Ma and Fred Barker die in FL gun battle and IL bank robbers are captured on same day in January, 1935

Title card: "The Law Clamps Down! Criminals lose throughout nation! Illinois bank bandits captured as 3 die; Bremer kidnapers slain after six-hour battle at Oklawaha [sic], FL" / pile of newspapers with large headlines about various criminal captures or shootings / Ocklawaha, FL: pan WS house at which Arizona "Ma" Barker (a/k/a Kate Barker) and Fred Barker were killed during police raid on 1/16/35; the two were members of the Barker-Karpis gang, who kidnapped Edward Bremer; crowd watches from shore of Lake Weir / side view of house / law enforcement agent sticks handgun through fork of tree / VS agents lie on ground, stand behind tree with machine guns / the Barkers' arsenal of handguns, machine guns / tommy gun allegedly held by Ma Barker as she died / SOT neighbor, Mrs. A. F. Westbury, describes the shootout / Leonore, IL: pan town of Lenore / EXT State Bank of Leonore, site of bank robbery on 1/16/35 / handcuffed surviving gang members John Hauff and Fred Gerner sit, wearing overalls, in front of lawmen / SOT Hauff advises the youth of America to avoid crime and work instead, because "in the words of Warden Laws of Sing Sing prison, 'you can't win'" / Note: exact day not known
Title card: "The Law Clamps Down! Criminals lose throughout nation! Illinois bank bandits captured as 3 die; Bremer kidnapers slain after six-hour battle at Oklawaha [sic], FL" / pile of newspapers with large headlines about various criminal captures or shootings / Ocklawaha, FL: pan WS house at which Arizona "Ma" Barker (a/k/a Kate Barker) and Fred Barker were killed during police raid on 1/16/35; the two were members of the Barker-Karpis gang, who kidnapped Edward Bremer; crowd watches from shore of Lake Weir / side view of house / law enforcement agent sticks handgun through fork of tree / VS agents lie on ground, stand behind tree with machine guns / the Barkers' arsenal of handguns, machine guns / tommy gun allegedly held by Ma Barker as she died / SOT neighbor, Mrs. A. F. Westbury, describes the shootout / Leonore, IL: pan town of Lenore / EXT State Bank of Leonore, site of bank robbery on 1/16/35 / handcuffed surviving gang members John Hauff and Fred Gerner sit, wearing overalls, in front of lawmen / SOT Hauff advises the youth of America to avoid crime and work instead, because "in the words of Warden Laws of Sing Sing prison, 'you can't win'" / Note: exact day not known
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Editorial #:
539396006
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
January 01, 1935
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:01:45:00
Location:
Ocklawaha, Florida, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr001484_01_01.mov