FEATURE - BONNIE & CLYDE
Bonnie and Clyde, American legends and cold-blooded killers.
They met in January, 1930, Clyde 21, Bonnie 19, the same year the authorities first caught up with Clyde, and he was locked up for burglary.
That was short-lived.
Bonnie smuggled him a gun and he busted out.
Before long, he was back in the slammer, this time for 14 years.
Clyde was so bent on avoiding the horrendous work detail that he had a fellow inmate cut off two of his toes.
He shouldn't have bothered.
Two weeks later, Clyde was pardoned after a heartfelt plea by his mother.
Bonnie and Clyde stole a car and began the most infamous crime spree in American history.
They were joined by Clyde's brother Buck, his sister-in-law Blanche, a young gunman, Raymond Hamilton, and later, W.D. Jones.
And so the notorious Barrow Gang was formed.
Over the next two years, the gang blasted their way across five states, robbing banks, stealing cars and murdering at least 13 people, including nine police officers.
By the end of 1933, only Bonnie and Clyde remained. Buck had been killed and the others captured.
But on May 23, 1934, their luck ran out.
On that fateful day, 167 rounds were pumped into Clyde's Ford v-8.
The two outlaws could not have been more dead.
Bonnie was 23 years old, Clyde, 24.
