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light blue dress shirt but no
necktie. His coat was unbuttoned
as he got in the chair.

He walked without assistance
and kissed a crucifix and handed
it to a Catholic priest Just
Before he sat down.

East Liverpool, Ohio, October 22,
1934

Violent death at the hands
of eight pursuing
officers ended the crime career
of Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy"
Floyd, desperado of the Ozarks, on
an isolated farm near here today.

He was shot to death in a
burst of fire from two machine
guns, pistols and rifles, as he
made his final effort to escape
the relentless clutches of the
law.

Fourteen Bullets struck
him in the Back, and another
in the side, as he fled. He
died in 15 minutes. Floyd was
able to say only a few words
before he expired.