Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-09
KELLY TRIAL
STARTS WITH
BRISK FIGHT
Notorious Gangster Slugged
By Officer In Battle While
Enroute To Court.
WILL TAKE NO CHANCES



OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. o. W.p
The terrorist George (Machine
Gum Kelly replaced threats with
violence today as he and his wife,
Katherine, went on trial as accused
major conspirators in the $4,000
Urschel kidnapping.
Federal agents warned him. as I
jury was chosen, that he would be
shot the next time he acted as he
did today. The manacled gangstcr
fought with federal agent in Fed
eral building and was beaten over
the head with a pistol
Agent j. G. White welded the pis-
toll.
The fight started when Katherine
Kelly slapped White, and Kelly,
with handcuffed hands, swung at
the agent.
White caught Kelly's hands and
struck the gangster with his fist.
AS Kelly continued the fight, White
drew his gun and dubbed Kelly.
Guards kept back curious, surg
ing crowd and the two defendants
were hurried on into court.
A jury to try Kelly and his au-
burn haired wife as violators of the
Lindbergh law was accepted short
ly after noon. Kelly's attorneys did
not ask for trial separate from
that OF the woman, whose parents
have been convicted of hiding
Charles F.. Urschel, wealthy oil man.
on their Texas farm while a ran
som was collected.
Kelly has been identified as the
machine gunner who helped Albert
Bates of Denver kidnap Urschel
here the night of July 22 He plead
ed not guilty
Waiting to tell second jury his
story was Urschel, oil millionaire
"Matched" from his palatial home
here the night of July % by two
machine gunners.
He identified the marauders who
terrorized his family and cost him
100000 as Bates, Denver gangster,
and Kelly, the author of death
threats sent -l:.n even while the first
trial was in progress.
Kelly is a former Tulsa, Okla,
used car dealer ana pooliegger. SEN
fenced to Leavenworth on a liquor
charge, when released he turned
gangster trigger man" who demon
strated experiences with a machine
gun.
Katherine Kelly, former manicur-
list, told two stories.
st carry the machine gun for my
husband" she boosted to govern
ment questioners when asked her
occupation. Then she became con-
trite.
To Claim Coercion
Now, her defense will be that she
was forced into participation in his
lawless activities She will even
claim that she was trying to elude
Kelly and give herself up when they
were surprised and captured in
Memphis, Tenn.
Government testimony will paint
far different picture. 1t will ac-
cuse her of:
l. Buying the machine gun used
in the kidnapping and later taken
from Bailey
2. Being present when Bates and
her husband planned the kidnap-
ing and herself saying We'll be in
the big money soon''
3. Speeding ahead of the kidnap-
ing party to remove children from
the Texas farm of r. G. BOSS and
Ora L. Shannon, used as the hide
away.
4. Being at the home of her par
entS most of the nine days Urschel
spent there, chained and with his
eyes tapped.
5. Evading the law as a fugitive
when she knew she was sought in
the case. Government agents said
she wrote the death threats Kelly
signed with his fingerprints.
The government has charged Kel-
ly with planning the crime, with the
actual abduction, with transporting
the victim to another state, with
collecting the ransom and with
threatening trial principals with
death. His defense was uncertain.