PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT, CRIMINAL APPREHENSION BUREAU:

Fifty-one criminal history files, mainly documenting high-profile 1930s gangsters, including Arthur (Doc) and Fred Barker, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, John Dillinger, Arthur Flegenheimer (Dutch Schultz), Alvin Karpis, Frank Mitchell (Pretty Boy Floyd), George Nelson (Baby Face Nelson), Clair Ralph Gibson, Robert W. Markwood, Fred Ryan, Rocky S. Lupino, and Homer Van Meter.

Several criminals involved in high-profile Twin Cities crimes are also documented, including Charles J. Fitzgerald, John Peter Peifer, and William Sharkey (all participants in the 1933 William Hamm Jr. abduction), Russell Gibson, William J. Harrison, and Harry Sawyer (involved in the 1934 Edward G. Bremer kidnapping), Harry Lorenz (involved in a 1934 St. Paul murder), Frank J. Van Doran (part of a 1938 St. Paul robbery and gun battle), and Frank McCool, James and Ronald O'Kasick, and Frank Pipan (all involved in murders of Minneapolis policemen).

The files contain photographs (including "mug shots"), fingerprint cards, correspondence with the FBI and law enforcement agencies nationwide, wanted posters, criminal history transcripts, and newspaper clippings.

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Arranged alphabetically by surname.

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Access Restrictions:

Access to and use of reserve materials requires the permission of State Archives staff.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Criminal History Files. State Archives. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 2002-44

Processing Information:

Digitization of reserve material was made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on November 4, 2008.

Catalog ID number: 1737954

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The photocopies duplicate the original files housed in the Reserve collection. The digital surrogates do not contain the following:

● Photographic negatives

● Duplicate items

Location

116.A.4.3

Anderson, George E. (No. 43030), undated, 1932.

Also known as George E. Cooper and Arthur W. “Old Man” Dunlop. “Husband” of “Ma” Katherine Barker (also known as Mrs. George Anderson; real name Arizona Clark).

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Photograph of George Anderson, undated.

Half-sheet paper regarding history, undated.

BCA fingerprint cards, undated. 2 pages.

One is stamped “Recorded May 2, 1932.”

Negatives of deceased, [April 1932].

Photographs of deceased, [April 1932]. 5 pages.

Correspondence, FBI to BCA, regarding fingerprints, May 3, 1932.

Signed by J. Edgar Hoover; possibly an autograph signature.

Photograph of Mrs. George Anderson (negative), undated.

BCA criminal history cards, with photograph of Mrs. George Anderson, undated.

Barker, Arthur R. (No. 37343), undated, 1934-1935.

Son of “Ma” Barker; also known as “Doc.” Wanted for bank robbery, murder, kidnapping, hold-ups, and theft of United States property. Principal in the 1933 William Hamm, Jr. and 1934 Edward G. Bremer kidnappings and involved in the killing of South St. Paul (Minnesota) patrolman Leo Paviak.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Tulsa (Oklahoma) Police Department index card regarding criminal history of Arthur Barker, undated.

Mug shot (negative), [1934].

FBI criminal history transcripts, February 8, March 4, 1935. 2 pages.

Newspaper clipping, March 12, 1935.

FBI identification order no. 1219 regarding Arthur Barker, March 23, 1934.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots, March 24, 1934.

BCA criminal history cards, with mug shots, March 28, 1934.

BCA fingerprint card, January 1935.

With St. Paul (Minnesota) Police Department photograph of Barker, January 24, 1935.

FBI apprehension order no. 1219-329 canceling order no. 1219 regarding Arthur Barker, January 18, 1935.

Barker, Fred (No. 25087), undated, 1931-1932.

Son of “Ma” Barker. Wanted for bank robbery, burglary, jewel theft, and kidnapping.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots, [1931].

Mug shots, with identification information, [1931].

Mug shots (negative), [1931].

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, May 10, 1932.

Barrow, Clyde Champion (No. 32879), undated, 1932-1934.

Also known as Jack Hale, Elvin Williams, Eldin Williams, and Roy Bailey. Wanted for murder, robbery, burglary, auto theft, and fugitive from justice.

Digital version

File envelope (front), undated.

Photograph of Clyde Barrow and unidentified man, with criminal history and physical description, undated.

BCA criminal history cards, with photograph, undated.

Mug shots (negative), undated.

Negative of Clyde Barrow, undated.

Criminal history clipping, with mug shots, undated.

BCA criminal history card, with photograph of Mrs. Clyde Barrow (Bonnie Parker), undated.

BCA criminal history cards, with mug shots, 1932.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots, January5, 1933.

FBI identification order no. 1211 regarding Clyde Barrow, October 24, 1933. 2 pages.

FBI apprehension order no. 1211-306 regarding cancellation of identification order no. 1211 due to death of subject, May 23, 1934.

Barton, Leonard (No. 29279), undated, 1931-1936.

Also known as Lawrence Devol and Lawrence Carson. Member of Barker Gang and associated with Alvin Karpis. Wanted for murder and a bank robbery in Hennepin County (Minnesota).

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

BCA criminal history card, with photograph, undated.

Photograph of Barton (negative), undated.

BCA mug shots, undated.

BCA mug shots (negative), undated.

St. Peter (Minnesota) State Hospital criminal history card, with fingerprints, undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

BCA criminal history card, with fingerprints, December 4, 1931.

BCA mug shots, December 20, 1932.

BCA mug shots (negative), December 20, 1932.

Correspondence primarily from FBI and St. Peter State Hospital, 1932-1939. 18 pages.

Minneapolis Police Department criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, January 14, 1933.

Newspaper clippings: St. Paul Dispatch and St. Paul Pioneer Press, June 8, 1936. 12 pages.

BCA Bulletin, June 8, 1936. 2 pages.

BCA “Wanted for Escape” circular no. 255, June 22, 1936.

FBI criminal history transcript, July 16, 1936. 2 pages.

Brady, Alfred (No. 56349), undated, 1936-1937.

Also known as James Barton, John A. Barton, Earl Gentry, James Reid, Joe Reid and Al Borden. Quoted as saying, “I’ll make John Dillinger look like a punk,” and formed “new Dillinger gang” with James Dalhover and Clarence Lee Shaffer. Wanted for murder and bank robbery.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

BCA criminal history cards, with mug shots, undated.

