On This Date in Minnesota History: December 16

December 16, 1932 – During the get-a-way from their robbery of the Third Northwestern National Bank in Minneapolis on this date, the Barker-Karpis gang stopped in St. Paul’s Como Park to switch cars. Unaware of the robbery, Christmas tree salesman Oscar Erickson slowed down to look and was shot to death by Fred Barker.

http://www.placeography.org/index.php/Como_Park,_Saint_Paul,_Minnesota

Fred Barker

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barker%E2%80%93Karpis_gang

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