Compare And Contrast Jesse James And Clyde Barrow

There have been hundreds of outlaws that terrorized the public for years. Even though all of them committed crime regularly they were all different. Some of them ran around with gangs, others went alone. Others robbed banks and most of them killed people. Outlaws have always been a problem and always will be. Some of the most well-known outlaws were Jesse James and Clyde Barrow. These outlaws murdered and killed many people. These two outlaws lived in different time periods one being during the 1800’s and the other in the 1930’s but there are many similarities between the two. In fact Clyde Barrow said that he would like to think of himself as the young Jesse James. One of the main similarities is that they both killed many people. It is not exactly for sure of how many people Clyde Barrow killed but it is believed to be around 13. His partner and lover also killed a few so that could be added. He had killed at least three lawmen alone, but with Bonnie they killed two more highway officers. He then killed multiple citizens throughout the United …show more content…
Jesse was part of a gang that was known as the Younger Brother Gang. The gang was centralized around Jesse, but the other gang members included Frank James, John Jarrett, Arthur McCoy, George Shepard, Oliver Shepard, William McDaneil, Tom McDaneil, Clell Miller, Charlie Pitts, and Bill Chadwell. Most of the members fought for the South in the Civil war and Jesse created his gang in Missouri. Most of the robberies they did where in Missouri, but they did rob throughout America. The gang mostly did robberies with banks and trains. Eventually a few of the gang members were captured and killed in a failed robbery in Minnesota. This eventually destroyed the gang but Jesse and his brother Frank got away. They later created a new gang with Ed Miller, Robert Ford, and Charles Ford. This was the last gang Jesse was with until he was murdered in