Herman Barker

FULL NAME: Herman Barker

ALIAS(S): Al Ayers,Bill Willsox,Kimer A. Inman,C.L. White,E.R. Ames,S.B. Willson,Bert Lavender,L.D. Whittier,J.H. Hamilton,D.W. Bowers,Clarence Sharp,D.W. Costello

BORN: October 14,1891

HEIGHT: 5'4" 1/4

HAIR: Very dark chestnut

EYES: Hazel

NOTED MARKS: Tattoos of nude women,an eagle and a flag,a woman's head,snake shield,an owl with clasped hands (all are in blue ink);a limp in his left leg from buckshot(which was still inside his body)

DIED: August 29,1927 by commiting suicide with gun in Wichita,Kansas

HERMAN'S TIMELINE

March,1910: Herman is arrested for highway robbery in Webb City,Missouri

September,1910: Herman is arrested in Tulsa,Oklahoma

December,1913: Herman begins to serve a sentence for burglary at the Kansas State Penitentiary (6-12 year sentence)

March 5,1915: Herman is arrested for highway robbery,again,in Joplin,Missouri

November 24,1920: Herman is sentenced to Minnesota State Penitentiary for grand larceny

May 27,1926: Herman is arrested as a fugitive in Memphis,Tennessee

June 7,1926: Herman steals a car along with friend,Elmer Inman,in Fairfax,Oklahoma

June 11,1926: Herman is arrested for stealing the car on the 7th,in Fort Scott,Kansas;he was held in Ketchum,Oklahoma for charges of bank robbery and post office robbery

June 22,1926: Herman was released on bond..he makes a run for it

November 9,1926: Herman is sentenced for bank robbery and the post office robbery

January 21,1927: Herman is arrested in Joplin,Missouri for robbing the West Fort bank in West Fork,Arkansas

March 30,1927: Escapes from jail in Fayetteville,Arkansas

April 25,1927: Herman goes to court for bank robbery

August 1,1927: Herman shoots and kills Sheriff Deputy Arthur Osborn in Cheyenne,Wyoming

August 29,1927: Shortly after a shootout with police,Herman is pulled over by police officers in Wichita,Kansas...when one of the police officers leans down to look inside the driver's side window,Herman fires his Luger into the officer's head (J.E. Marshall);when the other police officer opened fire on the vehicle,Herman turned his gun on himself,killing himself instantly