# Commitment of Harvey J. Bailey (12 October 1933)

Canonical: https://mobfiles.org/items/nara-75815987-bailey-commitment-1933/

The court's commitment of Harvey J. Bailey, with the aliases J. J. Brennan, John Brown and R. G. McDonald, after his conviction in the Urschel kidnaping case, dated 12 October 1933.

The catalog note reads: "This is the commitment of Harvey J. Bailey in the case United States of America vs. Harvey J. Bailey alias J.J. Brennan alias John Brown, alias R.G. Mcdonald. The case also involved George R. 'Machine Gun' Kelly and his wife Kathryn Thorne Kelly." It is dated October 12, 1933, with two page images and a PDF.

Bailey's [Alcatraz notebook page](/items/nara-236734616-harvey-bailey-alcatraz-1934/) gives the sentence as life, dated October 7, 1933. The aliases are the catalog's, from the case title. The commitment was not transcribed for this archive.

## Sources

- National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75815987