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[Clyde Champion Barrow and Marvin Barrow Wanted Poster, 1933 - Joplin, Missouri] (open access)

[Clyde Champion Barrow and Marvin Barrow Wanted Poster, 1933 - Joplin, Missouri]

Wanted poster for Clyde Champion Barrow and his brother, Marvin Ivan Barrow. It includes both their physical descriptions and details of their last sighting. The monetary reward of $1000 is the total amount added from the four counties they are wanted in.
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
[Clyde Champion Barrow Fingerprint Chart, 01/22/1928- Fort Worth, Texas Police Department] (open access)

[Clyde Champion Barrow Fingerprint Chart, 01/22/1928- Fort Worth, Texas Police Department]

Fingerprint card for Clyde Champion Barrow taken at the Department of Police in Fort Worth, Texas. It includes his physical description, aliases, details of his arrest and his mug shot pasted to the back of the document.
Date: unknown
Creator: Fort Worth (Tex.). Police Dept.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clyde Champion Barrow Fingerprint Chart, 1932 - Dallas, Texas Police Department] (open access)

[Clyde Champion Barrow Fingerprint Chart, 1932 - Dallas, Texas Police Department]

Fingerprint card for Clyde Champion Barrow taken at the Department of Police in Dallas, Texas some time in 1932. It includes his physical description, a time-line of his crimes and a mug shot taken December 3, 1926.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clyde Champion Barrow Fingerprint Chart, 1934 - Dallas, Texas Police Department] (open access)

[Clyde Champion Barrow Fingerprint Chart, 1934 - Dallas, Texas Police Department]

Fingerprint card for Clyde Champion Barrow taken at the Department of Police in Dallas, Texas some time in 1934. It includes his physical description, aliases, full body photograph and a mug shot taken December 3, 1926.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clyde Champion Barrow Wanted Poster, 1932 - Sherman, Texas] (open access)

[Clyde Champion Barrow Wanted Poster, 1932 - Sherman, Texas]

Wanted poster for Clyde Champion Barrow in Sherman, Texas for $200. Includes a mug shot from December 3, 1926, his physical description and the details behind his crimes for which the warrant was issued.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sherman (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clyde Champion Barrow Wanted Report, 04/13/1933 - Dallas, Texas Police Department] (open access)

[Clyde Champion Barrow Wanted Report, 04/13/1933 - Dallas, Texas Police Department]

Wanted report for Clyde Barrow and his accomplice, Marvin "Buck" Barrow on charges of killing one police officer and wounding another. It was filed by the Bureau of Identification of the Police Department of Dallas, Texas on April 13, 1933.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clyde Champion Barrow Wanted Report, 04/28/1933 - Dallas, Texas Police Department] (open access)

[Clyde Champion Barrow Wanted Report, 04/28/1933 - Dallas, Texas Police Department]

Wanted report for Clyde Barrow and his accomplice, Raymond Hamilton on the charges of kidnapping a man and a woman from Ruston, Louisiana and releasing them at Waldo, Arkansas, but taking the man's 1933 Ford Sedan on 4-23-1933. Handwritten note at the bottom states that the car was eventually found at Coleman, Texas two days later. This is a copy report from Ruston, Louisiana that was filed in Dallas, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clyde Champion Barrow Wanted Report, 05/08/1933 - Dallas, Texas Police Department] (open access)

[Clyde Champion Barrow Wanted Report, 05/08/1933 - Dallas, Texas Police Department]

Wanted report for Clyde Barrow on the charges of suspicion in a bank robbery attempt at Lucerne, Indiana around May 8, 1933. It states that he was joined by one man and two women. In addition, a car stolen from San Angelo, Texas was recovered near the site of the robbery. This is a copy report from Lucerne, Indiana that was filed in Dallas, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clyde Champion Barrow Wanted Report, 05/12/1932 - Dallas, Texas Police Department] (open access)

[Clyde Champion Barrow Wanted Report, 05/12/1932 - Dallas, Texas Police Department]

