This is a list of Depression-era outlaws spanning the years of Prohibition

Prohibition

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 and the Great Depression

Great Depression

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 known as the Public Enemy

Public Enemy

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 era. Those include, but are not limited to, high-profile criminals wanted by state and federal law enforcement agencies for armed robbery, kidnapping, murder and other violent crime. These are not to be confused with organized crime figures

Organized crime

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 of the same period.

Prohibition and the "Public Enemy" era (1919–1939)

Name	Portrait	Life	Comments
Edward J. Adams Edward J. Adams Edward J. "Eddie" Adams was a notorious American criminal and murderer in the Midwest. He was attributed with seven murders, including three Wichita policemen, in just a little over 14 month's time. He wounded at least a dozen others. Adams, at age 34, was surrounded and then killed by police in...		1887–1921	Bootlegger, car thief, murderer. After being sentenced to life imprisonment, Adams escaped custody twice. He was killed in a shootout with police.
George "Dutch" Anderson George Anderson (criminal) George "Dutch" Anderson was a Danish criminal and, with American bandit Gerald Chapman, co-led an early Prohibition-era gang from 1919 until the mid-1920s.-Life and career:...		1879–1925	Anderson and his associates successfully robbed a US Mail truck of $2.4 million in cash, bonds, and jewelry.
John Ashley John Ashley (bandit) John Ashley was a 20th century American outlaw, bank robber, bootlegger, and occasional pirate active in southern Florida during the 1910s and 1920s. Between 1915 and 1924, the self-styled "King of the Everglades" or "Swamp Bandit" operated from various hideouts in the Florida Everglades...		1895–1924	Florida bandit known as the "King of the Everglades". His gang robbed banks and trains, hijacked rumrunners and feuded with police in southern Florida until Ashley's death in 1924.
Harvey John Bailey Harvey Bailey Harvey John Bailey , called "The Dean of American Bank Robbers", had a long criminal career. One of the most successful bank robbers during the 1920s, walking off with over $1 million during that time, Bailey is almost forgotten today.- His career :Born in West Virginia, Bailey robbed his first...	No image available	1887–1979	Considered one of the most successful bank robbers of the 1920s, Bailey stole over a million dollars. Bailey spent 31 years in prison and died at the age 91 in Joplin, Missouri Joplin, Missouri Joplin is a city in southern Jasper County and northern Newton County in the southwestern corner of the US state of Missouri. Joplin is the largest city in Jasper County, though it is not the county seat. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 50,150... .
Basil "The Owl" Banghart Basil Banghart Basil "The Owl" Banghart was an American criminal, burglar and prison escape artist. Although a successful "stickup artist" during the 1920s and early 1930s, he is best remembered for his involvement in the hoax kidnapping of Chicago mobster Jake "The Barber" Factor, a crime for which he and Roger...	No image available	1900–1982
Lloyd Barkdoll	No image available	1900–1982	Oregon bank robber. Sentenced to life imprisonment, Barkdoll took part in an unsuccessful escape attempt with Sam Shockley Sam Shockley Richard Sam Shockley Jr. was an inmate at Alcatraz prison who participated in the Battle of Alcatraz in 1946.... , Joseph Cretzer and Arnold Kyle Cretzer-Kyle Gang The Cretzer-Kyle Gang was a Depression-era criminal group led by Joseph "Dutch" Cretzer and Arnold Thomas Kyle during the mid-to late 1930s. Largely active in the West Coast, they were one of the few groups to gain national attention outside the Midwest and also one of the last groups to be...  from Alcatraz in 1941.
Ma Barker Ma Barker Kate "Ma" Barker was the mother of several criminals who ran the Barker gang from the "public enemy era", when the exploits of gangs of criminals in the U.S. Midwest gripped the American people and press...		1873–1935	Legendary associate of the Barker-Karpis gang Alvin Karpis Alvin Francis Karpis , nicknamed "Creepy" for his sinister smile, was an American criminal known for his alliance with the Barker gang in the 1930s. He was the last "public enemy" to be taken.-Early life:Karpis was born to Lithuanian immigrants in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and was raised in Topeka,... .
