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The Barker-Karpis Gang During The Great Depression

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The Barker-Karpis Gang was a very famous criminal group during the Great Depression. The gang was led by Alvin Karpis (1907-1979) and Fred Barker (1903-1935). Alvin Karpis and Fred Barker met when they were both imprisoned in Kansas. And of course the gang had other former gang members throughout the years, Arthur Barker, Lawrence DeVol, Harvey Bailey, Frank Nash, Bernard Phillips, Harry Sawyer, Volney Davis, Harry Campbell, and Verne Miller. Throughout the years, the gang has had only two major kidnappings, and robbed dozens of banks. On November 8, 1931, Fred Barker, William Weaver, and Alvin Karpis were driving around Pocahontas looking for places to rob. They stopped the car for a call and an officer, who was on patrol duty, wrote down

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