Wanted report for Clyde Barrow on the charges of robbery of an oil station using firearms at Lufkin, Texas on 5-12-1932. This is a copy report from Lufkin, Texas that was filed in Dallas, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clyde Champion Barrow Wanted Report, 06/11/1933 - Dallas, Texas Police Department] (open access)

[Clyde Champion Barrow Wanted Report, 06/11/1933 - Dallas, Texas Police Department]

Wanted report for Clyde Barrow on the charges of kidnapping the Sheriff and City Marshall of Wellington, Texas on June 11, 1933. It states that he was joined by Marvin "Buck" Barrow, Clyde's brother, and his wife, Bonnie Parker, who was injured in the incident. This is a copy report from Wellington, Texas that was filed in Dallas, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clyde Champion Barrow Wanted Report, 08/01/1932 - Dallas, Texas Police Department] (open access)

[Clyde Champion Barrow Wanted Report, 08/01/1932 - Dallas, Texas Police Department]

Wanted report for Clyde Barrow and his accomplice, Raymond Hamilton on the charges of robbing $400 from the Neuhoff Packing House using firearms at Dallas, Texas on 8-1-1932.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clyde Champion Barrow Wanted Report, 08/05/1932 - Dallas, Texas Police Department] (open access)

[Clyde Champion Barrow Wanted Report, 08/05/1932 - Dallas, Texas Police Department]

Wanted report for Clyde Barrow on the charges of murder and assailant to murder at Atoka, Oklahoma on August 5, 1932. It states that with his accomplice, Raymond Hamilton, shot and killed the Deputy Sheriff and wounded the Sheriff. This is a copy report from Atoka, Oklahoma that was filed in Dallas, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clyde Champion Barrow Wanted Report, 10/13/1932 - Abilene, Texas] (open access)

[Clyde Champion Barrow Wanted Report, 10/13/1932 - Abilene, Texas]

Wanted report for Clyde Barrow, issued by W.R. Sibley, the Chief of Police of Abilene, Texas on October 13, 1932, for the daylight robbery of a Piggly-Wiggly store. It includes Barrow's physical description, his accomplices and lists the other counties he is wanted in for murder.
Date: unknown
Creator: Abilene (Tex.)
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
[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
[FBI Wanted Report Cancellation, 05/18/1934] (open access)

[FBI Wanted Report Cancellation, 05/18/1934]

Cancellation of an Identification Order for Clyde Barrow, issued on May 28, 1934 by the U.S. Department of Justice. It states that the order be canceled due to Barrow being killed in Arcadia, Louisiana on May 23, 1934.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Department of Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Henry Methvin Mug-shot and Fingerprint Card, 1935 - Oklahoma State Penitentiary] (open access)

[Henry Methvin Mug-shot and Fingerprint Card, 1935 - Oklahoma State Penitentiary]

Mug-shot and information for Henry Methvin from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. He entered prison October 2, 1935 on the charge of murder and was sentenced to death. The reverse side is Methvin's fingerprints.
Date: unknown
Creator: Oklahoma State Penitentiary, McAlester
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Henry Methvin Oklahoma State Penitentiary Index Card, 1935] (open access)

[Henry Methvin Oklahoma State Penitentiary Index Card, 1935]

Information index card for Henry Methvin from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. It lists his charges, sentence and fingerprint classification.
Date: unknown
Creator: Oklahoma State Penitentiary, McAlester
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dallas, Texas Bureau of Identification Superintendent D. E. Walsh to Deputy Sheriff C. J. Koehe] (open access)

[Letter from Dallas, Texas Bureau of Identification Superintendent D. E. Walsh to Deputy Sheriff C. J. Koehe]

Letter from D. E. Walsh of the Dallas Bureau of Identification to Deputy Sheriff C. J. Koehe of Wharton, replying to his letter from August 19th and saying that he sends him a picture of Clyde Barrow because he does not have one of Raymond Hamilton or Bonnie Parker.
Date: unknown
Creator: Wharton (Tex.)
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 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
[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