Raymond Hamilton

Raymond Hamilton (May 21, 1913 – May 10, 1935) was a member of the notorious Barrow Gang during the early 1930s. By the time he was 21 years old he had accumulated a prison sentence of 362 years.

The Barrow Gang

Little is known about Hamilton's childhood. He was born in Oklahoma and raised in Dallas, Texas, where he received his minor public education. He met Clyde Barrow who lived in the same neighborhood as Hamilton when both men were youths, and later he would join the "Barrow Gang". Hamilton participated in the killing of Deputy Sheriff Eugene C. Moore when Moore and Sheriff Charlie Maxwell became suspicious of the men at an outdoor country dance in Stringtown, Oklahoma. Sheriff Maxwell also sustained six gunshot wounds in the exchange, but survived. It was Barrow's and Hamilton's first murder of a police officer.

Hamilton's presence in the group was often problematic, with Clyde Barrow and other members of the gang commonly referring to his girlfriend Mary O'Dare as "the washerwoman." When Hamilton was imprisoned at the Eastham prison farm north of Huntsville, Texas, Bonnie and Clyde raided the farm to free him and four other prisoners on January 16, 1934. One of the other escapees, Joe Palmer, killed a guard and caused a series of events which led to Texas Prison System chief Lee Simmons to issue a shoot to kill order against Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. Simmons hired ex-Texas Ranger Frank Hamer, who formed a six-man posse in order to execute this order. Hamilton left the Barrow Gang after a fight about O'Dare and was recaptured on April 25, 1934. He was in prison when Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were ambushed and killed by Hamer's posse on May 23, 1934.

Raymond Hamilton (soccer)

Raymond “Ray” Hamilton was a U.S. soccer defender who earned two caps with the U.S. national team.

Both U.S. games came in defeats to Mexico in September 1937. His first game was a 7-3 loss on September 19 and the second was a 5-1 loss on September 25.

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Raymond Hamilton (politician)

Raymond George Hamilton (27 May 1909 – 6 November 1975) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1941 and 1950. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party.

Early life

Hamilton was born in Singleton, New South Wales and was the son of a mercer. He was educated at the Gunnedah High School and Sydney Church of England Grammar School and became an articled clerk to a firm of solicitors in Gunnedah. He also managed his father's Gunnedah Garden Theatre. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1940 and was the associate of Justice William Owen in 1941. He served with the Second Australian Imperial Force between 1941 and 1945 and attained the rank of lieutenant. Hamilton was called to the bar in 1945 and practiced in Sydney until 1953. He then developed and was a director of a number of concrete and other construction businesses. He also owned a number of cattle properties in the Nundle area. Hamilton was elected president of Nundle Shire Council between 1968 and 1972.

Ray Hamilton (disambiguation)

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