Clyde Chestnut Barrow

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Clyde Chestnut Barrow

Barrow acquired his first criminal charges on accident—police arrested him for stealing a car when he was late returning a rental. He later developed an intense hatred for law enforcement, leading to his more intentional escapades. 

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By Terri Jo Ryan
Waco’s law enforcement has seen many a hoodlum since the days of the town’s founding in 1849. One of the most notorious was Clyde Barrow—half of the infamous gun-slinging duo Bonnie and Clyde. On October 16, 1929, Waco police arrested Barrow in the…