Hinton wrote a book called Ambush in 1977, which was published in 1979, two years after his death, in which he maintained that Ivy T. Methvin was forced to lure Bonnie and Clyde into the ambush site by Frank Hamer. The original story was that Methvin had agreed to plot the ambush if his son Henry Methvin received a pardon.
In 1977, Hinton published a book titled "Ambush."  This book was released in 1979, two years after Hinton's death. In it, he claimed that Ivy T. Methvin forced Bonnie and Clyde into the ambush site by Frank Hamer. The original story stated that Methvin agreed to plan the ambush only if his son Henry received a pardon.