Charles Pretty Boy Floyd

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A couple of the boys started backing the car out of the garage when their mother called them down and wanted to know what was going on.  She told the boys they couldn't go.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Floyd then ask one of the other young men there,  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="george_macmillen.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="George MacMillen Statement"><B>George MacMillen</B></A></FONT><B> if he would help and handed him $10.00.  Floyd and George got into George's car and left the garage.  They took off down Kountz Ave and straight to Camp Ground Road, crossed the Y&O crossing avoiding the main highway they headed out the back roads to  Youngstown.  While driving down the road Floyd asked George MacMillen, "I suppose you know who I am"?.  George MacMillen didn't know, and Floyd told him that "the radios were flashing it all over the country, and the papers are full of it".   Floyd then pulled up his coat and showed him one of his two guns and also showed him the back of his shirt where he had said the Wellsville police had shot him although there were no signs of blood.    They headed towards James H. Baum's who was a florist in Wellsville, Oh.  Around 1pm at Mr. Baum's greenhouse is where George pulled the choke on the hill and told Floyd that his car was out of gas.  The car drifted into a ditch.  Floyd got out and went up to Baum's green house  to get some water as the car was overheating.  Floyd brought back a bucket of water and put it in the car and then tried again.  Floyd then questioned George MacMillen about being a constable or detective or policeman?  Floyd asked George MacMillen to go with him and not make any movement with his eyes or blow anything.  They then went up and asked Mr Baum, "How about getting some gas, I will pay you for it" Floyd said.  Mr Baum replied "I haven't any gas".   Floyd then wanted to know if he could drain some gas out of his car which Mr Baum said that it wasn't possible with that type of car and besides I don't have a hose.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Floyd asked Mr. Baum if he would drive him to a gas station along with George MacMillen.  They all got into James Baum's car a 1929  Nash Sedan tan in color with Mr Baum driving when Floyd pulled out one of the bigger (.45) of the two guns he was carrying and said "Old Man, I have a little surprise for you" and stuck it between the 2 men and told Mr. Baum not to stop off at any roads or stop at any gas stations.  As they traveled through the back roads past Bethel Church out to route 45 and down to an old farm, right where Patterson's had their cottage and then on to West Point.   </B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="deputy_sheriff_george_hayes.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Deputy Sheriff George Hayes"><B>Deputy Sheriff George Hayes</B></A></FONT><A HREF="deputy_sheriff_george_hayes.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Deputy Sheriff George Hayes"><B> </B></A><B>had been notified about 1pm that Saturday what had occurred earlier that day by the Fire Chief from Wellsville and that one of the men (Floyd) was headed this way. Sheriff Fultz had recognized Floyd's picture from a book published by the W.J. Burns Company earlier that day after arresting Adam.   Deputy Sheriff Hayes and </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="charley_patterson.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Charley Patterson"><B>Charley Patterson</B></A></FONT><B> took the car out to the railroad tracks and blocked the highway.  They had been there for about an hour or so when they noticed a  tan Nash  coming down the hill and turn into the Mill.  They had noticed 2 men in the front and thought they saw a head bob up and down in the back.  They became immediately suspicious as the mill was closed.    Once the car pulled back out onto the road they gave chase however there were several cars between them and the tan Nash.  The Deputies were able to get around the other cars and followed the big tan Nash on a road called the Roller Coaster.  At this point in time Floyd and the two men in the front seat realized that someone was following them as they past the bridge.  Floyd wanted the car behind them to drive on past and wanted Baum to drive on but Baum looked around and said "There's the police". They had been traveling as fast as they could when Floyd shot out the back window of the Nash firing into the car Deputy Sheriff George Hayes was driving.  The shot went thru the middle of the windshield right between Deputy Hayes and Charlie Patterson.    As soon as the shot rang out Mr. Baum brought the Nash to a dead stop about 50 yards in front of the Deputy's car.   James Baum did not recall how many shots were fired but did find 2 spent shell casings in the back seat of his car.     </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>At approximately 3:30pm, Deputy Hayes jumped out on the left side and Charley Patterson on the right.  Deputy Hayes called to the driver to come back with his hands up.   At that time George MacMillen got out on the right.  Both men ran around in front of the car and then into the woods and then came out again.  Deputy Hayes then told them to come back with their hands up but neither men did.  Floyd who had been sitting in the back of the car then jumped out on the right and ran around in front of the car crouching down and using the two men for a shield.  George MacMillen came around the right side of the car back towards the Deputy and was told to put his hands up but he didn't.   