Perpetrator
Alvin Karpis
- Born
- 10 August 1907
- Died
- 29 August 1979, aged about 72
- Record
- Wikidata Q449135 · Wikipedia
Perpetrator in Ma Barker and the Barker–Karpis Gang
Co-leader of the gang; arrested in New Orleans in 1936 and imprisoned until 1969. Later insisted Ma Barker was no criminal.
1931–1935 · Missouri, Oklahoma, Minnesota and Illinois; killed at Ocklawaha, Florida · Killed before trial
Hoover called her the brains of a murderous gang. A robber who knew her said she couldn't plan breakfast. Kate Barker and the shootout at Lake Weir. Read the case.
Dated events
Fred Barker is released from the Kansas State Penitentiary, where he met Alvin Karpis.
Fred Barker and Karpis kill Sheriff C. Roy Kelly at West Plains, Missouri; Kate Barker leaves with them.
Alvin Karpis is arrested in New Orleans.