by the Barker brothers' mother, Kate, usually referred to as "Ma Barker". The Barker–Karpis gang was put together by Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis in March...
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Arrie Barker), was the mother of several American criminals who ran the Barker–Karpis Gang during the "public enemy era" when the exploits of gangs of criminals...
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leader of the Barker–Karpis gang in the 1930s. Nicknamed "Creepy" for his sinister smile and called "Ray" by his gang members, Karpis led the gang along with...
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Raymond "Doc" Barker (June 4, 1899 – January 13, 1939) was an American criminal, the son of Ma Barker and a member of the Barker-Karpis gang, founded by...
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George Barker (December 12, 1901 – January 16, 1935) was an American criminal who, along with Alvin Karpis, co-founded the Barker-Karpis gang, which committed...
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Joseph P. Moran (section The Barker Gang)
of the Barker-Karpis gang, and was possibly the last physician to see the mortally wounded John Hamilton, a member of the John Dillinger gang, whom Moran...
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character, Ma Barker. The film is a highly fictionalized account of the life of Ma Barker and her four sons, whose Barker-Karpis gang terrorized the...
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an executive of Hamm's Brewery. In 1931, he was kidnapped by the Barker–Karpis Gang and held for a $100,000 ransom. William Hamm Jr. was born in Saint...
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enterprise of the Barker-Karpis gang. Though successful in netting the gang a large ransom, it brought down the full force of the FBI on the gang, resulting...
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member of the John Dillinger gang. He was also associated with Frank "Jelly" Nash, Volney Davis and the Barker-Karpis Gang in his early career. Green was...
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Fred Goetz (section Barker gang)
associated with the Barker-Karpis gang. He participated in several bank robberies with Alvin Karpis, Fred Barker, and Doc Barker. One of the most violent...
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Story of Alvin Karpis as told to robert Livesey. Canada: Beaufort Books, Inc., New York. p. 14. ISBN 0-8253-0019-3. ""Creepy" Alvin Karpis – Public Enemy...
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American football player Aaron Bailey, police officer killed by Barker-Karpis gang Aaron Bailey (Full House), fictional character on American sitcom...
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unnecessary violence, and allied himself with the Dillinger and Barker-Karpis Gangs. The violent crimes resulting from this alliance inadvertently aided...
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joined up with the Barker-Karpis gang. Edna's sister Doris was now living with outlaw Jess Doyle, also a member of the Barker-Karpis gang. On April 23, 1934...
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with Alvin Karpis and the Barker Gang during the late 1920s and 1930s. Gibson spent much of his early criminal career with the Central Park Gang based in...
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Arthur Barker, Volney Davis, and Harry Campbell, members of the Barker-Karpis gang, buried him in Oswego, Illinois. In early May, Dillinger paid a visit...
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with mobbed up St. Paul police chief Thomas Archibald Brown and the Barker-Karpis Gang in both the Hamm and Bremer kidnappings, and with the Chicago Outfit...
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Holden and Keating joined the Alvin Karpis-Barker Gang. On June 17, 1932, they joined a gang made up of Karpis, Fred Barker, George Kelly, Harvey Bailey, Lawrence...
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connected to several Midwestern gangs during the 1920s and 1930s, most often with the Barker-Alvin Karpis and Holden-Keating Gangs, and was also a former partner...
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FBI agents discovered the hideout of the Barker-Karpis Gang after Arthur "Doc" Barker (one of Ma Barker's sons) was arrested in Chicago on January 8...
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Homer Van Meter (section The Second Dillinger Gang)
corruption and allegations that he had been an accomplice to the Barker–Karpis gang in the kidnappings of William Hamm and Edward Bremer. The FBI were...
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with Frank Morris and most likely drowned. Barker–Karpis Gang, consisted of, among others, Kate Barker's sons Briley Brothers, a trio who were serial...
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This era saw the rise of famous gangs such as the Dillinger Gang, the Barrow Gang (1932–1934), and the Barker–Karpis gang. Other famous public enemies included...
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Barker 1873–1935 Legendary associate of the Barker–Karpis gang Arthur Barker 1901–1939 Member of the Barker–Karpis gang, son of Ma Barker Fred Barker...
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interrogation. Dillinger organizes a train robbery with Alvin Karpis and the Barker Gang, intending to flee the country the next day. Receiving a note...
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Island, Washington. There, he took guitar lessons from Barker–Karpis gang leader Alvin "Creepy" Karpis, and obtained from another inmate the contact information...
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Barker, part of the Barker-Karpis gang; born in Aurora and died trying to escape from Alcatraz Fred Barker, founding member of the Barker-Karpis gang;...
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formed a new incarnation of the Barker–Karpis gang. Local gangster and casino owner Jack Peifer put the Barker-Karpis gang up in a rented cottage in White...
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girlfriend Evelyn Frechette, Alvin "Creepy" Karpis, "Doc" Barker and other members of the Barker-Karpis gang were tried in the building when it served as...
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