nd Clyde agreed to this meeting shortly after robbing the Oranogo bank in Carthage, Missouri. The group did some relaxing and visiting amongst family, sharing stories and adventures experienced by the two brothers. This quiet life continued for about two weeks till money started to get tight. The increase activity in the apartment drew attention to the group by one of the neighbors. More specifically, one neighbor noticed that different license plates were being used on the same car and reported this to the highway patrol (wood, 44). Two patrol officers were dispatched to the apartment site. They found that the plates were under the name of Barrow, while the apartment was under the name of Callahan. Officers on site made the assumption that the tenants in the apartment were either bootleggers or burglars. Calling for back up from the Joplin police department, a warrant was issued to allow the officers to investigate. Unknown to them was the fact of who they were up against, Bonnie and Clyde.Clyde was the first to spot the police and to also start shooting. The rest of the gang fallowed Clydes lead and positioned them selves around the apartment shooting at the police. The entire shootout lasted approximately ten minutes, but in the middle of the firefight, two policemen were killed. The gang, which had picked up two new members, escaped with only minor injuries and fled through Seneca heading toward Texas.During this time the FBI was coming up with a plan of capture for these notorious criminals. Previous attempts at capture were unsuccessful but the bureau was limiting the places the gang could hide out. Bonnie and Clyde were becoming too well known by the public. Pictures and articles on the two lovers made the idea of bank robbery an adventure to good to pass up. Along with becoming famous also came the higher risk of getting caught. The group was at the point of sleeping in cars they had stolen just to remain undiscovered....
