Clyde_Chestnut_Barrow

Clyde Chestnut Barrow was born in poverty on a farm near Telico, Texas, thirty miles southeast of Dallas.
He came from a family of seven children. His father, Henry, was a tenant farmer. His mother, Cumie, was
a native of Nacogdoches, Texas. After moving to West Dallas, the family had lived in a tent camp beneath
the Viaduct. Young Clyde Barrow had become a truant and a runaway early on in life and took to the rough
life on the streets. On March 11, 1918 a warrant was issued by County Judge Chester H. Bryan against
8 year old Clyde Barrow on a complaint of Chief Probation Officer R.R. Adcock. The youth was charged with
being an incorrigible, with wandering the streets at night and with burglarizing a house near his home. He was
tried in a juvenile court and was sentenced to the Harris County School for Boys for an indeterminate period.
He had been involved with a group of toughs who went by the name, "The Root Square Gang" in Houston.

DESCRIPTION
Name: Clyde Chestnut Barrow
Aliases: Clyde "Champion" Barrow
W. J. Callahan
Elvin Williams
Eldin Williams
Robert Thomas
Carl Beaty
Roy Bailey
Jack Hale

Height: 5' 6 3/4"
Weight: 125-130 pounds
Complexion: light
Eyes: hazel
Hair color: dark chestnut
Marks: missing 2 toes-left foot
Tattoos:
heart & dagger initials "EBW"-outer arm
(probably initials of ex-girlfriend Eleanor B. Williams)
rose & leaves-left shoulder, shield & anchor with initials
"USN"-left arm, girl's face bearing the name "Grace"- right
arm, and the name "Anne"- inner left arm