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331: 407:, then known as “Little Charlie”. Karpis was sympathetic to Manson‘s tumultuous, institutionalized upbringing which saw him in countless orphanages, reformatories, and prisons all throughout his young life. Karpis later wrote “it (was) time someone did something for him.” He later said, "There was something unmistakably unusual about Manson. He was a runt of sorts, but found his place as an experienced manipulator of others. I did feel manipulated, and under circumstances where it hadn't been necessary." 432: 36: 166: 138: 1211: 194: 180: 281:, tipped the Barkers off and they left town. Doc Barker later joined the gang in 1932 after he was paroled from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, where he had been serving a life sentence for the murder of night watchman Thomas J. Sherrill in 1921. The gang was led by the three of them, although many others rotated in and out of the gang including 740:
January 16, 1935—Fred and Ma Barker killed by FBI in Ocklawaha, Florida (Marion County). Ma Barker was discovered by the FBI tracking her letters sent to her other son. She was writing to him to tell him about a large gator in Lake Weir that everyone had called "Gator Joe", which led to the name of
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in daylight in St. Paul in January 1934, releasing him in February. The ransom from this kidnapping turned out to be $ 200,000. However, these kidnappings brought too much negative publicity, due to the recent Urschel and Lindbergh Kidnappings, and the fact that the father of Bremer Jr. was a
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were hiding under an assumed name. After a four-hour shootout on January 16, 1935, Fred and Ma Barker were killed. Controversy remains as to whether Ma Barker participated in the shootout, or was even a criminal at all. Alvin Karpis was nearly gunned down in
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involved in attempted burglary in Okmulgee, Oklahoma; shootout results in one burglar dead while police Captain Homer R. Spaulding dies of his wounds on January 19, 1922. One gang member is sentenced to life in prison while another had his sentence
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Karpis stayed on the move for another 16 months, pulling an armored car robbery and a train robbery in April and October 1935, before finally being arrested in New Orleans on May 1, 1936, alongside new accomplice Fred Hunter. Although Director
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August 1, 1927-Herman Barker cashed stolen bank bonds at the America National Bank in Cheyenne, WY. Sheriff Deputy Arthur Osborn flagged down Barker's car. Barker picked up a gun from the vehicle's seat and shot Osborn. Osborn died as a
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September 22, 1933—Two bank messengers held up by five men identified as Barker–Karpis gang; Chicago policeman Miles A Cunningham is killed by the gang after their car crashed during the getaway. (Barker–Karpis gang associate
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June 10, 1931—Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis (alias George Heller) arrested by Tulsa, Oklahoma, police investigating burglary. Karpis sentenced to four years but paroled after restitution made; Fred Barker also avoided jail
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August 13, 1932—Attorney J. Earl Smith of Tulsa, Oklahoma, found killed at Indian Hills Country Club north of Tulsa; he had been retained to defend Harvey Bailey over the Fort Scott bank robbery, but the man was
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in the summer of 1935. Alvin Karpis soon followed upon his own arrest. Many other members of the gang ended up at Alcatraz prison. Doc Barker ended up being shot dead while attempting to escape in 1939.
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family kidnapped by Barker–Karpis gang; Hamm released June 19, 1933, after ransom paid. It is believed by some that the gang turned over half of the Hamm ransom money to the Chicago Mob under
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was killed on January 6 by fellow members of the gang. Following the declaration of Alvin Karpis as Public Enemy No. 1, Doc Barker was arrested on January 8, 1935, along with Byron Bolton.
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August 29, 1927—Herman Barker commits suicide in Wichita, Kansas after being stopped at police roadblock. (Wichita Policeman J.E. Marshall) had been killed on August 9, 1927, by the
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involved in killing of night watchman Thomas J. Sherrill in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (According to other sources) Thomas J. Sherrill. was a night watchman at St. John's Hospital in Tulsa.)
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personally claimed credit for Karpis's arrest, Hoover and the official FBI account of the arrest remains in question. Karpis offers his own version of the arrest in his book,
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On July 25, 1932, Barker, Karpis, DeVol, Jess Doyle and Earl Christman robbed the Cloud County Bank at Concordia, Kansas, and made off with about $ 250,000 in cash and bonds.
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March 10, 1934—Barker gang member Fred Goetz (also known as "Shotgun George" Ziegler, a participant in the Bremer kidnapping) killed by fellow gangsters in Cicero, Illinois.
