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Pretty Boy Floyd Death Marked by FBI Shootout in Ohio
The famous outlaw Pretty Boy Floyd faced a final chase after a long manhunt by FBI agents and police. In a Wellsville field on October 22 1934 Floyd, armed with two pistols, refused to surrender and was fatally shot as agents closed in. Floyd’s death ended a career marked by Kansas City massacre ties and a nationwide pursuit.
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Harles
Floyd
G-men
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bureau
J. Edgar Hoover
Cookson Hills
Kansas City Union Station
Finis
Ohio
Hoover
Pretty Boy
Frank Nash
Kansas City
Hot Springs
Ark
Nash
Raymond Caffrey
Otto Reed
McAlester
Okla
Hermanso i
Grooms
Bolivar
Richetti
Fugitve
Oklahoma Hills
Buffalo
Wellsville
Seppore Legero
Was & Workman
Samuel P. Cowley
Stoll
East Liverpool
Long
Woods
Ellen Conkle
Youngstown