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    by the Barker brothers' mother, Kate, usually referred to as "Ma Barker". The BarkerKarpis 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 BarkerKarpis Gang during the "public enemy era" when the exploits of gangs of criminals...
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    leader of the BarkerKarpis 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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  • 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 BarkerKarpis 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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  • 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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    corruption and allegations that he had been an accomplice to the BarkerKarpis gang in the kidnappings of William Hamm and Edward Bremer. The FBI were...
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    with Frank Morris and most likely drowned. BarkerKarpis 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 BarkerKarpis gang. Other famous public enemies included...
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  • Barker 1873–1935 Legendary associate of the BarkerKarpis gang Arthur Barker 1901–1939 Member of the BarkerKarpis 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 BarkerKarpis 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 BarkerKarpis 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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