On This Day (Meaning Yesterday)

J Edgar Hoover and Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd. Hard times, hard men and a no-bs approach to life.

And there he is, a dashing young fellow, who was all of just 30 years of age when his time ran out.

According to wikipedia, he bears yet another example of an outlaw who had the sympathy of the public, this during the time of the Great Depression.

From his wiki:

He was seen positively by the public because, during robberies, he burned mortgage documents, freeing many people from their debts.

Eventually the FBI got him, then known as the BOI.

One of his “accolades” was a stint as “Public Enemy #1” as declared by J Edgar Hoover.

He was of the same vintage as John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly and Babyface Nelson, other people whom I’ve only just heard of as being actual people in a historical context, if you want to bother looking them up.

Suddenly alot of rap references seem to make more sense. Thanks to survivalblog for the tip.