Blanche Blanche Barrow Bennie Iva "Blanche" Frasure was the wife of Marvin "Buck" Barrow and the sister-in-law of Clyde Barrow. Buck and Blanche were part of the Barrow Gang from late March 1933 until their capture on July 24, 1933.-Early life:Blanche Barrow was born in Garvin, Oklahoma...  and Buck Barrow Buck Barrow Marvin Ivan Barrow was a member of the Barrow Gang. He was the older brother of the gang's leader, Clyde Barrow. He and his wife Blanche were wounded in a gun battle with police four months after they joined up with Bonnie and Clyde...		1911-1988 (Blanche) 1903-1933 (Buck)	See Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow were well-known outlaws, robbers, and criminals who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression. Their exploits captured the attention of the American public during the "public enemy era" between 1931 and 1934... .
Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker		1909–1934 (Clyde) 1910–1934 (Bonnie)	See Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow were well-known outlaws, robbers, and criminals who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression. Their exploits captured the attention of the American public during the "public enemy era" between 1931 and 1934... .
Albert Bates Albert Bates (criminal) Albert L. Bates was an American bank robber and burglar during the 1920s and '30s. He used a number of different aliases during his criminal career including George Davis, George Harris and J.B. King...		1891-1948
Edward Wilheim Bentz Eddie Bentz Edward Wilhelm "Eddie" Bentz was an American bank robber and Depression-era outlaw. He was associated with several high-profile public enemies during his criminal career including Harvey Bailey, Albert Bates, George "Machine Gun" Kelly and Baby Face Nelson...		1894–1979
Joe Bergl Joe Bergl Joseph P. Bergl was a mechanic who supplied specially designed vehicles for Chicago's underworld including Al Capone's Chicago Outfit to Depression-era outlaws George "Machine Gun" Kelly and members of the Barker Gang....	No image available	1901–1950	A mechanic for Al Capone Al Capone Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone was an American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate. The Chicago Outfit, which subsequently became known as the "Capones", was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor, and other illegal activities such as prostitution, in Chicago from the early... , he supplied Capone with custom-made vehicles. The vehicles were designed for protection and evasion purposes and included armor plating, smokescreens, and oil slicks.
George Birdwell George Birdwell George William Birdwell was an American bank robber and Depression-era outlaw. He was one of Pretty Boy Floyd's closest known associates and also teamed with a number of fellow Oklahoma-based bandits, most notably, William "Billy the Killer" Miller and Aussie Elliott.-Early life and criminal...	No image available	1894–1932
Charles Birger Charles Birger Charles Birger was an American bootlegger during the Prohibition period in southern Illinois. His real name was Shachna Itzik Birger, and he emigrated to the United States as a child with his parents from the Russian Empire....	No image available	1881-1928	Bootlegger based in the southern region of Illinois. Birger's gang, along with the Shelton Brothers Gang Shelton Brothers Gang The Shelton Brothers Gang was an early Prohibition era bootlegging gang based in southern Illinois. They were the main rivals of the famous bootlegger Charles Birger. In 1950 the Saturday Evening Post described the Sheltons as "America's Bloodiest Gang".... , waged war with each other, and the local Ku Klux Klan Ku Klux Klan Ku Klux Klan, often abbreviated KKK and informally known as the Klan, is the name of three distinct past and present far-right organizations in the United States, which have advocated extremist reactionary currents such as white supremacy, white nationalism, and anti-immigration, historically...  throughout the 1920s.
Fred William Bowerman Fred William Bowerman Fred William Bowerman was an American criminal, bank robber and Depression-era outlaw. A veteran holdup man, his criminal career lasted over 30 years and was placed on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list in 1953. That same year, Bowerman organized and led the disastrous Southwest Bank holdup in St...		1893–1953
Ford Bradshaw Ford Bradshaw Ford Bradshaw was an American criminal bank robber and Depression-era outlaw. He was a rival of fellow Sooner, Oklahoma bandit Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, and although never as nationally well-known as Floyd, Bradshaw's small town bank raids far exceeded those of Floyd during his criminal...	No image available	1908–1934	Bank robber who was killed resisting arrest.
Tom "Skeet" Bradshaw	No image available		Brother of Ford Bradshaw and member of the Cookson Hills Gang. Suspected in several bank robberies in Oklahoma and Kansas, he was eventually convicted of attempted murder and bootlegging in 1934.
