From Find-A-Grave.
I was wondering if the two were buried together until I read the last item in the list from the previous post.
BONNIE PARKER: B. October 1, 1910, in Rowena, Runnels County, Texas. D: May 23, 1934, in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Buried at Crown Hill Memorial Park in Dallas, Texas.
Her only spouse was Roy Glenn Thornton (1908-1937), also an outlaw. They separated. he was killed in an attempted prison breakout. Buried at the Hutchings-Alston- Haden Family Cemetery in Weldon, Texas.
CLYDE BARROW B. March 24, 1909, in Ellis County, Texas. D. May 23, 1934, in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Buried at Western heights Cemetery in Dallas, Texas, next to his older brother Marvin "Buck" also an outlaw.
There is a marker memorial at the site of Bonnie and Clyde's death site in Louisiana.
--Cooter
Showing posts with label Bonnie and Clyde. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bonnie and Clyde. Show all posts
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Ten Things You Might Not Know About Bonnie and Clyde-- Part 2
6. Clyde chopped off two of his toes while in prison.
7. A car accident impaired Bonnie's walking.
8. Souvenir hunters tried to cut off parts of Bonnie and Clyde's bodies at the scene of their deaths. Some 130 rounds were fired into their car.
9. Their bullet-riddled car is on display at a casino.
10. Bonnie and Clyde were buried separately even though they wished to be buried side-by-side. But Bonnie's mother had her buried in a separate Dallas cemetery. Clyde is buried next to his brother Marvin with a gravestone inscribed with his hand-picked epitaph, "Gone but not forgotten."
Interesting Stuff, --DaCoot
7. A car accident impaired Bonnie's walking.
8. Souvenir hunters tried to cut off parts of Bonnie and Clyde's bodies at the scene of their deaths. Some 130 rounds were fired into their car.
9. Their bullet-riddled car is on display at a casino.
10. Bonnie and Clyde were buried separately even though they wished to be buried side-by-side. But Bonnie's mother had her buried in a separate Dallas cemetery. Clyde is buried next to his brother Marvin with a gravestone inscribed with his hand-picked epitaph, "Gone but not forgotten."
Interesting Stuff, --DaCoot
Ten Things You Might Not Know About Bonnie and Clyde-- Part 1
From the History Channel by Christopher Klein.
There were pictures and more information in the article. I'm just listing them.
1. Bonnie died wearing a wedding ring, but it wasn't Clyde's.
2. Bonnie wrote poetry.
3. The Navy rejected Clyde when he tried to enlist.
4. Clyde's first arrest came from failing to return a rental car.
5. Bank robberies were not the pair's specialty. Even though they often been depicted as stealing from the rich and powerful financial institutions, but they had many more robberies of mom-and-pop gas stations and grocery stores. Sometimes their take was only $5 to $10.
More to Come. --Cooter
There were pictures and more information in the article. I'm just listing them.
1. Bonnie died wearing a wedding ring, but it wasn't Clyde's.
2. Bonnie wrote poetry.
3. The Navy rejected Clyde when he tried to enlist.
4. Clyde's first arrest came from failing to return a rental car.
5. Bank robberies were not the pair's specialty. Even though they often been depicted as stealing from the rich and powerful financial institutions, but they had many more robberies of mom-and-pop gas stations and grocery stores. Sometimes their take was only $5 to $10.
More to Come. --Cooter
Friday, May 9, 2014
The Real Bonnie and Clyde Car
From the Whiskey Pete's site.
OK, from yesterday's post, you know that a fake Bonnie and Clyde death car is at the Volo Auto Museum in Illinois, but I got to wondering where the real one was.
THE BONNIE AND CLYDE GETAWAY CAR
You can see it for free at Whiskey Pete's Casino in Primm, Nevada, right on the California border off I-15. People traveling from Los Angeles to Las Vegas pass by the town. It is the car they were in when they were killed in the roadside ambush May 23, 1934 (the other article said it was May 24th). Over 100 shots were fired into it.
The display has the car and the shredded shirt Clyde was wearing that day as well as testimonies of people who witnessed it.
Bang. Bang. My baby Shot Me Down. --DaCoot
OK, from yesterday's post, you know that a fake Bonnie and Clyde death car is at the Volo Auto Museum in Illinois, but I got to wondering where the real one was.
