On April 6, 1934 Clyde, Bonnie, and Henry Methvin were driving though Commerce, Oklahoma when their car got stuck in the mud from the rain that was battering the area for days. When Clyde and Methvin tried to stop a man driving down the road at gun point, the driver got away and told the police about the outlaws on the road. Two officers named William “Cal” Campbell and Percy Boyd went to the location to find investigate the area. Soon, the officers were in a gun fight with Clyde and Methvin. Campbell was killed by a shot in the heart and Boyd was shot in the head but survived. Boyd surrendered and was placed in the car with Bonnie. Clyde and Methvin managed to stop a truck driver and forced the driver to pull the car out of the mud. Clyde warned the truck driver to tell the police to back off from the gang or he would kill the kidnapped officer. After giving Boyd a new shirt to replace the one that was covered in blood, the gang set off with the officer in tow. During the journey, Boyd asked the gang many questions, including ones about the Grapevine murder. When the officer was dropped off near Ft. Scott, near the border of Missouri, he was given a few dollars and a request from Bonnie to tell the world that she did not smoke cigars. Boyd told the officers, who found him a short while after, about what had happened. He did not know who the other person that was with Clyde and Bonnie was. When the arrest warrant for the Campbell murder was released, it listed “Clyde Barrow, Bonnie Parker and John Doe.” Any chance Bonnie had to clear her name was gone forever.
Bonnie and Clyde:1930s 