Robert "Big Bob" Brady Robert Brady (criminal) Robert G. "Big Bob" Brady was an American bank robber and Depression-era outlaw. A well-known Oklahoma bandit during the 1920s and 30s, Brady was associated with Wilbur Underhill, Harvey Bailey and Jim Clark....	No image available	1904–1934
Al Brady	No image available	1911–1937
Harold Brest	No image available	1912-?	Pennsylvania bank robber. Sent to Alcatraz, was a participant in Floyd Hamilton's 1943 escape attempt.
Harry Brunette Harry Brunette Harry Brunette was an American bank robber and Depression-era outlaw. He was declared a national "public enemy" by the Federal Bureau of Investigation when he and partner Merle Vandenbush robbed a series of banks in the New York City-era and kidnapped New Jersey state trooper William A. Turnbull...	No image available	1911–?
Fred "Killer" Burke		1885–1940	Burke was an armed robber, contract killer, and primary suspect in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre St. Valentine's Day massacre The Saint Valentine's Day massacre is the name given to the 1929 murder of 7 mob associates as part of a prohibition era conflict between two powerful criminal gangs in Chicago: the South Side Italian gang led by Al Capone and the North Side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran. Former members of the... . Burke was named America's most wanted man. Eventually imprisoned, he died there of heart disease.
John Callahan John Callahan (outlaw) John Callahan was an American outlaw and bank robber during the closing days of the Old West. He eventually became the leading underworld figure in Wichita, Kansas during Prohibition, specifically becoming involved in bootlegging and narcotics...	No image available	1866–1936
Robert Carey Robert Carey (gangster) Robert Carey was a Midwestern armed robber and contract killer responsible for many crimes during the Prohibition era. He is considered a suspect in the infamous St. Valentine's Day Massacre of 1929....	No image available	1894–1932	Armed robber and contract killer. Considered as a suspect in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre St. Valentine's Day massacre The Saint Valentine's Day massacre is the name given to the 1929 murder of 7 mob associates as part of a prohibition era conflict between two powerful criminal gangs in Chicago: the South Side Italian gang led by Al Capone and the North Side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran. Former members of the... .
Tommy Carroll Tommy Carroll (criminal) Thomas Leonard "Tommy" Carroll was an American bank robber and Depression-era outlaw. A boxer-turned-criminal, he committed numerous robberies during the 1920s and 30s as well as being a longtime member of the Dillinger gang....	No image available	1901–1934
Gerald Chapman Gerald Chapman Gerald Chapman , called the "Count of Gramercy Park", and "The Gentleman Bandit" was an American criminal who co-led an early Prohibition-era gang with George "Dutch" Anderson from 1919 until the mid-1920s...	No image available	1888–1926	Chapman was known as the "Count of Gramercy Park" and was convicted of several robberies and murders. Eventually considered one of America's top ten criminals, Chapman was convicted of the murder of police officer James Skelly. He was sentenced to hang and was executed on April 6, 1926.
John Paul Chase John Paul Chase John Paul Chase was an American bank robber and Depression-era outlaw. He was a longtime criminal associate of the Karpis-Barker Gang and Baby Face Nelson who later brought him into the John Dillinger gang. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover once referred to Chase as "a rat with a patriotic-sounding name"...	No image available	1901–1973
Vivian Chase Vivian Chase -Early life:Born in Nebraska around the year 1905, Vivian Davis was the youngest child of Alfred and Sarah Davis. She had three sisters and three brothers; Hazel, Laura, Ella, Lewis, Frank, and Marshall. Soon after her birth, her family moved to Greene County, Missouri, where her father worked as...	No image available	1902–1935	Chase was an associate of several robbers, including her husband, George Chase, and Charlie Mayes. However, she is best known for her role in the kidnapping of banker August Luer. Because Luer was not in good health, Chase and her partner O'Malley released him not long after his capture. O'Malley was eventually arrested, while Chase escaped. She was later found dead in car outside St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri.
