A Different Style
Blanche became famous at the site for jodhpur riding breeches, a style of pants that wasn't very popular on women at the time. Eyewitnesses of the later events remembered her look almost forty years after the fact. Neal Houser was worried about the group so it wasn't long until the police were called. This call would lead to one of the wildest shoot-outs in American history...
Out On the Town
Barrow went with Jones into town to buy bandages, cheese, crackers, and medications for Bonnie's leg injury. While there, they were alerted to the local Sheriff's office. The reinforcements brought an armored car and several officers armed with Thompson submachine guns. They approached the gang at 11 pm so that they wouldn't be able to outrun the police force...
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