Dallas County Deputy Sheriff (1904–1977), the youngest (and last surviving member) of the posse that ambushed and killed Bonnie and Clyde. Ted Hinton’s Deputy US Marshal commission and badge. Partly-printed commission (in two 4.5 x 3 sections affixed inside its original 4.75 x 6.5 holder) reads, in part: “Know ye, That, reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity, ability, and diligence of Ted C. Hinton, I hereby appoint and commission him Office Deputy United States Marshal in and for the Northern District of Texas and do authorize ad empower him to execute and fulfill the duties of that office according to law and to have and to hold the said office, with all powers, privileges, and emoluments to the same.” Commission is signed at the conclusion by US Marshal J. W. Wright. Hinton’s US Marshal badge, #228, made by the Robbins Company of Attleboro, Massachusetts, measuring approximately 1.5 x 2.5. In overall fine condition, with expected age wear. Years before the ambush, a young Hinton would often visit Marco’s Cafe where a young Bonnie Parker was a waitress. 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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