SinisterCrimes

Victim

William Hamm Jr.

Born
4 September 1893
Died
20 August 1970, aged about 77
Record
Wikidata Q131375948 · Wikipedia

Victim in Ma Barker and the Barker–Karpis Gang

President of Hamm's Brewery; kidnapped in June 1933 and released after a $100,000 ransom.

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.