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Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
America’s Greatest Bank Robber? Inside the Life of Pretty Boy Floyd

He took care of things after the law failed to do anything to the shooter. In fact, I was reading just this morning that people still show outsiders the remnants of an old well that is supposed to be where Charlie dumped the body of this guy. He was tried for the shooting. Mills was his name. And they acquitted him. So that might be an interesting one to look into.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
America’s Greatest Bank Robber? Inside the Life of Pretty Boy Floyd

He took care of things after the law failed to do anything to the shooter. In fact, I was reading just this morning that people still show outsiders the remnants of an old well that is supposed to be where Charlie dumped the body of this guy. He was tried for the shooting. Mills was his name. And they acquitted him. So that might be an interesting one to look into.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
America’s Greatest Bank Robber? Inside the Life of Pretty Boy Floyd

He took care of things after the law failed to do anything to the shooter. In fact, I was reading just this morning that people still show outsiders the remnants of an old well that is supposed to be where Charlie dumped the body of this guy. He was tried for the shooting. Mills was his name. And they acquitted him. So that might be an interesting one to look into.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
America’s Greatest Bank Robber? Inside the Life of Pretty Boy Floyd

Well, Charlie's criminal career started when he was 18 years old, and he robbed the local post office of $350 worth of pennies. So that's going in at the deep end. But because of his age, they put him on probation or, you know, first time offender basically did not throw the book at him. But then that would have been in 1922. After that, Charlie, who did not like farm work.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
America’s Greatest Bank Robber? Inside the Life of Pretty Boy Floyd

Well, Charlie's criminal career started when he was 18 years old, and he robbed the local post office of $350 worth of pennies. So that's going in at the deep end. But because of his age, they put him on probation or, you know, first time offender basically did not throw the book at him. But then that would have been in 1922. After that, Charlie, who did not like farm work.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
America’s Greatest Bank Robber? Inside the Life of Pretty Boy Floyd

Well, Charlie's criminal career started when he was 18 years old, and he robbed the local post office of $350 worth of pennies. So that's going in at the deep end. But because of his age, they put him on probation or, you know, first time offender basically did not throw the book at him. But then that would have been in 1922. After that, Charlie, who did not like farm work.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
America’s Greatest Bank Robber? Inside the Life of Pretty Boy Floyd

And this was tough times for farmers after World War I. But the only thing he could find to do was to rent himself out at harvest time and travel around with other such young men to help major farmers with their products, their harvesting. And he really didn't like it from everything I've read. What he did like is kind of the sense of freedom that he had.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
America’s Greatest Bank Robber? Inside the Life of Pretty Boy Floyd

And this was tough times for farmers after World War I. But the only thing he could find to do was to rent himself out at harvest time and travel around with other such young men to help major farmers with their products, their harvesting. And he really didn't like it from everything I've read. What he did like is kind of the sense of freedom that he had.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
America’s Greatest Bank Robber? Inside the Life of Pretty Boy Floyd

And this was tough times for farmers after World War I. But the only thing he could find to do was to rent himself out at harvest time and travel around with other such young men to help major farmers with their products, their harvesting. And he really didn't like it from everything I've read. What he did like is kind of the sense of freedom that he had.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
America’s Greatest Bank Robber? Inside the Life of Pretty Boy Floyd

And as frequently young man doesn't like the nine to five type life, he made connections that were not ultimately beneficial to him. And so at one point sometime in 1925, he and two other similar guys robbed a Kroger payroll office. And they did better than $350, but they were also immediately caught. And Charlie was sentenced to, I believe it was five years in Missouri State Penitentiary.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
America’s Greatest Bank Robber? Inside the Life of Pretty Boy Floyd

And as frequently young man doesn't like the nine to five type life, he made connections that were not ultimately beneficial to him. And so at one point sometime in 1925, he and two other similar guys robbed a Kroger payroll office. And they did better than $350, but they were also immediately caught. And Charlie was sentenced to, I believe it was five years in Missouri State Penitentiary.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
America’s Greatest Bank Robber? Inside the Life of Pretty Boy Floyd

And as frequently young man doesn't like the nine to five type life, he made connections that were not ultimately beneficial to him. And so at one point sometime in 1925, he and two other similar guys robbed a Kroger payroll office. And they did better than $350, but they were also immediately caught. And Charlie was sentenced to, I believe it was five years in Missouri State Penitentiary.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
America’s Greatest Bank Robber? Inside the Life of Pretty Boy Floyd

And they had let him out on good behavior after only four years. So he was in the Jefferson City Penitentiary in Missouri, which I've seen pictures of the inmates wore stripes and the ball and chain was frequently imposed. And it wasn't something he really wanted to ever go back to. And he had just been released from prison when his father was murdered.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
America’s Greatest Bank Robber? Inside the Life of Pretty Boy Floyd

And they had let him out on good behavior after only four years. So he was in the Jefferson City Penitentiary in Missouri, which I've seen pictures of the inmates wore stripes and the ball and chain was frequently imposed. And it wasn't something he really wanted to ever go back to. And he had just been released from prison when his father was murdered.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
America’s Greatest Bank Robber? Inside the Life of Pretty Boy Floyd

And they had let him out on good behavior after only four years. So he was in the Jefferson City Penitentiary in Missouri, which I've seen pictures of the inmates wore stripes and the ball and chain was frequently imposed. And it wasn't something he really wanted to ever go back to. And he had just been released from prison when his father was murdered.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
America’s Greatest Bank Robber? Inside the Life of Pretty Boy Floyd

So it fits the the tale telling this to say, yeah, Charlie, you know, let the law try to take its course, but they failed. So he took care of it. But again, Michael Wallace did a lot of research on this in Oklahoma and said there was absolutely no truth to it as far as, you know, some kind of revenge killing.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
America’s Greatest Bank Robber? Inside the Life of Pretty Boy Floyd

So it fits the the tale telling this to say, yeah, Charlie, you know, let the law try to take its course, but they failed. So he took care of it. But again, Michael Wallace did a lot of research on this in Oklahoma and said there was absolutely no truth to it as far as, you know, some kind of revenge killing.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
America’s Greatest Bank Robber? Inside the Life of Pretty Boy Floyd

So it fits the the tale telling this to say, yeah, Charlie, you know, let the law try to take its course, but they failed. So he took care of it. But again, Michael Wallace did a lot of research on this in Oklahoma and said there was absolutely no truth to it as far as, you know, some kind of revenge killing.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
America’s Greatest Bank Robber? Inside the Life of Pretty Boy Floyd

So Charlie was, by that time, some of the writers think that he learned from other criminals while he was in the Missouri prison. And it certainly didn't show him the path to redemption because he went right back to his old ways. And he got involved with other criminals. One thing about Charlie is that you never...

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
America’s Greatest Bank Robber? Inside the Life of Pretty Boy Floyd

So Charlie was, by that time, some of the writers think that he learned from other criminals while he was in the Missouri prison. And it certainly didn't show him the path to redemption because he went right back to his old ways. And he got involved with other criminals. One thing about Charlie is that you never...