June 23, 1933

While returning from Fayetteville (Washington County) after robbing the R. L. Brown Grocery Market, Buck Barrow and W. D. Jones of the Barrow Gang encountered Alma marshal Henry D. Humphrey and Crawford County deputy sheriff Ansel “Red” Salyers on Highway 71 north of Alma (Crawford County). In the ensuing exchange of gunfire, Humphrey was shot in the chest, and he died three days later in a local hospital. A plaque on the grounds of the City Complex Building in Alma commemorates Humphrey’s death.