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WHO KILLED IVY & HENRY METHVIN? FROM THE GRAVE VENGEANCE BRINGS A SMILE TO CLYDE'S FACE. On May 21, 1934, the four posse members from Texas were in Shreveport, when they learned that Barrow and Parker were to go to Bienville Parish that evening with Methvin. Barrow had designated the residence of Methvin's parents as a rendezvous in case they were later separated and indeed Methvin did get separated from the pair in Shreveport. The full posse, consisting of Captain Hamer, Dallas County Sheriff's Deputies Bob Alcorn and Ted Hinton (both of whom knew Barrow and Parker by sight), former Texas Ranger B.M. Manny Gault, Bienville Parish Sheriff Henderson Jordan and his deputy and successor in office, Prentiss Oakley, set up an ambush at the rendezvous point along Louisiana State Highway 154 south of Gibsland toward Sailes. Hinton's account has the group in place by 9:00 pm on the 21st and waiting through the whole next day (May 22) with no sign of the outlaw couple, but other accounts have them setting up on the evening of the 22nd. On May 23, their gunfire was so loud, the posse suffered temporary deafness all afternoon At approximately 9:15 am on May 23, the posse, concealed in the bushes and almost ready to concede defeat, heard Barrow's stolen Ford V8 approaching at a high speed. The posse's official report had Barrow stopping to speak with Henry Methvin's father, planted there with his truck that morning to distract him and force him into the lane closer to the posse. The lawmen then opened fire, killing Barrow and Parker while shooting a combined total of approximately 130 rounds. All accounts of the ambush, including his own, agree that Oakley fired 192 Gaylon Barrow first, and probably before any order was given to do so. Barrow was killed instantly by Oakley's initial head shot, but Parker had a moment to reflect; Hinton reported hearing her scream as she realized Barrow was dead before the shooting at her began in earnest. The officers emptied the specially ordered automatic rifles, as well as other rifles, shotguns, and pistols at the car, and any one of many wounds would have been fatal to either of the fugitives. According to statements made by Ted Hinton and Bob Alcorn: Each of us six officers had a shotgun and an automatic rifle and pistols. We opened fire with the automatic rifles. They were emptied before the car got even with us. Then we used shotguns ... There was smoke coming from the car, and it looked like it was on fire. After shooting the shotguns, we emptied the pistols at the car, which had passed us and ran into a ditch about 50 yards on down the road. It almost turned over. We kept shooting at the car even after it stopped. We weren't taking any chances. Some today say Bonnie and Clyde were shot more than fifty times, others claim closer to twenty-five wounds per corpse, or fifty total. Officially, the tally in parish coroner Dr. J. L. Wade's 1934 report listed seventeen separate entrance wounds on Barrow's body and twenty-six on Parker's, including several headshots on each, and one that had snapped Barrow's spinal column. So numerous were the bullet holes that undertaker C. F. Boots Bailey would have difficulty embalming the bodies because they wouldn't contain the embalming fluid. Amidst the lingering gun smoke at the ambush site, the temporarily deafened officers inspected the vehicle and discovered an arsenal of weapons including stolen automatic rifles, sawed-off semi- automatic shotguns, assorted handguns, and several thousand rounds of ammunition, along with 15 sets of license plates from various states. Word of the ambush quickly got around when Hamer, Jordan, Oakley, and Hinton drove into town to telephone their respective bosses. A crowd soon gathered at the spot, and Gault and Alcorn, who had been left to guard the bodies, lost control of the jostling curious; one woman cut off bloody locks of Parker's hair and pieces from her dress, which were subsequently sold

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AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY GAYLON BARROW - A native Texan and a cousin of Clyde Barrow, was born September 28, 1938. He attended public schools in Titus Country completing High School in Mt. Pleasant, Texas in May of 1956. Mister Barrow is the son of Earl and Juanita Alexander Barrow, both deceased. He also had an older brother also deceased, Jerry Oscar Barrow, who Coached baseball in the State of Texas for nearly 25 years. Mister Barrow served his country in the U.S. Army Infantry, for 33 years and 10 months. He was discharged on May 11, 1993. During his spare time Mister Barrow took to writing. Jotting down notes as he thought of them waiting until his discharge. At that point he took up writing full time. At the present time he has over one hundred books in print. While in the service he managed to complete his education by attending the Army Institute located at Ft. Eustis, Virginia. He received a degree in Creative Writing and Literature. During this period he also completed the Army's Advanced/Senior NCO course. As a Field First Sergeant he served his country during the Vietnam War and the Cold War. He writes in multiple genres of Suspense, Mystery, Western, and Crime. He and his spouse of 53 years, Glenda Gay Gibson Barrow, have two sons and a daughter. Between the three children they have given their parents the pride and joy of twelve grandchildren and one great grandson. Mister Barrow along with his wife and two dogs live in the piney woods of Northeast Texas.

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