The Texas Department of Corrections contacted former Texas Ranger Captain Frank Hamer and persuaded him to hunt down the Barrow Gang. He was retired, but his commission had not expired.Frank Hamer and Bonnie & Clyde. Texas State Library and Archives Commission. He accepted the assignment as a Texas Highway Patrol officer, secondarily assigned to the prison system as a special investigator, and was given the specific task of taking down the Barrow Gang.
The Texas Department of Corrections contacted form.er Texas Ranger Captain Frank Hamer and persuaded him to hunt down the Barrow Gang. He was retired, but his commission had not expiredFrank Hamer and Bonnie & Clyde. Texas State Library and Archives Commission. He accepted the assignment as a Texas Highway Patrol officer, secondarily assigned to the prison system as a special investigator and was given the specific t,ask of taking down th.e Barrow Gang