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Two .38 caliber bullets recovered from the disabled car of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow following the 'Sowers Raid' conducted by a Dallas Sheriff's posse on November 22, 1933. Displayed with a caption and image of the original ammunition box. In fine condition. Consignor notes that the gunpowder was removed by a professional gunsmith. These bullets were among the items collected at the scene by one of the deputies, Millard Sweatt, and they are accompanied by a packet of provenance material describing Sweatt's career.
Informed of a family gathering that was supposed to occur near Sowers, Texas, the deputies — Millard E. Sweatt, Smoot Schmidt, Ted Hinton, Ed Caster, and Bob Alcorn — laid in wait for the outlaws to arrive. As Barrow approached in a stolen 1933 Ford Model B, he sensed a trap and accelerated past his family's car, at which point the lawmen unleashed a hail of bullets. Unable to continue in the decimated vehicle, the gang was forced to abandon and flee on foot, despite wounds to both Parker's and Barrow's legs from a bullet that passed through the car. The outlaws escaped, and Sweatt set about collecting relics from the bullet-riddled car, recovering a number of artifacts that were later found among his possessions.