THE BONNIE AND CLYDE GETAWAY CAR
You can see it for free at Whiskey Pete's Casino in Primm, Nevada, right on the California border off I-15. People traveling from Los Angeles to Las Vegas pass by the town. It is the car they were in when they were killed in the roadside ambush May 23, 1934 (the other article said it was May 24th). Over 100 shots were fired into it.
The display has the car and the shredded shirt Clyde was wearing that day as well as testimonies of people who witnessed it.
Bang. Bang. My baby Shot Me Down. --DaCoot
Thursday, May 8, 2014
It's a Fake and Full of Holes-- Part 2
The Bonnie and Clyde Deathmobile was so popular that it spurred a bunch of fakes which eventually drew their own law enforcement notoriety. According to Brian Grams, Volo Auto Museum director: "In effect, Bonnie and Clyde's crime spree continued after death."
He has acquired one of the fake Fords that toured back in the 1930s and plans a live-action display this Memorial Day weekend detailing the history of the real and false exhibits of the era.
Re-enactor Justin Fiorelli will play a huckster, drawing in the crowds to see the bullet-riddled vehicle.
They have not the real original, but one of the original fakes and aren't afraid to say so.
In case you're wondering, (I was), the real Bonnie and Deathmobile is on display at Whiskey Pete's Resort and Casino in Primm, Nevada.
Wonder If It has Blood Stains? --autom
He has acquired one of the fake Fords that toured back in the 1930s and plans a live-action display this Memorial Day weekend detailing the history of the real and false exhibits of the era.
Re-enactor Justin Fiorelli will play a huckster, drawing in the crowds to see the bullet-riddled vehicle.
They have not the real original, but one of the original fakes and aren't afraid to say so.
In case you're wondering, (I was), the real Bonnie and Deathmobile is on display at Whiskey Pete's Resort and Casino in Primm, Nevada.
Wonder If It has Blood Stains? --autom
It's a Fake and Full of Holes-- Part 1
From the April 30, 2014, Hi-Liter "Fake Bonnie and Clyde murder car to be displayed at Volo Auto Museum.
Eighty years ago this month, May 24, 1934, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were driving a stolen Ford V-6 sedan near Sailes, Louisiana, when the law ambushed them. And made extra sure they were killed by pumping lots and lots and lots of bullets into them and their vehicle.
The pair were were very well-known back then and even more when the 1967 Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway movie "Bonnie and Clyde" was released.
Their story is well known, including the gunfight they had in Joplin, Missouri near good old Route 66. But less is known about what happened to the car they were in when they died. Naturally, hordes of curiosity-seekers descended on the deathmobile (and not the Delta Tau Delta one, either.) It brought about quite a legal battle over ownership and later became a traveling anti-crime exhibit. Kind of like those drunk driving and prom crash wrecks you see.
More to Come. --Cooter
Eighty years ago this month, May 24, 1934, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were driving a stolen Ford V-6 sedan near Sailes, Louisiana, when the law ambushed them. And made extra sure they were killed by pumping lots and lots and lots of bullets into them and their vehicle.
The pair were were very well-known back then and even more when the 1967 Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway movie "Bonnie and Clyde" was released.
Their story is well known, including the gunfight they had in Joplin, Missouri near good old Route 66. But less is known about what happened to the car they were in when they died. Naturally, hordes of curiosity-seekers descended on the deathmobile (and not the Delta Tau Delta one, either.) It brought about quite a legal battle over ownership and later became a traveling anti-crime exhibit. Kind of like those drunk driving and prom crash wrecks you see.
More to Come. --Cooter
Monday, December 24, 2012
Top Ten Nefarious American Mobsters
From the Sept.1, 2011, Listverse. As always, go to site and get photos and much more information.