Baum tried to get the Deputy's attention by telling him that "You know me" and was then shot in the left thigh by Officer Patterson.   At that time the Deputy Hayes handcuffed MacMillen and did recognize Baum.  Charley Patterson then ordered them into the car.  Floyd taking advantage of the situation then ran across the road, thru a small clearing and into the woods and thick brush.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Deputy Hayes positioned Charley Patterson in the field near the road and went for help.  He brought back additional men for the search, Dave McCreary and Cappy Lewis along with Foster Shattuck.  They canvassed all the back roads again warning the farmers thereabouts to put their cars away and lock them up. Later that Saturday a woman by the name of Taylor had spotted a man with a pin stripe suit and no hat running up the right of way near the bridge on the roller coaster not far from the strip mine close to where she lived.   Deputy Hayes and the men  worked until dark canvassing the country side.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Once again on Sunday October 21st, early morning Deputy Hayes and Charlie Patterson and many more men were now out covering the roads between counties between Youngstown, route 7 and 164 along with Deer Park Road until darkness set in.  There were no reported sightings of Floyd that Sunday. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Later that Monday,  about 1pm Agents R.G. McCallum, C.F. Risler, and D. DiLillo where patrolling the area north of East Liverpool, Ohio.  They stopped by Robert Robison a farmer whose farm was located a few miles west of Calcutta, Ohio.  Rober Robison was shown a photograph of Floyd and immediately identified him as the man he had furnished food to at his farmhouse about about 12:30 that same day.  Mr Robison had stated that the picture was a perfect likeness of the man who had eaten at his house.  Robert sad the man was dressed in a navy blue suit and was not wearing a hat.  Floyd had asked him to drive him to Younstown, Ohio and was willing to pay for the transportation.  Robert Robison refused and Floyd left on foot.  Special Agent Risler immediately communicated this information to SAC Melvin Purvis at the Travelers Hotel in East Liverpool advising him that Robison's far was near the Bell Schoolhouse about 4 miles north of East Liverpool and located on a country road a short distance east of route 7.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Immediately a squad of Agents composed of Special Agents Reynolds, O'Hare, and Rose was reached by phone and instructed to proceed to the Bell Schoolhouse area.  Another squad of SAC Puvis and Agents D.E. Hall and S.K. McKee, left there temporary headquarters at the Travelers Hotel and headed to the Bell Schoolhouse area.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Once SAC Purvis's squad reached the Bell Schoolhouse the called the Chief of Police at Youngstown and furnished him the description of Floyd and requested that squad cars be dispatched in that direction.    SAC Purvis also called Special Agent H.E. Hollis at the Travelers Hotel and requested him to get in touch with the Chief of Police at   East Liverpool requesting additional assistance.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Around 2:30pm that Monday afternoon, Chief McDermott received a call from the SAC Melvin Purvis and by 2:45, Herman Roth, Chester Smith and Glen (Curly) Montgomery left the office.  They headed up Walnut Street and out St. Clair into Calcutta to meet up with the Federal men that called.  They went out route 7 to the White House Filling Station where they were to meet up. The Federal men had left there 2 minutes earlier and a couple of men at the filling station directed the Sheriff down the road to a car that had Michigan license plates on it.  The Sheriff and his car full of Deputies headed down the road to the intersection of Clarkson road.  At approximately 3:00pm  they met the 4 Federal men,  Melvin Purvis, Special Agents D. E. Hall, W. E. Hopton, and S. K. McKee  on route 7 on the far side of Williamsport, just beyond Brookside Park.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>It was there that Melvin Purvis came up to the Sheriff's car and introduced himself.  Melvin Purvis then told the Sheriff that Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd had approached somebody along the Bell School House to try to get  them to take him to Youngstown.  They thought he had come out on route 7 from the Bell School House or across country; that he had continued out the road from the Bell School House towards Youngstown or crossed through the country.  It was Melvin Purvis's idea to head him off on the other side.  Melvin Purvis then inquired about how to get back into the Bell School House from where they were.  Melvin Purvis then told the Sheriff that he had one car patroling out there where we were and a bunch of men working back at the Bell School House.  The Federal men needed help in finding there way and the Sheriff offered to show them the way.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Both vehicles then proceeded through Clarkson and had turned right at the forks in the road.  They stopped at several different places to inquire from house to house. They had gone down Echo Dell to the Levi Hickman farm and inquired if he had seen anything strange.  It was there the Mr. Hickman stated that Constable Birch had been there shortly before and stated that Floyd had been seen down around the Bell School House and may have crossed over towards the William Stoffer farm.  Mr Hickman then suggested a set of directions that Sheriff McDermott decided against and told Melvis Purvis that there was a better way. