Kathryn Kelly (March 18, 1904 – May 28, 1985)[1][non-primary source needed] was an American criminal active during the prohibition era.Her parents divorced and her mother started work as a hotel manager, subsequently marrying rancher and local political figure Robert G. "Boss" Shannon of Paradise, Texas, in 1927.Together they planned their various kidnapping schemes, including their successful July 1933 abduction and ransoming of Charles F. Urschel.[5] While on the run with her husband, Kelly tried to broker a deal with an FBI agent for a lenient sentence for herself and her mother in exchange for turning in George.Kathryn changed her name to Lera Cleo Kelly and worked as a bookkeeper at the Oklahoma County Poor Farm, which was at that time a hospital and nursing home.
