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Gangster History

Ma Barker's hideout

Ma Barker's hideout

1031 S. Robert Street
West St. Paul

The Barker-Karpis gang, which rented this house from the Hannegraf family in February 1932, escaped a police raid after being tipped off by corrupt officers. Owner Helen Hannegraf lived next door at 1035 S. Robert Street.
 
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To learn more about St. Paul's gangster era (with maps too) get Paul Maccabee's excellent book at amazon.com:
John Dillinger Slept Here: A Crooks' Tour of Crime and Corruption in St. Paul, 1920-1936


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Comment: I've loved the fact that i get my hair done right next to the house where "Ma" used to bake terrible cookies =)

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