In January 1934, Clyde Barrow, of Bonnie and Clyde fame, who himself had once been incarcerated at the Eastham prison farm, helped five of their gang members escape Eastham in a bloody prison break. Eastham, named for the former Eastham Plantation on which it was built, was later named the Wainright Unit, which still operates in Madison County, TX. East Texas is home to a number of prison units, stemming from the 1848 construction of the Texas State Penitentiary in nearby Huntsville, Texas. | Creator: The Paris Texas Evening News. | Date: The original newspaper was published in January 1934. | Source: Source: “Clyde Barrow Rescues Five Convicts in Machine Gun Raid on Prison Farm.” The Paris (TX) Evening News, January 16, 1934, 1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/6002986. | Rights: Image available on the Internet and included for instructional purposes in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107.Download Original File
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The Paris Texas Evening News.
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Source: “Clyde Barrow Rescues Five Convicts in Machine Gun Raid on Prison Farm.” The Paris (TX) Evening News, January 16, 1934, 1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/6002986.
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The original newspaper was published in January 1934.
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Image available on the Internet and included for instructional purposes in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107.