James "Oklahoma Jack" Clark James Clark (criminal) James "Oklahoma Jack" Clark was a Depression-era outlaw and bank robber.A protege of bank robber Herman "Baron" Lamm, Clark was a later member of Lamm's team who participated in the gang's final robbery against the Citizens State Bank in Clinton, Indiana on December 16, 1930...	No image available		Clark was a bank robber who stole more than $15,000 from a bank in Clinton, Indiana Clinton, Indiana Clinton is a city in Vermillion County, Indiana, United States. The population was 4,893 at the 2010 census. The city was established in 1829 and is named after DeWitt Clinton, who served as governor of New York from 1817 to 1823. Many of Clinton's original settlers were immigrants working in coal... . Held in an Indiana state prison, he met John Dillinger John Dillinger John Herbert Dillinger, Jr. was an American bank robber in Depression-era United States. He was charged with, but never convicted of, the murder of an East Chicago, Indiana police officer during a shoot-out. This was his only alleged homicide. His gang robbed two dozen banks and four police stations... , Harry Pierpont Harry Pierpont Harry Pierpont was a Prohibition era gangster. He is perhaps most noted for being a friend and mentor of John Dillinger.... , and others. He escaped using pistols smuggled in by a visitor, but was recaptured shortly thereafter. He died in prison.
Jim Clark Jim Clark (criminal) Jim Clark was an American bank robber and Depression-era outlaw. A longtime career criminal in Oklahoma during the 1920s, Clark was associated with Wilbur Underhill, Harvey Bailey and Robert "Big Bob" Brady and remained a public enemy in the state of Kansas until his capture and imprisonment in...	No image available	1902–1974
Russell "Boobie" Clark Russell Clark (criminal) Russell Lee "Boobie" Clark was an American thief, bank robber and prison escapee. He is best known as the "good natured" member of the John Dillinger gang and participated in armed holdups with them in a three-month crime spree across the Midwestern United States from October 1933 until his...	No image available	1898–1968
Joseph Cretzer and Arnold Kyle Cretzer-Kyle Gang The Cretzer-Kyle Gang was a Depression-era criminal group led by Joseph "Dutch" Cretzer and Arnold Thomas Kyle during the mid-to late 1930s. Largely active in the West Coast, they were one of the few groups to gain national attention outside the Midwest and also one of the last groups to be...	No image available	1911–1946 (Cretzer Joseph Paul Cretzer Joseph Paul Cretzer was an American bank robber and prisoner at Alcatraz who participated in and was slain in the bloody "Battle of Alcatraz" which took place following a failed escape attempt between May 2 and May 4, 1946.-Criminal career:Cretzer started his criminal... ) 1910– (Kyle)
Francis "Two Gun" Crowley Francis Crowley Francis "Two Gun" Crowley was an American murderer and career criminal. His crime spree lasted nearly three months, ending in a two-hour shootout with the New York City Police Department in May 1931 viewed by 15,000 bystanders...	No image available	1912–1932
James "Killer" Cunniffe James Cunniffe James "Killer" Cunniffe was an American bank robber who planned and successfully carried out the 1926 New Jersey mail robbery, one of the most well-publicized thefts during the 1920s. On October 14, 1926, he and seven others armed with submachine guns hijacked a U.S. mail truck in Elizabeth, New...	No image available	1896–1926
Ed Davis Ed Davis (criminal) Ed Davis was an American burglar, bank robber and Depression-era outlaw. He was especially active in Oklahoma, referred to by authorities as "The Fox", and frequently teamed with Jim Clark and Frank Sawyer during the early 1930s...	No image available	1900–1937
Volney "Curley" Davis Volney Davis Volney Curley Davis was an American bank robber and Depression-era outlaw. A longtime Oklahoma bandit, he was the boyfriend of Edna Murray and an associate of both the John Dillinger and Alvin Karpis-Barker gangs during the 1930s.-Biography:Born in Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma, Volney Davis's...	No image available	1902–1978
DeAutremont Brothers DeAutremont Brothers The DeAutremont Brothers, Hugh DeAutremont , Roy and Ray DeAutremont , were a criminal gang based in Pacific Northwest during the 1920s...	No image available	1905–1959 (Hugh) 1900–1983 (Roy) 1900–1984 (Ray Ray DeAutremont Ray Charles DeAutremont , also known as Ray d'Autremont, R.C. Burton, William Elliot, Elmer Goodwin, and Charles R. Joseph, was a member of the DeAutremont Brothers, who were the sole members and accomplices to perform the Last Great Train Robbery... )
Lawrence De Vol	No image available	1895–1936
Benny and Stella Dickson	No image available	1911–1939 (Benny) 1922–1995 (Stella)	The Dicksons were husband and wife and turned to crime shortly after their marriage. Shortly after Stella's 16th birthday, they robbed a bank in Elkton, South Dakota Elkton, South Dakota Elkton is a city in Brookings County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 736 at the 2010 census. Some of Elkton's population also have Minnesota addresses since the city is located so close the state line.-Geography:... , taking more than $2000. Stella earned the nickname "Sure Shot" by shooting out the tires of a police patrol car after a heist in Michigan. Benny was killed by FBI agents in St. Louis. Stella was captured and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
John Herbert Dillinger John Dillinger John Herbert Dillinger, Jr. was an American bank robber in Depression-era United States. He was charged with, but never convicted of, the murder of an East Chicago, Indiana police officer during a shoot-out. This was his only alleged homicide. His gang robbed two dozen banks and four police stations...		1903–1934	Perhaps the most famous outlaw of the 20th century, he was known to have offered cab fare to his hostages, many of whom liked him in spite of themselves.
