Better than a gangster movie: The real-life exploits of St. Paul’s Barker-Karpis gang
The gang shuttled in and out of St. Paul in the 1930s, committing robberies and kidnappings under the protection of a corrupt police force.
Emma Dill is a journalism and political science major at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. She is originally from rural Wisconsin.
The gang shuttled in and out of St. Paul in the 1930s, committing robberies and kidnappings under the protection of a corrupt police force.
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By Emma Dill
Feb. 26, 2018