George "Machine Gun" Kelly
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George "Machine Gun" Kelly was a notorious American gangster and Prohibition-era kidnapper whose high-profile crimes made him one of the early public enemies of the 1930s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| George "Machine Gun" Kelly canonical | 6 |
| George "Machine Gun" Kelly gang | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T138161 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: George "Machine Gun" Kelly Context triple: [Alcatraz Island, notableInmateHeld, George "Machine Gun" Kelly]
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A.
Willie Sutton
Willie Sutton was a notorious 20th-century American bank robber famed for his multiple prison escapes and the apocryphal quote that he robbed banks "because that's where the money is."
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B.
Al Capone
Al Capone was a notorious American gangster and crime boss of the Prohibition era, best known for leading the Chicago Outfit and becoming an enduring symbol of organized crime in the United States.
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C.
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was a notorious American mobster and key architect of organized crime’s expansion into Las Vegas, becoming one of the most infamous figures of the early 20th-century underworld.
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D.
Harmon Jones
Harmon Jones was an American film editor and director active in Hollywood during the mid-20th century, known for his work on several notable studio productions.
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E.
Sirhan Sirhan
Sirhan Sirhan is a Palestinian immigrant who became infamous for assassinating U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy in Los Angeles in 1968.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: George "Machine Gun" Kelly Target entity description: George "Machine Gun" Kelly was a notorious American gangster and Prohibition-era kidnapper whose high-profile crimes made him one of the early public enemies of the 1930s.
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A.
Willie Sutton
Willie Sutton was a notorious 20th-century American bank robber famed for his multiple prison escapes and the apocryphal quote that he robbed banks "because that's where the money is."
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B.
Al Capone
Al Capone was a notorious American gangster and crime boss of the Prohibition era, best known for leading the Chicago Outfit and becoming an enduring symbol of organized crime in the United States.
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C.
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was a notorious American mobster and key architect of organized crime’s expansion into Las Vegas, becoming one of the most infamous figures of the early 20th-century underworld.
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D.
Harmon Jones
Harmon Jones was an American film editor and director active in Hollywood during the mid-20th century, known for his work on several notable studio productions.
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E.
Sirhan Sirhan
Sirhan Sirhan is a Palestinian immigrant who became infamous for assassinating U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy in Los Angeles in 1968.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American gangster
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Prohibition-era criminal ⓘ bank robber ⓘ human ⓘ kidnapper ⓘ |
| activeYears |
1920s
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1930s ⓘ |
| alias |
George "Machine Gun" Kelly
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Machine Gun Kelly ⓘ |
| arrestDate | 1933-09-26 ⓘ |
| arrestedBy | Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Charles F. Urschel kidnapping case
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Kathryn Kelly ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1895-07-18 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Memphis
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surface form:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| convictedBy |
federal judiciary of the United States
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surface form:
United States federal court
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| criminalCharge |
conspiracy
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extortion ⓘ kidnapping ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1954-07-18 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Leavenworth, Kansas, United States ⓘ |
| education | attended college in Mississippi (dropped out) ⓘ |
| ethnicity | White American ⓘ |
| famousQuote | "Don’t shoot, G-Men! Don’t shoot!" ⓘ |
| fullName | George Kelly Barnes ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | organized crime ⓘ |
| imprisonedAt |
Alcatraz Island
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surface form:
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Correctional Institution, Atlanta
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth ⓘ |
| legalJurisdiction | United States federal law ⓘ |
| mediaPortrayal |
portrayed in films about 1930s gangsters
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subject of books on early FBI history ⓘ |
| notableEvent | arrest in Memphis, Tennessee in 1933 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being labeled a "Public Enemy" in the 1930s
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kidnapping of oil tycoon Charles F. Urschel ⓘ |
| notableWork | Charles F. Urschel kidnapping ransom scheme ⓘ |
| occupation |
bank robber
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bootlegger ⓘ |
| partOf | American criminal underworld of the Prohibition era ⓘ |
| penalty | life imprisonment ⓘ |
| publicEnemyStatus | early Public Enemy of the 1930s ⓘ |
| spouse | Kathryn Kelly ⓘ |
| usedWeapon | Thompson submachine gun ⓘ |
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Subject: George "Machine Gun" Kelly Description of subject: George "Machine Gun" Kelly was a notorious American gangster and Prohibition-era kidnapper whose high-profile crimes made him one of the early public enemies of the 1930s.
Referenced by (7)
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