgot to lock
the front door and police
entered the house and found
him in the restroom relieving
himself xD
9. Works Cited
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entr
ies/U/UR009.html
http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_ou
tlaws/outlaws/kelly/7.html
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/machine-gun-kelly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Gun_Kelly
http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_outlaws/outlaws/kelly/9.html
