Editing Ma Barker (section)

==Summary of the Barker sons and Barker–Karpis Gang's activities==
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===1910–1919===
* 1910{{snd}}Herman Barker arrested for highway robbery in Webb City, Missouri.
* March 5, 1915{{snd}}Herman Barker arrested for highway robbery in Joplin, Missouri. (Herman and Lloyd Barker reportedly involved with the [[Kimes-Terrill Gang#Terrill and the Central Park Gang|Central Park Gang]] of Tulsa, Oklahoma.)
* July 4, 1918{{snd}}Arthur "Doc" Barker involved in US automobile theft in Tulsa, Oklahoma; arrested (#841) (escaped).

===1920–1929===
* February 19, 1920{{snd}}Arthur Barker arrested in Joplin, Missouri (#1740); returned to Tulsa, Oklahoma.
* 1921{{snd}}Lloyd "Red" Barker arrested for vagrancy in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
* January 15, 1921{{snd}}Arthur Barker aka "Claude Dade" involved in attempted bank robbery in Muskogee, Oklahoma; arrested (#822).
* January 30, 1921{{snd}}Arthur Barker aka "Bob Barker" received at the Oklahoma State Prison (#11059); released June 11, 1921.
* August 16, 1921{{snd}}Arthur Barker and [[Volney Davis]] involved in killing of night watchman Thomas J. Sherrill in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (According to [http://oklahombres.org/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/2876036794/m/5826059215 other sources] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217231629/http://oklahombres.org/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/2876036794/m/5826059215 |date=December 17, 2013 }}, Thomas J. Sherrill. was a night watchman at St. John's Hospital in Tulsa.)
* January 8, 1922{{snd}}[[Kimes-Terrill Gang#Terrill and the Central Park Gang|Central Park Gang]] involved in attempted burglary in Okmulgee, Oklahoma; shootout results in one burglar dead while police Captain [http://www.odmp.org/officer/16481-captain-homer-r.-spaulding Homer R. Spaulding] dies of his wounds on January 19, 1922. One gang member is sentenced to life in prison while another had his sentence overturned.
* January 16, 1922{{snd}}Lloyd Barker received at [[Leavenworth Prison]] (#17243) after arrest for robbing mail at Baxter Springs, Kansas and sentenced to 25 years; released 1938.
* February 10, 1922{{snd}}Arthur "Doc" Barker received (#11906) at Oklahoma State Prison for the murder of Sherrill.
* 1926{{snd}}Fred Barker robbed bank in Winfield, Kansas; arrested.
* March 12, 1927{{snd}}Fred Barker admitted to Kansas State Prison.
* August 1, 1927{{snd}}Herman Barker cashed stolen bank bonds at the America National Bank in Cheyenne, WY. Sheriff Deputy [http://www.odmp.org/officer/10233-deputy-sheriff-arthur-emil-osborn Arthur Osborn] flagged down Barker's car.  Barker picked up a gun from the vehicle's seat and shot Osborn.  Osborn died as a result.
* August 29, 1927{{snd}}Herman Barker commits suicide in Wichita, Kansas, after being pulled over by a motorcycle cop with a sidecar. (Wichita Policeman [http://www.odmp.org/officer/8588-patrolman-joseph-g-marshalln J.E. Marshall] had been killed on August 9, 1927, by the [[Kimes–Terrill Gang]] that Herman was associated with.  Five other policemen were killed by the Kimes gang. See [http://www.odmp.org/officer/8761-chief-of-police-w-j-mcanally ODMP]).

===1930–1939===
* March 30, 1931{{snd}}Fred Barker released from Kansas State Prison after serving time for burglary; met [[Alvin Karpis]] in prison.
* June 10, 1931{{snd}}Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis (alias George Heller) arrested by Tulsa, Oklahoma Police investigating burglary. Karpis sentenced to 4 years but paroled after restitution made; Fred Barker also avoided jail sentence.
* November 8, 1931{{snd}}Fred Barker killed an Arkansas police chief [http://www.odmp.org/officer/6995-chief-of-police-manley-jackson Manley Jackson].
