Keeping Keepsakes
"Nearly everyone had begun collecting souvenirs such as shell casings, slivers of glass from the shattered car windows, and bloody pieces of clothing from the garments of Bonnie and Clyde," said one eyewitness officer, "One eager man had opened his pocket knife and was reaching into the car to cut off Clyde's left ear." It seemed they were more loved in death than in life...
Undertaker Tale
H.D. Darby was an undertaker from Bonnie's hometown. He was also one of the two people who were called in to identify the bodies since he had been kidnapped by them at one point. He recalled a moment when Bonnie discovered he was an undertaker. She had said that someday he would likely be working on her body, and laughed at the idea. H.D. was, in fact, one of the people who worked on her...
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