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The Murder Of Bonnie And Clyde

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Bonnie and Clyde the two famous love duo who robbed banks,stores,and people and murdered 13 people in central United States in the great depression with the their gang the barrow gang and Clyde was the leader at that time and they were hunted by six texas rangers,the captain who was leading the rangers was Frank Hammer who was the reason that Bonnie and Clyde died.

Bonnie Elizabeth parker was born on October 1 1910,in Rowena,Texas,to Emma and Charles Parker. she had one older brother his name was Hurbert Parker and one younger sister her name was Billie Parker. When Bonnie was 4 year old,her father passed away and made her mother to moved to impoverished suburb of dallas known as Cement City to live with their grandparents.Bonnie attended …show more content…

But when a police harassed Clyde it made him to lose his job ( Clyde gave up going straight)formed a gang and resumed his criminal actives with bonnie eventually joining him (in the month that followed) Clyde and his changing gang committed a series of crimes of robberies at various small business and banks. Clyde killed an officer and a store owner during his group crime spree (thus became a highly wanted man with a price on his head).Deciding to maintain a low profile, in the spring of 1933 Clyde and Bonnie along with gang member W.D. Jones lived briefly with Clyde's brother Buck and his wife Blanche in Joplin, Missouri. But when neighbors grew suspicious of their presence the police arrived at the house and a shootout ensued. The four outlaws escaped but they left behind two dead officers as well as a roll of film containing pictures that Bonnie and Clyde had taken together. The pictures were published in newspapers around the country and alongside the details of their exploits.As their crime spree continued, Clyde, Bonnie, Buck, Blanche and Jones were constantly pursued by law enforcement. In July 1933, police officers found them in Platte City, Missouri, and another shootout ensued, during which Buck was seriously wounded. When police caught up with them again several days later, Bonnie and Clyde escaped along with Jones but Buck and Blanche surrendered. buck died of his wounds shortly thereafter and Blanche was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Jones who separated from Bonnie and Clyde was capture by authorities in

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