Machine Gun Kelly Research Paper

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From a silver spoon to a tin cup the life of George Kelly Barnes aka Machine Gun Kelly changed. The kids life with a kind family of a mother, father, and sister took a turn with the mix of wrong people and poor life choices. A college dropout with little money turned into a well known criminal around the world and made up the crime in the Midwest. Machine Gun Kelly was an important figure in 1920’s American History because he changed and made up the Midwest crime. From silver to tin, the different is incredible and represents the downfall of the 1920’s major criminal.

Born on July 18, 1895 in Memphis, Tennessee, Machine Gun Kelly was raised by father George. F Barnes who was an insurance executive and mother Elizabeth Kelly Barnes. Along …show more content…
Machine Gun Kelly in 1929 married Kathryn Thorne and unlike Geneva she was a criminal and worse than Machine Gun Kelly with her activity. George Kelly Barnes nickname wasn't created until Kathryn gave George a machine Gun and told him to practice everyday. He from then on was referred to as Machine Gun Kelly. He started gaining more and more respect and participating in robberies in different states such as Iowa, Texas, and Washington. These weren't the only things Machine Gun Kelly did. Kelly was caught smuggling liquor into a Indian Reservation. Also serving his time in Leavenworth prison, he was liked by his inmates and guards and was put into the prisoner records office. In his new job, he managed to help escape Thomas Holder and Francis Keating by making fake passes. His most famous crime came in 1933, The Urschel Kidnapping. Along with his wife and Albert Bates, the three highly bad people with guns loaded walked into Urschel house to see two men playing cards. Not knowing who was who, the three criminals took both men hostage. While in the car, they found who was actually Urschel and left the other man known as Walter Jarret robbed and on the side of the road. They took Urschel to a ranch in Texas and kept him for 8 days until $200,000 were put up for ransom. Urschel was left with $10 and on the side of the road. Later, Urschel went to the FBI to report his case and had plenty of evidence. While being at the ranch, Urschel made sure he got his fingerprint on almost everything he touched. Also he remembered the voices of Kelly and Kathryn. This evidence was enough for the FBI and found the couple in Memphis with John Tichenor. Machine Gun Kelly was drunk and Kathryn was still in bed when they came. The end was here and Kelly received life sentence and was sent to Leavenworth and then to Alcatraz because he told threats to the guards that he would escape. Later in 1951, Kelly was sent back to Leavenworth and
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