Posted on 05/23/2007 2:02:02 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
May 23, 1934: Police kill famous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde
On this day in 1934, notorious criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are shot to death by Texas and Louisiana state police while driving a stolen car near Salles, Louisiana.
Bonnie Parker met the charismatic Clyde Barrow in Texas when she was 19 years old and her husband (she married when she was 16) was serving time in jail for murder. Shortly after they met, Barrow was imprisoned for robbery. Parker visited him every day, and smuggled a gun into prison to help him escape, but he was soon caught in Ohio and sent back to jail. When Barrow was paroled in 1932, he immediately hooked up with Parker, and the couple began a life of crime together.
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Nowadays, fleeing from the cops in a stolen car will guarantee a thug his 15 minutes of fame on the 6:00 evening news.
I remember once reading that the Texas and Louisiana officers took out Bonnie and Clyde with Tommy guns. That must have been a hoot!
They set up a trap for them using someone they knew. Then teh cops filled the car and them with an immense amount of lead.
It was interesting how Bonnie and Clyde were made into folk heroes in the sixties by a hit song and a movie. Even then...what was Hollywood thinking?
my mom saw Bonnie and Clydes’s bodies. ANd she was shocked to discover Bonnie was not wearing underpants!
The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde (Merle Haggard)
Bonnie was a waitress in a small cafe
Clyde Barrow was the rounder that took her away
They both robbed and killed until both of them died
So goes the Legend of Bonnie and Clyde.
The poems that she wrote of the life that they led
Told of the lawmen left dying or dead
Some say that Clyde made her life a shame
But the legend made Bonnie the head of the game.
The rampage grew wilder with each passing day
The odds growing smaller with each get-a-way
With the end growing closer the harder they fought
With blood on their hands they were bound to get caught.
They drove back from town on one bright summer day
When a man they befriended stepped out in the way
With no thought of dyin’ they pulled to the side
But death lay there waiting for Bonnie and Clyde.
Two years or runnin’ was ended that day
For robbin’ and killin’ they both had to pay
But we’ll always remember how they lived and died
So goes the Legend of Bonnie and Clyde.
Outlaws like Jesse James and various gangsters like Al apone had been folk heroes much earlier.
self ping
Who did the 60’s song?
Website: http://texashideout.tripod.com/warrencar.html
Interestingly enough, Merle bore a slight resemblence to Warren Beatty back in the 1960s, when both the song was recorded and the movie made:
Coincidence?
Just wondering...
Do you know if the officers used Tommy guns to take out Bonnie and Clyde?
I vaguely remember reading this some tine back, or maybe it was some other infamous outlaw from the Depression era.
I was going to post a similar comment. I remember going to see it, and felt sorry for them in spite of knowing what they had done.
what was Hollywood thinking?
Some things never change. What evil have they not glorified?
I once saw and old Auto-Ordnance Tommy Gun magazine ad from I’m guessing the 1920’s. It depicted a dirt farmer with a Thompson for “varmint control” on the farm. Really cool looking ad. LOL
Do you think gagnster movies from the 1930s glorified crime?
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