Ma Barker Gang - Lloyd Barker - Westminster, CO
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Ma Barker Gang (son)
Waymark Code: WM11AG
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 12/12/2006
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This plaque is located in a sidewalk in Westminster, Colorado. Text is as follows:
Ma Barker's Gang
Ma Barker's infamous son, Lloyd "Red" Barker traded in
a life of crime for a life in Westminster in the 1940s. Lloyd
grew up as part of the Barker Gang, described by FBI Director
J. Edgar Hoover as "the toughest gang of hoodlums the FBI
has ever been called upon to eliminate." Lloyd served a 25-
year prison sentence, then left his criminal past behind in
1938. After serving honorably in the U.S. Army during
World War II, Lloyd moved to Westminster and
worked at a bar and grill in Denver. He was shot
and killed by his wife in their Westminster
home on March 18, 1949.
Type: Local Heroes and Villans
Website Reference: [Web Link]
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