The Year of Fear (39 page)
Authors: Joe Urschel
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