1. Charles Omer Makley, known as Charles McGray and Fat Charles, was an American criminal and bank robber active in the early 20th century, most notably as a criminal associate of John Dillinger.
13 Facts About Charles Makley
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Charles Makley was the oldest of five, with two brothers, George and Fred, and two sisters, Florence and Mildred.
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Charles Makley dropped out of school in the eighth grade and turned to crime in his teens, first with petty theft, then bootlegging and bank robbery in at least three Midwestern states.
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Makley's father worked as a stone cutter and in the 1910 Ohio census a 20-year-old Charles is listed as working in his father's profession.
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On his prison paperwork, Charles Makley often listed his occupation as salesman.
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Charles Makley listed his wife as Edith Slife Makley, a woman married to his brother Fred.
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Charles Makley did not begin a criminal career in earnest until his early thirties.
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Charles Makley was sentenced to 15 years, but was paroled in May 1928.
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Charles Makley was apprehended on June 2,1928, and sentenced to 10 to 20 years.
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Charles Makley entered Indiana State Prison in Michigan City on June 25,1928.
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Charles Makley was not a model prisoner, but incurred only minor infractions during his stay at Indiana State: possessing contraband cigarette papers.
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Charles Makley, hit in the thorax and abdomen, died on the scene.
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Charles Makley is buried in the Sugar Ridge Cemetery in Leipsic, Ohio.