Machine Gun Kelly

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American gangster Prohibition-era criminal bootlegger human kidnapper

Machine Gun Kelly was a notorious American gangster and bootlegger of the Prohibition era, best known for his involvement in kidnappings and his reputation as a machine gun–wielding criminal.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American gangster → Prohibition-era criminal → bootlegger → human → kidnapper →
activeDuring	Prohibition era →
alias	George R. Kelly → Machine Gun Kelly →
arrestedIn	Memphis, Tennessee, United States →
arrestedOn	1933-09-26 →
associatedWith	organized crime in the United States →
birthName	George Kelly Barnes →
burialPlace	Cottondale Cemetery, Texas, United States →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
convictedBy	United States federal court →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
criminalActivity	bank robbery → bootlegging → kidnapping for ransom →
criminalCharge	kidnapping → violating the Federal Kidnapping Act →
dateOfBirth	1895-07-18 →
dateOfDeath	1954-07-18 →
era	early 20th century →
ethnicity	white American →
gender	male →
imprisonedAt	Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary → Leavenworth Penitentiary →
inspiredTerm	G-Man (popularization for federal agents) →
legalActInvolved	Lindbergh Law (Federal Kidnapping Act) →
mediaDepiction	portrayed in films about Prohibition-era crime → subject of books about American gangsters →
name	George Kelly Barnes →
notableEvent	kidnapping of oil tycoon Charles F. Urschel in 1933 →
notableFor	kidnapping of Charles F. Urschel → use of Thompson submachine gun →
notableQuote	"Don’t shoot, G-Men! Don’t shoot, G-Men!" →
notableVictim	Charles F. Urschel →
occupation	bank robber → bootlegger → gangster →
partnerInCrime	Kathryn Kelly →
placeOfBirth	Memphis, Tennessee, United States →
placeOfDeath	Leavenworth, Kansas, United States →
sentence	life imprisonment →
spouse	Kathryn Kelly →
weaponOfChoice	Thompson submachine gun →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
George "Machine Gun" Kelly → Machine Gun Kelly →	alias
Bad Boy Records →	notableArtist