Older brother of Clyde Barrow and member of his gang (1903–1933). Original vintage 8 x 8 photographic master copy of Barrow’s Dallas Police Department fingerprint card and mug shot, produced circa April 1933. One side features ten images of his fingerprints and a detailed criminal record through January 14, 1930, and the other side bears an affixed 4.75 x 3.25 mug shot and a typed notation below that reads, in part: “4-13-33. Wanted at Joplin, MO (PD) for Murder of a Police Officer. In company with brother, Clyde Champion Barrow…These men are very dangerous and extreme care should be taken in arresting them.” In fine condition, with expected handling wear and slight rippling to edges. On April 13, the Barrow brothers and gang member W. D. Jones participated in a shootout with Joplin law enforcement, killing a constable and detective. The gang engaged in multiple other gunfights over the course of the next few months, including the murder of a marshal, this time in Arkansas. In late July, however, Buck was seriously injured on separate occasions in late July and succumbed to his wounds in an Iowa hospital shortly thereafter. An incredible, unique law enforcement item issued in the effort to apprehend an intimate associate of the most notorious gangster of all-time. RR Auction COA.
