Victim
Charles F. Urschel
- Born
- 7 March 1890
- Died
- 26 September 1970, aged about 80
- Record
- Wikidata Q2960357 · Wikipedia
Victim in The Urschel Kidnapping
Oklahoma City oilman; kidnapped for $200,000 and released after nine days. His recollections located the hideout.
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.
Urschel is released near Norman, Oklahoma, and reaches home that night.