Clyde’s Toes
As you can imagine, Clyde survived a great ordeal in the labor camps. In a bid to get out of having to do nearly unbearable hard labor, he cut off two of his toes, hoping this would be enough to get him excused. As it were, his mother was negotiating his release with a court judge, and a few days after he cut off his own toes, he was released on parole. Clyde subsequently walked with a limp in the remaining days of his life, and the loss of his toes meant that he couldn’t drive while wearing shoes either.
Clydes Toes
Bonnie The Writer
When Clyde left the labor camp in 1932, he was undeterred and returned to his gang to start robbing banks and other businesses. This time around, Bonnie joined for the fun. It was around this time that she discovered a hidden talent that didn’t involve crime.
After a failed robbery landed Bonnie a stint in jail for two months, Bonnie started putting pen to paper and discovered that she had a knack for writing. This led her to start writing poetry about her life with Clyde, which to this day gives historians much insight about the internal workings of her mind at the time.
Bonnie The Writer