Mickey Duffy Mickey Duffy Michael "Mickey" Duffy , also known as John Murphy and George McEwen, was a Polish-American Atlantic City mobster and rival of Maxie "Boo Boo" Hoff during Prohibition...	No image available	1888-1931
Frederick Grant Dunn Frederick Grant Dunn Frederick Grant Dunn was an American criminal, burglar and bank robber whose career spanned over four decades from 1919 until his mysterious death in 1959...	No image available	1905–1958
Martin James Durkin Martin James Durkin Martin James Durkin was an American criminal and car thief. He is credited as the first man to kill a federal agent and was the subject of an intense manhunt by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Personally led by J...	No image available	1900–1981	Convicted of shooting the first FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...  Special Agent killed in the line of duty, Edwin C. Shanahan.
Aussie Elliott Aussie Elliott Aussie Elliott was a Depression-era outlaw and associate of bank robbers George Birdwell and Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd. Born in Oklahoma, Elliott was convicted of bank robbery in 1932 and sentenced to the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Oklahoma eventually escaping on August 14, 1932...	No image available	1914–1934	Elliott was an associate of George Birdwell and Pretty Boy Floyd Pretty Boy Floyd Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd was an American bank robber. He operated in the West South Central States, and his criminal exploits gained heavy press coverage in the 1930s. Like most other prominent outlaws of that era, he was killed by law enforcement officers... . He was convicted of bank robbery in 1930 and was sent to the Oklahoma State Penitentiary Oklahoma State Penitentiary The Oklahoma State Penitentiary is located in McAlester, Oklahoma, on . It is a prison of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Opened in 1908 with 50 inmates in makeshift facilities, today the prison holds more than 1,200 male offenders, the vast majority of which are maximum-security inmates... . He escaped ten years later. In 1934, Elliott died in a gun battle with police near Sapulpa, Oklahoma Sapulpa, Oklahoma Sapulpa is a city in Creek and Tulsa counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 20,544 at the 2010 United States census, compared to 19,166 at the 2000 census... .
Frank P. Ellis	No image available
Elmer Farmer	No image available		Member of the Barker-Karpis Gang. Later sent to Alcatraz.
Herbert Allen "Deafy" Farmer Herbert Allen Farmer Herbert Allen "Deafy" Farmer was an American criminal who, with his wife Esther, operated a safe house for underworld fugitives from the mid-1920s to 1933....	No image available	d. 1948
Julius Finney	No image available
Charles Fitzgerald	No image available	1877–1945	Member of Barker-Karpis Gang. Later sent to Alcatraz, Fitzgerald was one of its oldest inmates.
Jake Fleagle	No image available	1890–1930
Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd		1904–1934	Floyd was an American United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...  bank robber Bank robbery Bank robbery is the crime of stealing from a bank during opening hours. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting Program, robbery is "the taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of...  and alleged killer, romanticized by the press and by folk singer Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his...  in his song "Pretty Boy Floyd". Time magazine listed his first robbery as $3.50 in pennies from a local post office at the age of eighteen. He was arrested and convicted of payroll robbery three years later.
