The Year of Fear (41 page)

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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

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