Oil Tycoon Charles Urschel Kidnapping

Shot List:

00:00:14;20

Newspaper headline of The Dallas Journal reads "Lindy Ready To Pay Ransom" with photo of the Lindbergh baby. Newspaper headline of The Dallas Morning News reads "Body of Lindbergh Baby Discovered In Woods; Half Buried, Face Down, With Fractured Skull". Following the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby Congress adopted the Federal Kidnapping Act (Little Lindbergh Law).

00:00:20;17

Scenes of people entering courthouse in Oklahoma City for Federal trial of "Machine Gun Kelly" (George Francis Barnes Jr.) also known as George Kelly and his wife Kathryn Thorne Kelly, Harvey J. Bailey, Albert Bates, Armon Shannon (stepbrother of Kathryn Kelly), and Ora Shannon (mother of Kathryn Kelly), defendants in the kidnapping plot of oil tycoon and businessman Charles Urschel. FBI Agent holding machine gun watching people in lobby of courthouse. Defendants enter the courtroom. CU of a smiling Kathryn Kelly and George Kelly in courtroom.

00:01:01;00

The following scenes are based on the sworn testimony given at the trial; image of home of Kathryn Kelly, wife of George Kelly ("Machine Gun Kelly") in Fort Worth Texas where the Urschel kidnapping plot was conceived, storefront of Wolf & Klar Pawn Shop in Ft. Worth Texas where Kathryn Kelly purchased a machine gun on February 20, 1933. A machine gun is presented into evidence by Prosecutor Hyde. Image of farm of T.M. Coleman in Stratford, Oklahoma, grandparents of Kathryn Kelly, where George Kelly remarked at the noon day meal that would be a kidnapping in Oklahoma City that night. Newspaper headlines reads "Charles F. Urschel Is Kidnaped".

00:01:53;14

Image of Charles F. Urschel's home in Oklahoma City from where he was kidnaped. Re-enactment of the kidnapping of Charles F. Urschel and Mr. Walter R. Jarrett. Shows release of Walter Jarrett after Urschel was identified. Unpaved main street of a small town in the 1930's. Street scene of main street of Paradise, Texas in 1933. Shows the Armon Shannon farmhouse near Paradise, Texas where Urschel was kept after being kidnapped. Image of a typical farm house in the 1930's. Images of a kidnap victim. Re-enactment of kidnap victim Charles F. Urschel bound by chains with eyes covered laying on a bed. Shows kidnap victim writing ransom demand letter. Newspaper ad the kidnapers demanded be run in the daily Oklahoman that read "For Sale-160 acres land. Good 5-room house, deep well. Also cows, tools, tractor, corn and hay. $3750 for quick sale. Terms. Box # if the kidnaper's demands were to be met. End of reel 1 00:05:47:00.

R2:00:00:04;11

A man reads the demands of the kidnapers and instructions as to how the money was to be delivered. Bar-B-Q stand and gasoline filling station (service station) near Norman, Oklahoma where kidnap victim Charles Urschel was released after ransom money was paid.

R2:00:02:34;04

Newspaper headline of The Oklahoma News reads "Urschel Kidnap Case Solved". Shows home of R.K.G. "Boss" Shannon (step-father of Kathryn Kelly) near Paradise, Texas. Image of the Dallas County jail in the 1933. Kansas State Penitentiary where Harvey J. Bailey and ten other convicts had escaped. Bailey later escaped from the Dallas County jail. Scenes of a "jail break" in 1933.

R2:00:03:44;08

A vintage 1930's automobile at gasoline service station. 1930's police automobile (car) chase scenes through the streets of Ardmore Oklahoma where Bailey finally surrendered. Kidnapper's car surrounded by police after car chase. Criminals exit vehicle with hands raised after high speed car (automobile) pursuit.

R2:00:05:18;12

Home of J.C. Tichenor in Memphis, Tennessee where Machine Gun Kelly and his wife was arrested on September 26, 1933. CU images of "Machine Gun George Kelly" and wife Kathryn in Oklahoma City courtroom. FBI Agents recovering $73,250 of the ransom money from a cotton patch on the ranch of Cassie (Cassey) Earl Coleman September 27, 1933.

R2:00:06:16;02

Charles Urschel enters courtroom and takes a seat next to his wife. Jury entering courtroom after reaching a verdict. Judge Edgar S. Vaught makes a statement and pronounces sentence. George Kelly (Machine Gun Kelly) and wife Kathryn are sentenced. U.S. District Attorney Herbert K. Hyde makes a statement.