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Karpis was paroled in 1969, and deported to Canada. He moved to Spain in 1973. Karpis co-wrote two books with professional authors, one released in 1971 titled
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in this shooting was also involved in four other police killings-two police officers, Sheriff William Sweet and City Marshal Aaron Bailey, in
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March 5, 1915—Herman Barker arrested for highway robbery in Joplin, Missouri. (Herman and Lloyd Barker reportedly involved with the
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April 26, 1932—Body of Ma Barker's lover A. W. Dunlap found at Lake Franstead, Minnesota; killed by Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis.
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March 18, 1949 — Lloyd Barker was killed by his wife; he was manager of Denargo Market in Denver, Colorado; she was sent to
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January 15, 1921—Arthur Barker aka "Claude Dade" involved in attempted bank robbery in Muskogee, Oklahoma; arrested (#822).
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The Barker–Karpis gang was put together by Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis in March 1931. Barker and Karpis had met in the
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January 30, 1921—Arthur Barker aka "Bob Barker" received at the Oklahoma State Prison (#11059); released June 11, 1921.
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January 17, 1934—Gang kidnaps Edward George Bremer, Jr.; Bremer released on February 7, 1934, after ransom paid.
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July 4, 1918—Arthur "Doc" Barker involved in US automobile theft in Tulsa, Oklahoma; arrested (#841) (escaped).
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after Nitti discovered that they were hiding Hamm in suburban Chicago and demanded half the ransom as "rent".
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January 6, 1935—Barker gang member William B. Harrison killed by fellow gangsters at Ontarioville, Illinois.
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February 10, 1922—Arthur "Doc" Barker received (#11906) at Oklahoma State Prison for the murder of Sherrill.
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December 16, 1932—Fred and Arthur Barker, Alvin Karpis and gang robbed Third Northwestern National Bank in
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and released him on June 19, 1933. The ransom from this kidnapping netted $ 100,000. They then kidnapped
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November 7, 1935—Karpis and five accomplices robbed an Erie Railroad mail train at Garrettsville, Ohio.
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On August 18, they pulled a second job at the Second National Bank of Beloit, Wisconsin, for $ 50,000.
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January 19, 1934—Gang wounds M.C. McCord of Northwest Airways Company, thinking he was a policeman.
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March 30, 1931—Fred Barker released from Kansas State Prison after serving time for burglary; met
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February 19, 1920—Arthur Barker arrested in Joplin, Missouri (#1740); returned to Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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was killed resisting the arrest. Along with his arrest came a map and letters to a cottage near
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The cottage in which Ma and Fred Barker were killed. They both died in the upper left bedroom.
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April 4, 1933—Fred and Arthur Barker, Alvin Karpis and gang robbed Fairbury, Nebraska, bank.
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July 26, 1932—Fred Barker, Karpis (with an augmented gang) robbed Cloud County bank at
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June 17, 1932—Fred Barker, Karpis and five accomplices robbed Fort Scott, Kansas Bank.
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that Herman was associated with. Five other policemen were killed by the Kimes gang.
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May 1, 1936—Karpis and accomplice Fred Hunter arrested in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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August 30, 1933—Barker–Karpis Gang robs a payroll at Stockyards National Bank of
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January 8, 1935—Arthur "Doc" Barker arrested in Chicago; Barker gang member
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November 8, 1931—Fred Barker killed an Arkansas police chief Manley Jackson.
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was allegedly involved in the killing, and reportedly also involved in the
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personal friend of President Roosevelt, who mentioned the kidnappings in a
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1910—Herman Barker arrested for highway robbery in Webb City, Missouri.
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after Hamilton died from gunshot wounds sustained in a shootout in
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On June 15, 1933, the Barker–Karpis gang kidnapped William Hamm of
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killed and his colleague Byron Bolton captured at another address.
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1921—Lloyd "Red" Barker arrested for vagrancy in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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January 18, 1932—Lloyd Barker received at Leavenworth Prison.
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January 13, 1939—Arthur Barker killed trying to escape from
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September 10, 1932—Arthur "Doc" Barker released from prison.
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March 12, 1927—Fred Barker admitted to Kansas State Prison.
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1926—Fred Barker robbed bank in Winfield, Kansas; arrested.
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September 26, 1935—The supposed body of underworld doctor
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Although not as well known as their contemporaries the
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was one of the longest-lived criminal gangs during the
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Depression Era
Fred Barker
Alvin Karpis
Arthur "Doc" Barker
Dillinger Gang
Barrow Gang
Ma Barker
Kansas State Penitentiary
Howell County
West Plains, Missouri
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Jewish-American organized crime
Harry Sawyer

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