Popular public enemy hated his nickname

When bandits cleaned out the bank at Grapeland, Texas on Jul. 11, 1932, shaken employees identified the machinegun toting leader of the gang as none other than “Pretty Boy” Floyd. In their excitement the eyewitnesses may have mistaken a handsome look-alike for the popular public enemy. “Pretty Boy” was probably too busy that summer knocking over banks in the Sooner State to ve...

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