The Coolidge examiner., 1934-08-17
ABANDON HOPE OF
EVER CAPTURING
MISSING BANDIT
Pretty Boy" Floyd, Okleho-
ma Desperate, Lost to
Sight for Year.

Oklahoma CITY. Okla.-Oklahoma
has given up hope OF ever finding
I Charles U'retty Boy Floyd alive
+ and dispensing justice 10 him. II
was a year ago that Floyd kidnapped
7 Sheriff Jack killiugsworth OF Polk
county. Missouri. and dropped the
/ sheriff or alive after a 900 mile
+ ride. Since then there has been no
trace Of the Oklahoma desperado
nor reports OF any OF his spectacu-
/ lar bank robbcries or murders
For n year Floyd had the whole
Southwest up IN arms and rewards
asgregatlug $1,000 were offered for
his capture. dead or alive. lie was
but twenty-seven years old al the
time but be had crowded into his
I life more crimes than years. In
appearance be was n pleasant man
F 81 mild demeanor which gave him
T the sobriquet OF Pretty Boy.
( His year OF notorIety began early
T In 1892 when he was implicated In
hye slaylngs and siI oklahoma bank
robberles In addition 10 other band
TRY. lie was supposed to have head
quarters near the oil field OF Earls.
horo. CO miles southeast Of here.
and % speed throughout the land
with a machine gun always within
reaching distance and always wear.
Ing a steel vest.
Shoots Way Out Of Trap.
on February o. 1882. be shot his
way out OF a police trap NJ Tulsa.
on April .. 1892 he killed Erv
Kelly. former sheriff OF Mcintosh
county where an attempt was made
20 capture him az the home OF his
fatherIn-law. Ben Hargraves. near
Blxby Kelly fred Il shots at Floyd
and B!rdwell as they drove away In
an automobile. and he fell before
machine gun ere directed at him
by Floyd
On November l. 1892. he robbed
his old home town bank at Salllsaw.
getting $3.50 and being recognized
by a half dozen OF his childhood
companions On November a. 1892.
trap was set for him AZ the home
Of Blrdwell. who had been slain the
day before during the robbery OF a
bank in the tiny negro village OF
Boley. II had been believed Floyd
would dare attend the funeral OF
Blrdwell. but be didn't
II appeared he had gone east, for
his picture was identified by Fred
Rabe, a city detective OF Rensslaer.
y Y. as one OF six bandits who
robbed q bank there of $1,000 and
killed Detective James Stevens.
Rabe was wounded by one OF the
bandits That robbery was on May
-. 1893.
kidnap Sheriff.
A year ago Sheriff Killlngsworth
happened upon Floyd In Bolivar.
NO. Floyd and Adam Ricchetti had
stopped at a garage TO have some
repairing on their automobile. They
took Kllllnggworth with them. Next
day they released him near Lees
Summit. Mo.
From that point on Floyd has
vanished. His picture was later
Identified as one OF the men who
boldly attempted 10 rescue Frank
Nash from government agents and
police officers In Kansas City. NO.
on June II. 1893. Four officers and
Nash were killed In the rescue at
tempt
The government broadcast his
picture but there were no reports
that he had been seen anywhere.
In July a Texas aviator told OF a
plot by a man be believed TO be
Floyd 10 kldnap a moving picture
star at Hollywood, but the plot new
er materiallzed and no one has re-
ported seeing Floyd.
II Is presumed he Is dead and
buried. or has fed these parts for
ever. II not killed In some outlawry
and buried by fellow outlaws. he
has at least kept out OF Oklahoma
and that's something TO be thank
ful for.