Pretty Boy Floyd involvement in the "Kansas City Massacre." Floyd later appeared as a character in the 2008 comic book "Pretty, Baby, Machine". Pretty Boy Floyd Charles Arthur Floyd (February 3, 1904 – October 22, 1934) nicknamed Pretty Boy Floyd, was an American bank robber. He operated in the Midwest and West South Central States, and his criminal exploits gained widespread press coverage in the 1930s. Like several other prominent outlaws of that era, he was pursued and killed by a group led by Melvin Purvis. Historians have speculated as to which officers were at the event, local or the FBI: known accounts
Charles Rinaldo Floyd but was dismissed in 1817 for insubordination over what he considered "a point of honor." He received a marine lieutenant's commission nonetheless, as discussed below, but was court martialed and suspended with pay in 1820 for caning a storekeeper who had insulted a sentinel. Charles used the time to travel to Europe and tour Napoleonic battlefields. On May 22, 1823 Charles Rinaldo Floyd married Catharine Sophia Powell in Boston. They had two daughters, both born in Camden County, after Mrs. Floyd moved to Camden County to live with her in-laws. However, she missed her friends and relatives in Boston, so