Bonnie and Clyde
Outlaw couple of the Great Depression's public enemy era.
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They are believed to have murdered at least nine police officers and three civilians, though they preferred robbing small stores or rural gas stations.[1] A law enforcement posse headed by retired Texas Ranger Frank Hamer ambushed and killed the couple on May 23, 1934, on Louisiana Highway 154 in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.[1]
Quick Facts
- Known for
- Barrow Gang, bank robberies
Facts from the source article.
Key facts and history
Clyde Barrow was born March 24, 1909, near Telico, Texas, the fifth of seven children in a poor farming family.[2] Parker met Barrow through a mutual friend in January 1930, and their romance was interrupted when Barrow was arrested for driving a stolen vehicle.[3] Barrow escaped from jail using a gun Parker smuggled in, was recaptured, and sent to Huntsville State Prison, where he served time at Eastham Prison Farm.[4][5] He was paroled on February 2, 1932, and reunited with Parker, beginning a series of violent holdups.[6][7][8]
On January 16, 1934, Barrow orchestrated the Eastham Breakout, which generated negative publicity for Texas and intensified the manhunt.[9]
What the cited sources add
W.D. Jones, who ran with the couple for over eight months, stated that they never made a bank job during his time with them.[10] The Texas State Historical Association account notes that Barrow was given a general parole and released in February 1932, ironically shortly after his self-inflicted amputation.[8] The same source reports that on May 23, 1934, at 9:15 a.m., Bonnie and Clyde were killed in a barrage of 167 bullets.[8] Jones observed that Clyde's driving and their Ford cars were what kept him and Bonnie free for two years.[10]
References
- Wikipedia, "Bonnie and Clyde" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jones deposition, October 17, 1933. FBI file 26-4114, Section Sub A , pp. 59–62. FBI Records and Information .; Jones, W.D. "Riding with Bonnie and Clyde" , Playboy, November 1968. Reprinted at Cinetropic.com. (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Bonnie and Clyde" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "FBI – Bon and Clyde", FBI; "Bonnie and Clyde's Texas Hideout", TexasHideout.Tripod.com, July 21, 2008; "Clyde Barrow", Biography, 2020-02-14; Barrow and Phillips, p. xxxv.; Long, "Barrow, Clyde Chesnut", Handbook of Texas Online, June 12, 2010 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Bonnie and Clyde" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Bert Whisnand's Rites Scheduled", The Dallas Morning News, 12 March 1968 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Bonnie and Clyde" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "BARROW'S KILLINGS DATE FROM PAROLE; 2 Brothers Were First Arrested in 1930 for Auto Theft, but Fled From Prison", The New York Times, 24 May 1934; "BARROW'S KILLINGS DATE FROM PAROLE; 2 Brothers Were First Arrested in 1930 for Auto Theft, but Fled From Prison", The New York Times, 24 May 1934 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Bonnie and Clyde" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Guinn, p. 76. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Bonnie and Clyde" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Association, "Barrow, Clyde Chesnut", Texas State Historical Association; Barrow, "My Life with Bonnie and Clyde", University of Oklahoma Press, 2004; "Bonnie and Clyde (Part 1)", PBS, January 19, 2016 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Bonnie and Clyde" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "FBI – Bon and Clyde", FBI; Phillips, John Neal (October 2000). "Bonnie & Clyde's Revenge on Eastham" . Historynet.com, originally published in American History; Guinn, pp. 103–04 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Association, "Barrow, Clyde Chesnut", Texas State Historical Association. facts only, no text reused. tshaonline.org
- Wikipedia, "Bonnie and Clyde" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Phillips, John Neal (October 2000). "Bonnie & Clyde's Revenge on Eastham" . Historynet.com, originally published in American History; Phillips writes that Barrow had been so focused on this for so long that, after the Eastham raid, "life for Clyde Barrow became anticlimactic…only death remaine (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Jones, W.D. "Riding with Bonnie and Clyde" , Playboy, November 1968. Reprinted at Cinetropic.com.. facts only, no text reused. cinetropic.com
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