The Year of Fear (41 page)
Authors: Joe Urschel
insurance against
Johnson, F., focus of
Lindbergh case of
Luer incident of
O’Connell incident of
opportunity of
Ruth job planned in
as sweeping nation
syndicates of
Wood case of
Kilgallen, James
King, Edward
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Kirkpatrick, E. E.
Bailey parole support from
FDR letter from
Jones strategizes with
ransom delivered by
ransom letter to
ransom recovery by
as terrified ransom delivery man
Kit.
See
Kelly, Kathryn (“Kit”)
Klar, J.
Lackey, Joe
LaSalle Hotel
Laughlin, James J.
law enforcement
Bureau elite force in
criminals protected by
getaway car outrunning of
as heroes
local nature of
national force needed for
O’Connor System of
vehicles pathetic in
war on bandits
lawlessness pervasive
cities with
Depression with
Europe fascinated by
as kidnap syndicates
Lazia, Johnny
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Bailey in
Bates in
Holden escape from
Keating escape from
Kelly in
Nash, Frank, escape from
prisoner transfer to
Let ‘Em Have It
Library of Congress (LOC)
Lincoln National Bank
Lindbergh, Charles.
See also
Lindbergh kidnap
Lindbergh kidnap
Bureau failure in
Capone offers solution to
Cummings inherits case
FDR inherits case of
Federal Kidnapping Act from
kidnapping and death of Charles Jr.
Lindbergh, Charles Jr.
New Jersey State Police stymie Bureau in
New York Times
on
“Lindbergh Law”
Little Rock, AR
LOC.
See
Library of Congress
Longabaugh, Harry Alonzo
Louisville Courier Journal
Luer, August
Machine Gun Kelly
Madala, Johnny
Manson, Charles
“mass media.”
See
publicity
massacre.
See
Kansas City massacre
master suspect list
Mathers, James
closing arguments of
as Kelly lawyer
Mathias, Vi
McAlester, OK
McClain, Scott and Sayers
McDonald, Michael
McLaughlin, Leo Patrick
Medal of Honor
Meek, Howard
Memorial Day prison escapees
Memphis, TN, Kelly in
mentors
Mexico
Michigan Tavern
Miler, Tom
Miller, Verne
as “Assassin of Assassins”
death of
as escapee from Sherone Apartments
as identified by Nash, Frances
as main suspect in massacre
massacre led by
Mathias girlfriend of
in Ottumwa robbery
Silverman killed by
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis Journal
Moley, Raymond
Moore, E. W.
Moran, Bugs
Morgan, Edward G., (“Big ED”)
Muehlebach Hotel
Mulloy, Frank
Nash, Frances
Nash, Frank (“Jelly”)
as Al Spencer gang member
death during massacre
Hoover outrage at escape of
in Hot Springs
Katy-Limited robbery of
Kelly mentored by
Leavenworth escape of
Nash, Frances, wife of
Nathan, Harold (“Pop”)
national crime hotline
Nelson, George (“Baby Face”)
Nevada
New Deal
New Jersey State Police
New York Times
courts protect criminality in
Hoover death coverage of
Lindbergh kidnap in
Slick coverage by
Nichols, Lew
Nitti, Frank
Norman, OK
North Dakota School of Science
O’Connell, John
O’Connor, John
O’Connor System
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City police
Oklahoma News
Orteig Prize
Ottumwa, IA
outlawed goods
Palmer, A. Mitchell
Paradise, TX
Patterson, Eleanor
Payne, Whitey
Pearson, Drew
Peifer, Jack
Pendergast, Tom
Phillips, Sir Percival
police.
See
law enforcement
Pollard, H. L.
Post, Wiley
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Presbyterian Church of Oklahoma City
prison strength
prisoner
health of
Leavenworth transfer of
Missouri Pacific transfer of
Prohibition ends
The Public Enemy
Public Enemy Number One
publicity.
See also
specific newspapers
in Associated Press
editorials on Hoover positive in
Hoover machine for
in International News Service
Kelly tough-guy image due to
for “Lindbergh Tour”
“mass media” as
movies as
newsreels cheered as
as Urschel letter to press
We
(Lindbergh) as
Purple Gang
Purvis, Melvin
as killer of Dillinger
as killer of Floyd
Michigan Tavern stakeout by
R & R
Raasch, Fred
Ramsey, Della
Ramsey, Geneva
Ramsey, George
Ramsey, George, Jr.
Ramsey, Langford
Rayner, William
“Red Scare”
Reed, Otto
Reppert, Eugene
Richetti, Adam
Riley, E. F.
Roberts, John
Rogers, Stanley
Roosevelt, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (“FDR”).
See
FDR
Roosevelt, Teddy
Rorer, William A.
Ruth, Annette
Ruth, Babe
Salter, Leslie
Saltillo, MS
San Antonio, TX
Sankey, Verne
Sawyer, Frank
Sawyer, Harry (“Dutch”)
as Alcatraz inmate
Green Lantern tavern of
kidnap of Hamm through
Willmar robbery of
Sayers, Sam
Scotland Yard
Scripps Howard
“Secret Six”
Seeligson, Arthur
Seeligson, Lamar
Shaffer, Charles B.
Shannon, Armon (“Potatoes”)
as captured by Jones
confession of
Kelly and Bates named by
Kelly deal for
sentence of
son of Shannon, R.
as Urschel guard
Urschel kidnap trial of
Shannon, Oleta
Shannon, Ora
as captured by Jones
confession of
death of
Kelly deal for
as Kit mother
life sentence of
release from prison of
Urschel kidnap trial of
West Virginia prison of
as wife of Shannon, R.
Shannon, Robert (“Boss”)
as captured by Jones
clemency for
Kelly deal for
as Kit stepfather
life sentence of
Paradise farm of
as Urschel guard
Urschel kidnap trial of
Shannon, Ruth
Shannon deal of Kelly
Sherone Apartments
Shields, Rome
Silverman, Sammy
Skelly, Clifford
Slick, OK
Slick, Thomas B.
as discover of Cushing oil field
as King of the Wildcatters
Kirkpatrick close friend of
New York Times
on
Oklahoma City discovery of
as publicity averse
Urschel, B., widow of
Urschel, C., employed by
Slick, Tom Jr.
Smith, Frank
Smith, J. Earl
Smith, Sumpter
Snatch Racket.
See
kidnapping
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Southwest Foundation for Research and Education
Spirit of St. Louis
Springtown, AR
St. Louis, MO
St. Paul, MN
bank robbing center of
criminal empire of
Dutch Green Lantern tavern in