Public Enemies: A Retrospective: Exhibit & Memorabilia Evaluation July 11, 2009

In one of the actual courtrooms where criminals were brought to justice, visitors will have the unique opportunity to view original artifacts from the 1930s gangster era from the St. Paul Police Historical Society collection, the Minnesota Historical Society and other crime collectors' collection. Unique items include the original ransom notes from the Barker-Karpis gang's 1934 kidnapping of banker Ed Bremer, the straw hat that Dillinger machinegunner Homer van Meter was wearing when he was shot to death by St. Paul police on Univesity Avenue, and a "hit list" in Dillinger's hand with the names and phone numbers of FBI Agents Melvin Purvis and Harold Reinecke.