Albert Bates (criminal)
Albert Bates | |
|---|---|
San Francisco, California, U.S. | |
| Other names | George Davis, George Harris J.B. King and Magosly |
| Occupation(s) | Bank robber and burglar |
| Criminal status | Died in Alcatraz |
| Conviction(s) | Kidnapping (1933) |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
Albert Lawrence Bates (October 16, 1893 – July 4, 1948) was an American
Biography
Albert Bates was born on October 16, 1893, to Elizabeth Mary Hughes and Wiley Bates.
Bates would continuously be in trouble with the law throughout his criminal career, particularly as a young man, and was imprisoned in the Colorado state penitentiary in Cañon City for a third burglary conviction on May 10, 1927.[2][3]
By the time of his release on July 17, 1930, again being granted parole, Bates had become a hardened criminal. He soon joined up with bank robber "Machine Gun Kelly", who had been released from
With violent shootouts between outlaws and law enforcement on the rise in 1932 and 1933, Bates and Kelly began considering kidnapping. They may have been encouraged by the successful 1933 kidnapping of brewer William Hamm for $100,000 as they soon began planning the kidnapping of Charles Urschell, a wealthy oil tycoon in Oklahoma City. On July 22, 1933, Bates and Kelly abducted Urschell from his home at gunpoint and drove him to a Texas ranch owned by Kelly's in-laws. They eventually received a $200,000 ransom and Urschell was safely released on July 31.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
The ranch was eventually discovered by authorities. Reports vary about detective work by the FBI. Federal agents raided the ranch on August 12 arresting three of Kelly's in-laws and a visiting
References
- ^ a b SFgenealogy. "San Francisco Mortuary Records". Archived from the original on 6 March 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ ISBN 0-8160-4488-0
- ^ ISBN 0-520-25607-7
- ^ ISBN 0-7864-1718-8
- ^ ISBN 1-56311-280-9
- ISBN 0-89774-991-X
- ISBN 0-9660053-6-8
- ^ ISBN 0-684-83371-9
- ^ ISBN 1-58980-384-1
Further reading
- Breuer, William B. J. Edgar Hoover and his G-Men. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1995. ISBN 0-275-94990-7
- Butler, Ken. More Oklahoma Renegades. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company, 2007. ISBN 1-58980-464-3
- DeToledano, Ralph. J. Edgar Hoover: The Man In His Time. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1973. ISBN 0-87000-188-4
- Hamilton, Stanley. Machine Gun Kelly's Last Stand. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2003. ISBN 0-7006-1247-5
- Kirkpatrick, Ernest E. Voices from Alcatraz: The Authentic Inside Story of the Urschel Kidnapping. San Antonio: Naylor Company, 1947.
- Powers, Richard Gid. Secrecy and Power: The Life of J. Edgar Hoover. New York: Free Press, 1987. ISBN 0-02-925060-9
- Williams, Edward Bennett. One Man's Freedom. New York: Atheneum, 1962.