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former clyde texas ranger who `` got '' bonnie & 10 july 1955 austin , texas fairview , wilson county , texas captain frank hamer 17 march 1884 frankhamerearly1920s.jpg frank hamer
 '' ` francis augustus hamer '' '
frank hamer

francis augustus hamer -lrb- march 17 , 1884 -- july 10 , 1955 -rrb- was a texas ranger , known in popular culture for his involvement in tracking down and killing the criminal duo bonnie parker and clyde barrow in 1934 .
in a career that spanned the last days of the wild west well into the automobile age , hamer acquired legendary status in the southwest as the archetypal texas ranger .
he is an inductee to the texas ranger hall of fame .
