The bandits had suspected something and were able to surprise the lawmen as they approached the farm house. Cartwright, the bandits heard an approaching car, which turned out to be that of Sheriff Corry and town marshall Paul Hardy and was followed at some distance by an a doctor in his car. Her husband tried to stop the blood flow as the outlaws planned their next move. reportedly called out for her to stop and almost simultaneously shot at her, wounding her just above her hand. Another account said she may have only been trying to lock the door, but W.
Cartwright may have panicked and tried to get to the door, holding her baby in her arms. After suggesting that Bonnie be treated by a doctor or she would not survive, Mrs. A short time later, Clyde came into the house with his shotgun and warned the Cartwrights and Pritchards not to try anything. When things settled down at the farm house, Cartwright had left to find a nearby phone and call the sheriff, George T. Cartwright had actually seen their guns in the wrecked car. Cartwright had left, ostensibly to call a doctor. When Clyde returned to the Pritchard farm house, he was upset to find that Mr. The “Good Samaritans” soon realized that they had just rescued a group of desperados, but Sam Pritchard would later say that they were crash victims that needed help. As Bonnie was being treated, Clyde returned to the wreckage and retrieved some of their weapons. The helpers carried her back to the Pritchard farm house where Mrs. Some accounts state that she was burned from acid when the car battery broke apart or exploded.
The farmers came along and pitched in to help free Bonnie, but not before she suffered burns from the wreck. Two farmers named Pritchard and Cartwright heard the wreck from the Pritchard farmhouse, about 200 yards away. escaped but that Bonnie was trapped inside the wreck. Lawman Ted Hinton writes in his book “Ambushed” that Clyde and W.
Their stolen Ford 2 door sedan hurtled into the underbrush and crashed nose first, catching fire. Clyde realized his predicament at the last minute, veered away from the river bed and went over an embankment. As they were speeding along, they missed a detour sign where a bridge was out over the Salt Fork of the Red River. Jones were heading north toward Wellington, driving a car they had stolen earlier in Madill, Oklahoma. While the accounts differed in some respects, the basic story follows. The account that follows combines several published accounts. Citizens from Wellington also figure into the story of the crime spree of Bonnie and Clyde. It is the birthplace of several nationally known individuals, including songwriter and composer Jimmy Webb and NASA engineer John Aaron, noted for having having provided key engineering assistance to the crew of the Apollo 11 spacecraft that enabled them to return from their aborted lunar mission. Wellington was reportedly named by one of the founders in honor of Britain’s Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. At its peak, Wellington’s population was around 3,700 people and since the 1990s, it has hovered around 2,000 to 2,500 people. Wellington, Texas is in Collingsworth County, located where the Texas border departs from the Red River and heads due north, on the eastern edge of the Panhandle. View texas-newmexico-history’s profile on Tumblr.View TexasHistoryNotebook’s profile on Twitter.View Texas History Notebook’s profile on Facebook.Burk Burnett and Farley Sayers June 9, 2022.The Spikes Brothers Murders July 7, 2022.Follow TEXAS HISTORY NOTEBOOK on Recent Posts If your search doesn’t seem to work, try using fewer words.