Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-06 | Page 1 | Miami Hunts Barrow Gang for Murder

MIAMI HUNTS BARROW GANG FOR MURDER Police Officer Shot hot Down bown own Chief by Two Gunmen BLONDE WITH KILLERS Sh Sheriff riff Sure Sur Texas Texas' Outlaw Was Slayer t I B By Associated Press s MIAMI MIAl OI Okla OkIa la April 6 Constable 6 Cal Campbell was slain and Chief Dl Df D Police Percy Boyd of Commerce near lear here was today by two outlaws and their blond woman companion Boyd and Campbell had tried to Investigate a bullet hole in the w windshield windshield wind wind- shield of a car in which the two men and the woman had become stuck tuck in ina a 11 Witnesses said that before the two reached the machine the occupants opened fire and Campbell fell The police chief was forced into the he car car- carand and it sped northwestward toward Chetopa Kan about ten miles from Commerce Clyde Barrow Suspect Officers were investigating to determine de de- termine whether the trio might be Bonnie Parker puffing cigar g girl rl Clyde Barrow desperado and Raymond Ray mond Hamilton who was freed by Barrow from a Texas prison farm several weeks ago go Ottawa county officers have been Looking for Barrow to show up inthis in inthis inthis this territory where he has friends since the Grapevine Texas shooting of ot lost last weck week end e in Which two pUi oUi officers cers were killed Later it it was established that the killers tillers used a machine gun and it was believed liev d Boyd oyd was was was' wounded in inthe inthe inthe the shoulder and face Sheriff Dee WatterS Walters Watters s said l ci he was convinced tho nia killers were Barrow row and his comp companions Truck Driver Witness Charles Dodson a truck driver gave the first comprehensive account of what occurred He was an eye eye- witness I was passing this car stuck in inthe inthe inthe the mud when they hailed me and asked me to pull them out on dry dryland dryland dryland land he said Some other people whom I did not know came up and were helping The men said if I didn't hurry the they would shoot meA meA rueA me rue A man who was passing heard this his and hurried into town and told the officers Just as we got the car carout carout carout out of the mud the officers arrived Those In the car started the shooting shooting shoot shoot- ing and they must have fired 15 or 20 shots shot The officers fired only three or four our times Then the police chief was loaded into the car and the they headed out fast ast over the Stepps Stepp's Ford bridge across the Neosho Campbell was 63 years old Bodis Boyd Bod is a younger man about 35 Extortion Plot Against Cleveland Mayor Fails CLEVELAND April 6 An P P An extortion extortion extortion ex ex- ex- ex plot against Mayor Harry L. L Davis threatening him with death and arid demanding war wa disclosed by police today Although the mayor said he regarded regarded regarded re re- re- re the threatening letter h he here here- received re the of a crank officers set a trap for the extortionist but it failed when the writer did not ap appear pear The letter to the mayor said If you value your life lite follow these instructions At 9 o'clock o'clock- Friday morning drop in III an brown package out of ofa a yellow taxi at 1396 East Sixtieth street If you dont don't come clean look out The letter was signed X and a postscript added Remember 1396 East Sixtieth street