BONNIE AND CLYDE GARAGE APARTMENT - 85 YEARS AFTER JOPLIN OFFICERS SHOT

85 YEARS AGO>>>TODAY WE REMEMBER TWO FALLEN OFFICERS WHO WERE SERVING JOPLIN>>>
• Det Harry McGinnis, Joplin Police Department
• Constable Wes Harryman, Newton County Sheriff's Office

(64804) – [TEXT DIRECTLY FROM WIKIPEDIA] On March 22, 1933, Buck Barrow was granted a full pardon and released from prison. Within days, he and his wife Blanche had set up housekeeping with Clyde, Bonnie and Jones in a temporary hideout at 3347 1/2 Oakridge Drive in Joplin, Missouri.

According to family sources,[42] Buck and Blanche were there to visit; they attempted to persuade Clyde to surrender to law enforcement. Bonnie and Clyde's next brush with the law arose from their generally suspicious—and conspicuous—behavior, not because they had been identified.

The group ran loud, alcohol-fueled card games late into the night in the quiet neighborhood. "We bought a case of beer a day," Blanche would later recall.[43] The men came and went noisily at all hours, and Clyde discharged a BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle) in the apartment while cleaning it.[44] No neighbors went to the house, but one reported suspicions to the Joplin Police Department.

The lawmen assembled a five-man force in two cars on April 13 to confront what they suspected were bootleggers living in the garage apartment. Though taken by surprise, Clyde was noted for remaining cool under fire. He, Jones, and Buck quickly killed Detective McGinnis and fatally wounded Constable Harryman.[45][46]

During the escape from the apartment, Parker laid down covering fire with her BAR, forcing Highway Patrol Sergeant G. B. Kahler to duck behind a large oak tree while .30 caliber bullets struck the other side, forcing wood splinters into the sergeant's face.[47] Parker got into the car with the others. They slowed enough to pull in Blanche Barrow from the street, where she was pursuing her dog Snow Ball.[48]

The surviving officers later testified that their side had fired only fourteen rounds in the conflict,[49] but one hit Jones on the side, one struck Clyde and was deflected by his suitcoat button, and one grazed Buck after ricocheting off a wall.
The group escaped the police at Joplin, but left behind most of their possessions at the apartment: items included Buck and Blanche's marriage license, Buck's parole papers (three weeks old), a large arsenal of weapons, a handwritten poem by Bonnie, and a camera with several rolls of undeveloped film.[53]

The film was developed at The Joplin Globe and yielded many now-famous photos of Barrow, Parker and Jones clowning and pointing weapons at one another.[54] When the poem and the photos, including one of Parker clenching a cigar in her teeth and a pistol in her hand, went out on the newly installed newswire, the anonymous fivesome from Dallas became front-page news across America as the Barrow Gang. The poem "Story of 'Suicide Sal'" was an apparent backstory. #bonnieandclyde #barrowgang#bonnieandclydejoplin #route66

Joplin News First does not claim ownership of any images contained in this video/post. No profit is generated for this story. These images are available for public viewing on numerous websites. If you claim ownership and would like credit or have the photo(s) be removed please PM admin.