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The LELAND and PLAZA HOTELS Kamloops British Columbia Page Forty-four felt that everyone knew the part he had to play, she sent the final chart along to the driver for use on the night of the bank hold- up. She even advised whether machine- guns should be used or not. And never once did her plans fail. On one occasion her boys disobeyed her and drove to a pub- lic garage for a repair after a job. They were challenged by the sheriff and had to shoot their way out. They did not disobey her again. Ma Barker grew wealthy and dominat- ing. But on the surface she was still an unpretentious little old woman, dressed _quietly in black. She was cold-blooded, too. One day her landlady’s son saw a picture of one of the Barker boys in a crime sheet and recognised him when he visited his mother. The landlady’s son told the police. But when they came Ma Barker had dis- appeared. She blamed an old bill-poster friend, Arthur Dunlop, who had attached himself to the family after her husband left her. Dunlop, she said, must have talked to the police. His body was found next morn- ing riddled with bullets. One of the gang was captured after a bank robbery and Ma Barker hired a lawyer for his defence. The lawyer did not please the gang and he was invited to meet the boys at the local golf club. He went there and he, too, was shot dead. Another member of the gang was suspected of being too talkative. Ma Barker ordered his ex- ecution, and he was shot down on a side- walk in Chicago, four shotguns being emp- tied into him. The gang was desperate and bloodthirsty. Led by Ma Barker, they had gone from bank robbery into kidnapping, which yield- ed bigger prizes for greater risks. A kid- napped victim, Edward G. Bremer, who paid $200,000 for release, told about the refuelling of a car when he was held prison- er. A Federal agent discovered four empty gasoline cans and on one of them were fingerprints belonging to one of Ma Bark- er’s close associates. Working on this clue, the Federal agents got on the trail. Ma Barker had covered her tracks well. She was living with her son Fred in a luxurious house on the shores of Lake Weir, near Oklawaka. Owing to the stupidity of one of the gang, who was ar- rested while carrying a map showing the location of the house, all the clever precau- tions of Ma Barker were in vain. The special squad swooped down on this fine white house and soon had it surrounded. In the early morning the officer in charge called upon them to surrender. Addressing them by name, he asked Fred and Ma Bark- er to come out one by one, and promised they would not be injured. Unless they came out, he added, tear gas would have to be used. For a time there was silence. Then a woman’s voice answered, “All right. Go ahead!” The officer in charge thought she was telling Fred to surrender. But suddenly he had to dodge a fusilade of machine-gun bullets fired from an upper window by Ma Barker. He skipped out of the way just as Fred began firing his rifle from dow stairs. 4 A fierce gun battle ensued. Bursts of flame came from the house while the offices returned the fire through the walls and windows. After a while there was quie ness and the ring of detectives advancej and entered the house. Both had been sho dead. Fred was still clutching his. rife though eleven bullets had pierced his body, Ma Barker lay across her machine-gun. She had fired forty shots from a hundred-sho, drum before three bullets finished her car eer. Her pocketbook contained over $10,00) in bills, part of her payment for directing the gang’s activities. 4g Every preparation had been made for & fence. The house contained two machine guns with fifty and hundred-shot dru s. two shotguns, three automatic pistols, am munition, a rifle and five bullet-proof vests Very plainly this implacable old woman who had pitted herself against ordered society had no intention of surrendering alive. 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