Pretty boy floyd biography petty morris
Charles arthur floyd!
Pretty boy floyd biography petty morris
Charles 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
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Who Was Charles 'Pretty Boy' Floyd?
Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd was known for his constant run-ins with police and violent bank robberies.
Floyd was arrested for a payroll robbery in the late s and went on to rob numerous banks after his release. He was often viewed favorably by Oklahoma locals, who called him "the Robin Hood of the Cookson Hills." After being accused of taking part in the Kansas City Massacre, Floyd was gunned down and killed by FBI agents in
Early Life
Charles Arthur Floyd was born in Adairsville, Georgia, on February 3, , one of many children.
His family soon after moved to Oklahoma, where they owned a farm and were extremely poor.
Floyd would come to earn the nickname "Choc" due to his appreciation of Choctaw beer. He turned to crime to escape the poverty of the Depression era, which hit farmers in the "Dust Bowl" especially hard.
At 20 years old, Floyd married Ruby Hardgraves; the