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Outlaws' guns sold

 

Monday 23 January 2012 20:00 EST
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A .45-caliber, fully automatic Thompson submachine gun believed to have been seized from outlaw couple Bonnie and Clyde's Joplin hideout in 1933
A .45-caliber, fully automatic Thompson submachine gun believed to have been seized from outlaw couple Bonnie and Clyde's Joplin hideout in 1933 (AP)

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Two guns thought to have been used by the bank-robbing fugitives Bonnie and Clyde fetched $210,000 (£135,000) at auction.

The Joplin Globe reported that an online bidder bought the weapons, believed to have been seized from the outlaw couple's Joplin hideout in 1933.

Up for sale were a .45-calibre Thompson sub-machine gun and an 1897 Winchester 12-gauge shotgun.

AP

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