The "Oklahoma City Massacre"in The Petrified Forest is based on the Kansas City Massacre, which occurred in the summer of 1933 when a gang tried to free Frank "Jelly" Nash. During a shootout at KC's Union Station between Nash's gang and law enforcement officers, four officers died. Nash was also killed during the shoot out.
Afterwards, the FBI tracked down and killed, in yet another shoot out, Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd in October of 1934. It is still unknown whether Floyd was involved in the Kansas City Massacre or not, but he became the most important celebrity outlaw and the biggest focus for the FBI after Dillinger was located and killed in Chicago in July of that year.
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