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8008: 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.

Date
undated
Kind
case-file
Source
National Archives Catalog
Retrieved
2026-10-12
NAID
68887161
Docket
8008
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 of Unites States v. Raymond Hamilton, Clyde C. Barrow, Bonnie Parker, Henry Methvin, Joe Palmer, and Hilton Bybee. The defendants were accused of theft of weapons from the Texas National Guard armory.” The catalog records 8008 as the court’s case number and gives no dates. Thirty-two page images are online; they were not read for this archive.

The accusation is the indictment’s. The Bureau’s 1933 letters on Browning automatic rifles recovered from the gang and traced to National Guard units in Illinois and Oklahoma are filed in the Weapons and evidence section; this Texas case is a different armory.

item8250: 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.itemLetter from SAC F. J. Blake, Dallas, to the Director, 29 August 1933: Browning automatic rifles recovered from the Barrow gangDallas Special Agent in Charge F. J. Blake reports that four Browning automatic rifles recovered from members of the Barrow gang had in part been traced to Government armories, and suggests the Division ask the War Department to protect armories.itemBureau of Investigation report, 1 September 1933: Ordnance Division traces Colt .45 pistols and Browning automatic rifles taken from the Barrow gangForm No. 1 report by Dwight Brantley, Washington, D.C., listing by serial number the Colt .45 pistols and Browning automatic rifles the War Department says were stolen from Illinois and Oklahoma National Guard units.itemPalmer v. State, 81 S.W.2d 76, 128 Tex. Crim. 293 (Tex. Crim. App. 1934; on the merits 1935)Texas Court of Criminal Appeals opinion in Joe Palmer's appeal from his conviction for killing a guard during the 16 January 1934 break from the Eastham State Farm. The testimony it recites says Clyde Barrow, Bonnie Parker and others brought weapons to the farm.