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Murderers and bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde gunned down in Louisiana
On this day in 1934, celebrated Depression-era Texas outlaws Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were killed in a roadside ambush arranged by Texas Ranger Frank Hamer outside of Gibsland, Louisiana. Riddled by some 167 bullets, the bodies were taken to Arcadia and later put on public display in Dallas before being buried in their respective family burial plots.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- BARROW, CLYDE CHESNUT
- PARKER, BONNIE
- HAMER, FRANCIS AUGUSTUS
- TEXAS RANGERS
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