BCA mug shots (negative), with physical description, undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots, November 1936.

Newspaper clippings, 1937. 3 pages.

FBI wanted poster, June 5, 1937. 4 pages.

FBI apprehension order no. 1419-486 canceling order no. 1419, October 20, 1937.

Carroll, Thomas (No. 32632), undated, 1933-1934.

Also known as “Tommy,” James Roy Brock, and Frank Sloan. Suspected of robbing the First National Bank of Brainerd (Minnesota) on October 23, 1933, with “Baby Face” Nelson. Wanted for auto theft, larceny, post office burglary, and murder. Other known associates were Frank (Porky) Dillon, one-time Touhy gangster, and Verne Miller, slain gangster and once sheriff in Huron (South Dakota).

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Film envelope, undated.

Index card regarding criminal history, undated.

Newspaper clippings, undated. 4 pages.

Also contain images of the November 13, 1933, BCA criminal history record card and an undated photograph of Carroll.

Criminal history card, undated. 2 pages.

One copy contains additional information.

St. Paul (Minnesota) Police Department mug shots, May 18, 1933.

St. Paul (Minnesota) Police Department mug shots (negative), May 18, 1933.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, June 5, 1933. 5 pages.

Copies of original, photographic copy, and three negatives (one front side and two of the reverse which contains the fingerprints).

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots, November 13, 1933.

St. Paul (Minnesota) Post Office Department reward poster, “Post Office Burglar Wanted,” December 1, 1933.

BCA Bulletin no. 197, “Wanted on Warrant for Bank Robbery,” March 16, 1934.

FBI identification order no. 1224, with mug shots and fingerprints, April 25, 1934.

FBI criminal history transcript, June 12, 1934. 2 pages.

Chapman, Charles (No. 26024), undated, 1936-1942.

Also known as Charlie Kilgore, J. C. Kilgore, and E. C. Branning. Wanted for bank robbery and kidnapping. Shot law officers and led bloody prison breaks in half a dozen southern states. He was labeled the FBI’s Public Enemy No. 1 on September 9, 1939.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

Criminal history card, with mug shots, undated.

Mug shots (negative), undated.

Louisiana State Bureau of Identification criminal history card, with photographs, undated.

Arkansas State Police Department “Escape [sic] Convicts” document, August 26, 1936.

BCA criminal history cards, with mug shots, [1937].

Department of Public Safety, Austin, Texas, “Wanted for Escape” poster, July 10, 1937.

FBI wanted poster, July 8, 1938. 2 pages.

Newspaper clipping: Des Moines Register, February 24, 1942.

FBI apprehension order no. 1456-783 canceling order no. 1456, March 5, 1942.

Chase, Vivian (No. 34117), undated, 1933-1935.

Also known as Mrs. George M. Chase. Wanted for 1933 kidnapping of August Luer in Alton (Illinois).

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

FBI criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, July 27, 1933. 3 items.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shot, February 1935.

FBI apprehension order no. 1199-362 canceling order no. 1199, November 9, 1935.

Dalhover, James (No. 56350), undated, 1936-1937.

Also known as James Williams, James Miller, Jack King, Ted Stewart, Albert A. Goins, and James Dalhober. Associate of Alfred Brady and wanted for murder, bank robbery, and escape.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

BCA criminal history cards, with mug shots, undated.

BCA mug shot (negative), undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shot, November 1936.

FBI identification order no. 1420, November 4, 1936.

FBI apprehension order no. 1420-487 canceling order no. 1420, October 21, 1937.

FBI wanted poster, June 15, 1937.

Indiana State Police “Wanted for Murder” document, August 20, 1937.

Newspaper clipping, October 13, 1937.

Dillinger, John (No. 36956), undated, 1933-1936.

Also known as Frank Sullivan. Wanted for bank robbery and murder; named Public Enemy No. 1 by J. Edgar Hoover.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Index card, regarding criminal history, undated.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots, March 1934.

Newspaper clipping of FBI identification order, March 12, 1934.

Newspaper clipping, March 25, 1934.

BCA criminal history card of Evelyn Frechette (Dillinger’s “Moll”), with photograph, May 3, 1934. 2 pages.

Illinois State Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation Circular No. 25 regarding wanted suspect, June 1, 1934.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shot, July 1934.

FBI apprehension order no. 1217-316 regarding death of subject, July 23, 1934.

Newspaper clipping regarding Evelyn Frechette and John Dillinger’s doctor, January 31, 1936.

Dillon, John G. (No. 42232), undated, 1934-1964.

Also known as John Gibson, Ray L. Olson, Jerry Randall, Jerry Randolph, F. J. Vest, and Matt Dillon. Wanted for theft, grand larceny, interstate transport of stolen autos, burglary, fraudulent travelers’ checks, and violation of Federal narcotics laws. Also alleged attempt to run down a police officer with a car.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

FBI document regarding cancellation of identification order No. 3499, undated.

Kansas State Reformatory criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, December 18, 1934.

FBI identification order no. 3499, August 10, 1961.

FBI wanted poster, August 28, 1961.

FBI wanted poster, June 19, 1963.

FBI identification order no. 3499A, June 19, 1963.

State of Minnesota memo regarding case cancellation of John G. Dillon, March 12, 1964.

Bulletin, regarding death of subject, April 9, 1964.

Dunn, Freddie (No. 99470), undated, 1932-1959.

Also known as William Haney and Fred Mattheison. Convicted of burglary, assault with intent to murder, bank robbery, and flight to avoid prosecution.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Photograph of Freddie Dunn and Jessie Hoover, undated.

Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation mug shots, [1942].

Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation mug shots (negative), [1942].

BCA mug shots, [1942].

Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation criminal history transcript, July 3, 1942. 2 pages.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots, July 13, 1942.

Correspondence, Governor of Iowa to BCA, July 11-13, 1942. 3 pages.

Newspaper clipping: Sioux City Journal-Tribune, July 22, 1942.

Nebraska Department of Law Enforcement, Bulletin, February 25, 1958.

FBI identification order no. 3203, June 17, 1958.

