More than 80 years after they were apprehended and kill by police , notorious offence duoBonnie Parker and Clyde Barrowcontinue to capture the public imagination . Now , the AP reports , true criminal offence buffs can purchase an angry letter the two wrote to Raymond Hamilton , a former member of their gang , shortly before their deaths in 1934 .
Boston auction houseRR Auctionis selling the letter on Monday , September 25 , at 1 p.m. ET . The four - page , handwritten letter is expected to convey as much as $ 40,000 . It was likely dictated by Barrow , who could n’t pen well , and penned in cursive by Parker . It comprise Barrow ’s signature — and lots of colorful 1920s mobster slang .
At the sentence of the letter ’s writing , Hamilton was incarcerate in Dallas County Jail . “ I ’m very sorry to get wind of your getting captured , but due to the fact that you offered no resistivity fellow feeling is miss , ” Barrow ’s promissory note began . “ The most I can do is hope you miss the ‘ chair . ’ The purpose of this letter is to remind you of all the ‘ muddied deals ’ you have pull . "
It ’s undecipherable why Barrow is so angry with Hamilton , a puerility protagonist of his who unite the gang in the other 1930s . In 1934 , Barrow organize a foray to destitute Hamilton from a Texas prison farm , where he was incarcerated for a jewelry store holdup . But soon after that , the two ’s relationship soured .
In the letter of the alphabet , Barrow expresses disgust at the supposed cowardice Hamilton display while escaping a police force route block in Missouri . He mention a divergence the two had over money — how to divide up $ 4000 they had steal in a Texas bank robbery . He also calls his girlfriend , Mary O’Dare , a “ Prostitute Sweetheart ” who “ hail from a ‘ informer ’ family . ”
" I should have killed you then I would have save myself much bother and money looking for you , " barrowful concludes .
In 1934 , Hamilton left Barrow ’s gang — presumably over O’Dare — and denied his affair with the group in a letter of the alphabet to lawyers . presently after , he was apprehend for robbing a cant . However , Hamilton did n’t “ overleap the professorship , ” as Barrow referred to his potential execution of instrument ; he died in the electric chair on May 10 , 1935 . As for Barrow and Parker , they died on May 23 , 1934 , a month or so after their alphabetic character was send out .
You canread the intact letteron RR Auction ’s website .
[ h / tAssociated Press ]
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