On August 12th 1938, four years after
the ambush of his former partners in crime
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, Floyd Hamilton
along with Huron "Ted" Walters, walked into the
Coca~Cola Bottling Plant in Nashville, Arkansas,
and robbed their office at gunpoint under the
noses of the workers there.

In ApriL 1943, Floyd Hamilton managed to scale
a fence while incarcerated at Alcatraz. He made
his way to a tidal cave and was presumed dead by
prison officials. After spending a couple of days
in the cave he was finally recaptured.

In August 1943, Ted Walters also climbed the
fence at the prison's laundry facility. After
falling from the fence and injuring his spine,
he crawled to the water's edge, but was helpless
to continue on with his escape plans due to the
extent of the injuries. He was recaptured and
sent to solitary confinement.

 
The Coca~Cola robbery was reputed to be the last
robbery to have been committed by former Barrow
gang member Floyd Hamilton.

His accomplice Ted Walters, was to be killed 33
years later by a Texas Ranger near Dallas, Texas.
(see Sandy Jones link below)

The following article was originally submitted
by Ramon Wilson, to a book on the history of
Howard County entitled, "Howard County Heritage".

Special thanks go to contributor Phillip Young
for sharing the article about the Coca~Cola heist
with visitors to Bonnie & Clyde's Hideout.

Thanks go to the Walters Family for the photo
of Ted Walters from their personal collection.

The Hideout welcomes it's newest contributors.
Ted Walters, D.F. Walters and Holly C. Walters.