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Show WHAT'S WHATS ' IN A NAME NAMEColorful Colorful Nicknames Niclnames { Abound AboundIn In Underworld , FBI Learns LearnsWNU WNU Features Tea/tires Tea tires / C * Cotton Patch Molly , " Bowleggrd 'Bowleggod Bowleggod ' , Be Bessie < ; sle , " Iron Foot Foot.Florence FootFlorence .Florence Florence . , " "Butcher Butcher " Knife Lizz Llzz , " 'High High ' High Ball LiU LIlI , " "Mus Mus "Mustache "Mustache Mustache " tache Annie Anme ' " These probably aren't arent ' the type of mcknames mcknameswhich nicknameswhich which the typical American Amencan woman would choose for herself herselfbut , but they are among the colorful and unusual appellations by bywhich bywhich which female characters of the underworld are knownThis known knownThis This is revealed by the identification division of the Federal FederalBureau FederalBureau Bureau of at Investigation Invesllgahon which uti C < > Lzcs llzcs nicknames as means of tracking track trackmg mg down criminals In its relentless relentlessdrive relentlessdrive drive against law violators Files nics on onnicknames onnicknames nicknames palm prints prmts footprmts footprmtsand footprintsand and general appearance data are aremamtamed aremaintained mamtamed by the FBI for identlfl identlflcation Identiflcation cation purposes to supplement its itscollection itscollection collection of ot fingerprints largest in inthe inthe the worldInd world worldInd Ind cative cahve of the FBI s thorough thorough.and thoroughand .and and . systematic effort effClrt to maintaincomplete mamtam mamtamcomplete complete data on members of ot the theunderworld theunderworld underworld mob the file contamed contained469 469 515 nicknames at the start of the theycar theyear ycar During DurlDg the past year 47 5BO 5BOrucknamcs 580nicknames rucknamcs were added to the list llst llstAlthough listAlthough Although an Individual may maychange maychange change his real name many manytimes manytimes times as a general rule his hismcknme hisnickname mckn\me mckn me ' \ sticks FBI rBl agents agentspomt agentspoint pomt out in m emphasizing emphaSlzmg the ef effechveness cffectiveness fechveness of this means of ofIdenllficatIon ofIdentification IdenllficatIon This has been beenfound beenfound found ! particularly Jarhcularly true In cases casesinvolvmg casesinvolving involvmg check forgers forgcrs Imper Impersonators impersenators sonators and extortloDists extortloDistsThe extortionistsThe The women have no corner on the theunique theunique unique nicknames IlIcknames found in FBI FBIfiles FBIfiles files Also included mcluded in this category categoryare categoryare are such cognomens as Ahbi Allbl GoodKid Good GoodKid Kid Am I Blue Barrell House HouseShorty HouseShorty Shorty Beet Bed Stake Bob Blue BlueShut BlueShirt Shut Slim Sllm Chew T TobaccoLewie 0 b a c c 0 0Lewle Lewle Gold Tooth Frenchy FrenchyLiver FrenchyLiver Liver Lip Sweet Cakes and and'Whoop andWhoop 'Whoop Whoop ' Em Up Will e eNotorious eNotorious Notorious public enemies of the the1930s the1930s 1930s are recognized recogmzed more often by bytheir bytheir their nicknames than their true truenames truenames names The given name of Baby Babyface Babyface face Nelson was Lester M G 11 II sThe s sThe The Owl was in actuality actuallty Bas BasilHugh Hugh Banghart Pollynose Kator Katora a member of the Touhy gang was wasFATSO ) FATSO ' AND 'POLLYNOSE POLLYNOSE ' ' Nicknames Nlck11ames Stick Stickthe the nickname Dlckname of ot August John JohnLamar JohnLamar Lamar Roger Touhy was COl11 COl11monly cornmonly monly known as Black Roger RogerJoseph RogerJoseph Joseph Raymond Negn NegrI associate associateof of Babyface Nelson was dubbed dubbedFatso dubbedFatso dubbedFatsoMembers Fatso Fatso1Iembers \ Members 1\Iembers 1 Iembers of the Barker Karpls Karplsgang Karpisgang gang also had their mcknames1Ia nicknames mcknames nicknamesMa Ma 1\Ia 1 Ia \ Barker was the name ac accorded accorded corded \ . Kate 1\.ate 1.ate 1 .ate ate Baiker Balker by her sons sonsand ' and their underworld pals Arthur ArthurBarker ArthurBarker Barker was knov known . n as Doc Alvm Alvm1.arpls AlvinKarpis 1\.arpls 1.arpls 1 .arpls arpls \ . was n nicknamed I c k n a me d Old OldCreepy OldCreepy Creepy because of his cold stare stareand stareand and precision in m carrying carrymg out his hiscrimes hiscrimes crimes Charles Arthur Floyd waswidely was waswidely widely kno vn as Pretty BoyA Boy BoyA A criminal crlmmal may receive a nick nickname nickname name because of some physical physicalcharactenstlc physicalcharacteristic charactenstlc unusual personality personalitytrait personalitytrait trait or criminal cnmmal specialty Cock Cockeye Cockeye eye \ Mary 1\Iary 1 Iary was labeled as such by byher byher her underworld pals because of her herfacial herfacial facial appearance Another Crimi Criminal cnminal nal s extensive vocabulary prompted prompt prompted ed the nickname of DictionarySweet Dictionary DictionarySweet Sweet Lips did not 11\ 11 Ihe 11e \ e up upto upto to his name FBI agents ascer ascertammg ascertaming tammg that he had been in w cus custody custody tody of police pollce several times for foroffenses foroflenses offenses ranging ranglDg from vagrancy vagrancyt vagrancythrough t h r 0 ugh counterfeiting counterfeitmg The Thenickname Thenickname nickname \ Wildflower ildflower also alsopro alsoproied pro\ pro proed \ ed misleading The IndiVld IndiVldual individual ual bearing bearlDg that name was ar arrested arrested rested for assamt assamtIn assaultIn In many instances mstances law enforce enforcement enforcement ment agencies will have little llttle it itany itany any Information about a wanted wantedcnmmal wantedcriminal cnmmal except perhaps a mck mckname nickname name and a smattering of descrip descriptlve descriplive tlve data When this information irlormatlon ! is isforwarded isforwarded forwarded to the FBI a search searchthrough searchthrough through the nickname mckname file sometimes some sometimes times results in an IdentificationKentucky identification identificationKentucky Kentucky Red was the only onlyname onlyname name known for tor an individual who whowas whowas was selling drugs in New York ctty cttyFBI Ci'tyFBX CityFBX ' FBI nickname ruckname files furnished turmshed Ius Iuscorrcct hiscorrect corrcct name descrii descril live tlve data and andhis andhis his whereabouts at the timeNicknames time timeNicknames Nicknames have not been con confined confined fined to the thL criminal cnmmal element lVIa lVIachine Machine chine Gun Kelly 1\.elly 1.elly 1 .elly elly \ . ong orlg nated a ruck ruckname nickname name for the special agents of the theFBI theFBI FBI when they apprehended him hun in ina ina a dawn raid at Memphis Tenn on onSeptember onSeptember September 26 1933 Don t shoot shootG shootG G men don t shooti shoot ! he cnedThIs cried cned criedThis This name caught the fancy of the thepUblic thepublic pUblic as well weIl as that of the under underworld underworld world To this day FBI agents are areknown areknown known as G men |
