ADAM RICHETTI, PRETTY BOY FLOYD, and the kidnapping of the Polk County Sheriff

Adam Richetti and Pretty Boy Floyd’s stolen Pontiac broke down in Bolivar, Missouri on June 14, 1933. While Adam’s brother Joe repaired the car at Bitzer’s garage a crowd gathered drawing the attention of the sheriff, Big Jack Killingsworth. He ended up having to ride with them for nearly seven hours. Locations visited include the graves of both Adam Richetti and Big Jack Killingsworth, the actual building that was once the garage where the Sheriff was taken and the very chamber where Richetti died in 1938.

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