Small Town Bank Robbery

One of the more notable gang-related events in Missouri was the June 1933 Kansas City Massacre. Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd and members of his gang were suspected gunmen along with Vernon Miller. While Floyd gang member Adam Richetti was later convicted of this crime and was the sixth person executed in Missouri's gas chamber, his and Floyd's participation in this crime is debatable. Their involvement in the January 12, 1993 Ash Grove bank robbery is more certain.

On January 12, 1933 Floyd's gang robbed the Ash Grove, Missouri bank. Floyd himself did not participate in the robbery. Richetti, Edgar Dunbar, and Aussie Elliot robbed $3000 while John L. Moore drove the get-away car; Moore was a former cellmate of Floyd who in November 1932 agreed to help federal authorities capture Floyd. The gang spent that night at the nearby Bolivar home of Richetti's brother Joseph. The next day the met up with Floyd and gave "Pretty Boy" his share.

Source

• King, Jeffrey S. The Life and Death of Pretty Boy Floyd. Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press, 1998.