SinisterCrimes

Accomplice

Henry Methvin

Born
8 April 1912
Died
19 April 1948, aged about 36
Record
Wikidata Q5725841 · Wikipedia

Accomplice in Bonnie and Clyde

Freed in the Eastham raid; his family's cooperation helped set up the ambush. Convicted of the Commerce killing.

1932–1934 · Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Iowa and Louisiana; killed near Gibsland, Louisiana · Killed before trial

Two years, at least nine dead lawmen and a posse waiting in the Louisiana pines: the real Barrow gang, from Eastham prison farm to the ambush at Gibsland. Read the case.

Dated events

  1. Clyde leads a raid that frees Raymond Hamilton, Henry Methvin and others from Eastham; guard Joe Crowson is mortally wounded.