wounded a deputy at Wharton, Tex., and killed a grocery clerk at Sherman, Tex. With Hamilton and Bonnie Parker, he allegedly killed a butcher in a robbery killed a sheriff and wounded his deputy at Atoka, Okla. Once released, Barrow started out again on a life of crime. Ross Sterling for clemency, and Barrow was paroled Feb. The sentence was increased to 14 years.īarrow was taken to the Texas Penitentiary May 21, 1930. Two weeks later he had a gun battle with police in Middletown, Ohio, was captured and returned to Waco. He was sentenced for two years, but he escaped before he could be taken to prison. She joined them in their escapades and soon the three became fugitives.īarrow drew his first jail sentence in 1930 in Waco, Tex. About this time he met Bonnie, who had been a waitress. Late in 1929, Barrow was arrested in Dallas for two safe cracking jobs. Later he and a pal, Raymond Hamilton, armed themselves with revolvers and started on a career of holdups and shootings. In the book, Ambush, Ted Hinton recalled what he saw when Clyde Champion Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot and killed outside Sailes, Bienville Parish. He was arrested for stealing an automobile. Barrow had his first brush with the law when he was 15. She had frequently been reported as clever with a pistol as Barrow himself.īarrow and Bonnie grew up in West Dallas, Tex. He was accompanied usually by his sweetheart, Bonnie Parker, known for the black cigars she smoked. It was thought that possibly officers obtained knowledge of Barrow's whereabouts by questioning his relatives.īarrow blazed a trail of crime including 12 murders and countless bank robberies, lootings and kidnappings in the last few years in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Louisiana, Illinois, Ohio, New Mexico and Indiana. Officers unanimously agreed that it would be only a matter of time until the two were captured, or killed. Throughout the southwest an intensive search had been in progress for the gunman and the girl for several months. None of the officers in the attacking party was killed or injured, it was reported at Arcadia. Wade, coroner at Arcadia, left immediately for the scene of the killings. But the woman insists that it wasnt Bonnie and Clyde who were ambushed and killed on that. 23 year-old Bonnie and 24-year-old Clyde were dead. The pair had no chance, as All That's Interesting states police immediately opened fire and 'emptied their entire supply of ammunition' onto the lovers. The outlaws were driving toward Ringgold, near the Texas state line, when they were met.ĭr. When Bonnie and Clyde's Ford V8 (seen above) made its way into Bienville Parish on May 23, 1934, they were ambushed (via Britannica). That’s where they got whacked outside Gibsland. Isn’t as riddled with bullets as the one in the movie. Here’s their car on display at a Los Vegas casino. In Barrow's car were found several shot-guns, machine guns, pistols and revolvers. They had murdered 12 cops before being waylaid outside Gibsland, Louisiana so the LEO’s tracking them down weren’t going to take any chances once they had them in their sights. Her pistol eye had been credited with being as keen as Barrow's. His sweetheart, Bonnie Parker, 23, fell with him even as she had fought it out with peace officers beside her man many times in the past.
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