Apparently he maintained them carefully and always kept a couple of loaded guns within reach. 30-caliber bullets' ability to penetrate automobile bodies easily. In 1932 a criminal acquaintance, Herbert Farmer, gave Clyde two Browning Automatic Rifles (BAR) he had stolen from a Missouri National Guard armory. Clyde immediately became enamored with the BAR because of its high rate of firepower and it's. Another inmate said he saw Clyde ".change from a schoolboy to a rattlesnake." After his parole he returned to crime, robbing grocery stores and gas stations. He was paroled in 1932 a hardened criminal.
He was first arrested at age 17 for stealing a car and over the next few years was arrested several time for various crimes until, in 1930, was sent to a state prison farm where he killed another inmate who reported sexually assaulted him. The infamous Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker - were vocal in their preference for Ford V-8 automobiles because their powerful engines permitted him to outrun most police cars while the heavy metal bodies provided excellent protection from handgun bullets.Ĭlyde Barrow (MaMay 23, 1934) was born into a poor farming family in Ellis County, Texas. This crime wave was made possible in great part by the newly popular automobile which allowed gangsters to commit crimes, escape quickly, and elude pursuit. Automobile bodies of the day were made from heavy gauge steel, which in some cases provided these mobile criminals with a kind of "armored" vehicle. Murderous criminals such as John Dillinger, "Baby Face" Nelson, "Pretty Boy" Floyd and Ma Baker - and their gangs - spread terror as they robbed banks, stores, express offices, National Guard armories and gas stations across the Midwest leaving a trail of dead police officers and civilians in their wake. A new class of criminal arose who were equipped with modern firearms and displayed a willingness to use violence. The so-called "Roaring Twenties" and "Lawless Thirties" were times of great social change and economic unrest with all its attendant problems. The Great Depression of 1929 saw millions unemployed, a general dislocation of society and widespread disregard for the rule of law and order. The passage of the Prohibition Act (1920 - 1933) led to the rise of organized criminal gangs who manufactured or smuggled illegal liquor into the country and often fought "wars" over territory. The 1920s and early 1930s were a hard time for America. Then a small woman walked up to them and shot both again with a sawed off shotgun, killing them instantly.
As they approached the car two men emerged from it and began firing at the troopers both of whom fell to the ground badly wounded. The two troopers saw a lone car on a side road and stopped their motorcycles to see if it was a motorist who needed assistance. Wheeler as they patrolled Route114 outside of Grapevine, Texas. Apwas a quiet Easter morning for Texas Highway Patrol officers H.D.
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