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This file concerns Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, the Depression-era fugitives whose gang drew federal attention because of interstate stolen-car violations under the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act. The released records include Bureau reports, field office correspondence from Dallas, Birmingham, and Oklahoma City, investigative leads from local sheriffs and police, routing stamps, and newspaper clippings. The sampled pages show November 1933 inquiries into reports that Barrow and Parker had been in Alabama, notes from Dallas police identification staff about Barrow associates, and an April 9, 1934 Oklahoma City report following a lead from Stillwater and Cushing. The clippings document contemporary press coverage of armed encounters, machine guns, and the public notoriety surrounding the Barrow gang.

FBI file number: 26-4114 | Documents span: 1933-1934 | Released in 7 parts
Names in this file: Bonnie Parker, Clyde Barrow, Clyde Champion Barrow, J. H. Hanson, E. J. Dowd, Charles Y. Gerhardt, Doug Walsh, Bob Alcorn, William Daniel Jones, Jim Bradley
Subjects: Bonnie and Clyde, National Motor Vehicle Theft Act, fugitives, stolen cars, law enforcement, newspaper clippings