Alvin Karpis

Before the Barker-Karpis Gang,two Barkers ran with a gang known as the "Central Park Gang."

 

Barkers involved:

 

Herman

Lloyd

 

CENTRAL PARK GANG'S TIMELINE

 

1915: Herman and Lloyd are confirmed by authorities to be members of the Central Park Gang

 

January 8,1922: the gang is involved in an attempted burglary in Okmulgee,Oklahoma;one member is shot and killed,as well as Police Captain,Homer R.Spaulding