The dim-witted bank-robbers killed at least nine police officers and several civilians.
A snapshot of the couple found at an abandoned hide-out, with pistol-toting Bonnie smoking a cigar, was subsequently distributed to the press, positioning the unmarried outlaws on the national media scene, launching their brief careers as 'fun-loving' criminal superstars.
Without Bonnie, the media outside Texas might have dismissed Clyde as a gun-toting punk...
...but a steady stream of photographs kept the media and the Depression-era public wanting more.
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