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The Dexfield Tragedy

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The Dexfield shootout was one of the most notorious shootouts the Barrow gang was in. They were Laying low in Dexter for a couple of days after their previous shootout in Missouri. The Barrow gang had not been there long before they were spotted and reported to the police. Authorities were not taking any chances. They showed up early one morning heavily armed, and ready for a fight. This shootout was so significant because of how many members of the gang got shot, the actions taken by Clyde to escape from the Police, and how many of the members got caught by the authorities.
Clyde Parker and the Barrow gang had been staking out in the small town of Dexter to hide out, rest, and recuperate from a big shoot-out with police in Platte City. …show more content…

Henry discovered the camp when the Barrow gang was not there. He found a bloody map, bloody shirt, and used bandages. Since this campsite was on his land, he reported it to Sheriff John Love. Love soon after that contacted Dallas County Sheriff Clint Knee who informed him there have been reports of the Barrow gang in the area (Stray). Love quickly formed a posse of about 50 men. The posse was told to be heavily armed are were armed with many heavy machine guns. At 5:00am the next morning the posse moved in on the Barrow gang and opened fire on them. The gang fired back at them causing them to retreat allowing them to start their escape from the posse. All the members of the gang piled into one car that was being shot at (Stray). They tried to drive away but got caught up on a stump and had to abandon the car. Clyde head towards the Vallie Feller farmstead leaving Bonnie and W.D. ( a member of the gang). As Clyde approach Feller’s family and hired hand he threatened them to help him escape while pointing a pistol at them. Not testing Clyde, the Family helped him and W.D. who was coming up the hill carrying Bonnie. They Feller family gave them their car to get away in. Clyde drove to Polk City where he wrecked the car and had to steal another car and went to Guthrie Center. There they were spotted and surrounded by a posse of 200 men. Somehow, with Clyde's exceptional driving skills they were able to escape from the posse were they were last seen in Sioux City (Stray).
Everyone except for one gang member, Blanche. Buck and Blanche were caught by the Dexter posse. Buck was severely wounded and was taken to the King’s Daughter Hospital in perry where he soon died a few years later (Stray). Blanche was taken back to Missouri and tried for her part in the Platte shootout and was sentenced ten

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