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 a few 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 ...

2020年8月21日 · 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. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover described her as “the most vicious, dangerous, and resourceful criminal brain of the last decade.”

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.

2023年2月15日 · Ma Barker was the infamous matriarch of the Barker-Karpis gang who robbed and killed during the 1920s and 1930s.

2023年6月26日 · In the annals of American crime, the name Ma Barker looms large as an enigmatic figure shrouded in mystery and controversy. Born as Arizona Clark in 1873, she …

Ma Barker was the matriarch of the Barker-Karpis Gang, a notorious criminal group responsible for multiple violent crimes, including bank robberies and kidnappings.

After being abandoned by her husband of 35 years, Kate “Ma” Barker encouraged her sons’ criminal lifestyle and became the mastermind of the infamous Barker-Karpis gang of Chicago.

In late September 1934, Fred Barker and Campbell registered under fake names at the El Commodore Hotel in Miami. Joining them was Fred’s mother—Kate “Ma” Barker, who was known to help her ...

2010年1月15日 · One of the fiercest of the 1930s criminal bands, the Barker-Karpis gang ranked at the top of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) famed War on Crime, alongside John Dillinger, George "Baby Face" Nelson, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, and Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd.

Kate "Ma" Barker was born Arizona Donnie Clark on October 8, 1873. She was the mother of several criminals who ran the Barker-Karpis gang during the Great Depression "public enemy era", when the exploits of gangs of criminals in the U.S. Midwest gripped the …