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18 july 1954 leavenworth federal penitentiary , leavenworth , kansas , u.s. memphis , tennessee , u.s. 300px conspiracy to kidnap and bank robbing machine gun kelly mugshot of george `` machine gun kelly '' 18 july 1895 kathryn kelly machine gun kelly
 george francis barnes jr. gangster , bootlegger and businessman machinegunkelly.jpg
machine gun kelly

george francis barnes jr. -lrb- july 18 , 1895 -- july 18 , 1954 -rrb- , better known as `` machine gun kelly '' , was an american gangster from memphis , tennessee , during the prohibition era .
he attended central high school in memphis .
his nickname came from his favorite weapon , a thompson submachine gun .
his most infamous crime was the kidnapping of oil tycoon and businessman charles f. urschel in july 1933 for which he , and his gang , collected a $ 200,000 ransom .
their victim had collected and left considerable evidence that assisted the subsequent fbi investigation that eventually led to kelly 's arrest in memphis , tennessee , on september 26 , 1933 .
his crimes also included bootlegging and armed robbery .
