Bonnie and Clyde they met, both were smitten immediately; most historians believe Parker joined Barrow because she was in love. She remained his loyal companion as they carried out their crime spree and awaited the violent deaths they viewed as inevitable. After Barrow was released from prison in February 1932, he and Ralph Fults assembled a rotating core group of associates. The two began a series of small robberies, primarily of stores and gas stations; their goal was to collect enough money and firepower to launch a liberation raid against Eastham prison. On April 19, Bonnie Parker and Fults were captured in a
Blanche Barrow to back away from the front of the garage door, thereby freeing an escape route for the gang's car. Buck and Blanche had to leave the cover of their cabin as their cabin had no door leading into the garage as did the cabin occupied by Barrow, Parker and Jones. and thus exposed, were targeted by the posse, Buck fell with a through and through wound entering his left temple, traveling the inner surface of the front portion of his skull, and out of his right temple. Blanche stopped and while under fire dragged him into the car, helped by