The Days of Bonnie and Clyde

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March 24 1909:  Clyde Chestnut ("Champion") Barrow born, Telice, TX.

October 01 1910:  Bonnie Parker born, Rowena, TX.
 

1930:

March 02 1930:  Buck Barrow escaped Eastham Prison Farm, TX.
 

March 11 1930:  Bonnie smuggles .32 Colt to Clyde in Waco jail. Clyde escapes.
 

March 18 1930:  Clyde recaptured, Middleton, OH, and returned to jail, Waco, TX.
 

April 21 1930:  Clyde transferred from Waco jail to Huntsville Penitentiary, TX.
 

1931:

July 01 1931:  Buck Barrow married Blanche Caldwell.
 

December 27 1931:  Buck Barrow surrendered himself at Huntsville Penitentiary.

1932:

February 02 1932:  Clyde Barrow paroled from Eastham Prison Farm.
 

March 22 1932:  Bonnie arrested Kaufman, TX, robbery and car theft, Clyde escaped.
 

March 25 1932:  Clyde Barrow and Ray Hamilton robbed Sims Oil Co., Dallas, TX, for $300.
 

April 27 1932:  Clyde robs and kills grocer and jeweler John Bucher, Hillsboro, TX.
 

May 05 1932:  Clyde robs and kidnaps owners of 2 service stations, Lufkin, TX.
 

May 12 1932:  Clyde Barrow robbed a Dallas, TX liquor store for $76.
 

June 16 1932:  Bonnie Parker arrested Kaufman, TX, for burglary.
 

June 17 1932:  Bonnie Parker released, lack of evidence, Kaufman, TX.
 

July 31 1932:  Clyde and Ray Hamilton rob Neuhoff Packing Co., West Dallas, TX, for $1,100., escaping to Oklahoma.
 

August 05 1932:  Clyde and Ray Hamilton bring Bonnie back to her mother's house, Dallas, TX, and leave for Oklahoma.  In Atoka, OK, they shoot and kill Sheriff Maxwell and Deputy Moore, escaping to Grapevine, TX.
 

August 06 1932:  Bonnie rejoins Clyde near Grand Prairie, TX.
 

August 13 1932:  Bonnie and Clyde took Sheriff Johns of Carlsbad, NM, hostage.
 

August 14 1932:  Bonnie and Clyde release Sheriff Joe Johns, San Antonio, TX, steal another car in Victoria, TX, and escape a police trap at the Colorado River Bridge, Wharton, TX.
 

October 08 1932:  Clyde and Ray Hamilton rob bank in Cedar Hill, TX, for $1,401.
 

October 11 1932:  Clyde robbed and killed grocer Howard Hall, Sherman TX.
 

November 09 1932:  Bonnie and Clyde robbed Oronogo Bank, Oronogo, MO, for $200.
 

December 01 1932:  Bonnie and Clyde joined by W.D. Jones, Dallas, TX.
 

December 06 1932:  Bonnie and Clyde's accomplice, Ray Hamilton and Gene O'Dare arrested Bay City, MI, taken to Texas for trial.

December 25 1932:  Clyde and W.D.Jones stole car and killed Doyle Johnson, Temple, TX.

 

1933:

January 06 1933:  Clyde escaped ambush, killing Investigators Malcom Davis and Fred Bradbury, Dallas, TX.
 

January 09 1933:  Bonnie and Clyde held policeman Thomas Persell hostage.
 

March 22 1933:  Buck Barrow receives pardon from Huntsville Penitentiary.
 

April 13 1933:  Bonnie, Clyde, W.D. Jones, Buck and Blanche escape police trap, Joplin, MO, Clyde wounded, killing officers Wes Harryman and Harry McGinnis.
 

April 27 1933:  Bonnie, Clyde, W.D. Jones, Buck and Blanche steal a car, kidnapping undertaker, H.D. Darby and his fiance Sophie Stone, later releasing them unharmed, Rustin, LA.
 

May 08 1933:  Bonnie and Clyde and the Barrow Gang robbed Lucerne State Bank, Indiana, for $300.
 

May 15 1933:  Bonnie and Clyde and the Barrow Gang robbed First State Bank of Okabena, MN, for $1,500.
 

June 11 1933:  Clyde wrecks car, Bonnie severely burned, Sheriff Dick Corey and Marshall Paul Hardy kidnapped, Wellington, TX, taken to Erick, OK, left wired to tree. Bonnie, Clyde and W.D. Jones rejoined by Buck and Blanche.
 

June 19 1933:  Clyde leaves Ft. Smith, AR, to pick up Bonnie's sister Billie in Dallas, TX.
 

June 23 1933:  Buck and W.D. Jones robbed Piggly Wiggly store, Fayetteville, AR, escaped police trap, Alma, AR, killing Marshal Henry Humphrey, stealing his car.
 

