Ted Hinton: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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{{Infobox person

| name = Deputy Sheriff Ted Hinton

| image = BarrowDeathPosse1934Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow posse (1934).jpg

| caption = The [[Gibsland, Louisiana|Gibsland]] posse. Ted (Hinton isback on therow, far left of the back row.)

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1904|10|05}}

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[[File:Bonnie Clyde Car.jpg|thumb|240px|right|The vehicle of [[Bonnie and Clyde]] is shown riddled with bullet holes after the ambush. The picture was taken by [[FBI]] investigators on May 23, 1934]]

Hinton, then twenty-nineaged 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. AAn avid [[baseball]] player, Hinton passed up a chance to join the [[Cleveland Indians]] because he did not want to spend time away from his wife and young son. Born in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma|Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]], and reared in [[Dallas, Texas|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.

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==Aftermath==

Hinton remained a deputy sheriff until 1941. An accomplished [[aviator|pilot]], he gave flying instructions to new recruits in the [[United States Army Air Corps|Army Air Corps]] just prior to [[World War II]]. Hinton subsequently owned a motel, trucking company and restaurant. He died in 1977<ref>"Bonnie and Clyde ambush team member dies, ''[[Minden Press-Herald]]'', October 28, 1977, p. 1</ref> and is interred with his wife at [[Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery]] in Dallas.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dallashistory.net/dallas_sights/features/bandc/Bonnie_and_Clyde.htm#north {{Dead|title=Dallashistory.net link|access-date=March2010-08-11 |archive-date=2016-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916181455/http://www.dallashistory.net/dallas_sights/features/bandc/Bonnie_and_Clyde.htm#north |url-status=dead 2022}}</ref> The couple had at least one child, former Dallas County Deputy Linton Jay "Boots" Hinton (January 1, 1934 &ndash; 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2015/the-last-ride-of-bonnie-and-clyde/|title=The Last Ride of Bonnie and Clyde|date=August 5, 2015|website=Roads & Kingdoms}}</ref>

==Books by Ted Hinton==