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>While stopping at the Anderson's residence, Jim Anderson was out in the field plowing. Glen (Curly) Montgomery and Melvin Purvis walked out to him and spoke with him in the field.  Jim Anderson said that he had seen a fellow passing without a hat, in a dark suit around 1:30pm walking towards Sprucevale Rd but he was too far away to give any type of description outside of that.    They continued down the Sprucevale road toward  the Conkle farm.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>It was around 2:50pm when Floyd managed to get to </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="ellen_conkle_statement.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ellen Conkle Statement"><B>Mrs. Ellen Conkle's</B></A></FONT><B> farm.  Floyd had asked Mrs. Conkle if she would give him something to eat and had said that he was hungry and lost, and that he and his brother had been out hunting and he had got lost from his brother.  Mrs Conkle asked Floyd what he had been hunting and Floyd replied "squirrels or just anything we could find".   Mrs Conkle keeping Floyd engaged in conversations told him that he surely wouldn't be hunting squirrels after night.  "To be honest I have been out drinking and had got too much to drink"  Floyd replied.  It was at that moment Ellen Conkle knew the man was lying and became afraid of him.  Mrs Conkle then fixed him what he had asked for "meat".  He was hungry for meal mainly consisting of meat.  Floyd then thanked Mrs Conkle for lunch and said that it was "fit for a king".  Floyd then remarked: "I look like a wild man" and "I feel just that way".  Mrs Conkle just smiled but did not reply.    Floyd then offered Mrs Conkle a dollar which she tried to refuse.  By this time Floyd had been in the kitchen for nearly an hour, it was now approximately 3:50.   Floyd then inquired of Mrs Conkle about taking him to Youngstown.  She had told him that she couldn't take him and if he waited here until about 4pm she would see that he got to route 7.   Floyd then asked Mrs Conkle for a newspaper and said that he wanted to see the news and also needed some matches.  Floyd then remarked to Mrs. Conkle:  "I will go down to the car and wait". and he proceeded to wait in her brother Stewart Dyke's car.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>     </B></div> <div> <B>Ellen Conkle's brother </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="stewart_dyke_statement.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stewart Dyke Statement"><B>Stewart Dyke</B></A></FONT><B> had been husking corn with his wife.  Around 4pm he had walked up to the car Floyd had been sitting in.  Floyd had the keys and was trying to start the car and didn't notice Stewart approach.  Once Floyd noticed Stewart he replied "Hello there" and  Stewart responded in kind.  Floyd then explained to Stewart that "your sister said you would take me to the bus line".  Both men argued about the arrangements for a ride.  Floyd was insistent on a ride to route 7 or to Youngstown and Stewart Dyke continued to refuse.  Mrs Dyke then approached the car and removed the keys.  Mr and Mrs Dyke then walked up to the house and asked Ellen Conkle if she had seen the man in his car. After a brief conversation Stewart walked back to the car but by then Floyd had walked down to the end of the driveway near the road.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>At approximately 4:07 Chief of Police </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="chief_hj_mcdermott.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chief H.J. McDermott"><B>H.J. McDermott</B></A></FONT><B>, Chester Smith, </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="herman_roth_statement.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Herman Roth Statement"><B>Herman Roth</B></A></FONT><B> and  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="glenn_curly_montgomery_state.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Glenn (Curly) Montgomery Statement"><B>Glenn (Curly) Montgomery</B></A></FONT><B> of the East Liverpool Police Department were driving south along Sprucevale road with Melvin Purvis's car about a city block behind them.  Approaching the Conkle farm  Glen (Curly) Montgomery  noticed a man resembling Floyd's description dressed in a suit with no hat standing  near the road. When Floyd saw the officer's car coming down the road Floyd returned to Stewart's automobile. Glen Montgomery  hollered to the Chief to stop and told him that he saw a man resembling Floyd go behind the corn crib.  He saw Floyd  near a couple of women (Ellen Conkle and her sister in law).   Stewart told his wife to get into the back seat and then walked around to the front of the car.  Floyd got into the car and just sat there.  Stewart knew something was about to happen. The law men had jumped out of the car and Purvis's men  that were following about a block away drove up and stopped the car blocking the driveway. The 4 lawmen  hollered to the Federal men that Floyd was in back of the corn crib.  The lawmen were armed with 2 shotguns, 2 machine guns and revolvers.  It was then that Stewart Dyke saw the 8 officers, 6 without uniforms and 2 with uniforms.       </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Stewart began backing up the car in the driveway when Floyd saw the officers standing across the lane.  Floyd ducked down beside Dyke and said "Drive behind that building, they are looking for me" while at the same time pulling his gun out.   Stewart pulled forward to where they had originally started from and reached over and unlatched the door on Floyd's side and told Floyd "Get out, you son of a bitch".  Floyd obliged. