Bonnie And Clyde Research Papers

Some people may think of Bonnie and Clyde as notorious robbers, others may think of them as lovers that met a tragic end. No matter how they are viewed, they will forever go down in American crime history as the infamous Bonnie and Clyde. These two young adults robbed banks and killed police officers. They are well known for their various robberies and their bloody deaths, but most people do not know about their lives between the robberies. Bonnie and Clyde met when they were young, committed various bloody crimes together, were killed in a gruesome way by law enforcement, and impacted the world in an irreversible way. The early lives of Bonnie and Clyde before they met were humdrum. Clyde, born as Clyde Chestnut Barrow, was born in Ellis

Clyde had his first out of many arrests in late 1926 when he was confronted by police after returning a rental car late. He had an accomplice with him on his second arrest, his brother Buck. They mostly stole turkeys together. Unbeknownst to them, Buck would also be Clyde’s accomplice later on in their lives. During 1927-1929, Clyde cracked safes, stole cars, and robbed stores. This led to many arrests and eventually he was sent to Eastham Prison Farm in April of 1930 (“Bonnie and Clyde”). Clyde met Bonnie a little while before he was put into Eastham. During his stay at Eastham, he was repeatedly sexually assaulted by another inmate. Clyde eventually killed the man by crushing his skull with a lead pipe. Clyde and the other inmates had to endure endless hard labor during the day. Clyde wanted to get out of prison because he was beginning to lose himself while he was there. He eventually convinced another inmate to chop off two of his toes while they were chopping wood in order to leave the prison. This plan worked and he was out of prison on February 2, 1932. However, Clyde did not know that his mother had petitioned his release that was scheduled 6 days after his intentional

After Clyde was released from Eastham, himself, Bonnie, and Ralph Fults, Clyde’s former fellow inmate, committed a handful of small robberies in order get gathering enough supplies to liberate Eastham prison. On April 19, 1932, Bonnie and Fults were captured while they tried to rob a hardware store in order to obtain firearms. Fultz served time and was never affiliated with Bonnie and Clyde ever again. Bonnie spent time in jail for a couple months, but was eventually released because they failed to indict her. While Bonnie was in jail, Clyde was the driver for a robbery that took place on April 30 in Hillsboro, Texas. Clyde stayed by the car for the time that the robbery was taking place. The store’s owner, J.N. Bucher, was shot and killed by those participating in the robbery. The victim’s wife said it was Clyde who killed her husband when she was shown mugshots. This was an important event because this was the first time that Clyde was accused of murder. Bonnie was released on June 17, 1932. The summer went on and Bonnie went to go visit her mother. On August 5, while Bonnie was visiting her mother in Dallas, Clyde and their two newest gang members, Raymond Hamilton and Ross Dyer, were drinking at a carnival dance in the town of Stringtown, Oklahoma. While they were drinking and having a good time, Sheriff C.G. Maxwell and his deputy, Eugene C. Moore advanced toward the group in the parking