Ralph Fults Ralph Fults Ralph Fults was a Depression-era outlaw and escape artist associated with Raymond Hamilton, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow of the Barrow Gang.-Early life:...	No image available	1911–1993
Richard Galatas	No image available		Alleged mastermind behind the Kansas City Massacre Kansas City Massacre The Kansas City massacre was the shootout and murder of four law enforcement officers and a criminal fugitive at the Union Station railroad depot in Kansas City, Missouri, on the morning of June 17, 1933. It occurred as part of the attempt by a gang led by Vernon Miller to free Frank "Jelly" Nash,... . Later sent to Alcatraz.
Roy Gardner Roy Gardner (bank robber) Roy G. Gardner was once America's most infamous prison escapee and the most celebrated outlaw and escaped convict during the Roaring Twenties....	No image available	1886–1938
Russell "Slim Gray" Gibson Russell Gibson Russell "Slim Gray" Gibson was an American bank robber and Depression-era outlaw associated with Alvin Karpis and the Barker Gang during the late 1920s and 1930s. Gibson spent much of his early criminal career with the Central Park Gang based in Tulsa, Oklahoma which included the Barkers, Volney...	No image available	d. 1935
Fred "Shotgun" George Ziegler Goetz Fred Goetz Fred Samuel Goetz , also known as "Shotgun" George Ziegler, "George B. Seibert", George Zeigler" and was a Chicago Outfit mobster and a suspected participant in the Valentine's Day Massacre, in 1929 and Kansas City Massacre.Born in Chicago to Samuel T...	No image available	1896–1934
Eddie Green	No image available	1898–1934
Floyd Garland Hamilton	No image available	1908–1984
John "Red" Hamilton John Hamilton (gangster) John "Red" Hamilton was a Canadian criminal and bank robber active in the early 20th century, most notably as a criminal associate of John Dillinger.-Prison break:...		1899–1934?
Raymond Hamilton Raymond Hamilton Raymond Hamilton was a member of the notorious Barrow Gang during the early 1930s. By the time he was 21 years old he had accumulated a prison sentence of 362 years.-The Barrow Gang:...	No image available	1913–1935
Thomas J. Holden and Francis L. Keating Holden-Keating Gang The Holden-Keating Gang was a bank robbing team, led by Thomas James Holden and Francis Keating , which was active in the Midwestern United States during the 1920s and 30s...	No image available	1896–1953 (Holden) 1899–1978 (Keating)
Alva-Dewey Hunt and Hugh Gant Hunt-Gant Gang The Hunt-Gant Gang was a Depression-era outlaw group led by Alva-Dewey Hunt and Hugh Gant which was active during the mid-to late 1930s...	No image available
Elmer H. Inman Elmer H. Inman Elmer H. Inman was an American criminal, bank robber, jewel thief and Depression-era outlaw. At one time considered Oklahoma's "Public Enemy No. 1", he was a member of the Kimes-Terrill Gang and associated with Herman Barker and Wilbur Underhill, Jr. throughout the early-1930s.-Early life and...	No image available	1880–1939
Eleanor "The Blonde Tigress" Jarman Eleanor Jarman Eleanor Jarman was an American runaway, fugitive from justice, and robber who was jailed, escaped from jail in 1940, was placed on the FBI ten most wanted fugitives list, and remains missing.-Early life and crime career:...	No image available	1904–?
Charles E. Johnson
Enoch L. Johnson Enoch L. Johnson Enoch Lewis "Nucky" Johnson was an Atlantic City, New Jersey political boss and racketeer. From the 1910s until his imprisonment in 1941, he was the undisputed “boss” of the Republican political machine that controlled Atlantic City and the Atlantic County government...	No image available	1883-1968
William Daniel Jones W. D. Jones William Daniel Jones was a member of the Barrow Gang, whose spree throughout the southern Midwest in the early years of the Great Depression became part of American criminal folklore. Jones ran with Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker for eight and a half months, from Christmas Eve 1932 to early...		1915–1974
Alvin "Old Creepy" Karpis Alvin Karpis Alvin Francis Karpis , nicknamed "Creepy" for his sinister smile, was an American criminal known for his alliance with the Barker gang in the 1930s. He was the last "public enemy" to be taken.-Early life:Karpis was born to Lithuanian immigrants in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and was raised in Topeka,...		1908–1979
George "Machine Gun" Kelly Machine Gun Kelly George Kelley Barnes , better known as "Machine Gun Kelly", was an American gangster during the prohibition era. His nickname came from his favorite weapon, a Thompson submachine gun. His most famous crime was the kidnapping of oil tycoon & businessman Charles Urschel in July 1933 for which he,...		1895–1954
John Allen Kendrick John Allen Kendrick John Allen Kendrick was an American criminal, escape artist, bank robber and member of the Tri-State Gang whose career spanned four decades...	No image available	1897–?
