George "Machine Gun" Kelly

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George "Machine Gun" Kelly was a notorious American gangster and Prohibition-era kidnapper whose high-profile crimes made him one of the early public enemies of the 1930s.

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Generate an image of George "Machine Gun" Kelly (George "Machine Gun" Kelly was a notorious American gangster and Prohibition-era kidnapper whose high-profile crimes made him one of the early public enemies of the 1930s.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American gangster ⓘ
Prohibition-era criminal ⓘ
bank robber ⓘ
human ⓘ
kidnapper ⓘ
activeYears 1920s ⓘ
1930s ⓘ
alias George "Machine Gun" Kelly ⓘ
Machine Gun Kelly ⓘ
arrestDate 1933-09-26 ⓘ
arrestedBy Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
associatedWith Charles F. Urschel kidnapping case ⓘ
Kathryn Kelly ⓘ
birthDate 1895-07-18 ⓘ
birthPlace Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
linked to: Memphis
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
convictedBy United States federal court ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
criminalCharge conspiracy ⓘ
extortion ⓘ
kidnapping ⓘ
deathDate 1954-07-18 ⓘ
deathPlace Leavenworth, Kansas, United States ⓘ
education attended college in Mississippi (dropped out) ⓘ
ethnicity White American ⓘ
famousQuote "Don’t shoot, G-Men! Don’t shoot!" ⓘ
fullName George Kelly Barnes ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre organized crime ⓘ
imprisonedAt Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary ⓘ
linked to: Alcatraz Island

Federal Correctional Institution, Atlanta ⓘ
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth ⓘ
legalJurisdiction United States federal law ⓘ
mediaPortrayal portrayed in films about 1930s gangsters ⓘ
subject of books on early FBI history ⓘ
notableEvent arrest in Memphis, Tennessee in 1933 ⓘ
notableFor being labeled a "Public Enemy" in the 1930s ⓘ
kidnapping of oil tycoon Charles F. Urschel ⓘ
notableWork Charles F. Urschel kidnapping ransom scheme ⓘ
occupation bank robber ⓘ
bootlegger ⓘ
partOf American criminal underworld of the Prohibition era ⓘ
penalty life imprisonment ⓘ
publicEnemyStatus early Public Enemy of the 1930s ⓘ
spouse Kathryn Kelly ⓘ
usedWeapon Thompson submachine gun ⓘ

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Alcatraz Island → notableInmateHeld → George "Machine Gun" Kelly ⓘ
George "Machine Gun" Kelly → alias → George "Machine Gun" Kelly ⓘ
Kathryn Kelly → partnerInCrime → George "Machine Gun" Kelly ⓘ
Kathryn Kelly → spouse → George "Machine Gun" Kelly ⓘ
Kathryn Kelly → affiliation → George "Machine Gun" Kelly gang ⓘ
linked to: George "Machine Gun" Kelly
kidnapping of Charles F. Urschel → hasPerpetrator → George "Machine Gun" Kelly ⓘ
kidnapping of Charles F. Urschel → hasParticipant → George "Machine Gun" Kelly ⓘ
Elizabeth "Betty" Wood → spouse → George "Machine Gun" Kelly ⓘ