FBI wanted poster, July 24, 1958.

FBI apprehension order no. 3203-2329 canceling identification order no. 3203, October 6, 1959.

FBI memo regarding cancellation of Frederick Dunn from FBI’s most wanted fugitives, September 1959.

State of Minnesota memo regarding case cancellation of Freddie Dunn, September 30, 1959.

Erno, Herbert (No. 9239), undated, 1959.

Not a gangster; arrested for grand larceny in 1926. In 1959, killed ex-wife (who was also his first cousin) Ellen Yanke and her two uncles, Clarence and Herman Domy, then shot himself.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

BCA mug shots, undated.

BCA criminal history cards, with mug shots (two different sets) and fingerprints, undated. 3 pages.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

Newspaper clippings, January 23-24, 1959. 2 pages.

Fernekes, Henry (No. 46789), undated, 1935.

Also known as Jimmie Ward, C. F. Richards, Henry Goodwin, Jimmy Knight, and “Midget.” Walked away from the penitentiary in Joliet (Illinois) where he was serving time for robbery. Also wanted for murder; recaptured in Chicago in 1935. Died while in prison from taking poison.

Digital version

File envelope (partial), undated.

Half sheet paper regarding criminal history, undated.

Mug shots, with identification information, [1935].

Mug shots (negative), [1935].

Illinois State Penitentiary criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, August 1935.

Annotated with data from October 1935.

Newspaper clippings, August, October 1935.

Correspondence, Illinois Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation to Massachusetts Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, forwarding Circular No. 33, August 14, 1935.

Attachment: BCA circular no. 33, with mug shots and fingerprints, August 12, 1935.

FBI criminal history identification order no. 1296, with mug shots and fingerprints, August 29, 1935.

Index card regarding criminal history, October 28, 1935.

Fitzgerald, Charles J. (No. 10324), undated, 1929-1936.

Also known as “Big Fitz,” Chas. Jordan, Frank West, Dan Mathias Logan, William Funk, “Big Charley,” Chas. Morgan, “Old Charlie,” J. C. Hammond, Chas. E. Lowe, and “the Greeter.” Participated in the Hamm abduction. Described as a member of the J. S. Morgan gang, safe and bank robbers that worked in the central and southwestern United States.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

Newspaper clippings, undated.

Mug shots, undated.

Mug shots (negatives), undated. 2 pages.

Iowa Department of Justice criminal history cards, Circular No. 67, with mug shots and fingerprints, October 25, 1929. 2 pages.

BCA criminal history card, with fingerprints, April 25, 1936.

FBI criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, April 27, 1936.

FBI criminal history transcript, May 4, 1936. 3 pages.

Correspondence, FBI to the St. Paul (Minnesota) Chief of Police, regarding fingerprint inquiry, May 4, 1936.

Flegenheimer, Arthur (No. 42015), undated, 1934-1935.

Also known as Arthur George “Dutch” Schultz. Wanted for federal income tax law violation, homicide, assault, robbery, and gun law violation. Also accused but not convicted of grand larceny.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

U.S. Department of Justice criminal history card, identification order no. 1234, with mug shot and fingerprints, November 19, 1934.

Newspaper clipping, November 26, 1935.

Location

116.A.4.4

Gangi, Domenico (No. 51823), undated, 1936-1939.

Also known as Dominico Gango, Dominick Santo, Danny Marino, Dominic Deele, and “Compari.” Wanted for assault, White Slave Traffic Act violation, “atrocious” assault and battery, and payroll robbery.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

FBI criminal history cards, identification order no. 1360, with mug shots and fingerprints, February 21, 1936. 2 pages.

FBI apprehension order no. 1360-643 canceling identification order no. 1360 due to death of subject, November 16, 1939.

Gibson, Clair Ralph (No. 58444), undated, 1935-1937.

Also known as Carl Dugan and C. B. Drugan. Wanted for bank robbery in Minnesota and murder.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Index card regarding description of Violet Bruss and Alice Lanning (also known as Betty Markward, Betty Woods, and Betty Taylor), undated.

BCA criminal history card, with photograph (negatives), undated.

Photograph of Violet Bruss, undated.

Photograph of Alice Lanning (Betty Markward), undated.

Personal letter (photographic copy), February 12, 1935.

Newspaper clippings, June 6, 1936.

FBI correspondence to BCA regarding Gibson’s photograph, December 23, 1936, February 25, 1937. 2 pages.

Attachments: One photograph, undated, and two criminal history cards, with photographs, undated. 2 pages.

Correspondence, BCA to National Police Officer, Clayton, Missouri, regarding Gibson’s photograph and description, March 19, 1937.

Attachment: Criminal history card, with photograph, undated.

FBI correspondence to BCA regarding suspect, March 26, 1937.

J. Edgar Hoover autograph signature.

Attachment: FBI criminal history transcript, March 25, 1937.

Correspondence, BCA to Chief of Police, Highland Park, Michigan, regarding Gibson’s photograph and description, March 29, 1937.

Correspondence, Highland Park (Michigan) Police Department to BCA, regarding Gibson’s photograph and prints, April 7, 1937.

BCA Circular No. 287, “Wanted on Warrant For Bank Robbery,” April 12, 1937.

Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation criminal history transcript, Ohio, May 14, 1937.

BCA photographs of Gibson, July 13, 1937.

BCA photographs of Gibson (negatives), July 13, 1937.

FBI apprehension order no. 1442-476 canceling identification order no. 1442 regarding the location of subject, August 7, 1937.

FBI criminal history transcript, August 9, 1937.

Interview transcript of Clair Gibson by BCA Superintendent, August 12, 1937.

BCA mug shots (negatives), August 13, 1937.

BCA mug shots (prints), August 13, 1937.

BCA criminal history card, with fingerprints, August 13, 1937.

Correspondence, BCA to Moose Lake (Minnesota) Constable, regarding George Pulaski, October 15, 1937.

Attachment: FBI criminal history transcript, August 18, 1937. 2 pages.

Correspondence, South Dakota Bankers Association to BCA, regarding Gibson’s bank robberies in South Dakota, October 19-20, 1937. 2 pages.

Gibson, Russell (No. 36109), undated, 1935.

