Arthur R. "Doc" Barker (June 4, 1899 – January 13, 1939) was an American criminal, the son of Ma Barker and a member of the Barker-Karpis gang along with Alvin Karpis.
Arthur Barker, better known as Doc Barker, was born in Aurora, Missouri to George Elias Barker and Ma Barker née Clark and was one of seven children. Through the 1920s and 1930s, Barker, with his brother Fred and Alvin Karpis, committed numerous crimes such as theft, robbery, murde...
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Arthur R. "Doc" Barker (June 4, 1899 – January 13, 1939) was an American criminal, the son of Ma Barker and a member of the Barker-Karpis gang along with Alvin Karpis.
Arthur Barker, better known as Doc Barker, was born in Aurora, Missouri to George Elias Barker and Ma Barker née Clark and was one of seven children. Through the 1920s and 1930s, Barker, with his brother Fred and Alvin Karpis, committed numerous crimes such as theft, robbery, murder, and kidnapping. 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 committed many armed robberies and murdered two people. On January 15, 1922, Doc Barker robbed a bank in Muskogee, Oklahoma and was sent to the Oklahoma State Prison but was released five months later on June 21, 1922. On December 16, 1932 Doc Barker participated in the robbery of the Third Northwestern Bank...
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