List of depression-era outlaws
Name Life Comments
Edward J. Adams 1887-1921 Bootlegger , car thief , murderer . After being sentenced to life imprisonment , Adams escaped custody twice . He was killed in a shootout with police
George Dutch Anderson 1879-1925 Anderson and his associates successfully robbed a US Mail truck in New York City of $ 2.4 million in cash , bonds , and jewelry
John Ashley 1895-1924 Florida bandit known as the King of the Everglades . His gang robbed banks and trains , hijacked rumrunners and feuded with police in southern Florida until Ashley 's death in 1924
Harvey John Bailey 1887-1979 Considered one of the most successful bank robbers of the 1920s , Bailey stole over a million dollars . Bailey spent 31 years in prison and died at the age 91 in Joplin , Missouri
Basil The Owl Banghart 1900-1982 Basil is best remembered for his involvement in the hoax kidnapping of Chicago mobster Jake The Barber Factor , a crime for which he and Roger Touhy were eventually proven innocent after nearly 20 years in prison
Lloyd Barkdoll 1900-1982 Oregon bank robber . Sentenced to life imprisonment , Barkdoll took part in an unsuccessful escape attempt with Sam Shockley , Joseph Cretzer and Arnold Kyle from Alcatraz in 1941
Ma Barker 1873-1935 Legendary associate of the Barker-Karpis gang
Arthur Barker 1901-1939 Member of the Barker-Karpis gang . Son of Ma Barker
Fred Barker 1899-1935 Member of the Barker-Karpis gang . Son of Ma Barker
Blanche Barrow and Buck Barrow 1911-1988 ( Blanche ) 1903-1933 ( Buck ) See Bonnie and Clyde
Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker 1909-1934 ( Clyde ) 1910-1934 ( Bonnie ) See Bonnie and Clyde
Albert Bates 1891-1948 Bates was the longtime partner of George Machine Gun Kelly and participated in the kidnapping of oil tycoon Charles Urschel in 1933
Edward Wilheim Bentz 1894-1979 Bentz was an American bank robber and Depression-era outlaw associated with several high-profile public enemies during his criminal career . He was eventually captured by the FBI and sentenced to Alcatraz
Joe Bergl 1901-1950 A mechanic for Al Capone , he supplied Capone with custom-made vehicles . The vehicles were designed for protection and evasion purposes and included armor plating , smokescreens , and oil slicks
George Birdwell 1894-1932 George Birdwell was an American bank robber and Depression-era outlaw . He was one of the closest known associates of Pretty Boy Floyd
Charles Birger 1881-1928 Bootlegger based in the southern region of Illinois . Birger 's gang , along with the Shelton Brothers Gang , waged war with each other , and the local Ku Klux Klan throughout the 1920s
Fred William Bowerman 1893-1953 Fred William Bowerman was an American criminal , bank robber and Depression-era outlaw , who was eventually placed on the FBI 's Ten Most Wanted list in 1953 . He was a party to the disastrous Southwest Bank holdup in St. Louis , Missouri , which was later made into a movie The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery
Ford Bradshaw 1908-1934 Though Bradshaw never attained the fame of fellow Sooner , Oklahoma Charles Pretty Boy Floyd , his small town bank raids far exceeded those of Floyd during his criminal career . He was killed resisting arrest
Tom Skeet Bradshaw Brother of Ford Bradshaw and member of the Cookson Hills Gang . Suspected in several bank robberies in Oklahoma and Kansas , he was eventually convicted of attempted murder and bootlegging in 1934
Robert Big Bob Brady 1904-1934 A known associate of the Bailey-Underhill Gang
Prohibition and the `` Public Enemy '' era ( 1919–1939 )
This is a list of the Great Depression-era outlaws spanning the years of Prohibition and the Great Depression known as the Public Enemy era. Those include, but are not limited to, high-profile criminals wanted by state and federal law enforcement agencies for armed robbery, kidnapping, murder and other violent crime. These are not to be confused with organized crime figures of .