The so called "Methvin farm" was a house owned by the Cole family located near Sailes, Louisiana. Henry's parents, Ivy and Avie had only been at this location for two weeks before the ambush. It isn't known for sure if they were renting the Cole house, staying there while Ivy cleared some timber off some adjoining land, or just camping out in the unused house.

The lawmen expected Bonnie and Clyde to show up there in search of Henry. They selected a spot in the brush just off of the road leading up to it, located about 4 miles north of the hideout and about 8 miles south of Gibsland. The posse was able to see any approaching cars from their vantage point, yet remain hidden from view.

The car was towed to Arcadia with the bodies of Bonnie & Clyde still inside. Crowds poured into the small town from miles around when the news spread that the outlaw duo had been killed.

Bonnie and Clyde lived by the gun and died by the gun. They were famous and well known at the time of thier death. The violent manner in which they died made sure fame became legend.

After his parole Henry spent the rest of his life in the area surrounding Coushatta and Bossier City, Louisiana. Henry operated a small cafe near Minden called The White Owl Cafe; among other various jobs. He took to arming himself in the belief that he was a target of revenge for the deaths of Barrow and Parker.

Ivy Methvin either didn't know anything about the deal at all - or the more popular belief that he was offered a "deal" that spared Henry's life in return for co-operation in the ambush of Bonnie & Clyde. Henry's mother, Ava may have been more involved in letting John Joyner set up the ambush than Ivy was. Ivy and Avie got a divorce some years later.

It isn't known if Henry knew the details of the upcoming ambush. It is known he wasn't with them on that morning in May. Henry must have at least known the end was near. He was separated from Bonnie and Clyde either because he was warned to stay clear or by accident. The ambush depended on Bonnie and Clyde going the area of the Cole house to look for Henry.

On December 21, 1946 Ivy was struck by a hit and run driver on Highway #71 near Elm Grove, Louisiana. He spent the next seven days in the Shreveport Charity Hospital and died on December 28, 1946 at 6:15am.

Ivy Methvin was on a bus from Shreveport after visiting Henry who was in the hospital. For some unknown reason he got off at an earlier stop and was later found seriously injured by the road side. It is a widely accepted theory that he was beaten to death because of his involvement with the ambush of Bonnie and Clyde.

Henry was killed a little over sixteen months later on April 19, 1948, in Sulpher, Louisiana. The official accounts state he crawled under the passenger train to get to the depot on the opposite side of the tracks. The train started to move before he got out from under it. Henry was crushed to death.

The mysterious way both Henry and Ivy died begs the question, "Did the Barrows have anything to do with the deaths of Ivy and Henry?"

The truth with details may never be known. Most folks interested in this story assume that indeed somehow the remnants of The Barrow Gang must have had something to do with thier deaths. Henry and Ivy may have died by accidents; but many give the Barrow Gang credit for the deaths.

It's interesting to note that both Clyde and Buck Barrow were long gone by the time Henry and Ivy died of course. Most of the other members of the Barrow gang were gone or accounted for. This leaves a fairly short list of folks that could have commited these two perfect murders.

I assume, along with a lot of others, that what was left of the "Barrow Gang' did have some hand in both of the deaths - but have no details; and none seem to be forthcoming at this time.