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Old 01-16-2020, 06:43 PM   #41
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well i'll be dog gone! the dog is still on it, in that photo anyway. i would have thought the sheriff or the tow truck driver would have needed a souvenir. in the case of james dean the whole car disappeared out of the impound lot and has never surfaced again

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Old 01-16-2020, 07:25 PM   #42
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read the book

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Old 01-16-2020, 07:34 PM   #44
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Sporting Winchester model 94's.
Hmmmmm.......was that the considered assault rifle of the those times. Lol
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That is how I would describe the assassination squad that killed Bonnie & Clyde.

Want to know the real story of their Life & Death ?

Visit The Bonnie & Clyde Ambush Museum in Gibsland, Louisiana a few miles from where they were killed - it was their last stop that morning for breakfast.

Spend a few hours - watch the movie and wander the exhibits.

When your done - talk to Perry the owner who probably is the leading living authority on the subject - he knew Bonnie Parker’s family and would visit them.

I was there last September right before a poetry journal authored by Bonnie Parker was set to be auctioned off - Perry was going to bid on it.

They lived out of their car(s).

They avoided confrontation and did a fair amount of night burglaries.

Clyde was best known for his skills as a driver - he could drift a car like no one else - after a few miles on a dirt or gravel road he was gone from sight.

Their ambush and execution was ordered by Lee Simmons - after the Eastham Prison Farm breakout in which Clyde drove the getaway car - an embarrassed Simmons who had been hired as general director of Texas Prisons - asked Texas Ranger Frank Hamer to kill Bonnie & Clyde.

Texas Ranger Frank Hamer had no jurisdiction in Louisiana - yet he put together the execution squad - he found it hard to find anyone willing to participate - there were no warrants for Bonnie & Clyde in Louisiana.

The first five shots from the youngest member of the execution squad at point blank range likely killed them both.

Clyde’s foot probably slipped off the clutch and the Ford rolled forward.

The additional gunfire was not necessary.

Every member of that execution squad was haunted by what they
did for their remaining days.

If you are interested in actual history - pay Perry a visit.

I took pictures & videos and posted them on my Facebook page last September.


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Is there any original owner and VIN information on the 1932 Convertible Sedan shown in some of the Bonnie & Clyde Photos??
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Old 01-17-2020, 03:40 AM   #48
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Bonnie's sister in law, part of the barrow gang
Frank if we are being pedantic Blanche was the sister in law of Clyde not Bonnie . Clyde and Bonnie weren't married in fact she was married to some one else until the day she died -Karl
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Frank if we are being pedantic Blanche was the sister in law of Clyde not Bonnie . Clyde and Bonnie weren't married in fact she was married to some one else until the day she died -Karl
You are just too cleaver for me, I don't know how I missed that?
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An interesting read is the book entitled "The Epic Life of Frank Hamer". He is the Texas Ranger assigned to the task of taking down Bonny & Clyde. Chapter 20 is devoted to the ambush and the aftermath. Back in those days there was no yellow tape marking off the crime scene and onlookers were stealing stuff out of the car and taking samples of Bonny's hair for a souvenir! They were horrible people and got what they deserved. Ed
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Mr Jesse Warren and his wife Ruth were the original owners. This link has a photo of them with the car.

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Yes, Bill. But I think the news article you posted has the name wrong. That is what I was referring to.
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Yes, Bill. But I think the news article you posted has the name wrong. That is what I was referring to.
Yes, seems that the reporter got the name wrong. I'm going to go through my police records and list all the cars that I have reports on. I'll post it in a new thread.
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just to add a story my wife’s aunt was a RN at a hospital in chicago in the 30s with all the gang related killings with the tommy guns she said sometimes they couldn’t keep up with filling the body bags as they where being brought in and not just gangsters normal people just in the wrong place at the wrong time she and another nurse couldn’t take it so they left
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Yes, seems that the reporter got the name wrong. I'm going to go through my police records and list all the cars that I have reports on. I'll post it in a new thread.

That's great. I look forward to reading up on it when you post.
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frank what is the story with jimmy lawerence or was it just that.....a story. thanks.
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Is there any original owner and VIN information on the 1932 Convertible Sedan shown in some of the Bonnie & Clyde Photos??
So far the only information I have been able to find that shows a 1932 Ford with Bonnie and Clyde is listed below. This information is taken directly from a police report.

