By Jeffery S. King
Charles Arthur Floyd, higher often called lovely Boy Floyd (1904-1934), used to be one of many final of the so-called Robin Hood outlaws within the culture of Jesse James, Billy the child, and John Dillinger. He engaged in different bank-robbing exploits around the Midwest till federal brokers and native police shot him down close to East Liverpool, Ohio, on October 22, 1934, a feat which helped construct clone of the trendy FBI. This special account of his lifestyles, crimes, and demise makes vast use of FBI reviews, executive documents, neighborhood newspapers, and modern journalistic debts. during this biography, Jeffery S. King addresses a few of the questions nonetheless surrounding Floyd, akin to no matter if he had touch with different infamous outlaws of the interval, together with Dillinger, Alvin Karpis, and Bonnie and Clyde, and no matter if he used to be done via the FBI. He additionally hyperlinks Floyd to the notorious Kansas urban bloodbath. really impressive are King's exams of the effectiveness of the FBI and of J. Edgar...
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Perhaps the police just wanted to tell Floyd the ground rules: that so long as he did not cause them any trouble and paid them off, they would leave him alone. ”5 After a few days staying with Lovett, Floyd moved to Sadie Ash’s place on Holmes Street, where “Mother Ash,” as she was called—a strong-jawed ex-Sunday school teacher who had brought her eight children from a country town to Kansas City—ran a cooling-off place for criminals. Mrs. Ash’s two sons, William and Wallace, minor members of the North End mob, were dope dealers and pimps who did odd jobs for the mob.
11 The gangster was neither highly intelligent nor polished. 12 Although Floyd had many good friends, he was reserved; and he could be dangerous when angry. He was a very religious person and attended church even during intense manhunts. He had a loving relationship with his son and visited his father’s grave each Memorial Day despite risk of capture. Floyd was known for his honesty and generosity, even to outsiders. ”13 But some thought little of the bragging Floyd. “Floyd is just a crossroads chicken thief,” said C.
Rifles, revolvers, and shotguns were distributed throughout the house in case of a police raid. Three sets of license plates were found for Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan. There was also a lot of very expensive luggage, nitroglycerin, and rubber gloves. Parked outside was a stolen car with glass removed from the back window to make room for a machine gun muzzle. , Floyd] is believed to be a ring-leader in the Egan’s Rats gang of St. Louis, of which Fred Burke was the accredited chief, and to whom is attributed the wholesale massacre of seven men on St.
