West Coast Gangster

OREGON STATE PENITENTIARY 1926

Crime: Grand Larceny

FOLSOM STATE PRISON 1927

Crime: Grand Larceny

From Left to Right (according to Chuck): Mamie Floyd (Pretty Boy Floyd's Mother), Ed "Deafy" Davis, Brother of Pretty Boy Floyd, Child unknown, Chuck O'Connor (holding Floyd family dog). 

Floyd Family Home, Cookson Hills, Oklahoma 1934.

Photo by: Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy Floyd"

FOLSOM STATE PRISON 1937-1941

Crime: Forgery

Chuck and Millie, circa 1940's

“Charles O’Connor: One of Four Arrested.” Long Beach Independent. July 20, 1948.

“Beach Raid Snaps Narcotic Ring Trap: Three Men and Woman Arrested, Ending Two-Year Far-Flung Hunt.” Los Angeles Times. July 19, 1948.

Chuck O'Connor, Federal Correctional Institution, Milan, Michigan, 1951

“Ex D. C. Worker Held In Reno in Pay Holdup.” Evening Star. September 12, 1958.

“A Touch of Mount Tam Indoors.” Marin Independent Journal. May 12, 1982.

IRELAND BARN MURAL 1980's

Leth, Betsy. “Tiburon Artist Turns From Life Of Crime To Painter Of Clowns.” The Ark. 1992, sec. AB6.

Aldyn & Chuck circa 1993

Aldyn Jones taking notes as Chuck relates his life story. Circa 1993

Chuck and his dog, Biddy. Circa 1993

Dirty Old Man. Circa 1993

Chuck in San Francisco with Alcatraz beyond.

Chuck at the corner of Turk & Mason Streets, San Francisco, where he used to sell newspapers as a kid.

Chuck and Chris McDuff at the Stinking Rose, San Francisco. 1998

Chuck and Todd Bartlett. Mill Valley, California 1998.

Chuck and Todd Bartlett. Mill Valley, California 1998.

Chuck and Todd Bartlett. Larkspur Landing, California 1998.

Chuck's best friend, Biddy.

"To My Grandson Todd. From Biddy and Chuck. 09/16/1998"