The Year of Fear (41 page)

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