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William Hilton “W.H.” Bybee

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William Hilton “W.H.” Bybee

Birth
Montague County, Texas, USA
Death
20 Jul 1937 (aged 25–26)
Selma, Drew County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
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January 13, 1934 - Bonnie Parker,Clyde Barrow and associate Jimmy Mullens raided Eastham prison farm,part of the Texas Prison System, freeing Raymond Hamilton, Henry Methvin, Hilton Bybee and Joe Palmer. Hilton Bybee was recaptured on January 30, 1934, two weeks after the break. In 1937, he escaped again from Eastham. Later that year an Arkansas posse shot and killed him.

According to "The Semi-Weekly Farm News" newspaper printed Dallas, TX Mar 27, 1934 p 5, a Hilton Bybee escaped from the Houston Co, TX jail in Mar, 1934. He was described as a "desperado and lifetime convict". He and another man escaped, drove the jailer's car to Ft Worth, TX and robbed a man of Dublin, TX of his car and some money near Lake Worta. They then drove toward Jacksboro, Jack Co, Tx. They then headed toward Amarillo, TX where Bybee had been captured a few weeks earlier after escaping from the Eastham Prison farm.

January 13, 1934 - Bonnie Parker,Clyde Barrow and associate Jimmy Mullens raided Eastham prison farm,part of the Texas Prison System, freeing Raymond Hamilton, Henry Methvin, Hilton Bybee and Joe Palmer. Hilton Bybee was recaptured on January 30, 1934, two weeks after the break. In 1937, he escaped again from Eastham. Later that year an Arkansas posse shot and killed him.

According to "The Semi-Weekly Farm News" newspaper printed Dallas, TX Mar 27, 1934 p 5, a Hilton Bybee escaped from the Houston Co, TX jail in Mar, 1934. He was described as a "desperado and lifetime convict". He and another man escaped, drove the jailer's car to Ft Worth, TX and robbed a man of Dublin, TX of his car and some money near Lake Worta. They then drove toward Jacksboro, Jack Co, Tx. They then headed toward Amarillo, TX where Bybee had been captured a few weeks earlier after escaping from the Eastham Prison farm.



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