Clyde Chestnut Barrow was born on March 24, 1909, into a family of four children. Ironically when the midwife told a local physician of his birth, the physician incorrectly recorded it as "baby girl Barrow" in the Vital Statistics volume of the Ellis County Courthouse at Waxahachie.

Three additional children followed Clyde's birth, and the families financial difficulties worsened as the price for cotton bounced up and down. After some years the Barrow's found it impossible to provide for their children and sent them to live with relatives in east Texas. At one relatives home Clyde developed two interests that remained with him to the

While Clyde was visiting an injured girlfriend, he was introduced to Bonnie, who was taking care of his injured girlfriend. He fell madly in love with her and never romantically considered another girl again. This day was one to remember, January 5, 1930.

In Tarant county Clyde had a shootout with deputy's at a house, killing one. Another meeting with the law in Joplin, didn't turn out so well. The scene they left was disastrous. Two lawmen had died and many more were injured. The sting of deaths continued. Akota, Oklahoma a sheriff was seriously wounded, and his deputy was killed. In Crockette, Texas, a prison guard was killed while trying to escape. And in Miami, Oklahoma, yet another police officer was killed.

end of hid life: a passion for music, and an obsession with guns. Even as Clyde drove along the lane in Louisiana to his death, he carried a saxophone and reams of sheet music, as well as an arsenal of firearms. Clyde loved and named his guns, and regarded them as tokens of his power.

After Clyde returned home he got a job, then once again quit, returning to a life of crime. He joined with his accomplices and went on robbing. One night a robbery turned wrong. As they were robbing the place, a gun went off in the pocket of one of Clyde's accomplices and ricocheted off the safe and hit the store owner, who had not yet realized he was being robbed. It hit him in the heart, killing him instantly. Clyde realized that if he was even caught just being here, he would be put away and executed. So he ran from the police. After this crime Clyde met up with Bonnie and they began their reign of terror.

At the age of sixteen, Clyde dropped out of school to work at Proctor and Gamble. Clyde's crime streak started with helping his brother

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