Aug 15, 1932
1932 Ford V817768 2 door.
Stolen at Victoria TX.
License number K71-810
"Car may show bullet holes on left side of body"

The lic plate #587-956 that shows on the photos was actually a plate from a Essex sedan. The Essex owner J.T. Brewer claimed to have removed and thrown away these plates when he installed new 1933 plates on his Essex.
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The actual vehicle in which they met their demise is located in a casino somewhere in Nevada. The holy grail of license plate collectors would be to own one of the numerous stolen license plates recovered from the trunk of their vehicle and used during their crime sprees to avoid recognition.
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The actual vehicle in which they met their demise is located in a casino somewhere in Nevada. The holy grail of license plate collectors would be to own one of the numerous stolen license plates recovered from the trunk of their vehicle and used during their crime sprees to avoid recognition.

In my lifetime, I've seen at least three (maybe four) of the ACTUAL VEHICLES in which they met their eventual demise. They're seemingly everywhere! Coop

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So far the only information I have been able to find that shows a 1932 Ford with Bonnie and Clyde is listed below. This information is taken directly from a police report.

Aug 15, 1932
1932 Ford V817768 2 door.
Stolen at Victoria TX.
License number K71-810
"Car may show bullet holes on left side of body"

The lic plate #587-956 that shows on the photos was actually a plate from a Essex sedan. The Essex owner J.T. Brewer claimed to have removed and thrown away these plates when he installed new 1933 plates on his Essex.
My friend Mike DeVriendt owned the 1932 Ford B400 that was thought to be this car because it had evidence of bullet holes in the back bustle. Mike chased every lead he could find on this cars history but he couldn't find definitive proof that it was the car pictured with Bonnie and Clyde. He eventually sold the car to someone that wanted to do a full restoration. The new owner sandblasted all that beautiful patina and history away and then died before it was ever finished. What a sad waste of history!









In my hometown of Sioux Falls, South Dakota on March 6, 1934, John Dillinger, then known by the FBI as Public Enemy #1, came to Sioux Falls with his gang and robbed the Security National Bank. The robbery netted the gangsters nearly $50,000, which was a lot of money in 1934.

A historic plaque still marks the spot of the robber in downtown Sioux Falls.





This a great video from South Dakota Public Television of the robbery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DDDIxFgahk

March 6, 1934, started like any other day at the Securities National Bank and Trust in Sioux Falls. Customers went about their usual business, when events took a very bad turn. John Dillinger, accompanied by his gang of thugs, robbed the bank of $46,000 in cash. It was the first bank robbery in Sioux Falls history.

The gang, comprised of Dillinger, Homer Van Meter, Tommy Carroll, George "Baby Face" Nelson, Eddie Green, and John Hamilton, stopped traffic at the corner of Ninth Street and Main Avenue, the location of the bank; two of the gang stayed outside with machine guns, holding a crowd of near 1,000 people at bay while the other four thugs entered the bank, and "mouthed curses and threats" to customers and employees.

Hale Keith, a police motorcycle patrolman, heard bursts of gunfire, which the robbers had set off to intimidate their hostages, and approached the bank to investigate. One of the robbers inside the bank saw him, and fired through the window. Keith was struck in the abdomen, the leg, and both arms. The robber shouted "I got one, I got one," and turned his attention back to the terrorized customers and bank employees, which numbered about 30.

Numerous calls to the police station reported the robbery, but the local police were ill equipped to deal with such a situation. The two gangsters stationed outside the bank forced the officers from their cars, and ordered them to line up on the sidewalk.

Inside the bank, among the terrified customers and employees was 30 year old Esther Smith, a young mother, who was employed as an elevator operator at the bank. During the robbery, she was unable to stop the elevator on any floor, so she had to crank the old elevator up and down, by hand, until the robbery was over. Meanwhile, the thugs grabbed up the cash and ordered four girls, a bank teller, Police Chief Parsons, and an officer to form a "sheild" as they made their getaway, the whole affair lasting about 15 minutes. The president of the bank, C. R. Clark, "almost positively" identified the leader of the gang as John Dillinger.

As they left the bank, the gansters ordered the four girls, later identified as Mildred Bostwick, Alice Blegan, Emma Knatach and Mary Lucas, plus the bank teller, Leo Olson, to stand on the running board of the green 1934 Packard as they jumped inside and made their getaway. Police Chief Parons fired several shots, apparently puncturing the gas tank. Several other vehicles pursued the thugs, but machine gun fire from the getaway car discouraged any further chase. The hostages were released about 2 miles south of Sioux Falls, when the robbers changed vehicles. An aviator who was in pursuit, noted that the gang changed autos at least three times before they disappeared.

In 1976, the daughter of elevator operator Esther Smith, who was nine years old at the time of the robbery, visited the bank building, and was able to point out bullet holes left by Dillinger's gang.
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What a life to live. I don't see how they could enjoy living with nothing to gain. No real friends and no place they could call home. They ended up with nothing at all but there failures in life. Nothing to look forward in life. Why would anyone want a life like that.
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