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[Letter from Polk County Sheriff to the Dallas Police Department Chief of Police] (open access)

[Letter from Polk County Sheriff to the Dallas Police Department Chief of Police]

Letter from Polk County Sheriff, C. F. Keeling, to the Chief of Police of the Dallas, Texas Police Department requesting copies of Clyde Barrow's and Bonnie Parker's fingerprints and mugshots, as well as fingerprints and mug shots of their accomplices.
Date: unknown
Creator: Polk County (Iowa)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Kansas City, Missouri Detective Lieutenant to Dallas, Texas Bureau of Identification Superintendent D. E. Walsh] (open access)

[Letter from Kansas City, Missouri Detective Lieutenant to Dallas, Texas Bureau of Identification Superintendent D. E. Walsh]

Letter from W. C. Gordon, Detective Lieutenant of the Identification Bureau in Kansas City, Missouri to D. E. Walsh, superintendent of the Identification Bureau in Dallas, Texas, thanking him for the picture of Clyde Barrow and his brother.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gordon, W. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. M. Pack to the Tulia, Texas Sheriff's Department] (open access)

[Letter from L. M. Pack to the Tulia, Texas Sheriff's Department]

Letter from L. M. Pack a Captain of Detectives, to the Tulia, Texas Sheriff Department responding to their request to send a picture of Clyde Barrow and ensuring his department's full cooperation assisting in his capture.
Date: unknown
Creator: Pack, L. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Wanted Bulletin for Clyde Barrow, 05-01-1933] (open access)

[Wanted Bulletin for Clyde Barrow, 05-01-1933]

Wanted bulletin dated May 1, 1933 for Clyde Champion Barrow, his brother Melvin Ivan "Buck" Barrow and two unidentified women for stealing a car and kidnapping a man and a woman near Ruston, Louisiana on April 27, 1933.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ed Portley of the Joplin, Missouri Police Department to Several Texas Police Departments] (open access)

[Letter from Ed Portley of the Joplin, Missouri Police Department to Several Texas Police Departments]

Letter from Ed Portley, Chief of Detectives of the Joplin, Missouri Police Department to seven different sheriff's offices and two chiefs of police requesting ideas or suggestions that might aid in the arrest of Clyde Barrow and his accomplices.
Date: unknown
Creator: Joplin (Mo.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from San Angelo, Texas Constable's Department to the Dallas, Texas Police Department] (open access)

[Letter from San Angelo, Texas Constable's Department to the Dallas, Texas Police Department]

Letter from Fred Gerber of the San Angelo, Texas Constable's Department to the Dallas, Texas Police Department requesting the name of the father of Clyde and Ivy [Ivan] Barrow as well as additional information.
Date: unknown
Creator: Garber, Fred
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas, Texas Sheriff's Department Complaint of the Eastham Prison Break-out] (open access)

[Dallas, Texas Sheriff's Department Complaint of the Eastham Prison Break-out]

Complaint filed by the Dallas, Texas Sheriff's Department regarding Clyde Barrow, Bonnie Parker's rescue of Raymond Hamilton from the Eastham Farm prison on January 16, 1934.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clyde Champion Barrow FBI Criminal Record] (open access)

[Clyde Champion Barrow FBI Criminal Record]

Clyde Barrow's criminal record compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It dates from his first arrest at age 16 in 1926 to the last time he was published as a fugitive, shortly after his death.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[W. D. Jones Voluntary Statement, 11-18-1933] (open access)

[W. D. Jones Voluntary Statement, 11-18-1933]

Voluntary statement by W. D. Jones on November 18, 1933 while under arrest in Dallas, Texas, in which he relates the circumstances of how he met Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker and the time-line of several incidents while he was in their company.
Date: November 18, 1933
Creator: Jones, W. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[W. D. Jones Voluntary Statement, 11-18-1933] (open access)

[W. D. Jones Voluntary Statement, 11-18-1933]

