The Hunt for the Last Public Enemy in Northeastern Ohio: Alvin Creepy Karpis and His Road to Alcatraz

Julie A. Thompson

The Hunt for the Last Public Enemy in Northeastern Ohio: Alvin  Creepy  Karpis and His Road to Alcatraz
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Country
United States
Published
15 April 2019
Pages
206
ISBN
9781467138208

The Hunt for the Last Public Enemy in Northeastern Ohio: Alvin Creepy Karpis and His Road to Alcatraz

Julie A. Thompson

The last Public Enemy No. 1 of the Depression era, Alvin Creepy Karpis reportedly compiled a record of fifty-four aliases, fifteen bank robberies, fourteen murders, three jailbreaks and two kidnappings. Roaming the country to evade capture (or worse), Karpis regularly hid out in northeastern Ohio, where he and the remnants of the infamous Ma Barker Gang perpetrated the last great American train heist in Garrettsville. His criminal career came to an end when J. Edgar Hoover and his famed G-Men apprehended the man they wanted more than any other in New Orleans. From there, Karpis found himself confined on Alcatraz Island, where he spent nearly twenty-six years–more than any inmate in the prison’s history. Historian Julie Thompson tells the true story of Karpis’s life and career, a riveting tale taking readers from rural Kansas and Ohio to the bustling streets of the Big Easy and into the bleak innards of the Rock.

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