ABOUT MA BARKER
A 1930s criminal figure who mothered the leaders of the Barker-Karpis Gang.
She raised her sons in Tulsa, Missouri, as a single mother.
She was gunned down by federal law enforcement after battling the FBI with a tommy gun.
Her sons' names were Lloyd, Arthur, Fred, and Wilmer.
She was not actually a crime boss, although the myth was perpetuated by J. Edgar Hoover .
