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Ma Barker Gang... Doc Barker slain...
Ma Barker Gang... Doc Barker slain...
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January 14, 1939
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, January 14, 1939
* Arthur 'Doc' Barker slain at Alcatraz Prison
* Ma Barker gang
* Colonel Jacob Ruppert death
This 32 page newspaper has one column headlines on the back page that include: "'DOC' BARKER SLAIN IN ALCATRAZ BREAK", "Kidnapper and Four Other Convicts Caught After Sawing War From Cell Block", "Warden Mystified on How They Got Tools---Every Inmate Will Be Searched" and more.
Also a first report on the death of Yankees owner Colonel Jacob Ruppert that begins on the front and continues on page 7 with photo (see images).
Other news of the day throughout. Light browning, small address stamp on ftpg., otherwise good condition.
wikipedia notes: Arthur R. "Doc" Barker (1899 - January 13, 1939) was a criminal and a part of the Barker-Karpis gang with Alvin Karpis and the son of Ma Barker.
Arthur Barker better known as Doc Barker was born in Aurora, Missouri. He was born to George E. Barker and Ma Barker and was one of seven children. By the 1920s and 1930s, Barker with his mother and Alvin Karpis started to commit crimes such as theft, robbery, murder, and kidnapping. His mother Ma Barker started the Barker-Karpis gang. On July 18, 1918 Doc Barker was arrested for stealing a car on the highway and was sent to serve prison time in Joplin, Missouri. On February 19, 1920 Arthur Barker escaped prison in Joplin, Missouri. After the escape he held up many armed robberies and murdered two people. On January 15, 1922, Doc Barker held up an armed robbery at a bank in Muskogee, Oklahoma and sent to the Oklahoma State Prison but was released five months later on June 21, 1922. On January 16, 1935, Ma Barker was killed by the police and a year later Arthur Barker with Alvin Karpis were sent to Alcatraz.[2] Barker became Alcatraz inmate #AZ268 in 1936.
Barker with Henri Young and Rufus McCain attempted escape from Alcatraz on the night of January 13, 1939. The attempt failed. Barker was shot and killed by the guards; Young and McCain were recaptured and sent to solitary confinement.
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