* December 19, 1931{{snd}}Fred Barker and [[Alvin Karpis]] robbed a store in [[West Plains, Missouri|West Plains]], Missouri and involved in the killing of Howell County, Missouri sheriff [http://www.odmp.org/officer/7421-sheriff-c-roy-kelly C. Roy Kelly].
* January 18, 1932{{snd}}Lloyd Barker received at Leavenworth Prison.
* April 26, 1932{{snd}}Body of A.W. Dunlap found at Lake Franstead, Minnesota; killed by Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis.
* June 17, 1932{{snd}}Fred Barker, Karpis and five accomplices robbed Fort Scott, Kansas Bank.
* July 26, 1932{{snd}}Fred Barker, Karpis (with an augmented gang) robbed Cloud County bank at [[Concordia, Kansas|Concordia]], Kansas.
* August 13, 1932{{snd}}Attorney J. Earl Smith of Tulsa, Oklahoma found killed at Indian Hills Country Club north of Tulsa; he had been retained to defend Harvey Bailey over the Fort Scott bank robbery, but the man was convicted.
* September 10, 1932{{snd}}Arthur "Doc" Barker released from prison.
* December 16, 1932{{snd}}Fred and Arthur Barker, Alvin Karpis and gang robbed Third Northwestern National Bank in [[Minneapolis]], killing policemen [http://www.odmp.org/officer/5595-patrolman-leo-r-gorski Ira Leon Evans and Leo Gorski] and one civilian. (One gang member [[Lawrence DeVol]] in this shooting was also involved in four other police killings-two police officers, Sheriff [http://www.odmp.org/officer/13053-sheriff-william-fred-sweet William Sweet] and City Marshal [http://www.odmp.org/officer/1398-city-marshal-aaron-bailey Aaron Bailey], in [[Washington, Iowa|Washington]], Iowa in June 1930 and [http://www.odmp.org/officer/11520-night-marshal-john-w-rose Marshall John W. Rose] in Kirksville, MO on November 17, 1930, and killing officer [http://www.odmp.org/officer/10329-police-officer-cal-palmer Cal Palmer] and wounding another officer before being gunned down in Enid, OK in 1936.)
* April 4, 1933{{snd}}Fred and Arthur Barker, Alvin Karpis and gang members [[Eddie Green (criminal)]] of the [https://www.odmp.org/officer/10187-patrolman-william-patrick-omalley Dillinger Gang], Jess Doyle, Earl Christman, [[Frank Nash|Frank "Jelly" Nash]], [[Volney Davis]], robbed a bank in [[Fairbury, Nebraska]]. Christman was badly wounded during the robbery and Green drove him to [[Verne Miller]]'s house in Kansas City to recover. Christman eventually died from his wounds and was buried in an unmarked grave outside town.<ref>[Newton, Michael. The Encyclopedia of Robberies, Heists, and Capers. New York: Facts On File Inc., 2002. (pp. 121–122) {{ISBN|0-8160-4488-0}}]</ref>
* June 1933{{snd}}William Hamm of the [[Hamm's Brewery]] family kidnapped by Barker–Karpis Gang; Hamm released June 19, 1933, after ransom paid.  It is believed by some that the gang turned over half of the Hamm ransom money to the Chicago Mob under [[Frank Nitti]] after Nitti discovered that they were hiding Hamm in suburban Chicago and demanded half the ransom as "rent".
* August 30, 1933{{snd}}Barker–Karpis Gang robs a payroll at Stockyards National Bank of [[South St. Paul, Minnesota|South St. Paul]], Minnesota, in which one policeman [http://www.odmp.org/officer/10452-patrolman-leo-pavlak Leo Pavlak] is coldly executed and one disabled for life.
* September 22, 1933{{snd}}Two bank messengers held up by five men identified as Barker–Karpis Gang; Chicago policeman [http://www.odmp.org/officer/3714-patrolman-miles-cunningham Miles A Cunningham] is killed by the gang after their car crashed during the getaway. (Barker–Karpis Gang associate [[Vernon Miller]] was allegedly involved in the killing, and reportedly also involved in the [[Kansas City Massacre]] in which four lawmen were killed).
