Federal Agents Move to Smash Barker-Karpis Kidnap Gang
Federal agents step up operations in Ocala Florida and Chicago as they probe the Barker Karpis gang over the $200000 Bremer kidnapping. Arthur Barker is held incommunicado in Chicago while other gang members and associates are pursued in Chicago and Oklahoma.
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Barker-Karpis
Ocala
Florida
Mia
Fred Barker
Kate
Oklawaha
Fla
Arthur
Doc) Barker
Fred
Chicago
Karpis
Edward Bremer
St. Paul
Arthur Barker
Rubell Gibson
Ruth Police
George
Bugs
North
Clark
Key Man in Huge Public Works Program
William F. Persons of Iowa heads the National Re Employment Service and is set to play a vital role in the vast public works revival plan. His leadership is pivotal as the nation readies for one of its largest employment programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Persons
National
F Bureau Seeks Al Capone Ally Karpis In Multiple Slayings
J Edgar Hoover said the hunt for gang leader Alvin Karpis intensifies in Washington. He is sought in the Bremer kidnapping and questioned in the deaths of nine men. Federal agents aim to learn about the Union Station massacre in Kansas City and the Sheriff Kelly murder in West Plains Missouri. They also pursue the Lazia and A W killings.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Department of Justice
Washington
Karpis
Bremer
Union Station
Kansas City
C. R. Kelly
West Plains
Kelly
Johnny Lazia
Kansasity
A. W
Trial Testimony Details Captured In Hauptmann Case
The article describes Hauptmann during his thirteenth trial day as he reacts to questions from Edward J. Reilly. It covers Dr. Condon’s residence and meeting places, a model's sighting at a railroad station, City Island shack, and surveillance by Sergeant Wallace as officers shadow Hauptmann near his Bronx home.
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Reilly
Bronx
Hauptmann
John F
Jatsie) Condon
City Island
Woodlawn Cemetery
van Cortlandt Park
New York Central Railroad
Dr. Condon
Klauptmann
Auptmann
New York Central Station
Hildegarde Olga Alexander
Wallace
Rond
Hauptmann Air
Bruno Hauptmann
John F. Condon
Fordham
Bandit Karpis Near Capture After Florida Hideout Raid
Federal agents pursue Alvin Karpis, co leader of the Barker gang believed to have abducted Edward Bremer. They suspect Karpis and Arthur Barker were in a Florida hideout hit after the killings of Fred Barker and his mother in Ocklawaha.
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Alvin Karpis
Coleader
Edward Bremer
Fred Barker
Barker
Ocklawaha
Fla
Karpis
Arthur
Doc" Barker
Florida
Senate approves House liquor law referendum move
The Senate temperance committee backed the House amended administration bill to put the question on liquor law modification on the ballot. Chairman J Miller Bonner opposed the bill, signaling possible floor opposition. The measure advances to the first legislative day next week for final action.
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Wellborn
Senate Temperance Committee
Senate
J. Miller Bonner
House
Senate Mg
Barker Capture Believed Near In Florida Raid Case
Brother and mother slain in a federal raid at Ocklawaha Florida frame the pursuit of Arthur Doc Barker, famed Missouri outlaw. Federal agents press on his trail after reports of recent family visits and hidden detention are denied.
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Fred
Ocklawaha
Fla
Arthur
Doc” Barker
Missouri
Bremer
Dunlop’s Body Found After Car Departure in Webster Wis
Police report states the body of Dunlop, father-in-law of Fred Barker, was tossed from a moving automobile in Webster Wisconsin. Investigators search for the vehicle involved and motives.
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Dunlop
Fred Barker
New Webster, Wis
Prisoners seize Warden at San Quentin in car theft
Convicts at San Quentin take Warden James Holohan as hostage during an escape attempt. They force him into a car and flee the prison grounds in a captured automobile, imperiling the warden's life.
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San Quentin Penitentiary
California
James Holohan
Tom Mooney
Five Gangsters Apprehended in New York Raid
Robert Mails 29 and Walter Legenza 41, who escaped a Richmond Virginia prison, and three companions were arrested in New York per the Department of Justice. Also nabbed were Mary McKeever 34 Martin Farrell 26 and Edwin Gale 23. Gale had fled a Florida chain gang on Christmas Day. No shooting occurred during the raid.
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Mais
Legenza
Mary McKeever
Farrell
Gale
Florida
New York
Robert Mails
Walter Legenza
Richmond
Department of Justice
Frank Fay
Martin Farrell
Edwin Gale
Manhattan Avenue
Spy arrest raid nets alleged agents in Manhattan and Philadelphia
Federal operatives and city police captured a group of suspects in a nationwide case. Farrell and Gale were seized in a midtown hotel, Legenza was found in a Manhattan hospital with a broken leg, and the McKeever ace was taken while visiting the past last night.
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Philadelphia
New York
Mars
Farrell
Gale
Manhattan
Pay
Legenza
Manhattan Hospital
McKeever
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Bruno
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