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The force also saw its salaries and funds slashed by the Texas Legislature, and their numbers reduced further to 32 men. The result was that Texas became a safe hideout for the many Depression-era gangsters escaping from the law, such as Bonnie and Clyde, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, Pretty Boy Floyd and Raymond Hamilton. The hasty appointment ...
Bonnie Elizabeth Parker (October 1, 1910 – May 23, 1934) and Clyde Chestnut "Champion" Barrow (March 24, 1909 – May 23, 1934) were American bandits who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression. The couple were known for their bank robberies and multiple murders, although they preferred to rob small ...
The governor of Texas is the head of government of the U.S. state of Texas. The incumbent, Greg Abbott, is the forty-eighth governor to serve in the office since Texas' statehood in 1845. When compared to those of other states, the governorship of Texas has been described as one of relative weakness.
It was April 29, 1934, and notorious crime couple Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were cruising the streets near Topeka's eastern edge, looking for a car to steal to replace the beat-up Ford they'd ...
The road ended here for Bonnie and Clyde. The lawmen confronted Bonnie and Clyde on a rural road near Gibsland, Louisiana at 9:15 a.m. on May 23, 1934, after 102 days tracking them. Barrow stopped his car at the ambush spot and the posse's 150-round fusillade was so thunderous that people for miles around thought a logging crew had used ...
“Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow stopped at 9 a.m. on May 23, 1934, picked up sandwiches and drove off to their deaths seven miles away,” reads the sign out front.
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The Democratic primary election was held on 28 July 1934. As no candidate won a majority of votes, there was a run-off on 25 August 1934 between the two highest ranking candidates incumbent Attorney General of Texas James Burr V Allred and Tom F. Hunter. Allred would eventually win the primary with 52.10% against Hunter.