THE TEXAS 587-956 PLATE

PERHAPS THE MOST RECOGNIZED OF THE BARROW GANG'S LICENSE PLATES,
IS THE 1933 TEXAS 587-956 PLATE. SEEN ACROSS THE NATION IN THE FAMOUS PHOTO
OF BONNIE PARKER, LEANING ON THE CAR'S HEADLAMP WHILE SMOKING A CIGAR.


EVER WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO IT ???


BONNIE & CLYDE'S HIDEOUT IS PLEASED TO PRESENT
COLOR PHOTOS OF THE LONG LOST TEXAS TAG, ALONG
WITH PHOTO OF SEVERAL RECOVERED BARROW WEAPONS.
(courtesy of James R. Knight)





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RECOVERED WEAPONS

Items recovered from Buck Barrow and W.D. Jones' wrecked 1933 Ford, after the Alma,
Arkansas gunfight, in which Marshal Henry D. Humphrey was killed. The guns have all been redone,
to some extent. The small item in front of the .45's barrel is a 1903-A3 30-06 stripper clip


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EXCERPTS FROM "INCIDENT AT ALMA"
by James R. Knight 
ONE
Since the Barrows never went anywhere without
a small arsenal, they had several choices.

Buck picked up Clyde's sawed-off shotgun, and
W.D. took a BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle), a
.30 caliber machine gun-Clyde's automatic
weapon of choice.

TWO
Whether Marshal Humphrey shouted a challenge
is not certain, but as soon as he appeared
out the right-handed door, Buck Barrow shot
him full in the chest with buckshot, blowing
him into a ditch by the side of the road.

THREE
Buck's shotgun had jammed or was empty, and
he was in the process of throwing it back in
the car and getting his own Winchester
Model 1912 16 gauge pump.

FOUR
While some of the people attended to the
marshal, Salyers and others searched the
bandits' wrecked car.

In it, they found a Remington Model 11
sawed-off shotgun in 12 gauge, a 1911
Model Colt .45 automatic with U.S. markings,
two coats, one pair of dark glasses, six
license plates and eight hundred rounds of
ammunition.
MOST RECOGNIZED BARROW PLATE
1933 TEXAS PLATE 587-956





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