Person:William Bailey (205)

Name	William Calvin Bailey
Alt Name	Calvin William Bailey
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]^[4]	21 Apr 1921	Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
Marriage	Aft 1950	to Angeline Plesuk
Death^[1]^[2]^[3]	13 Jan 1966	Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States

William Calvin Bailey was shot by police during an attempt to kidnap tire executive Leonard Firestone from his Beverley Hills mansion.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 California. Department of Public Health. Bureau of Vital Statistics. Death Index, 1940-1997.
↑ Bailey's Return to Crime Puzzling [1], in Buffalo (NY) Courier-Express
p 3, 15 Jan 1966.
↑ January 13, 1966 (Thursday) [2], in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

Police in Beverly Hills, California foiled a plot to kidnap millionaire tire executive Leonard Firestone, but inadvertently killed the informant who had alerted them to the plot. George Skalla had tipped off police that his friend, William Calvin Bailey, was planning to invade Firestone's home, then hold the business leader for a two million dollar ransom. Firestone and his family were safely away, and four members of the police were waiting at his mansion when Bailey and Skalla, who police said was afraid to back out of the plan, arrived. Skalla was instructed not to wear a mask and to drop to the floor as soon as he and Bailey entered the house, but when Bailey aimed a pistol at the police, they opened fire and killed both men.
↑ Calvin W Bailey, in Texas, United States. Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935. (FamilySearch Record Search).