10. Louis "Lepke" Buchalter Boss of "Murder, Inc." Died March 4, 1944.
9. Bonnie Elizabeth Parker "Bonnie and ?" Died May 23, 1934
8. John Herbert Dillinger Died May 22, 1931
7. Clyde Chestnut Barrow. There were about 25 bullets in each corpse. Overkill if you ask me. Died May 23, 1934.
6. John Joseph Gotti, Jr.
5. Lester Joseph "Baby Face Nelson" Gillis. Died Nov. 27, 1934, in Barrington, Illinois.
4. Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll-- Shot 15 times Feb. 8, 1932
3. Richard Leonard "The Iceman" Kurlinski Died in prison March 5, 2006
2. Alphonse Gabriel Capone-- Died 1947.
1. George Clarence "Bugs" Moran Popularized the infamous "Drive-By Shootings: Died in prison 1956.
Baby Face Nelson has a plaque at the Barrington Park District at the North Side Park. He died at a house in Wilmette after being shot 17 times. Buried at St. Joseph Cemetery in River grove, Illinois. Plot 1, Lot 18, Block 8, Section C in case you want to visit.
Shoot 'Em Ups. --Cooter
10. Louis "Lepke" Buchalter Boss of "Murder, Inc." Died March 4, 1944.
9. Bonnie Elizabeth Parker "Bonnie and ?" Died May 23, 1934
8. John Herbert Dillinger Died May 22, 1931
7. Clyde Chestnut Barrow. There were about 25 bullets in each corpse. Overkill if you ask me. Died May 23, 1934.
6. John Joseph Gotti, Jr.
5. Lester Joseph "Baby Face Nelson" Gillis. Died Nov. 27, 1934, in Barrington, Illinois.
4. Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll-- Shot 15 times Feb. 8, 1932
3. Richard Leonard "The Iceman" Kurlinski Died in prison March 5, 2006
2. Alphonse Gabriel Capone-- Died 1947.
1. George Clarence "Bugs" Moran Popularized the infamous "Drive-By Shootings: Died in prison 1956.
Baby Face Nelson has a plaque at the Barrington Park District at the North Side Park. He died at a house in Wilmette after being shot 17 times. Buried at St. Joseph Cemetery in River grove, Illinois. Plot 1, Lot 18, Block 8, Section C in case you want to visit.
Shoot 'Em Ups. --Cooter
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Bonnie and Clyde Guns Fetch $210K
From the Jan. 23rd Chicago Sun-Times.
Two guns believed to have been used by the famous bank-robbing, cop-shooting Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow sold at the Mayo Auction in Kansas City, Mo., for $210,000.
The Joplin Globe reported that an online bidder from the East Coast bought the weapons believed to have been seized at their hideout in Joplin, Missouri in 1933. They were a .45-caliber, fully automatic Thompson submachine gun, better known as a Tommy Gun and a 1897 Winchester 12-gauge shotgun.
Until recently, the two guns had been on display at the Springfield, Missouri, Police Museum since 1973. They had been seized in an April 1933 shootout with law enforcement at an apartment in Joplin which left two police dead (I've seen the apartment).
In a related story, in January 1933, Springfield, Mo., police officer Tom Persell pulled over a suspicious car. he got off his motorcycle, went to the car where Clyde leveled a shotgun at him and ordered him to get in and show them how to get out of town and avoid the police.
They drove back roads at night for six hours before getting to Joplin where the pair released him unharmed.
Too bad I'd never heard of that police museum in Springfield as I sure would have liked to have visited it.
Interesting Story. --DaCoot
Two guns believed to have been used by the famous bank-robbing, cop-shooting Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow sold at the Mayo Auction in Kansas City, Mo., for $210,000.
The Joplin Globe reported that an online bidder from the East Coast bought the weapons believed to have been seized at their hideout in Joplin, Missouri in 1933. They were a .45-caliber, fully automatic Thompson submachine gun, better known as a Tommy Gun and a 1897 Winchester 12-gauge shotgun.
Until recently, the two guns had been on display at the Springfield, Missouri, Police Museum since 1973. They had been seized in an April 1933 shootout with law enforcement at an apartment in Joplin which left two police dead (I've seen the apartment).
In a related story, in January 1933, Springfield, Mo., police officer Tom Persell pulled over a suspicious car. he got off his motorcycle, went to the car where Clyde leveled a shotgun at him and ordered him to get in and show them how to get out of town and avoid the police.
They drove back roads at night for six hours before getting to Joplin where the pair released him unharmed.
Too bad I'd never heard of that police museum in Springfield as I sure would have liked to have visited it.
Interesting Story. --DaCoot
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