Bonnie Parker, Witness Narrative "Some day they'll go down together. They'll bury them side by side. To few it'll be a grief- to the law a relief. But it's death for Bonnie and Clyde." That is from a poem I wrote about Clyde and myself; I'm Bonnie Parker. I was born in Rowena, Texas on October 1st, 1910. I went to school my whole childhood until I was 15. I married my high school sweetheart Roy Thornton. Although our marriage was only a short one he's the reason I met Clyde Barrow. I met Clyde after I had a breakdown about my failed marriage and went to live with my mother. We moved to Dallas, Texas when I was 19, and Clyde lived right down the street from us. The first real crimes I committed were smuggling Clyde a gun while he was imprisoned and helping him escape in 1930. He was captured a week later and was sentenced to two years in prison, and when he got out that's when the real fun began. In March of 1932 the "Barrow Gang" was formed. We committed many crimes such as murder, robbery, and kidnapping. [1st mem.] The first crime we committed as a gang was the robbery of a …show more content…
We were sitting on the side of a highway in Grapevine, Texas in our stolen car, when two policemen drove up behind us and came to check if we were ok. Clyde wasn't one for killing people unless he needed to, but when he whispered, "Let's take them," meaning to kidnap them, to Henry Methvin, who was all for violence, he thought Clyde meant to kill the officers, so he pulled out his gun and shot the first officer, killing him instantly. Clyde was furious at Methvin, but he had to finish the other one off, so he took his gun out--before the rookie officer could react--and shot him, not killing him. [2nd mem.] When I saw he was still moving I grabbed my shotgun and shot him in the head, which caused it to bounce off of the concrete, and I made sure to tell Clyde that it bounced "just like a rubber ball."("Bonnie and Clyde",