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Kate Barker (born Arizona Donnie Clark; October 8, 1873 – January 16, 1935), better known as Ma Barker (and sometimes known as Arizona Barker and Arrie Barker), was the mother of several American criminals who ran the Barker–Karpis Gang during the "public enemy era" when the exploits of gangs of criminals in the Midwestern United States ...
Apr 30, 2024 · Ma Barker (born 1872, near Springfield, Missouri, U.S.—died January 16, 1935, near Oklawaha, Florida) 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.
Aug 21, 2020 · A strong-willed matriarch who allegedly helped organize her sons’ crimes, Kate Barker — better known as “Ma” Barker — was killed after a four-hour gun battle with FBI agents in Ocklawaha, Florida in 1935.
Feb 15, 2023 · Ma Barker was the infamous matriarch of the Barker-Karpis gang who robbed and killed during the 1920s and 1930s.
PERHAPS NO WOMAN in history has been as tragically misunderstood as Ma Barker, for the uniqueness of her life lies in its very ordinariness—the round of cheerfully accepted duties and the ...
Kate Barker (née Clark), better known as Ma Barker and sometimes referred to as Arizona Donnie Barker, was the matriarch of the Barker family, several members of which were career criminals that ran the Barker-Karpis gang during the "public enemy era".
Feb 23, 2024 · 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...
Jan 23, 2024 · Hoover claimed Kate “Ma” Barker, pictured here with her boyfriend Arthur Dunlop, was the mastermind of a criminal gang that included her four sons and family friend Alvin Karpis. Karpis called the claim “ridiculous” and said she only served as the gang’s cover.
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Alvin “Creepy” Karpis and his Barker brother sidekicks robbed banks and trains and engineered two major kidnappings of rich business executives in the 1930s.
Kate Barker, better known as Ma Barker, was the mother of several American criminals who ran the Barker–Karpis Gang during the "public enemy era" when the exploits of gangs of criminals in the Midwestern United States gripped the American people and press.
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