On June 23, 1933 the Barrow Gang were running low on money so Buck Barrow and W.D. Jones left Clyde to tend to Bonnie, who was injured from the accident in Wellington. Driving to Alma, Arkansas, they decided to rob a store they found where they took $20.35 and made their get away in the delivery truck. When they tried to make it to the Dennis Motel, they rear-ended a car in front of them. Marshal Henry D. Humphrey and Deputy Sheriff Ansel M “Red” Salyers were alerted that two criminals were headed their way. When they heard the crash they went to investigate. W.D and Buck survived the crash uninjured but the officers had blocked the road. W.D. and Buck shot Marshal Humphrey while Salyers ran behind a house to use it as cover as he faced the criminals by himself. Taking the sheriff’s car which was the only car that worked and the sheriff’s gun, Buck and W.D. made their get away. Marshal Humphrey died in the morning.
Bonnie and Clyde:1930s 