Ted Hinton

Deputy Sheriff Ted Hinton
Deputy Sheriff Ted Hinton
	Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Resting place	Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery in Dallas
Children	Including:; Linton Jay "Boots" Hinton (born January 1, 1934 in Dallas, TX; died December 5, 2016 in Arcadia, LA)

Ted Cass Hinton (October 5, 1904 – October 27, 1977)

posse that ambushed and killed Bonnie and Clyde near Gibsland, Louisiana

, on May 23, 1934.

History

FBI

investigators on May 23, 1934

Hinton, then aged 29, was assigned to accompany Deputy Sheriff Bob Alcorn on the premise that Hinton knew

Clyde Barrow and could identify him. Hinton and Alcorn were assigned by Dallas County Sheriff Richard A. "Smoot" Schmid to assist Frank Hamer

and his assistant Maney Gault in a shoot-to-kill order against Bonnie and Clyde that originated with the Texas prison system chief Lee Simmons.

Hinton became a Sheriff's Deputy in 1932 following the election of Schmid. An avid

Dallas

, he knew the Barrow family in his youth.

Ted Hinton was also once acquainted with young

Bonnie Parker

while she was working in Marco's Cafe in Dallas. Because of her good looks, many of the male customers would flirt with her. Hinton was always gentlemanly and treated Bonnie with respect. Hinton admitted in a later biography that he had a crush on Bonnie, which made it difficult for him as one of the men on the team sent to kill her and her lover, Clyde.

Controversy

Hinton wrote a book called Ambush in 1977, which was published in 1979, two years after his death, in which he maintained that Ivy T. Methvin was forced to lure Bonnie and Clyde into the ambush site by Frank Hamer. The original story was that Methvin had agreed to plot the ambush if his son Henry Methvin received a pardon. Hinton claimed that a deal was reached by the members of the Posse whereby the last surviving member would tell this version of events after all others had died. This member happened to be Hinton. His version of events is disputed.^{[citation needed]}

Aftermath

Hinton remained a deputy sheriff until 1941. An accomplished

pilot, he gave flying instructions to new recruits in the Army Air Corps just prior to World War II. Hinton subsequently owned a motel, trucking company and restaurant. He died in 1977^[3] and is interred with his wife at Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery in Dallas.^[4] The couple had at least one child, former Dallas County Deputy Linton Jay "Boots" Hinton (January 1, 1934 – December 5, 2016), who had since 2004 operated the Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum in Gibsland, Louisiana, and also served as a Specialist 3 for the United States Army during the Korean War.^[5]