16 Facts About Raymond Hamilton

Raymond Elzie Hamilton was a member of the notorious Barrow Gang during the early 1930s.

Raymond Hamilton was born May 21,1914, in a tent on the banks of the Deep Fork River in Oklahoma.

Raymond Hamilton's father was John Henry Hamilton who abandoned the family when Raymond was 10 years old.

Sarah moved the family to West Dallas, where Raymond was raised and where he received his minor public education.

Raymond Hamilton used to fence stolen bicycles through future sheriff Smoot Schmid and began committing petty thefts.

Raymond Hamilton met Clyde Barrow who lived in the same neighborhood when they were boys, and later joined the "Barrow Gang".

When Raymond Hamilton was imprisoned at the Eastham prison farm north of Huntsville, Texas, Bonnie and Clyde raided the farm to free him and four other prisoners on January 16,1934.

Clyde observed through a rearview mirror that Raymond Hamilton was putting some of their robbery money in his pocket.

Raymond Hamilton left the Barrow Gang after the fight about Mary O'Dare and was recaptured by authorities on April 25,1934.

Raymond Hamilton was in prison when Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were ambushed and killed by Hamer's posse on May 23,1934.

Raymond Hamilton escaped and went on a crime spree with another former Barrow gang member Ralph Fults.

In February 1935, Fults and Raymond Hamilton burglarized a National Guard Armory in Beaumont, Texas, taking two Thompson submachine guns.

Raymond Hamilton was recaptured April 5,1935, in a Fort Worth railyard while posing as a hobo.

Raymond Hamilton had sent a note to his sister in Dallas, which was intercepted by Dallas deputy Bill Decker.

Raymond Hamilton was executed on May 10,1935, at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville, by electric chair.

Raymond Hamilton was buried in Elmwood Memorial Park, Dallas County, Texas.