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Popular public enemy hated his nickname texas history

When bandits cleaned out the bank at Grapeland, Texas on Jul. 11, 1932, shaken employees identified the machine-gun toting leader of the gang as none other than “Pretty Boy” Floyd.

In their excitement the eyewitnesses may have mistaken a handsome look-alike for the popular public enemy. “Pretty Boy” was probably too busy that summer knocking over banks in the Sooner State to venture south of the Re…

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