 They were captured during a shoot-out in April 1867 and hanged two months later at Sydney's Darlinghurst Gaol.Their execution ended organised gang bushranging in New South Wales.Some modern-day writers have described the Clarkes as the most bloodthirsty bushrangers of all, and according to one journalist, "Their crimes were so shocking that they never made their way into bushranger folklore — people just wanted to forget about them."