Also known as Rusty Gibson. Involved in the Bremer kidnapping and also wanted for the theft of $75,000 from a bank messenger in Oklahoma City.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

BCA criminal history card, with photograph, undated.

Oklahoma County (Oklahoma) Sheriff criminal history card, Oklahoma, with mug shot (negative), undated.

Oklahoma County (Oklahoma) Sheriff criminal history card, Oklahoma, with mug shot, undated.

Kansas City (Missouri) Police Department criminal history card, with mug shots, undated.

Newspaper clippings, undated.

FBI apprehension order no. 1213-328 canceling identification order no. 1213, January 15, 1935.

Harrison, William J. (No. 44402), undated, 1935.

Also known as Willie Harrison, W. J. Harrison, J. B. Bolton, and W. J. Ryan. Wanted for Bremer kidnapping and assault and battery with intent to rape. Supposedly killed by Al Karpis because he might talk about the Bremer kidnapping. Reputed to be a former member of the Al Capone liquor syndicate.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

FBI identification order no. 1239, February 12, 1935.

Newspaper clippings, October 17, 1935.

FBI apprehension order no. 1239-359 canceling identification order no. 1239 due to death of subject, October 28, 1935. 2 pages.

Humbert, Leo Christopher (No. 9770), undated, 1929-1967.

Also known as Robert O’Hara. Wanted for bank robbery in Meire Grove (Minnesota) on December 26, 1929, and of the State Bank of Grey Eagle (Minnesota) and State Bank of Loretto in Hennepin County (Minnesota) in 1967; forgery (federal offense); larceny; and grand larceny.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Mug shot, undated.

Mug shot (negative), undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

BCA criminal history card, with fingerprints, undated.

Criminal history card (1921-1928), undated.

BCA criminal history card, with fingerprints, September 30, 1929.

BCA wanted poster, Circular No. 171 regarding escape, circa October 12, 1929.

BCA criminal history card, with fingerprints and photograph, February 18, 1930.

FBI criminal history transcript, February 11, 1938.

Minnesota State Prison criminal history card, with photograph, [1943].

Correspondence, BCA to Minnesota Bureau of Narcotics, regarding photograph, May 1, 1956.

Attachment: Mug shot, undated.

Miscellaneous note regarding subject, September 18, 1967.

BCA form regarding disposition of subject, October 16, 1967.

BCA criminal history card, with fingerprints, October 17, 1967.

Newspaper clippings, October 18, 26, 1967.

FBI criminal history transcript, October 25, 1967. 3 pages.

James, Edmond Milton (No. 9735), undated, 1928-1962.

Also known as Edwin James. Wanted for white slavery, grand larceny, and subpoenaed to testify in the Tony DeVito kidnap case. Disappeared in 1961 in St. Paul (Minnesota); later found murdered.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

Index card listing items, note to “See case 4553,” undated.

BCA criminal history card, with fingerprints and mug shots, January8, 1928.

BCA criminal history card, with fingerprints and mug shots, [1932].

Newspaper clippings, undated, 1935, 1962, 1967. 4 pages.

BCA criminal history card, with fingerprints and mug shots, [post-1935].

BCA criminal history card, with fingerprints and mug shots, October 29, 1942.

FBI criminal history transcript, April 3, 1959. 3 pages.

Index card, with criminal history, [post-April 1962].

FBI criminal history cards, with fingerprints, April 4, 1962. 2 pages.

FBI criminal history transcript, April 11, 1962. 3 pages.

BCA investigation of death report, May 21, 1962.

Attachments: Six handwritten autopsy notes, four photographs and six negatives of James’ corpse. 6 pages.

State of Minnesota memo referring to the photographing of a house, June 25, 1962.

Attachments: Handwritten note and sketch of house, with four negatives of house. 2 pages.

Jones, Robert (No. 39371), undated, 1934-1944.

Also known as Robert Schmidt, “Frisco Dutch,” and Steinhart. Wanted for murder and larceny; a well-known figure in Twin Cities night club and gambling circles.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots, July 1, 1934.

BCA criminal history card, with fingerprints and mug shots, December 17, 1934.

Correspondence, City of Shakopee to BCA, requesting information, July 31, 1940.

Correspondence, BCA to City of Shakopee, responding to request for information, August 1, 1940.

Attachment: FBI criminal history transcript, [December 24, (?)].

Newspaper clipping, June 23, 1944.

Karpis, Alvin (No. 25086), undated, 1931-1936, 1966-1970.

Also known as “Creepy” Karpis. Lead gun in the Barker Gang; labeled Public Enemy No. 1 after June 1933 Hamm kidnapping. Also wanted for blowing safes, burglary, murder (charged in fourteen states), and questioning in the Bremer kidnapping.

Digital version

Mug shots (negatives), undated.

Two different sets of shots.

BCA criminal history card, with photograph, of Dorothy Karpis (wife), undated.

BCA photograph of Dorothy Karpis (negative), undated.

West Plains (Missouri) Police Department fingerprint card, undated.

Index cards and half-sheet paper regarding criminal history, undated. 2 pages.

BCA criminal history cards, with mug shots, [1931]. 2 pages.

West Plains (Missouri) Police Department wanted poster of Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis, [1931-1932].

BCA criminal history card, with mug shot and fingerprints, May 10, 1932.

Newspaper clippings, 1935-1936, 1966-1970. 4 pages.

FBI wanted poster, April 22, 1936.

FBI criminal history transcript, May 12, 1936. 2 pages.

FBI apprehension order no. 1218-392 canceling identification order no. 1218, May 15, 1936.

Kelly, Kathryn Thorne, undated, 1933.

Also known as Catherine Thorne Kelly, Catherine Thorne, Dolores Cannon, Dolores Whitney, and Mrs. Ora L. Shannon. Indicted and charged in Oklahoma City Federal Court in 1933, along with her husband George “Machine Gun” Kelly and others, for kidnapping oilman Charles F. Urschel of Paradise (Texas).

Digital version

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

FBI identification order no. 1207, with fingerprints, mug shots and criminal history, August 29, 1933.

Klutas, John (No. 30616), undated, 1932-1934.

