Bonnie and Clyde

Banks don't pay enough interest now days to make it much worth having a bank account anymore.

I just wonder how many cars the B&C gang stole during their spree. I doubt that they bought many if any at all. They weren't much on paying for stuff. It was easier to take it and leave the broke down car for the unfortunate previous owner.
 
Vanspeed said:
Bonnie was ruthless. She killed police officers point blank, sometimes injured and on the ground. Dillinger was way more the people’s criminal. He wanted to take from the rich. Bonnie and Clyde May have started out that way but they went a different path.
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I agree they were far from the peoples heroes they are betrayed as. I have however read conflicting accounts regards Bonnies involvement in the killing of the police officers, I have read that the witness that linked her to the shootings was less than reliable but am unsure as to how accurate this information is . I seem to remember some one who posts on here ( maybe you ?} is related to one of the officers killed -Karl
 
rotorwrench said:
Banks don't pay enough interest now days to make it much worth having a bank account anymore.

I just wonder how many cars the B&C gang stole during their spree. I doubt that they bought many if any at all. They weren't much on paying for stuff. It was easier to take it and leave the broke down car for the unfortunate previous owner.
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if you look around you can get 2.5 % FAR CRY FROM THE what you were once able to get. During the Jimmey Carter Presidency I was able to get 15%. THAT WAS WHEN INFLATION WAS THROUGH THE ROOF.
 

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FrankWest said:
Really Dillinger was responsible for the formation of the FBI.
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Really? The agency that was first established in 1908 and had Hoover as a leader since 1924 was the Bureau of Investigation. J. Edgar, ever the empire builder, certainly took advantage of the high profile bank robbers of the era to increase the scope and funding of the agency. He also did the same thing with the Red Scare, the Lindbergh kidnapping, Prohibition, WWII, McCarthism, Civil Rights, and 60s war protestors.

The name change to the FBI in 1932 was important - but the biggest factor in the creation of a federal police agency was J. Edgar Hoover.
 
rotorwrench said:
Banks don't pay enough interest now days to make it much worth having a bank account anymore.

I just wonder how many cars the B&C gang stole during their spree. I doubt that they bought many if any at all. They weren't much on paying for stuff. It was easier to take it and leave the broke down car for the unfortunate previous owner.
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Here's a interesting letter from Texas with stolen car information pertaining to Bonnie and Clyde. It includes the Motor number. I believe that this car was left in Joplin MO after the shootout that killed my great uncle. I have a CD that contains much of the information that the Joplin PD had on Bonnie and Clyde including info on several of the cars they stole.
 

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FortyNiner said:
Really? The agency that was first established in 1908 and had Hoover as a leader since 1924 was the Bureau of Investigation. J. Edgar, ever the empire builder, certainly took advantage of the high profile bank robbers of the era to increase the scope and funding of the agency. He also did the same thing with the Red Scare, the Lindbergh kidnapping, Prohibition, WWII, McCarthism, Civil Rights, and 60s war protestors.

The name change to the FBI in 1932 was important - but the biggest factor in the creation of a federal police agency was J. Edgar Hoover.
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Before Dillinger the FBI was a bunch of paper pushers that Washington thought they could do without!
 
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old Tom said:
was hoover involved with Al Capone?
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Sort of. The FBI wasn't charged with enforcement of the Volstead Act. Further, Hoover denied the existence of organized crime for most of his tenure. Any police official who gained any measure of recognition was seen by Edgar as a threat to his position as THE preeminent cop. That's in large measure why Melvin Purvis (who actually hunted and shot Dillinger) was forced out of the FBI.

Hoover was big on using statistics to trumpet bureau success. Mobster activities didn't lend themselves to good numbers. This was due in part to the lack of comprehensive federal criminal code.
 
Details of the 1934 Ford De Luxe Fordor used by Clyde Barrow on May 23, 1934:

1934 Ford De Luxe Fordor # 18-649198 was manufactured at
River Rouge, Michigan in February 1934.

It was sold by Mosley-Mack Motor Company, Topeka, KS, in April 1934 to Miss Ruth Warren of 2107 Gabler Street, Topeka, KS.

The car, Cordoba Gray, was equipped with an Arvin Hot Water Heater, Metal Spare Tire Cover, Front and Rear Bumper Guards, Chrome Greyhound Radiator Cap, and the Potter Mfg Accessory Trunk.

The car was stolen from Miss Warren's driveway in Topeka on April 29, 1934. The Kansas license plate was 3-17832.
 
TonyM said:
Details of the 1934 Ford De Luxe Fordor used by Clyde Barrow on May 23, 1934:

1934 Ford De Luxe Fordor # 18-649198 was manufactured at
River Rouge, Michigan in February 1934.

It was sold by Mosley-Mack Motor Company, Topeka, KS, in April 1934 to Miss Ruth Warren of 2107 Gabler Street, Topeka, KS.

The car, Cordoba Gray, was equipped with an Arvin Hot Water Heater, Metal Spare Tire Cover, Front and Rear Bumper Guards, Chrome Greyhound Radiator Cap, and the Potter Mfg Accessory Trunk.

The car was stolen from Miss Warren's driveway in Topeka on April 29, 1934. The Kansas license plate was 3-17832.
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Some additional info:
 

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I think there are currently multiple versions of this car displayed around the country. I think I heard the original is in "Whiskey Pete's" in Nevada.

I saw what was supposed to be this car at the Minnesota State Fair in the early sixties.
 
tubman said:
I think there are currently multiple versions of this car displayed around the country. I think I heard the original is in "Whiskey Pete's" in Nevada.

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Yes, but there is only one original and it is very easy to tell the original from the replicas. Agreed, the last I heard was that the real B&C car was on display in Nevada.
 
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