* January 17, 1934{{snd}}Gang kidnaps Edward George Bremer, Jr.; Bremer released on February 7, 1934, after ransom paid.
* January 19, 1934{{snd}}Gang wounds M.C. McCord of Northwest Airways Company, thinking he was a policeman.
* March 10, 1934{{snd}}Barker gang member Fred Goetz (also known as "Shotgun George" Ziegler, a participant in the Bremer kidnapping) killed by fellow gangsters in Cicero, Illinois.
* April 3-11, 1934{{snd}}Eddie Green, now a member of the 2nd Dillinger gang, was seriously wounded but alive for 8 more days albeit in delirious mental state, but he ended up spilling the beans on the inner workings of Barker-Karpis gang, and his girl, Bessie, filled in the rest, which in turned greatly helped FBI track down the Barker-Karpis gang and resolve the kidnappings and other cases. 
* April 23-26, 1934{{snd}}Doc Barker and associate [[Volney Davis]] get a surprise visit from [[John Dillinger]] and [[Homer Van Meter]], helping them bury their comrade [[John Hamilton (gangster)|John "Red" Hamilton]] after Hamilton died from gunshot wounds sustained in a shootout in [[St. Paul, Minnesota]].
* July 1934{{snd}}Underworld doctor [[Joseph Moran]] last seen alive.
* January 6, 1935{{snd}}Barker gang member William B. Harrison killed by fellow gangsters at Ontarioville, Illinois.
* January 8, 1935{{snd}}Arthur "Doc" Barker arrested in Chicago; Barker gang member [[Russell Gibson]] killed and his colleague Byron Bolton captured at another address.
* January 16, 1935{{snd}}Fred and Ma Barker killed by FBI in Ocklawaha, Florida (Marion County). The FBI found Ma Barker by tracking her letters sent to her other son. She was writing to him to tell him about a large [[alligator|gator]] in Lake Weir that everyone had called "Gator Joe", which led to the name of the local restaurant known as "Gator Joe's".<ref name="gatorjoesocala1">{{cite web|url=http://www.gatorjoesocala.com/history.html|title=History|work=gatorjoesocala.com|access-date= July 2, 2012}}</ref>
* September 26, 1935{{snd}}The supposed body of underworld doctor [[Joseph Moran]] found in [[Lake Erie]]; believed killed by Fred Barker and [[Alvin Karpis]]. (However, Karpis himself said that Moran had been buried.)
* November 7, 1935{{snd}}Karpis and five accomplices robbed an Erie Railroad mail train at [[Garrettsville, Ohio|Garrettsville]], Ohio.
* May 2, 1936{{snd}}Karpis and accomplice Fred Hunter arrested in New Orleans, Louisiana.
* October 29, 1938{{snd}}Lloyd Barker released from prison.
* January 13, 1939{{snd}}Arthur Barker killed trying to escape from [[Alcatraz]] Prison. Among his accomplices in unsuccessful escape is Dale Stamphill who was involved in the killing of Oklahoma State Reformatory Guard James Payton Jones February 17, 1935<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.odmp.org/officer/16446-correction-officer-james-payton-jones|title=Correction Officer James Payton Jones|work=odmp.org|access-date=August 18, 2017}}</ref>
(Of Barker–Karpis Gang/associates: 19 arrested; 4 killed by lawmen; 3 killed by gangsters)

===1940–1949===
* During [[World War II]]{{snd}}Lloyd Barker was a US Army cook, ironically, he was employed at [[POW]] camp Fort Custer, Michigan; received a US Army [[Good Conduct Medal (United States)|Good Conduct Medal]] and an [[Honorable Discharge]].
* On March 18, 1949{{snd}}Lloyd Barker was killed by his wife; he was the manager of the Denargo Market in Denver, Colorado. She was sent to the Colorado State Insane Asylum.