Also known as Ted Klutas, J. E. Kloss, J. E. Klaus, Jack Myers, Ted Williams, William J. Lambert, Jack Miller, and “Handsome Jack.” Wanted for kidnapping, robbery, and car theft.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Index card, with identification number, undated.

Mug shots (negative), undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots, undated.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots, [1931].

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots, March 26, 1932.

FBI identification order no. 1179, February 10, 1933. 2 pages.

FBI apprehension order no. 1179-291 canceling identification order no. 1179 due to death of subject, January 12, 1934.

Lorenz, Harry (No. 8252), undated, 1929-1957.

Also known as Henry Lang and “Green River.” Beat Mary Tschida, a Saint Paul (Minnesota) woman, to death in 1934; also wanted for attempted grand larceny.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

FBI criminal history card, undated.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, May 2, 1929.

Newspaper clippings, undated, July 20, 1934. 3 pages.

FBI criminal history transcript, December 18, 1956. 2 pages.

FBI death notice, January 2, 1957.

Lupino, Rocky S. (No. 41564), undated, 1938-1982.

Also known as Rocco Salvatore Lupino. Convicted in the early 1960s for kidnapping in the 1953 disappearance of Tony DeVito, an informer whose body was never found; sentenced to up to 80 years in the Stillwater State Prison. Was reputed to have connections to the organized crime syndicate and by the 1940s, Minneapolis (Minnesota) police were calling him the city’s number one police problem. Suspected of running a local burglary and safecracking operation. Paroled in 1971; then convicted on federal gun charges and sentenced to nine years. In 1980, Lupino and Clark Ferry were arrested in Chicago and charged in the killing of Giovanni Macaddino, a jeweler from Skokie (Illinois).

Digital version

File envelope, undated. 1 item.

Index card with miscellaneous criminal history, undated.

BCA memorandum regarding “wanted record of Lupino,” [July 13, (?)].

Minneapolis (Minnesota) Police Department mug shots, August 8, 1938.

BCA mug shots (negative), October 27, 1938.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, October 27, 1938. 2 pages.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, July 1940.

Minneapolis (Minnesota) Police Department mug shots (negative), September 3, 1946.

St. Paul (Minnesota) Police Department mug shots, December 8, 1947.

St. Paul (Minnesota) Police Department mug shots (negative), December 8, 1947.

Kansas City (Missouri) Police Department full-length photograph of Rocky Lupino, Lewis Risken, and Edward Kantor, May 23, 1949.

Correspondence, BCA to Barron (Wisconsin) Sheriff’s Office, regarding photographs of Rocky Lupino and others “commonly referred to as the Dago Gang,” June 3, 1953.

[Photographs are not in the file.]

BCA complaint form, September 14, 1953.

Correspondence, BCA to Conway (South Carolina) Sheriff, regarding transcript of Rocky Lupino and John Frank Azzone, September 15, 1953.

[Transcript is not in the file.]

Correspondence, BCA to South Carolina State Prison, regarding investigation of Rocky Lupino and others, May 29, 1958.

Correspondence, South Carolina Penitentiary, regarding Rocky S. Lupino, John F. Azzone, and Allen Benton, June 3, 1958.

Attachment: South Carolina Penitentiary criminal history card, with mug shots, June 6, 1957.

Minneapolis (Minnesota) Police Department mug shots, June 2, 1958.

Minneapolis (Minnesota) Police Department mug shots (negative), June 2, 1958.

Newspaper clippings regarding Rocky Lupino and Mrs. Rocky (Mae) Lupino, 1960-1982. 7 pages.

Minnesota State Prison mug shots, February 27, 1962.

Minnesota State Prison criminal history cards, with mug shots and fingerprints, March 6, 1962. 3 pages.

Minnesota State Prison mug shots, February 17, 1971.

Minnesota State Prison mug shots (negatives), February 17, 1971.

Minneapolis (Minnesota) Police Department mug shots, March 9, 1972.

BCA criminal history card, with fingerprints, March 27, 1972.

BCA teletype record entries, 1979-1982. 6 pages.

Minnesota State Prison mug shots, December 2, 1978.

BCA criminal history identification record, [1980].

BCA criminal history card, with fingerprints, January 3, 1980.

Markwood, Robert W. (No. 55666), undated, 1936-1937.

Also known as Robert M. Wood and Robert Marquard. Member of gang of bank robbers and killers operating in Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa. Suspect in Cold Springs (Minnesota) bank robbery with Clair Gibson.

Digital version

File envelope (partial), undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

Criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, undated.

Mug shots, with identification information, undated.

Photographs of Robert Markwood (3 poses), undated.

Photographs of Robert Markwood (4 poses, negatives), undated.

Photographs of Alice Lanning (2 poses), also known as Betty Lanning, Betty Markwood, Betty Woods, and Betty Taylor, undated.

Correspondence, BCA to Peoria (Illinois) Police Department, requesting information on Robert W. Markwood, October 28, 1936.

Correspondence, BCA to FBI, requesting information on Robert W. Markwood, October 28, 1936.

Correspondence, Peoria (Illinois) Police Department to BCA, regarding request of information, October 29, 1936.

Correspondence, BCA to Peoria (Illinois) Police Department, requesting information on Robert W. Markwood, November 3, 1936.

Correspondence, FBI to BCA, regarding request of information, November 4, 1936.

J. Edgar Hoover autograph signature.

Correspondence, Peoria (Illinois) Police Department to BCA, regarding request of information, November 6, 1936.

Correspondence, FBI to BCA, regarding photographs and description of Robert W. Markwood and photograph of George Henry King, December 3, 1936. 2 pages.

Attachment: Composite photograph of four poses of Markwood, with identifying information on reverse and “Inclosure (sic) no. 1069376 From Dept. of Justice” tag, both undated. 2 pages.

Correspondence, BCA to State Investigator, Albert Lea (Minnesota), regarding photographs and descriptions of Robert W. Markwood and Clair Ralph Gibson, March 8, 1937.

Newspaper clippings, undated, March 12, 1937.

McCool, Frank (No. 62427), undated, 1937-1938.

Killed Patrolman George Connery of the Minneapolis (Minnesota) Police Department in 1917. Also, with accomplice Joseph Redenbaugh, was hired by Frank Dunn to kill his wife.

Digital version

File envelope (partial), undated.

