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Missouri History Today December 18, 1953: Couple Executed For Ransom Scheme-Turned-Murder

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When neighbors suspected bootleggers were operating out of a garage apartment in Joplin, they called the authorities to look into it. Turns out there were no bootleggers – just the infamous crime couple Bonnie and Clyde!   A gun battle erupted at their rented bungalow in Newton County, now E. 34th Street in Joplin, and two …

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