(CRIME) Wanted poster of Clyde Barrow and his accomplices

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(CRIME.) Wanted poster of Clyde Barrow and his accomplices. Each 8 x 8 inches; Barrow and Fults with two small holes punched near upper edge, postmarked in Boston and addressed on verso to sheriff of Lebanon, NH, Hamilton addressed to sheriff of Iuka, MS; all signed in type by J. Edgar Hoover. Washington, DC, 1933-35

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Clyde Barrow was killed with his accomplice and lover Bonnie Parker by police officers in Louisiana in 1935. His wanted poster is dated 24 October 1933, and notes that he is "very dangerous and extreme caution must be exercised." Among his relatives is "Mrs. Clyde Barrow, aliases Bonnie Barrow, Bonnie Parker . . . probably accompanying Barrow." Also included are wanted posters for his close associates Ralph Fults (3 April 1935) and Raymond Hamilton (13 August 1934). The Hamilton poster notes his association with Barrow.