Marie E Brown-Bevier: Burglary: The Santa Ana Phantom

Marie Brown was born about 1905 in Missouri.



Inmate: #59690 San Quentin Prison
Rec: 10 Dec 1936
Term: 5- Life











 She was married to Leroy Bevier, whom I believe was Franklin Leroy Bevier Born in 1890 in Iowa. I found a marriage record in California. They would be divorced according to his 1940 census record.

Name: Frank L BeVier
Gender: Male
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 1 Jul 1935
Marriage Place: Los Angeles, California, USA

Spouse: Marie E Brown






These two newspaper articles below are about the phantom burglary before Marie was caught.


https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50401833/marie-bevier/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50401927/marie-bevier/

As I read through the articles about the phantom burglar and things that were taken and then read the newspaper articles about the items found in her apartment, I believe she was the phantom burglar, but I also believe she was not working on her own.

I found no genealogy information on her but then the newspaper mentioned 2 marriages, so Brown may not be her maiden name.

Her story is very intriguing as this is the day and age of women being Molls and being partners in bank robberies, shopping lifting gangs ect... So if she was on her own she was brazen.


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