June 25 1933:  Clyde and W.D. Jones stole car, Enid, OK, and robbed National Guard Armory of automatic weapons and ammunition.
 

June 26 1933:  Bonnie, Clyde, W.D. Jones, Buck and Blanche return Billie Parker to Sherman, TX, traveling to Oklahoma then to Great Bend, KS.
 

July 18 1933:  The Barrow Gang held up 3 gas stations, Ft. Dodge, IA. That night, at Red Crown Tavern, Platte City, IA, escaped police raid led by armored car, Buck seriously wounded, Blanche injured.
 

July 24 1933:  The Barrow Gang surrounded by posse, Dexter, IA, Bonnie, Clyde, and W.D. Jones escaped with bullet wounds, Buck, shot 6 times, captured with Blanche.
 

July 29 1933:  Buck Barrow died of 6 gunshot wounds, Perry, Iowa.
 

August 08 1933:  Ray Hamilton transferred to Huntsville Penitentiary, sentenced to a total of 263 years imprisonment.
 

September 07 1933:  Bonnie and Clyde returned to Dallas to visit Bonnie's family.
 

November 08 1933:  Bonnie and Clyde robbed MacMurray Refinery, Dallas, TX.
 

November 15 1933:  W.D. Jones arrested, Houston, TX, gave full confession.
 

November 22 1933:  Bonnie and Clyde, wounded, escaped posse, Grand Prairie, Texas.
 

December 21 1933:  Bonnie and Clyde robbed citizen, Shreveport, LA.
 

1934:

January 16 1934:  Bonnie and Clyde broke Ray Hamilton, Joe Palmer, Hilton Bybee, J.B. French and Henry Methvin out of Eastham Prison Farm, killing a guard, Major Crowson.
 

January 20 1934:  Bonnie and Clyde robbed bank, Lancaster, TX.
 

February 01 1934:  Frank Hamer, ex-Texas Ranger, hired to hunt Bonnie and Clyde, for $180./month. Gave up $500./month employment to do so.
 

February 17 1934:  Bonnie and Clyde escaped police and National Guard dragnet, Cookson Hills, OK.
 

February 19 1934:  Bonnie, Clyde, Mary O'Dare, Ray Hamilton, Henry Methvin and James Mullen robbed the National Guard Armory, Ranger, TX.
 

March 06 1934:  Barrow Gang members Ray Hamilton and Mary O'Dare left for Texas.
 

March 10 1934:  Bonnie, Clyde, Joe Palmer and Henry Methvin returned to Dallas for a family reunion, escaping police chase.
 

April 01 1934:  Bonnie, Clyde, and Henry Methvin killed 2 State Police, Grapevine, TX, escaping to Oklahoma.
 

April 04 1934:  Bonnie, Clyde, and Henry Methvin sighted in Duvant, OK, by Frank Hamer, Manny Gault, Bob Alcorn and Ted Hinton.
 

April 06 1934:  Bonnie, Clyde and Henry Methvin shot and killed Officer Cal Campbell, wounded and kidnapped Police Chief Percy Boyd, Commerce, OK, releasing him unharmed the next day near Ft. Scott, KS.
 

April 19 1934:  Clyde writes famous letter to Henry Ford, from Tulsa, OK.
 

April 25 1934:  Ray Hamilton surrendered to police, Sherman, TX.
 

May 21 1934:  Bonnie and Clyde staged party at Black Lake, LA. Law enforcement officials were not invited.
 

May 22 1934:  Special ambush posse, Frank Hamer, Manny Gault, Prentis Oakley, Henderson Jordan, Bob Alcorn, and Ted Hinton, hid overnight in woods and trees, waiting for Bonnie and Clyde, Arcadia, LA.
 

May 23 1934:  Bonnie and Clyde killed by Frank Hamer, Manny Gault, Prentis Oakley, Henderson Jordan, Bob Alcorn, and Ted Hinton, with 187 rounds from pistols, shotguns, rifles and machineguns.
 

May 25 1934:  Clyde Barrow buried next to Buck, West Dallas Cemetery, TX.
 

May 26 1934:  Bonnie Parker buried Fishtrap Cemetery, West Dallas, TX.

Corrections, updates, and additions to this page are both welcome and requested.  The vast majority of research for this page came from Mr. Jay Robert Nash's publications: "Bloodletters and Badmen", I through III, a series of 3 extraordinary paperback books, and "Crime Chronology 1900-1983".

If you can possibly find it, the most astounding book I've ever read is Mr. Nash's "Dillinger: Dead or Alive?"  This book is literally priceless.  Use Google to find these books - I believe they will become a permanent part of your collection.  

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