Voluntary statement by W. D. Jones on November 18, 1933 while under arrest in Dallas, Texas, in which he relates the circumstances of how he met Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker and the time-line of several incidents while he was in their company.
Date: November 18, 1933
Creator: Jones, W. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Poem by Bonnie Parker] (open access)

[Poem by Bonnie Parker]

Poem written by Bonnie Parker in which she tries to paint Clyde Barrow and herself in a more positive and heroic light, similar to Jesse James.
Date: unknown
Creator: Parker, Bonnie
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Raymond Hamilton Index Card] (open access)

[Raymond Hamilton Index Card]

Index card photocopy for Raymond Hamilton indicating his crime of robbery using firearms and the numbers of his fingerprint chart.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Raymond Hamilton FBI Criminal Record] (open access)

[Raymond Hamilton FBI Criminal Record]

Raymond Hamilton's criminal record compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It dates from his first reported crime of car theft in 1931 to the date of his execution in 1935.
Date: May 7, 1935
Creator: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Raymond Hamilton FBI Wanted Flier] (open access)

[Raymond Hamilton FBI Wanted Flier]

FBI wanted flier for Raymond Hamilton. It contains his physical description, relatives, fingerprint chart, mug shot and criminal record.
Date: July 13, 1934
Creator: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Raymond Hamilton Fingerprint Chart, 1935 - Dallas, Texas Police Department] (open access)

[Raymond Hamilton Fingerprint Chart, 1935 - Dallas, Texas Police Department]

Dallas Police Department fingerprint chart for Raymond Hamilton. It includes his physical description and date of execution.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Raymond Hamilton Fingerprint Chart, 1933 - Dallas, Texas Police Department] (open access)

[Raymond Hamilton Fingerprint Chart, 1933 - Dallas, Texas Police Department]

Dallas Police Department fingerprint chart for Raymond Hamilton. It includes his physical description and a short description of his sentence for a crime he committed in 1933.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Raymond Hamilton Fingerprint Chart, 1932 - Dallas, Texas Police Department] (open access)

[Raymond Hamilton Fingerprint Chart, 1932 - Dallas, Texas Police Department]

Dallas Police Department fingerprint chart for Raymond Hamilton. It includes his physical description and a time-line of his criminal record.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Raymond Hamilton Fingerprint Chart, 1933 - Dallas, Texas Police Department] (open access)

[Raymond Hamilton Fingerprint Chart, 1933 - Dallas, Texas Police Department]

Dallas Police Department fingerprint chart for Raymond Hamilton. It includes his physical description and details of his crime and sentence.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Raymond Hamilton Fingerprint Chart, 1932 - Dallas, Texas Police Department] (open access)

[Raymond Hamilton Fingerprint Chart, 1932 - Dallas, Texas Police Department]

Dallas Police Department fingerprint chart for Raymond Hamilton. The back of the chart has an index card with details of an auto theft he committed.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Raymond Hamilton's Fingerprint Chart - Dallas Police Department, 1932] (open access)

[Raymond Hamilton's Fingerprint Chart - Dallas Police Department, 1932]

Dallas Police Department fingerprint chart for Raymond Hamilton. It includes his physical description and a time-line of his crimes and arrests.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas Police Department Fingerprint Chart for Raymond Hamilton - 1934] (open access)

[Dallas Police Department Fingerprint Chart for Raymond Hamilton - 1934]

Dallas Police Department fingerprint chart for Raymond Hamilton. It includes his mug shot, physical description and a time-line of his recent crimes from 1933 to 1934.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegraph to Dallas Police Department - 12/09/1932] (open access)

[Telegraph to Dallas Police Department - 12/09/1932]

Telegraph to the Dallas Police Department informing them of the arrest of Raymond Hamilton and J. C. Clark alias Dunn in Bay City, Michigan. J. C. Clark was suspected to be Clyde Barrow.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History