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The Reasons Why Clyde Was The Barrow Gang

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Clyde was The Barrow Gang came to Arkansas in June of 1933. The only reason they came was to hideout while Bonnie Parker recovered from third degree burns she received from a car crash. They checked into Dennis Tourist Camp in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Eventually they ran low on money. So being the outlaws they were they went on a crime rampage. On June 22, Buck Barrow and W. D. Jones went to Alma, while Clyde Barrow stayed behind to tend to Bonnie’s burns. Buck and Jones tied up Henry Humphrey, Alma’s town marshal, in an attempt to rob the Commercial Bank. They were unsuccessful. The next day the two of them held up Nell Brown’s Grocery store in Fayetteville and got away with twenty dollars and Mr. Brown’s delivery truck. They later ditched the

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