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The officers had seen him get into the car and then get out with a gun in his hand.  Floyd started around one end of the corn crib and the Federal men  hollered for him to "come out!"  Floyd then peered around the corn crib and saw two men in uniform and ran back and forth a few times as if trying to make up his mind which end of the corn crib to come around first.  During that brief moment in time Melvin Purvis called to Floyd, "Floyd, come to the road.  If you don't we will shoot."  But no sooner than Melvin Purvis started to call out to Floyd he started to run.    The officers hollered once again for Floyd to "halt put your hands up" but Floyd kept running keeping the corn crib and a small garage between him and lawmen.  When he came around the garage into the open the order to fire was given by both the Federal men and Chief McDermott "Let him have it".  As the lawmen gave chase on foot all 8 lawmen began firing at the same instant while continuing to run after Floyd.  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="melvin_purvis.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Melvin Purvis"><B>Melvin Purvis</B></A></FONT><A HREF="melvin_purvis.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Melvin Purvis"><B> </B></A><B>fired six shots from his .38 special.   As Floyd ran he threw his left hand up into the air as if he may have been hit in the arm and  kind of cut sideways.  As Floyd ran he turned from side to side, in a zig zag fashion almost at times running sideways as an apparent effort to dodge the oncoming bullets.  Looking back over his shoulder  he continued his race thru the field to the top of the hill and the trees beyond.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>About 50 yards from the corn crib Floyd fell on his back in the center of the clover field at approximately 4:10pm.  He tried to turn on his right side and attempted to sit up just as the officers arrived. One of the Federal men hollered at Floyd "Stick your hands up!"  Floyd laid on his left side and stuck his left hand up but held his right hand across his chest.    Chester Smith had been the closest one to Floyd.  He grabbed Floyd's right wrist and began to remove the cocked .45 automatic Floyd held in his hand.  At that instant Floyd began to reach for the .45 with his right hand he had in back on his right side.   Glen Montgomery closed in on Floyd at that time and grabbed his left hand and held his head down while Herman Roth removed the second .45 from his belt.  Herman Roth then held Floyd down so he couldn't get up.  Handcuffs were then immediately placed on Floyd.    Floyd asked "Where's Ad" and when Glenn Montgomery replied "Ad who" and couldn't tell him Floyd replied "Oh Hell", very defiantly. When Chief McDermott got to where Floyd laid, Floyd said "Who the hell tipped you off", "Where's Eddy", Chief McDermott then asked Floyd: "How bad are you hurt", and Floyd replied "You've got me twice".   It was then one of the Federal men asked "Your name's Floyd?"  He waited for a reply and then repeated the question to Floyd again.  Floyd grinned and said "I am Floyd".  It was then that Chief McDermott  instructed Melvin Purvis to go for help.  Melvin Purvis  accompanied by Agent D.E.Hall and Stewart Dyke immediately went to Clarksburg  in order to get to a phone and an ambulance.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Special Agent S.K. McKee then questioned Floyd about the Union Station massacre.  Floyd's reply was "To hell with the Union Station".  Agent McKee then told Floyd that he was dying and Floyd replied "I know I'm through." Agent McKee then asked Floyd to do the decent thing and tell what he knew about the massacre.  Floyd did not reply.   Agent McKee then asked him if it was not true that he, Adam Richetti, and Verne Miller had done the shooting at  Union Station.  Floyd replied "I ain't telling you nothing ----you---""   Floyd was defiant with his answer.  Floyd then lapsed into semi-consciousness. A few moments later he was heard to say "---you", paused and then said "I'm going".      At approximately 4:25pm that afternoon Floyd died right where he laid.  He had lived about 15 minutes after falling in the clover field.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>At that time Chief McDermott then instructed Herman Roth, Chester Smith and Curly Montgomery who had been watching over Floyd to carry him from the field and place him on a grassy spot under a tree near the road to await the arrival of the ambulance.   Floyd's body was searched.  In his possession was $122.00, twelve $10.00 bills and two $1.00 bills.  There was also some loose change a loaded clip for a .45, a Gruen pocket watch and chain with a silver half dollar attached and a </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="cameo_ring.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Floyds Cameo Ring"><B>cameo ring</B></A></FONT><B> of which were returned to </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="receipt_of_floyds_personal_b.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Receipt of Floyds Personal Belongings"><B>Floyd's mother with a signed receipt</B></A></FONT><B>.  </B><B> Floyds 7th and 10th fingers had been sand-papered smooth.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="floyd_autopsy.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Floyd Autopsy"><B>While at the Sturgis Funeral home the autopsy was performed by Doctor Roy C. Costello and Dr Edward W. Miskall with Coroner E.R. Sturgis in attendance.  </B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Pictures of the life and times of Charles Arthur Floyd</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0b268cf0.jpg" border=0 width="360" height="207" ALT="Floyd Mug Shot" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Floyd mug shots</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="42715000.jpg" border=0 width="277" height="256" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Floyd's FBI Finger print record.</div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="charles_ruby"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><IMG SRC="41175ae0.jpg" border=0 width="117" height="174" ALT="Charles and Ruby Floyd" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Charles and Ruby Floyd</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0b09f170.jpg" border=0 width="159" height="279" ALT="Charles Floyd, son Jack Dempsy, and wife Ruby" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Charles Floyd, son Jack Dempsy, and wife Ruby</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="409a0ff0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="255" ALT="Charles Floyd and Jess Ring" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Charles and Jess Ring</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="40b87560.jpg" border=0 width="135" height="86" ALT="Floyd's 45" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="40d88550.jpg" border=0 width="136" height="85" ALT="Floyd's 45" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Floyd's 2 45s.</div> <div> 45 auto modified Serial # C84197</div> <div> 45 long clip Serial # 18001<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="40f0a5e0.png" border=0 width="266" height="94" ALT="Floyd's Machine gun" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Floyd's Thompson Machinegun</div> <div> The serial number had been filed off.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="106dfaf0.jpg" border=0 width="223" height="175" ALT="Chester Smith and Possee members" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  Chester Smith and  posse members</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="418e18b0.jpg" border=0 width="225" height="139" ALT="Youngstown Police Dept" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> East Liverpool Police Dept</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="413d7ac0.jpg" border=0 width="215" height="172" ALT="Ellen Conkle served Charles Floyd last Meal" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Ellen Conkle, served Floyd's last meal.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="415d7a10.jpg" border=0 width="215" height="161" ALT="Ellen Conkle's Farm" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Ellen Conkle's field where Floyd was killed</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="104d1f00.jpg" border=0 width="209" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Charles Floyd, Sturges Funeral Home</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="41acc9a0.jpg" border=0 width="204" height="154" ALT="Charles Floyd, Sturgeos Funeral Home" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Charles Floyd, Sturges Funeral Home</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="421c3b70.jpg" border=0 width="195" height="183" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Viewing of Charles Floyd East Liverpool, Oh</div> <bR> <div>   <A HREF="id171.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Floyd Death Certificate"><IMG SRC="102e1de0.jpg" border=0 width="225" height="222" ALT="Floyd Death Certificate" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div>                 Floyd's Death Certificate</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="floyd_autopsy.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Floyd Autopsy"><IMG SRC="4f20e580.jpg" border=0 width="270" height="344" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div> Floyd's Autopsy Report</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="42c34c60.jpg" border=0 width="308" height="198" ALT="Youngstown Vindicator Oct 23, 1934" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Youngstown Vindicator, Oct 23, 1934</div> <div> Melvin Purvis, Charles Pretty Boy Floyd, 45 autos.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="423e1a90.jpg" border=0 width="225" height="169" ALT="Floyd and Ricchetti Marker on Ellen Conkle's farm" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="425e4ab0.jpg" border=0 width="228" height="171" ALT="Reverse Side of Floyd and Ricchetti Marker on Ellen Conkle's farm" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Historical Marker at the location of Floyd's Death.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id172.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Obituary Articles"><IMG SRC="4407de00.jpg" border=0 width="125" height="224" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="id172.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Obituary Articles"><IMG SRC="4424ce30.jpg" border=0 width="76" height="227" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div> Obituary Articles </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="41cdbaf0.jpg" border=0 width="219" height="175" ALT="Floyd's Grave Stone" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Floyd's Grave Stone</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="41edd780.jpg" border=0 width="221" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Floyd's New Grave Stone</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Charles Pretty Boy Floyd</TITLE> <LINK REV="made" href="mailto:fsustik@hotmail.com"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="Gangster; Kansas City Massacre; Charles Pretty Boy Floyd"> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="The killing of Charles Pretty Boy Floyd at Ellen Conkle's farm"> <META NAME="author" CONTENT="Fred S. 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