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![]() The two formed what was called The Barrow Gang, and you already know the names of some of the gang’s members. Moss (fictional gang member) by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons ![]() From left to right: Gene Hackman – Buck Barrow, Estelle Parsons – Blanche Barrow, Warren Beatty – Clyde Barrow, Faye Dunaway – Bonnie Parker, and Michael J. Representation of what a gang “looked like” from main cast photo for the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. He got out in the end, and there was never any need for self-harm.Ĭlyde would limp for the rest of his life, but at least he would limp along with his lover, his eternally devoted Bonnie Parker. Clyde thought the injury might at least get him off doing the grueling hard labor, but little did he know that his mother had successfully been petitioning for his release. He was still desperate to get out of that hell, and in 1932, he or someone else chopped two of his toes off on purpose. In his teens, Clyde wanted in on the action, and so that’s what he did…he became a criminal in between times of having some legitimate jobs. Buck had his “game”, and that was mostly stealing cars, cracking safes and robbing stores. He grew up seeing his older brother Buck buying smart suits and driving fancy cars. She didn’t divorce her spouse, but she soon took off in search of a better life.Ĭlyde didn’t much like slum life. It didn’t happen… her husband was a crook and a cheat. It was a step up for the family when they managed to move into a tent in a slum.Īs a youth, Bonnie had more chances in life, but without much cash at hand she got married at age just 15 in the hope of having some semblance of a normal life. They lived under a wagon for a while, were constantly covered in mud, and barely had enough food to prevent malnutrition. In the 1920s when he and his six brothers were growing up there wasn’t much hope for them. The poverty that Clyde grew up in was what you might call abject. The rest of the policemen took cover, but they were outgunned by the gang. The gang opened fire, Clyde using his trusty Browning Automatic Rifle, while the rest of the gang let loose with an arsenal of different weapons.Ī detective and a police constable were hit while under that hail of fire, with the former dying immediately and the latter dying later from his injuries. This was, after all, the era of prohibition in the USA.įive armed police turned up at the hideout and demanded the gang come out with their hands up, acceding to the demands of the cops was certainly not Bonnie and Clyde’s style. ![]() The cops, hearing of tales of what was apparently going down in that house, assumed bootleggers were hiding out there. That day, during yet another long session on the booze, one of the neighbors decided enough is enough and called the Joplin Police Department. Advertisements Neighbors had enough and called the policeīarrow gang hideout in Joplin, April 1933, by FBI, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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