Matthew Kimes and Ray Terrill Kimes-Terrill Gang The Kimes-Terrill Gang was a bank robbing gang, led by Matthew Kimes and Ray Terrill, active in the Midwestern United States during the 1920s. The gang was known, not only for their high-profile robberies, but for their frequent escapes from prison...	No image available	1906–1945 (Kimes) 1900–? (Terrill)
Jean LaBanta Jean LaBanta Jean LaBanta was an American criminal, forger and train robber. He was a notorious conman and check forger in California during the early 20th century. Between 1913 and 1914, he passed out an estimated $40,000 in rubber checks and was also responsible for a series of train robberies against the...	No image available	1879–?
Herman K. "Baron" Lamm Herman Lamm Herman K. Lamm , known as Baron Lamm, was a German American bank robber. He is widely considered one of the most brilliant and efficient bank robbers to have ever lived, and has been described as "the father of modern bank robbery"...		1890–1930
Hyman S. Lehman Hyman S. Lehman Hyman S. Lehman was an American gunsmith and armorer. He provided specialized and custom made weaponry to countless bank robbers and outlaws during the Great Depression....	No image available
Clarence Lieder Clarence Lieder Clarence Lieder was a mechanic and armorer for Chicago's underworld and Depression-era criminals, as well as the primary competitor to Joe Bergl...	No image available	1906–1969
Wilhelm Loeser Wilhelm Loeser Wilhelm Loeser was an American physician and pharmacist who provided medical care to underworld figures during the "Public enemy"-era of the 1930s. His most famous clients were John Dillinger and Homer Van Meter who hired him to perform plastic surgery on them.-Biography:Wilhem Loeser was born in...	No image available	1876–1935
Henry Loftus and Harry Donaldson Henry Loftus and Harry Donaldson Henry Loftus and Harry Donaldson were two young men who made national headlines for their unsuccessful attempt to rob the Southern Pacific Railroad's Apache Limited in 1937. The last major train robbery in the United States, the two have been referred to as "the last of America's classic train...	No image available
James C. "Tex" Lucas James C. Lucas James C. Lucas was an American criminal who served a life sentence in Alcatraz. He is best known for being part of an attempted escape from Alcatraz Penitentiary in 1938, and for attacking Al Capone in the prison's laundry room on June 23, 1936....	No image available	1912–1963	Texas bank robber and car thief. Later sent to Alcatraz, he attempted to escape from the island in 1938.
Charles Makley Charles Makley Charles Makley , also known as Charles McGray and Fat Charles, was an American criminal and bank robber active in the early 20th century, most notably as a criminal associate of John Dillinger....	No image available	1889–1934
Ben Golden McCollum Ben Golden McCollum Ben Golden McCollum was an outlaw in Oklahoma during the 1920s who was nicknamed the "Sheik of Boynton." McCollum robbed banks in both Prague, Oklahoma and Checotah, Oklahoma in 1929...	No image available	1909–1963
Henry Methvin Henry Methvin Henry Methvin was an American criminal, bank robber and Depression-era outlaw. He is best remembered as the final member of Bonnie and Clyde's gang and whose father, Ivan Methvin, helped arrange their deaths at the hands of a posse headed by Texas lawman Frank Hamer in 1934...		1912–1948
Vernon C. Miller Vernon C. Miller Vernon C. Miller was a freelance Prohibition gunman, bootlegger, bank robber and former sheriff in South Dakota who, as the only identified member of the Kansas City Massacre, was found beaten and strangled to death shortly after the incident.-Early life:Born in Kimball, South Dakota, Miller moved...		1896–1933
William "Billy the Killer" Miller William Miller (criminal) William "Billy the Killer" Miller was an American bank robber and Depression-era outlaw. In his brief criminal career, he committed numerous bank heists in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Oklahoma, and teamed up with George Birdwell and Pretty Boy Floyd during the early 1930s.-Biography:William...	No image available	1906–1931
Joseph P. Moran Joseph P. Moran Joseph P. Moran was a doctor known for catering to the Depression-era criminal underworld in the early 20th century. He was also a peripheral member of the Barker-Karpis gang, and was possibly the last physician to see the mortally wounded John Hamilton, a member of the John Dillinger gang, whom...	No image available	1905–1934
Frank Mulloy	No image available		Convicted for his alleged role in the Kansas City Massacre Kansas City Massacre The Kansas City massacre was the shootout and murder of four law enforcement officers and a criminal fugitive at the Union Station railroad depot in Kansas City, Missouri, on the morning of June 17, 1933. It occurred as part of the attempt by a gang led by Vernon Miller to free Frank "Jelly" Nash,...  and spent time in Alcatraz.
