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In the 1920s she could no longer shield her sons from the law and the punishment meted out for their increasingly serious offenses. Doc was arrested in Oklahoma for killing a night watchman during a bungled burglary and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1927 Herman was stopped by two officers outside of Wichita, Kansas, for questioning in connection with a recent robbery. Pulling his gun, he shot one of the policemen in the head and was shot, in turn, by the other. Badly wounded and fearing capture, Herman killed himself. Ma Barker grieved for weeks afterward.
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