Evening star., 1934-05-23
CRIME RECORD LONG.
12 Deaths Laid To Outlaw Slain BY
Rangers.

IL Deaths Laid To Outlaw Slain BY
Rangers.
DALLAS, Tex, May % GP).-Clyde
Champion Barrow, the Southwest s
number one public enemy, was sought
in connection with at least a dozen
killings throughout the Southwest. on
several of which he faced formal
charges of murder.
His police record dates from 1926
when he was arrested in Dallas for
automobile theft. In 1880, still known
only as a minor hoodlum, he was
sentenced to the Texas Penitentiary
for IA years on burglary and theft
charges.
Early in 1882 Barrow was granted a
general parole by Gov. Ross Sterling,
shortly thereafter embarking on his
spectacular career Of armed robbery
and terrorism.
Brother Killed Last Year.
Here are some of the crimes for
which Clyde Barrow, either alone OF
in company with his brother, Marvin
killed by officers in Iowa in 1888, was
wanted:
April 80, 1932-Murder OF J. W.
Bucher. filling station operator at
HillSboro, Tex
August S, l932-Murder Of Deputy
Sheriff E. C. Moore at Atoka, Okla.
October IL, 1932-Killing of How
ard Hall, grocery clerk, at Sherman,
Tex.
December 25, 1e32-Killing of
Doyle johnson at Temple, Tex.
January 7, l933-Killing Of Deputy
Sheriff Malcolm Davis in Dallas.
Two Officers Slain.
April l3, 1933-Slaying Of Con-
stable j. w. Harryman and Detective
Harry McGinnis at Joplin, Mo.
June %, 1933-Killing of Marshal
Henry Humphrey at Van Buren, Ark.
January Is, 1934-Killing OF Mai.
Crowson, guard at State Prison
Farm near Huntsville, Tex, when
Barrow allegedly staged a raid in
which Raymond Hamilton, convicted
killer and bank robber. and four
other convicts we're liberated.
April l. 1934.-Killing of E b
" IlCClCA d4ld II -. IN1ul J1lls 4Chds
highway patrolman. near Grape
vine, Tex
April 6, 1934.-Killing of Constable
Cal Campbell at Miami, Okla.
Bonnie Parker, Barrow'S companion
on many of his forays. was charged
by officers with active participation in
the gunplay. She was believed to
have been with Clyde and his brother
Marvin. when a posse cornered the
gang near Dexter, Iowa, July "a, 1888
Clyde and Bonnie eluded officers, but
Marvin was fatally wounded.
Hated All Officers.
Most of the victims charged to Bar
rows deadly machine gun and pistol
fire fell without a chance to protect
themselves. The outlaw seemingly de-
veloped bitter hatred of the law and
its enforcers. resorting ruthlessly tc
firearms at the slightest provocation
His alleged companion on several
bank-robbing expeditions was Hamil-
ton, who was serving sentences total
ing 263 years when the raid on the
Texas prison farm freed him.
Hamilton, recaptured. faces further
prosecution under the Texas habitual
criminal law. which carries the death
penalty. Recently Barrow. resenting
Hamilton's assertion that Barrow was
the desperate member of the crime
partnership, while he (Hamilton)
merely followed along. dispatched a
letter to authorities deriding his for
mer companions statements.
The letter was mailed from McKin-
ney, Tex, and bore Barrow's thumb
print for authorization.
Barrow displayed an arrogant, boast
full disrespect for the law and has
been vainglorious in his black record
Pictures showing the outlaw posing
with a machine gun in his hands
have fallen into the hands of officers
and captured confederates have told
of his disdainful attitude. Bonnie
Parker, the wife of a convict, dem
onStrated almost equal vanity as
criminal She, too, had posed for
numerous pictures with her belt
weighted down with pistols,
Stole Cars For Flights.
For many months the two lived a
preCari0uS life, barely eluding officers
on dozens of occasions. They hid out
in woods eating canned goods and
sandwiches, then driving hundreds of
miles to some other isolated spot to
keep officers off their trail. Stolen
cars were their mode of travel and
they bore the reputation of driving at
furious speed when pressed.
Through the assistance of criminal
ly-minded friends, they often were
able to get tips that officers were close
upon them. Lately. however, officers
have rounded up everybody thought to
have had any connection with them
and, as a result, the chances Of the
desperate couple continuing at large
were greatly reduced.
It had been the opinion of officers
for many months that Barrow would
never be caught alive, since he had
only the electric chair before him if
captured.
Gang Always Small.
Barrow never was the leader of a
large gang, but usually had two or
three followers, the most faithful Of
which was Bonnie Parker. who took
great pride in her handiness with fire
arms. There was ample proof that on
frequent occasions she stood by the
West Dallas hoodlum and fired shot
for shot with him.
Until a few months ago the pair
were able to slip into Dallas and spent
some time in hiding, but officers here
cut off all their sources of protection,
and Barrow and his woman partner
in crime were forced to take their
chances af1eld. .