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{{Short description|American peace officer (1904–1977)}}
{{for|the Fulham, Millwall and Northern Ireland football goalkeeper|Ted Hinton (footballer)}}
{{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 onrow, thefar left of the back row.)
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1904|10|05}}
| birth_place = [[Tulsa, Oklahoma|Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1977|10|27|1904|10|05}}
| death_place = [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]], [[Texas]], U.S.
| resting_place=[[Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery]] in Dallas
| children=Including:<br />
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)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=Rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=June 7, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{citeCite web|url= httphttps://genforumwww.genealogy.com/hintonforum/messagessurnames/topics/hinton/2727.html/|title=Re: Ted Hinton,member of posse - Genealogy.com|website=www.genealogy.com}}</ref> was a [[Dallas County, Texas]], [[Deputy Sheriff|deputy sheriff]], the youngest of the [[posse (law enforcement)|posse]] that ambushed and killed [[Bonnie and Clyde]] near [[Gibsland, Louisiana|Gibsland]], [[Louisiana]], on May 23, 1934.
==History==
[[File:Bonnie Clyde Car.jpg|thumb|240pc240px|richtright|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 BenjaminManey Gault in a shoot-to-kill order against Bonnie and Clyde that originated with the Texas prison system chief Lee Simmons. When the Texans reached [[Bienville Parish, Louisiana|Bienville Parish]] on the trail of Bonnie and Clyde, they enlisted the aid of Sheriff [[Henderson Jordan (Louisiana sheriff)|Henderson Jordan]] and his deputy, [[Prentiss Oakley]], as required for jurisdictional purposes.
Hinton became a Sheriff's Deputy in 1932 following the election of Schmid. An 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.
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==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]],. claimingThe original story was that Methvin wouldhad 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|date=April 2007}} <!-- No other posse member was alive to dispute Hinton's revelations, and none of them left written acounts of the ambush - so unless someone comes up with a good citation on this, it will be removed; certainly some writers like Guinn do not like his version of events, but this at the least needs to be cited and worded differently -->
==Aftermath==
Hinton remained a Deputydeputy 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 wentsubsequently onowned toa ownmotel, atrucking restaurantcompany and restaurant. He died in 1977.<ref>"Bonnie Tedand HintonClyde andambush histeam wifemember aredies, ''[[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 |title=Dallashistory.net |access-date=2010-08-11 |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 }}</ref> The couple had at least one child, former Dallas County Deputy Linton Jay "Boots" Hinton (born January 1, 1934 – December 5, 2016), who operateshad since 2004 operated the Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum in [[Gibsland, Louisiana.]], Bootsand Hintonalso wasserved aboutas foura monthsSpecialist old3 atfor the time[[United ofStates Army]] during the ambush[[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==
* Hinton, T. with Grove, L., ''Ambush (The Real Story of Bonnie and Clyde)'', Shoal Creek Publishers, 1979. {{ISBN |0-88319-041-9}}
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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
| NAME = Hinton, Ted
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION =American peace officer
| DATE OF BIRTH = October 5, 1904
| PLACE OF BIRTH =[[Tulsa, Oklahoma]]
| DATE OF DEATH = October 27, 1977
| PLACE OF DEATH =[[Dallas, Texas]]
}}
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