The Year of Fear (39 page)

in Ottumwa robbery

Urschel kidnap trial of

in Willmar robbery

women not trusted by

Balzar, Fred

bank robbing.
See also
Kelly, George (“Machine Gun”), as bank robber

Bailey success in

cities in

demise of

getaway car for

people cheering for

people wounded during

St. Paul center for

war on bandits

weapons in

bankers

banking collapse

Barker, Doc

Barker, Fred

Barker, Ma

Barnett, J. E.

Bates, Albert (“Al”)

as Alcatraz inmate

Davis, G., alias of

death of

Denver capture of

Feldman wife of

as Leavenworth inmate

life sentence of

Memorial Day escape of

Urschel exchanged letters with

Urschel kidnap trial of

as Urschel kidnapper

Urschel kidnapper named by Shannon, A.

Bates, Stanford

Beck, E. L.

Bennett, James V.

Bergl, Joe

Berman, Edward

Berniel, Mrs.

Blake, Frank

Boettcher, Anna Lou.
See also
Boettcher kidnap and ransom

Boettcher, Charles II.
See also
Boettcher kidnap and ransom

Boettcher, Claude.
See
Boettcher kidnap and ransom

Boettcher kidnap and ransom

Alcorn in

Alterie and Allegretti implicated in

Boettcher, Claude, paid ransom in

Clark, A., on

Denver police in

Kit taking notice of

Sankey in

as solved by Purvis

vigilante groups on

Bolton, Monty

Bonnie and Clyde

bootlegging

Boulder, CO

Brady, Bob (“Big Bob”)

Brennan, Mr.

Brewer, Allie

Bronson, Charles

Brooks, J. E.

Brooks, Ora.
See
Shannon, Ora

Brown, John A.

Brown, Tom

Brown Palace Hotel

Buchalter, Louis (“Lepke”)

Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, U. S.

the Bureau

as American Gestapo

as “Department of Easy Virtue”

Federal Kidnapping Act support for

Hoover roles at

inept kidnap response of

Nathan assistant director of

as national police force

offices of

powerlessness of

Scotland Yard model for remake of

Urschel case kudos for

witness protection from

Caffrey, Ray

Cagney, James

Campbell, Harry

Caplan, Abe

Caplan, Morris

Capone, Al

as Alcatraz inmate

Bureau rejects, solution to Lindbergh case

in Chicago, IL

Gilbert inside man of

in Hot Spring, AR

as Touhy rival

Capone, Ralph (“Bottles”)

cars.
See
getaway car

Casey, Will

Cassidy, Butch

Catholic Church

Catlett, John

as implicated by Kelly

Urschel ransom through

Cermak, Anton

Chicago, IL

Capone of

citizens band against kidnap in

criminal empire of

Kelly too hot for

Nash, Frank, intended hideout in

“Secret Six” in

Worlds Fair in

Chickasha, OK

Clark, Albert

Clark, Father Joe

Clark, Jim

Cody, Buffalo Bill

Coleman, Cass

Coleman, Gay

Coleman, Mary

Coleman, TX

Colfax, WA

Collier, Rex

Collier’s

Colvin, Ralph

Congress on Racial Equality

Cooper, Courtney Ryley

Ten Thousand Public Enemies
by

Corman, Roger

Cottondale Community Cemetery

crime hotline.
See
national crime hotline

Crime’s Paradise: The Authentic Inside Story of the Urschel Kidnapping
(Kirkpatrick)

criminal empire

cities as

kidnap syndicates of

as larger than U. S. military

local support for

outlawed goods suppliers as

Purple Gang as

Spencer gang as

as tamed by Hoover

as villains

western outlaws modernized in

Cummings, Homer

anti-kidnap plan of

editorials positive for

Hoover Urschel kidnap update to

as inheritor of Lindbergh case

Kelly letter to

prison focus of

“war on crime” of

Cunningham, Miles

Cushing, OK

Daily Oklahoman

Floyd and Bailey spat covered in

Kelly letter to

Kelly trial coverage of

Kit interview in

Urschel kidnap covered in

Dall, Curtis B.

Dallas, TX

Dallas Morning News

Dallas News

Dallas police

Daugherty, Harry

Daughters of the American Revolution

Davis, Ed

Davis, George

Davis, Volney

Decatur, TX

Dempsey, Jack

Denton, TX

Denver, CO

Denver Mint

Denver police

Denver Post

Department of Justice, U. S..
See also
federal agent

Alcatraz rules of

Attorney General

Hyde U. S. Attorney

Keenan Special Agent of

Nash, Frank, arrest of

Depression

American nightmare of

banking collapse in

daredevil pilots upbeat story for

FDR war against

lawlessness pervasive in

misery of

Des Moines, IA

Devil’s Island

Dillinger, John

Director, Bureau of Investigation

Doll, Eddie

Dowd, Edward

Drewer, Cleo

Dunhill, Thomas

Durham, Clarence

Dutch.
See
Sawyer, Harry (“Dutch”)

Eads, Bill

Early, Robert

Earp, Wyatt

Edwards, Mr.

El Paso

Europe

Factor, John.
See
Factor kidnap and ransom

Factor, Max

Factor kidnap and ransom

Faith, J. T.

Farmer, Herbert

FBI.
See
the Bureau

FDR (Roosevelt, Franklin Delano)

assassination escape of

banks target of

election of

as inheritor of Lindbergh case

kidnap focus of

national police force of

New Deal legislation of

prohibition ended by

Salter made Urschel prosecutor by

Shannon, R., clemency by

war against Depression of

federal agent

arrest authority lack for

chase across state lines by

fighting skills focus for

as G-man

as hero

as incorruptible

Kansas City police unhelpful to

Kelly loot recovered by

movie treatment of

Nash, Frank, arrest of

unarmed travel of

weaponry unfamiliar to

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
See
the Bureau

Federal Kidnapping Act

Federal Reserve Bank, Chicago

Feldman, Clara

First National Bank of Oklahoma City

Fitzgerald, Chuck

Floyd, Charles Arthur (“Pretty Boy”)

death of

Kelly often misidentified as

as object of contempt

Oklahoma flight of

as suspect

Ford, Harry

Fort Smith, AR

Fort Worth, TX

Frates, Joseph

Fred Harvey restaurant

Frye, Lonnie

Frye, Pauline

Galatas, Richard

gangs.
See
criminal empire

getaway car

crimes with

customized

Kit driving of

law enforcement outrun by

for Urschel kidnap

Gibson, Dr.

Gilbert, Dan

Gillars, Mildred Sisk (“Axis Sally”)

G-Men

Goetz, M. K.

Gordon, Earl

Goring, Hermann

Great Depression.
See
Depression

Green Lantern tavern