Sour letter from Bonnie and Clyde to ex-ally up for auction
BOSTON (AP) — Bonnie and Clyde made it quite clear how they felt about a former member of their gang in a letter they sent to him as he sat in the Dallas County Jail.
Based on the language, experts think Barrow, who had poor writing skills, likely dictated the letter to Parker, Livingston said Wednesday.
The letter also says Hamilton is "yellow," pointing out that he was captured without resistance and based on the way he acted during a narrow escape from a police road block in Missouri.
There is still intense interest in Bonnie and Clyde, who were almost glorified in their day before the public turned against them after they were linked to the murder of two police officers, Livingston said.