Clyde Barrow

Yep, I'm back from the dead.

As the other half of the infamous couple, Clyde Champion Barrow grew up in poverty on the cotton fields of Telico, Texas. His family moved to Dallas in 1922, where his father ran a gas station and they all lived in a tiny room in the back. Bored and poor he was always searching for a way out, usual something illegal. His first arrest came in 1926 at age 17 for auto thief, and the next 4 years were various robberies around Dallas. During this time he met the lovely and talented Bonnie Parker. Together the pair committed 13 murders, numerous kidnappings, and several burglaries and robberies. The FBI and other law enforcement agencies engaged in one of the largest manhunts the United States had seen up to that time, capturing national attention. With most of their accomplices already dead or captured, Bonnie and Clyde were ambushed and filled with a couple of pounds of lead by a posse of lawmen led by Texas Ranger Frank Hamer near Sailes, Bienville Parish, Louisiana. A close up picture of his grave is here and a picture of the man himself is here.

Born: March 24, 1909, Telico, Texas

Died: May 23, 1934, 8 miles south of Gibsland, Louisiana

Buried in Western Heights Cemetary, Dallas, Texas

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