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Newly discovered underground tunnel may hold clues to Bonnie and Clyde
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| 05/29/2018
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Posted on 05/29/2018 7:42:30 PM PDT by heterosupremacist
HUGOTON, Kan. — A recently dug-up underground tunnel in southwest Kansas was likely used by 20th-century outlaws Bonnie and Clyde, according to town leaders.
Hugoton officials last month discovered a partially collapsed tunnel under a building the couple frequented. The tunnel didn’t contain any direct artifacts from the criminal pair, but town leaders plan to continue digging, the Wichita Eagle reported.
“I always wondered why nobody pushed this,” said Jan Leonard, executive director of Stevens County Economic Development. “I’ve been wanting to bring this out for 20 years, but it never has happened. We opened up the tunnel and it has helped.”
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are reported to have spent time in Hugoton during the late 1920s and early 1930s, when the newly discovered Hugoton Gas Field drew thousands of workers to town. Clyde worked in a farmer’s field while Bonnie ran a cafe, where locals believe the couple ran a bootlegging operation, according to town leaders.
“I think the majority of the people here knew that there were rumors about them bootlegging and there were poker games on — and some of them got a little rough,” said Neal Gillespie, the county’s former economic development director whose grandparents lived near Bonnie and Clyde.
The FBI found receipts from Bonnie’s cafe in the couple’s car after they were killed in 1934...
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 1934; bonnieparker; bootlegging; clydebarrow; goodriddance; hugoton; janleonard; kansas; nealgillespie; stevenscounty; whitetrash
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To: heterosupremacist
To: heterosupremacist
Bonnie and Clyde— a pair of shitballs revered by morons and enshrined by Hollywood.
To: heterosupremacist
Bonnie was a bit of a babe.
Just saying.
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posted on
05/29/2018 7:44:57 PM PDT
by
cba123
( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
To: heterosupremacist
Paging Geraldo Rivera....
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posted on
05/29/2018 7:46:25 PM PDT
by
Atticus
To: Atticus
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posted on
05/29/2018 7:53:33 PM PDT
by
seawolf101
(Member LES DEPLORABLES)
To: cba123
who met the business end of BAR’s
Why do the nice looking girls have to be so crazy?
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posted on
05/29/2018 7:55:02 PM PDT
by
txnativegop
(The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
To: txnativegop
They don’t have to be. That’s just a little bonus...
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posted on
05/29/2018 8:02:37 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Urban "food deserts," are caused by "climate change" in urban customers' attitudes (H/T niteowl77))
To: null and void
In that case, I’ll stick to plain vanilla without any bonus . . . LOL
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posted on
05/29/2018 8:08:31 PM PDT
by
txnativegop
(The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
To: txnativegop
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posted on
05/29/2018 8:10:10 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Urban "food deserts," are caused by "climate change" in urban customers' attitudes (H/T niteowl77))
To: cba123
A bit
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posted on
05/29/2018 8:13:33 PM PDT
by
BBell
(calm down and eat your sandwiches)
To: null and void
Thanks! Something to remember:
simplicity is profundity; complexity is chaos.
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posted on
05/29/2018 8:16:37 PM PDT
by
txnativegop
(The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
To: cba123
She was petite, but not scrawny....
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posted on
05/29/2018 8:34:57 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
underground tunnel ????? Any other kind?
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posted on
05/29/2018 8:42:35 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
(Horse heads work!)
To: heterosupremacist
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posted on
05/29/2018 8:45:36 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: heterosupremacist
Seems this will turn out badly.
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posted on
05/29/2018 8:48:45 PM PDT
by
A strike
(Natural events are just God moving His stuff around.)
To: A strike
Clyde couldn’t get it up.
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posted on
05/29/2018 9:00:39 PM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: heterosupremacist
Sounds like tourism needs a boost in Hugoton, ks.
It's just an old tunnel...no it's the Bonnie and Clyde tunnel.
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posted on
05/29/2018 9:10:16 PM PDT
by
fungoking
(Tis a pleasure to live in the 0zarks)
To: hinckley buzzard
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posted on
05/29/2018 9:34:36 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: txnativegop
What you can’t tell in the black and white photos is that
Bonnie was a redhead.
And a secret hairdresser.
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posted on
05/29/2018 9:46:49 PM PDT
by
Professional Engineer
(Looks like I'll have to buy the White Album again.)
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