Edna Murray

Edna "Rabbit" Murray (1898–1966) was an American criminal associated with several high-profile gangs in the Depression-era of the early 1930s.

She moved to Kansas City, Missouri where she joined her younger sister Doris, who was living with criminal Emory Connell.

Edna's sister Doris was now living with outlaw Jess Doyle, also a member of the Barker-Karpis gang.

Hamilton, having been badly wounded during the shootout, had been denied treatment by Chicago mob doctor Joseph Moran and died of his injuries several days after arriving at their Aurora home.

The following year, her son Preston Leroy Paden was convicted of murder for killing a night watchman in Kansas.

He was given a life sentence[5] and died in 1957[6] Murray was not found guilty in the kidnapping conspiracy but was returned to the women's prison in Jefferson City, Missouri to finish serving her term for highway robbery.

Murray was very cooperative with the authorities after her capture and gave evidence against a number of the Barker-Karpis gang's associates, along with corrupt police officers and lawyers.

[8] Actress Ina Marie Smith portrayed Murray in the first Dollar Baby screen adaptation of Stephen King's short story "The Death of Jack Hamilton".