Head Over Heels
The couple were instantly smitten with each other and spent every moment of every day together. Their love story was briefly cut off when Clyde was arrested for auto theft. He was sure that Bonnie would leave him because of this rule break, but she stood by his side. He was sent to Eastham Prison Farm in April of 1930, aged 21. Instead of leaving him though, Parker decided to help out...
Sneaking Inside
Parker smuggled a weapon into the imprisoned Barrow. Using this, he was able to escape incarceration, but he was captured and returned to prison again shortly after. While imprisoned the second time, he was repeatedly sexually assaulted. This humiliation caused Barrow to lash out and kill his assaulter with a lead pipe, cracking open his skull. This opened up a new door for Barrow...
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