Bonnie and Clyde death car, south of Gibsland toward Sailes Louisiana, May 23, 1933-2013. #3

by David Lee Guss

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Bonnie and Clyde death car, south of Gibsland toward Sailes Louisiana, May 23, 1933-2013. #3

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David Lee Guss

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According to statements made by Ted Hinton and Bob Alcorn:
"Each of us six officers had a shotgun and an automatic rifle and pistols. We opened fire with the automatic rifles. They were emptied before the car got even with us. Then we used shotguns ... There was smoke coming from the car, and it looked like it was on fire. After shooting the shotguns, we emptied the pistols at the car, which had passed us and ran into a ditch about 50 yards on down the road. It almost turned over. We kept shooting at the car even after it stopped. We weren't taking any chances."

Researchers have said Bonnie and Clyde were shot more than fifty times; others claim closer to twenty-five wounds per corpse, or fifty total. Officially, parish coroner Dr. J. L. Wade's 1934 report listed 17 separate entrance wounds on Barrow's body and 26 on Parker's, including several head shots on each, and one that had snapped Barrow's spinal column.

Undertaker C. F. "Boots" Bailey had "difficulty embalming the bodies because of all the bullet holes."

The death car was displayed at county fairs and other venues for decades. The posse that exterminated the couple suffered temporary deafness because of the loud gunfire totaling about 130 rounds.

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