Newspaper clippings, 1937-1938. 5 pages.

FBI criminal history transcript, October 15, 1937.

BCA criminal history card, with fingerprints, November 19, 1937. 2 pages.

FBI criminal history transcript, November 24, 1937.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, January 20, 1938.

Correspondence, FBI to Saint Cloud (Minnesota) Reformatory, regarding Frank McCool’s fingerprints, January 21, 1938.

Mitchell, Frank (No. 25558), undated, 1930-1934.

Also known as “Pretty Boy” Floyd, “Pretty Boy” Smith, and Charles Arthur Floyd. Wanted for murder of a police officer in Ohio, robbery, and kidnapping.

Digital version

File envelope (partial), undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

BCA criminal history cards, with mug shots and fingerprints, undated. 3 pages.

Negative envelope, undated.

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd, undated.

Criminal history card, undated.

Tulsa (Oklahoma) Police Department mug shots, May 20, 1930.

Tulsa (Oklahoma) Police Department mug shots (negatives), May 20, 1930.

BCA criminal history cards (6 cards), with mug shots, [1932]. 2 pages.

Mug shots (negative), [1932].

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, May 27, 1932.

Newspaper clippings, 1934. 4 pages.

FBI apprehension order no. 1194-322 canceling identification order no. 1194 due to death of subject, October 25, 1934.

Napoli, Ralph (No. 51819), undated, 1936.

Also known as Ralph Napolitano. Wanted for assault and receiving narcotics (New York City).

Digital version

File envelope (partial), undated.

Bureau of Narcotics wanted circular no. 32, with mug shots and fingerprints, February 18. 1936.

Bureau of Narcotics apprehension order no. 32-Nar. case no. 120103 canceling circular no. 32 due to death of subject, March 31, 1936.

Nelson, George (No. 36862), undated, 1933-1957.

Real name, Lester Gillis; also known as “Baby Face” Nelson, Alex Gillis, Lester Giles, “Big George” Nelson, and “Jimmie.” Wanted for bank robbery and escape.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Negative envelope, undated.

BCA criminal history card, undated.

Mug shot (negative), [1933].

Illinois State Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, Circular No. 22, with mug shots and fingerprints, June 3, 1933.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shot, December 1933.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shot, [1934].

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, [1934]. 2 pages.

Original and one “black and white positive, on silver acetate-based film” of the fingerprints only.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shot, January 12, 1934.

Chicago (Illinois) Police Department record of Lester Gillis, February 16, 1934.

FBI transcript, February 27, 1934.

FBI transcript, March 26, 1934.

FBI wanted poster, June 25, 1934.

FBI apprehension order no. 1223-325 canceling identification order no. 1223 due to death of subject, December 4, 1934.

Half sheet paper noting that materials from file were borrowed, circa November 29, 1957.

Nichols, Gus (No. 06567), undated, 1928-1950.

Also known as “Blackie,” “Shorty,” Gust Nichols, and Louis Gilbert. Wanted for robbery of Minneapolis (Minnesota) diamond salesman, assault with intent to kill, and narcotics sale and possession.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous information, undated.

Criminal history (1924-1928) card, undated.

BCA mug shots, with identification information, [1928].

Minnesota State Prison mug shots (negative), [1928].

Minneapolis (Minnesota) Police Department identification card, with mug shots and fingerprints, December 6, 1928.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, March 27, 1929.

FBI criminal history record, March 23, 1943. 2 pages.

Correspondence, BCA to FBI, requesting a transcript, January 13, 1950.

FBI criminal history record, January 19, 1950. 5 pages.

[Typed transcription was done of the first page and attached; the text was too light to photocopy well.]

Location

116.A.4.5

O’Kasick, James (No. 151062), undated, 1957-1968.

One of three brothers involved in crime spree including murder, kidnapping, car theft, and armed robbery. Involved in 1957 fatal shooting of Minneapolis (Minnesota) police officer Robert Fossum and wounding of officer Ward Canfield. While serving time in Stillwater State Prison, O’Kasick stabbed himself three times in the stomach and died shortly after prison guards found him.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Mug shots, undated.

Minnesota Reformatory mug shots, undated.

Minneapolis (Minnesota) Police Department mug shots, October 30, 1957.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, November 12, 1957.

Minnesota State Prison criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, December 24, 1957.

FBI criminal history record, January 2, 1958.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, January 9, 1958.

FBI criminal history record, January 15, 1958.

Newspaper clippings, 1958, 1961. 2 pages.

“A Minneapolis Case History (Minnesota’s O’Kasicks),” Gopher Identification, September 1968. 4 pages.

O’Kasick, Ronald C. (No. 130565), undated, 1951-1957.

Involved in 1957 fatal shooting of Minneapolis (Minnesota) police officer Robert Fossum and wounding of officer Ward Canfield.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Minnesota Reformatory mug shots, undated.

Official “Appreciation Day” badge for Minneapolis officers Robert Fossum and Ward Canfield, undated.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, November 27, 1951.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, January 15, 1952.

FBI criminal history record, January 23, 1952. 2 pages.

Newspaper clippings, September 1957. 11 pages.

Parker, Bonnie (No. 32879), undated.

Also known as Mrs. Clyde Barrow. These documents were removed from Clyde Barrow’s file.

Digital version

Film envelope, undated.

BCA criminal history cards, with photograph, undated.

Paster, Herman (No. 36720), undated, 1934-1960.

Wanted for liquor violations and illegal gambling equipment. Shot and killed in his St. Paul (Minnesota) home by gang members.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Police Department criminal history card, with fingerprints, February 13, 1934.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, July 24, 1935.

FBI criminal history record, April 8, 1957. 3 pages.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, April 9, 1957.

Newspaper clippings, October 29, 1960. 3 pages.

Peifer, John Peter (No. 52522), undated, 1936.

Also known as Jack. Gambler and Hollyhocks Club casino operator; a fingerman in the Hamm kidnapping case.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

Mug shots, with identification information, undated.

BCA criminal history card, with fingerprints, April 25, 1936.

Newspaper clippings, April 19, July 8, July 29, 1936. 3 pages.

Pierpont, Harry (No. 36002), undated, 1933-1934.

