Accused
Adam Richetti
- Born
- 5 August 1909
- Died
- 7 October 1938, aged about 29
- Record
- Wikidata Q4679661 · Wikipedia
Accused in The Kansas City Massacre
Floyd's partner; convicted of murder in 1935 and executed in Missouri, maintaining his innocence.
1933–1938 · Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri · Disputed verdict
Thirty seconds outside Union Station in June 1933 left four lawmen and their prisoner dead. The FBI blamed Pretty Boy Floyd. Historians are still arguing. Read the case.
Dated events
Richetti is captured after a shootout with police near Wellsville, Ohio; Floyd escapes.
Adam Richetti is convicted of murdering Detective Frank Hermanson and sentenced to death.
Richetti is executed in the gas chamber of the Missouri State Penitentiary.