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Bonnie and Clyde on the run in 1933...
Bonnie and Clyde on the run in 1933...
Item # 719040
June 12, 1933
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, June 12, 1933
* Clyde Barrow Gang
* Kidnapping & murder
* Bonnie & Clyde fame
The top of page 8 has one a column heading: "Officers Kidnaped (sic) by Texas Gunman" with subhead: "Outlaws Escape with Woman Companion" (see images) Rare to find news accounts on this famous outlaw almost a year prior to his death. First report coverage after the accident in which left Bonnie Parker with a severely burnt leg.
Complete 1st section only with 12 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins, more so along the spine, generally good.
AI notes: On June 11, 1933, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, the infamous outlaw couple, kidnapped two law enforcement officers near Wellington, Texas. While traveling with gang members Buck Barrow (Clyde’s brother) and Blanche Barrow, their car crashed into a dry riverbed due to an obstructed detour sign—a trap they possibly misread or ignored. Local police officers Henry Humphrey and Joe Johns arrived to assist, unaware of who they were dealing with.
When the officers approached, the Barrow gang held them at gunpoint. Instead of killing them, Bonnie and Clyde kidnapped both men, took them across the Texas-Oklahoma border, and eventually released them unharmed near Erick, Oklahoma. This event was part of a violent spree across the Midwest and South that made the gang notorious. The decision to spare the officers' lives, though uncharacteristic, did little to soften their criminal image as the manhunt for them intensified.
* Clyde Barrow Gang
* Kidnapping & murder
* Bonnie & Clyde fame
The top of page 8 has one a column heading: "Officers Kidnaped (sic) by Texas Gunman" with subhead: "Outlaws Escape with Woman Companion" (see images) Rare to find news accounts on this famous outlaw almost a year prior to his death. First report coverage after the accident in which left Bonnie Parker with a severely burnt leg.
Complete 1st section only with 12 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins, more so along the spine, generally good.
AI notes: On June 11, 1933, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, the infamous outlaw couple, kidnapped two law enforcement officers near Wellington, Texas. While traveling with gang members Buck Barrow (Clyde’s brother) and Blanche Barrow, their car crashed into a dry riverbed due to an obstructed detour sign—a trap they possibly misread or ignored. Local police officers Henry Humphrey and Joe Johns arrived to assist, unaware of who they were dealing with.
When the officers approached, the Barrow gang held them at gunpoint. Instead of killing them, Bonnie and Clyde kidnapped both men, took them across the Texas-Oklahoma border, and eventually released them unharmed near Erick, Oklahoma. This event was part of a violent spree across the Midwest and South that made the gang notorious. The decision to spare the officers' lives, though uncharacteristic, did little to soften their criminal image as the manhunt for them intensified.
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