WAR ON GANGSTERS.
MAN AND WOMAN SHOT DEAD.
ACCOMPLICES SENTENCED. p
(United Press Association—Copyright)
NEW YORK, May 23.
Clyde Barrow, who was considered the South-West's chief outlaw and his cigar-smoking gunwoman companion, Bonnie Parker, were shot dead by Texas officers while speeding at 85 miles an hour in a motor-car. The pair were wanted for more than a/dozen murders, several kidnappings and many hank robberies. They fell into a trap laid by the police in St. Paul and were .riddled with machine-gun bullets. A Minnesota message states that Evelyn Frechette, a,woman companion of John Dillinger and Dr. Clayton May, a Minneapolis physician, have been convicted of harbouring Dillinger. Each was sentenced to two years' imprisonment and a fine of IQOO dollars. Dr. May admitted treating Dillinger's wounds.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 190, 25 May 1934, Page 5
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