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Kate "Ma" Barker ( Ash Grove, 8 de outubro de 1873 - Ocklawaha, 16 de janeiro de 1935) [ 1] foi uma notória criminosa estadunidense que viveu na época da chamada "Era dos Inimigos Públicos", fenômeno da Grande Depressão e que teve lugar na região do Meio-Oeste do país.
Ma Barker's children were murderers and their Barker–Karpis gang committed a spree of robberies, kidnappings, and other crimes between 1931 and 1935, but there is no conclusive proof that Ma was their leader.
21 de ago. de 2020 · Ma Barker was the mother of four sons who became notorious criminals in the 1930s. She was involved in their crimes, such as robberies, kidnappings, and murders, and was killed by the FBI in a shootout in 1935.
- Samuel Warde
14 de jun. de 2024 · Ma Barker was the matriarch of an outlaw gang of brothers and allies engaged in kidnapping and in payroll, post-office, and bank robberies in the 1920s and ’30s. The activities of the gang, which included her sons the “Bloody Barkers”—Herman (1894–1927), Arthur, known as “Doc” (1899–1939), and Fred.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The legend of fat, matronly Ma Barker and her four gangster sons. J. Edgar Hoover called Ma a "beast of prey", but many historians believe that Ma only cared for her sons and committed no...
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Barker/Karpis Gang. Alvin “Creepy” Karpis and his Barker brother sidekicks robbed banks and trains and engineered two major kidnappings of rich business executives in the 1930s. They ended up...
The Barker–Karpis Gang was one of the longest-lived criminal gangs during the Depression Era, spanning from 1931 to 1935. The gang was founded by Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis, and later joined by Fred's brother Arthur "Doc" Barker.
