Accomplice in The Urschel Kidnapping
Kelly's partner in the abduction; arrested in Denver and sentenced to life. Died on Alcatraz.
1933 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Paradise, Wise County, Texas · Convicted
Blindfolded for nine days, an Oklahoma oilman counted the planes overhead. His memory led the FBI to a Texas farm and put Machine Gun Kelly away for life. Read the case.
Dated events
George Kelly and Albert Bates abduct Charles Urschel and Walter Jarrett from the Urschel home in Oklahoma City; Jarrett is soon released.
Agents raid the Shannon farm at Paradise, Texas, arresting the Shannons and Harvey Bailey; Bates is arrested in Denver.
A federal jury in Oklahoma City convicts Bates, Bailey, the Shannons and two money changers.
Bates, Bailey and Robert and Ora Shannon are sentenced to life imprisonment.