Wanted for murder, bank robbery and prison escape. Arrested in Tucson, Arizona with John Dillinger, Charles Makley, Russell Clark, Edward Shouse, and Walter Detrick.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots, undated.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots, October 12, 1933.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots, February 7, 1934.

Pipan, Frank (No. 22568), undated, 1932-1969.

Also known as Frank Pepin. Wanted for safecracking, burglary, and grand larceny. Shot and killed Minneapolis (Minnesota) policeman Richard Bergquist on April 7, 1969.

Digital version, part one

Digital version, part two

File envelope, undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

Duluth (Minnesota) Police Department criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, January 15, 1932.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, February 8, 1932.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, July 22, 1936.

BCA criminal history document, [November 1936].

Criminal history record for 1936, [November 1936].

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, November 3, 1936. 2 pages.

BCA mug shots (negatives), November 3, 1936.

BCA criminal history card, with fingerprints, November 12, 1936.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, November 17, 1936.

Correspondence, Chippewa County (Minnesota) Sheriff to BCA, regarding photographs, November 21, 1936.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, November 28, 1936.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, January 29, 1937.

North Dakota State Penitentiary criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, June 4, 1942.

Mug shots, 1945.

Mug shots (negative), 1945.

Minnesota State Prison criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, November 26, 1945.

Correspondence, BCA to his brother, William Pipan, regarding Frank’s imprisonment, July 9, 1946.

Minnesota State Prison criminal history card, with mug shots, [1950].

BCA mug shots (negative), [1950].

BCA arrest record, April 22, 1951.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, April 23, 1951.

Mug shots (negative), April 23, 1951.

Mug shots, March 1953.

Correspondence, BCA to Ellsworth (Wisconsin) Sheriff, May 5, 1954.

BCA memo regarding transfer of Frank Pipan, September 27, 1955.

Duluth (Minnesota) Police Department criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, April 16, 1957.

Minnesota State Prison criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, June 14, 1957.

BCA memo regarding recent photograph of Frank Pipan, June 27, 1961.

Attachments: Minnesota State Prison mug shots (original and negative), March 7, 1961. 2 pages.

BCA arrest record, November 27, 1961.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, November 28, 1961.

BCA mug shots, with identification information, November 28, 1961.

BCA mug shots (negative), November 28, 1961.

FBI criminal history record, September 19, 1963. 4 pages.

Minnesota State Prison criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, September 25, 1963.

Minnesota State Prison criminal history record, with mug shots, February 7, 1967.

Minnesota State Prison mug shots (negative), February 7, 1967.

Correspondence, BCA to Bloomington (Minnesota) Police Department, regarding photograph and transcript of Frank Pipan, March 2, 1967.

Minnesota State Prison mug shots, August 8, 1968.

BCA death notices of Frank Pipan, April 12, June 28, 1969. 2 pages.

Newspaper clippings, September 20, 1945 and April 8, 1969. 6 pages.

Ryan, Fred (No. 29846), undated, 1931-1936.

Also known as Robert Moore. Wanted for murder, bank robbery, and suspected of 1930 murder of Gerald Buckley (crusading Detroit radio commentator). His spouse, Mary Roche Moore, was a convicted bank robber who served time in Shakopee (Minnesota).

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous information, undated.

Index card, miscellaneous information, June 19, 1931.

Fargo (North Dakota) Sheriff’s Office wanted poster for Robert and Mary Moore for robbery on September 3, 1932. 2 pages.

Fargo (North Dakota) Sheriff’s Office wanted flyer, with Robert and Mary Moore’s photographs and Robert’s fingerprints, November 5, [1932].

Index card of physical description, [1933].

BCA criminal history cards, with mug shot, [1933].

Annotated with 1936 data.

Mug shot (negative), [1933].

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, February 4, 1933. 6 pages.

Original; two photographic copies, one of just the fingerprints; and three negatives.

Correspondence, BCA to Columbus (Ohio) Police Department, regarding Julia Koven, December 22, 1934.

Correspondence, Illinois Bureau of Identification and Investigation to BCA, regarding Fred Ryan, January7, 1936.

Correspondence, Bayfield County (Wisconsin) Sheriff to BCA, regarding Robert Moore, January7, 1936.

Correspondence, BCA to Illinois Bureau of Identification and Investigation, regarding death of Robert Moore, January 9, 1936.

Correspondence, BCA to Bayfield County (Wisconsin) Sheriff, regarding death of Robert Moore, January 9, 1936.

Correspondence, BCA to Robbinsdale (Minnesota) Police Department, regarding forged checks, January 10, 1936.

Detroit (Michigan) Police Department report of interview of William Carlson, January 11, 1936.

Detroit (Michigan) Police Department report of interview with Mary Moore, January 11, 1936. 3 pages.

FBI criminal history transcript, January 11, 1936.

Detroit (Michigan) Police Department report of interview of Emma Roche, January 13, 1936. 2 pages.

Correspondence, BCA to Iowa State Bureau, regarding checks, January 20, 1936.

Attachment: Photographic copy and negative of signature, undated.

Newspaper clippings, 1936. 10 pages.

Sankey, Verne (No. 36868), undated, 1933-1934.

Also known as Reo Verne Sankey. Arrested in Detroit (Michigan), violated the Minnesota National Prohibition Act, and was indicted on February 12, 1933 for kidnapping Charles Boettcher II in Denver (Colorado) and transporting him to South Dakota where he was held for ransom. Gordon Francis Alcorn, Carl Pearce, Fern Mae Sankey, Elvina Ruth Kohler, and Arthur Youngberg were also associated with the kidnapping.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Film envelope, undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

BCA criminal history card of Verne Sankey, with photograph, undated. 2 pages.

BCA criminal history card of Gordon Alcorn, with photograph, undated.

Photograph of Verne Sankey and Gordon Elkhorn, undated.

Photograph of Verne Sankey and Gordon Elkhorn (negative), undated.

Mug shots of Gordon Alcorn, undated. 2 pages.

FBI identification order no. 11283, wanted for kidnapping, Verne Sankey and Gordon Alcorn, April 6, 1933.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, February 23, 1934.

Sawyer, Harry (No. 44401), undated, 1935-1958.

