8250: United States v. Mary Pitts, alias Mary O'Dare, et al. (harboring Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker)

Federal criminal case file from the Northern District of Texas in which the defendants were charged with conspiring to harbor and conceal Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. 131 digitized pages; undated in the catalog.

Date: undated
Kind: case-file
Source: National Archives Catalog
Retrieved: 2026-10-12
NAID: 68884673
Docket: 8250
Rights: A record of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, held by the National Archives in Record Group 21, Records of District Courts of the United States. A United States government work, public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105. The National Archives catalog marks use "Unrestricted." The National Archives at Fort Worth holds the file.

The National Archives’ scope note reads: “This file consists of the criminal case United States v. Mary Pitts, alias Mary O’Dare, et. al. The charges were conspiring to harbor and conceal Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker.” The catalog records 8250 as “the case number assigned by the court.” It gives no dates; 131 page images are online.

This is the federal harboring prosecution that followed the Barrow case. The catalog’s search returns this file for the names of Henry Methvin and Blanche Barrow, but the catalog does not list the defendants beyond the title, and the pages were not read for this archive. The defendants were charged; the outcome is not stated here.

item8008: United States v. Raymond Hamilton, et al. (theft of weapons from a Texas National Guard armory)Federal criminal case file from the Northern District of Texas against Raymond Hamilton, Clyde C. Barrow, Bonnie Parker, Henry Methvin, Joe Palmer and Hilton Bybee, accused of stealing weapons from a Texas National Guard armory.itemBonnie and Clyde: FBI history pageThe FBI's history essay on Clyde Champion Barrow and Bonnie Parker: the stolen-car evidence that gave the Bureau jurisdiction, the 20 May 1933 federal warrant, the January 1934 Eastham prison farm break, and the ambush near Sailes, Louisiana on 23 May 1934.

itemIdentification Order No. 1227: Bonnie Parker and Clyde Champion Barrow (21 May 1934)Division of Investigation wanted notice for Bonnie Parker and Clyde Champion Barrow under the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act, dated two days before both were killed near Sailes, Louisiana. A copy is stored here.