kidnapping of Charles F. Urschel

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The kidnapping of Charles F. Urschel was a high-profile 1933 abduction of an Oklahoma oilman that led to one of the first major FBI-led manhunts and the eventual capture of gangster Machine Gun Kelly.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf FBI investigation ⓘ
criminal case ⓘ
kidnapping ⓘ
charge kidnapping ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currency United States dollar ⓘ
linked to: US dollar
dateOfArrestOfMainPerpetrator 1933-09-26 ⓘ
endDate 1933-07-31 ⓘ
hasParticipant Albert Bates ⓘ
Charles F. Urschel ⓘ
George "Machine Gun" Kelly ⓘ
Kathryn Kelly ⓘ
hasPerpetrator Albert Bates ⓘ
George "Machine Gun" Kelly ⓘ
Kathryn Kelly ⓘ
hasVictim Charles F. Urschel ⓘ
investigatedBy Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
ledTo capture of George "Machine Gun" Kelly ⓘ
federal prosecution under the Lindbergh Law ⓘ
increased authority of the FBI ⓘ
life sentences for George "Machine Gun" Kelly and Kathryn Kelly ⓘ
legalBasis Lindbergh Kidnapping Law ⓘ
linked to: Lindbergh Law
location Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ⓘ
mediaCoverage national ⓘ
motive ransom ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first major FBI-led manhunts ⓘ
use of fingerprint and forensic evidence on ransom money ⓘ
victim carefully observing captors while blindfolded ⓘ
partOf history of crime in the United States ⓘ
history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
perpetratorAlias Machine Gun Kelly ⓘ
perpetratorCitizenship United States ⓘ
placeOfArrestOfMainPerpetrator Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Memphis
ransomDemanded 200000 US dollars ⓘ
ransomPaid 200000 US dollars ⓘ
result conviction of Albert Bates ⓘ
conviction of George "Machine Gun" Kelly ⓘ
conviction of Kathryn Kelly ⓘ
startDate 1933-07-22 ⓘ
state Oklahoma ⓘ
timePeriod Great Depression ⓘ
Prohibition era ⓘ
victimCitizenship United States ⓘ
victimOccupation oilman ⓘ
victimOutcome released alive ⓘ
victimResidence Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ⓘ
year 1933 ⓘ

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Machine Gun Kelly → notableFor → kidnapping of Charles F. Urschel ⓘ
George Kelly Barnes → convictedOf → kidnapping of Charles F. Urschel ⓘ
Charles F. Urschel → associatedWithEvent → Urschel kidnapping case ⓘ
linked to: kidnapping of Charles F. Urschel