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 R. Floyd election as President Pro Tem of the Senate on the last day of the 37th Legislative Session. It was a high honor and soundly supported by his fellow senators. Charles R. Floyd Charles Richard Floyd (1881–1945) a Democrat, was elected to three four-year terms to the Texas Senate, serving a total of twelve years as a senator, from 1917 to 1929. In 1944, he re-entered the political landscape, elected to the office of State Representative of the 38th District, representing Lamar and Fannin counties. Charles Richard Floyd was born April 25, 1881, in Boxelder, Red River County, Texas. The third