Also known as “Dutch” Sawyer, Harry Sandovich, Harry J. Porche, Harry Sandevich, Harry Sandlovich, Harry Sandlovitch, Frank James, Jew Harry, and Harry Standley. Wanted for the Bremer kidnapping, larceny, robbery, jumping bond, auto theft, and burglary with explosives.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

FBI identification order no. 1240, April 3, 1935.

FBI apprehension order no. 1240-338 canceling identification order no. 1240 due to subject being taken into custody, May 8, 1935.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, August 30, 1935.

Newspaper clipping, January 25, 1936.

FBI criminal history record, February 25, 1958. 2 pages.

Shaffer, Clarence L. (No. 56351), undated, 1936-1937.

Also known as Lee Jackson and Al C. Layton. Associate of Alfred Brady. Wanted for murder of a police officer in an Indiana bank robbery in December 1936.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots, undated.

BCA mug shot (negative), undated.

FBI identification order no. 1418, October 31, 1936.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots, November 1936.

FBI wanted poster, June 15, 1937.

Indiana State Police “Wanted for Murder” document, August 20, 1937.

FBI apprehension order no. 1418-485 canceling identification order no. 1418 due to death of subject, October 19, 1937.

Sharkey, William (No. 34128), undated, 1933.

Also known as William O. Boyle. Acquitted with Roger Touhy, Gus Schaeffer, and Eddie McFadden of the Hamm kidnapping.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

Criminal history card and arrests (1914-1933), [1933].

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, August 16, 1933.

Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Police Department criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, August 23, 1933.

Correspondence, Michigan Bureau of Criminal Identification to St. Paul (Minnesota) Police Department, regarding criminal history, September 1, 1933.

Van Doran, Frank J. (No. 13074), undated, 1931-1938.

Robbed a lunchroom and a filling station at St. Paul’s (Minnesota) Central Avenue and St. Peter Street with Earl La Shomb and Dick Fortuna in January 1938. Involved in a gun battle with Saint Paul police detectives Ralph Merrill, Louis Schultz and Thomas Shanley. Also arrested for rape and served a sentence at the Minnesota State Reformatory.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, [1930].

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, October 20, 1931.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, August 13, 1937.

FBI criminal history transcript, August 18, 1937.

Newspaper clipping, January 11, 1938. 2 pages.

Van Meter, Homer (No. 37762), undated, 1934.

Also known as Kenneth Jackson and Kenneth R. Jackson. Member of the John Dillinger Mob and wanted for bank robbery.

Digital version

Special notice (part page), undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous information, undated.

St. Paul (Minnesota) Police Department mug shots, undated.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots, February 7, 1934.

FBI identification order no. 1222, April 11, 1934.

Photograph of deceased, [August 1934].

FBI apprehension order no. 1222-317 canceling identification order no. 1222 due to death of subject, August 24, 1934.

FBI criminal history transcript, August 28, 1934. 2 pages.

Wilson, John B. (No. 10421), undated, 1929-1939.

Wanted for grand larceny (first degree), robbery, and burglary in Hennepin County (Minnesota) in the 1930s.

Digital version

File envelope, undated.

Half sheet paper--miscellaneous notes, undated.

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots, [circa 1929].

Minneapolis (Minnesota) Police Department criminal history cards, with mug shots and identification information, November 4, 1929.

BCA criminal history card, [1930].

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots, [1930].

BCA wanted posters, May 22, 1930.

Newspaper clipping, July 25, 1939.

Young, Earl R. (No. 67837), undated, 1938.

Also known as Andrew Riska, Karl Richardson, and Lester Young. Wanted for kidnapping, rape, auto theft and burglary; held up a man and a girl in Louisville (Kentucky) on July 13, 1938 and transported her to Indiana.

Digital version

Index card of criminal history, undated.

Detailed description of Earl Richard Young, [1938].

BCA fingerprints cards (photographic copies), March 25, 1938.

BCA fingerprints cards (negatives), [March 25, 1938].

BCA criminal history card, with mug shots and fingerprints, July 13, 1938.

BCA criminal history cards, with mug shots, August 3, 1938.

BCA mug shots (negative), August 3, 1938.

FBI correspondence to BCA regarding description of suspect, August 4, 1938. 2 pages.

FBI criminal history transcript, August 7, 1938. 3 pages.

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Restricted, access to and use of these materials requires the permission of State Archives staff.

Location

+Reserve 20

Karpis, Alvin: West Plains (Missouri) Police Department wanted poster of Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis, [1931-1932]. 1 item.

Digital version

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:

Crime -- Minnesota.

Criminals -- Minnesota.

Fugitives from justice -- Minnesota.

Gangs -- Minnesota.

Kidnapping -- Minnesota.

Organized crime -- Minnesota.

Police murders -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.

Persons:

Barker, Doc, 1900-1939.

Barker, Ma, 1872-1935.

Barker, Fred, 1902-1935.

Barrow, Clyde, 1909-1934.

Bremer, Edward George, 1898-1965 -- Kidnapping, 1934.

Dillinger, John, 1903-1934.

Fitzgerald, Charles Joseph.

Floyd, Pretty Boy, 1904-1934.

Gibson, Clair Ralph, d. [ca. 1937].

Gibson, Russell, d. 1935.

Hamm, William, 1893-1970 -- Kidnapping, 1933.

Harrison, William J., d. [ca. 1935].

Karpis, Alvin.

Lorenz, Harry, d. 1956.

Lupino, Rocky S., 1916-1982.

Markwood, Robert W., d. [ca. 1936].

McCool, Frank Xavier.

Nelson, Baby Face, 1908-1934.

O'Kasick, James, d. 1958.

O'Kasick, Ronald C., d. 1958.

Parker, Bonnie, 1910-1934.

Peifer, John Peter.

Pipan, Frank, 1913-1969.

Ryan, Fred, d. 1936.

Sawyer, Harry, 1891-1955.

Schultz, Dutch, 1900 or 1-1935.

Sharkey, William, d. 1933.

Van Doran, Frank J., d. 1938.

Van Meter, Homer, d. 1934.

Organizations:

Minnesota. Bureau of Criminal Apprehension -- Records and correspondence.

Minnesota. Department of Public Safety.

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