Edna "Rabbits" Murray Edna Murray Edna "Rabbits" Murray was a Depression-era outlaw and partner of Volney Davis during the early 1930s. Although popularly known to the press as the "Kissing Bandit" for her habit of kissing male robbery victims, she was known in the underworld as "Rabbits" for her skill as an escape artist.Her...	No image available	d. 1966
Frank "Jelly" Nash Frank Nash Frank Nash has been called “the most successful bank robber in U.S. history,” but he is most noted for his violent death in what has become known as the Kansas City Massacre...	No image available	1887–1933
George "Baby Face" Nelson Baby Face Nelson Lester Joseph Gillis , known under the pseudonym George Nelson, was a bank robber and murderer in the 1930s. Gillis was known as Baby Face Nelson, a name given to him due to his youthful appearance and small stature...		1908–1934
Donald Phoenix	No image available	d. 1944	Member of the Barker-Karpis Gang, Phoenix later died in Alcatraz.
Harry "Pete" Pierpont Harry Pierpont Harry Pierpont was a Prohibition era gangster. He is perhaps most noted for being a friend and mentor of John Dillinger....		1902–1934
Adam "Eddie" Richetti Adam Richetti Adam "Eddie" Richetti was an American criminal and Depression-era bank robber. He was associated with Aussie Elliott and later Pretty Boy Floyd in the early-1930s, both he and Floyd later being implicated in the Kansas City Massacre in 1933.-Biography:Adam Richetti was born in Strawn, Texas on...	No image available	1909–1938
Verne Sankey and Gordon Alcorn Verne Sankey Verne Sankey and Gordon Alcorn were a pair of Depression-era outlaws whose successful kidnappings of Haskell Bohn and Charles Boettcher II in 1932 made them two of the most wanted criminals in the United States, and inspired a number of other kidnappings across the country...	No image available	1890–1934
Harry Sawyer	No image available		Member of the Barker-Karpis Gang. Later sent to Alcatraz.
James Franklin Sawyer	No image available	1899–1979
Walton Spark	No image available		An accomplice in John Dillinger's escape from an Indiana in 1934, Spark was imprisoned and sent to Alcatraz.
William Francis Sutton		1901–1980
Nicholas "Chaw Jimmie" Trainor Denver Mint Robbery The Denver Mint Robbery occurred on the afternoon of December 18, 1922 when five men hijacked a Federal Reserve Bank delivery truck outside the U.S. Mint in Denver, Colorado. At the time of the robbery, around 10:30 am, the truck was being loaded with $200,000 on West Colfax Avenue...	No image available	d. 1922
Wilbur "Mad Dog" Underhill, Jr. Wilbur Underhill, Jr. Wilbur Underhill, Jr. , often called "Mad Dog" or the "Tri-State Terror", was an American criminal, burglar, bank robber and Depression-era outlaw...	No image available	1901–1934
Homer "Wayne" Van Meter Homer Van Meter Homer "Wayne" Van Meter was an American criminal and bank robber active in the early 20th century, most notably as a criminal associate of John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson.-Early life:...		1906–1934
Huron "Terrible Ted" Walters	No image available	1913–1971	Arkansas bank robber and member of Floyd Hamilton's gang. Walters was sent to Alcatraz and attempted to escape in 1943. Killed by a Texas Ranger during a hostage situation in 1971.
Richard Whittemore Whittemore Gang The Whittemore Gang was a group of bank robbers active in the Mid-Atlantic and Eastern United States during the mid 1920s...	No image available	1898–1926

External links

• Public Enemy #1 Gallery: Depression-Era Desperadoes
• Gangsters vs. Outlaws