Two items related to the 1934 arrest and processing of suspected Barrow Gang affiliate Beulah Praytor: an original vintage glossy 5 x 4 mug shot photo, with arrest number in background dated "9-5-34"; and an original Department of Justice fingerprint card, 8 x 8, signed in the lower right by Praytor. The opposite side of the card lists the institution as the Wichita Falls Police Department, a received date of October 5, 1934, and notes the crime as "Investigation—Released." Additionally, the card features a physical description and brief criminal history consisting of an "Internal Revenue" charge in June 1934. In overall very good condition, with horizontal creases and paperclip impressions to both. The common law wife of Joe Chambless, Praytor was one of 23 indicted on charges of harboring and concealing the late Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. Others charged included the mothers of the two bandits, Cumie Barrow and Emma Parker, former gang member Henry Methvin, Marry Pitts, L. C. Barrow, Blanche Barrow, Billie Mace, and Lillian McBride. Both McBride and Praytor were dismissed when the case first opened, for lack of evidence.
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