Worth Wren Jr. (October 7, 2007) has spent most of his long career in journalism reporting on agribusiness, and his annual Farm and Ranch Report in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram was a Texas staple for several decades.
Jim Wright (September 9, 2007, and several phone interviews) is former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. During the Barrow Gang’s crime spree, he was a teenager living first in Oklahoma and later in Dallas, Texas.
Pat Ziegler (April 18, 2007) is on the faculty of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville. Her mother and aunt grew up in West Dallas with Clyde Barrow.
Books
Abernathy, Francis Edward, ed. Legendary Ladies of Texas. Texas Folklore Society, 1994 (chapter written by John Neal Phillips and Andre L. Gorzell).
Baker, Olivia. The Justice from Beacon Hill: The Life and Times of Oliver Wendell Holmes. HarperCollins, 1991.
Barkley, Roy R., and Mark F. Odintz, eds. The Portable Handbook of Texas. Texas State Historical Association, 2000.
Barrow, Blanche Caldwell, edited by John Neal Phillips. My Life with Bonnie and Clyde. University of Oklahoma Press, 2004.
Barrow, Cumie. Unpublished manuscript. (Copy courtesy of Buddy Barrow Williams.)
Boyle, David. The Troubadour’s Song. Walker, 2005.
Brown, Gary. Texas Gulag: The Chain Gang Years, 1875–1925. Republic of Texas Press, 2002.
Brown, Norman. Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug: Texas Politics, 1921–1928. Texas A&M University Press, 1984.
Calvert, Robert A., and Arnoldo De Leon. The History of Texas. Harlan Davidson, 1990.
Caro, Robert A. Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson. Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
———. The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson. Alfred A. Knopf, 1982.
Casad, Dede W. My Fellow Texans: Governors of Texas in the 20th Century. Eakin, 1995.
Cawelti, John G., ed. Focus on Bonnie and Clyde. Prentice Hall, 1973.
DeFord, Miriam Allen. The Real Bonnie and Clyde. Ace, 1968.
Douglas, C. L. The Gentlemen in White Hats: Dramatic Episodes in the History of the Texas Rangers. State House Press, 1992.
Egan, Timothy. The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl. Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
Fleming, Thomas. The Illusion of Victory: America in World War I. Basic Books, 2003.
Fortune, Jan I., ed., with Nell Barrow and Emma Parker. Fugitives: The Inside Story of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. Ranger Press, 1934. Reissued as The True Story of Bonnie and Clyde. Signet, 1968.
Goodwin, Doris Kearns. No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II. Simon & Schuster, 1994.
Hagedorn, Ann. Savage Peace: Hope and Fear in America, 1919. Simon & Schuster, 2007.
Hammett, Dashiell. Nightmare Town. Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.
Hamilton, Floyd. Public Enemy Number One. Acclaimed Books, 1978.
Harris III, Charles H., and Louis R. Sadler. Texas Rangers and the Mexican Revolution: The Bloodiest Decade, 1910–1920. University of New Mexico Press, 2007.
Helmer, William J., and Rick Mattix. The Complete Public Enemy Almanac. Cumberland House Publishing, 2007.
Hendrickson, Kenneth E., Jr. The Chief Executives of Texas. Texas A&M University Press, 1995.
Hill, Patricia Evridge. Dallas: The Making of a Modern City. University of Texas Press, 1996.
Hinton, Ted, as told to Larry Grove. Ambush: The Real Story of Bonnie and Clyde. Shoal Creek, 1979.
Jenkins, John H., and Gordon H. Frost. “I’m Frank Hamer”: The Life of a Texas Peace Officer. Pemberton, 1968.
Johnson, Paul. A History of the American People. HarperCollins, 1997.
Johnson, Robert L. Hunger for the Wild: America’s Obsession with the Untamed West. University Press of Kansas, 2007.
Kilgore, D. E. A Ranger Legacy: 150 Years of Service to Texas. Madrona, 1973.
Knight, James R., with Jonathan Davis. Bonnie and Clyde: A Twenty-first Century Update. Eakin, 2003.
Kyvig, David E. Daily Life in the United States, 1920–1939. Greenwood, 2002.
McConal, Patrick M. Over the Wall: The Men Behind the 1934 Death House Escape. Eakin, 2000.
McCullough, David. Truman. Simon & Schuster, 1992.
McDonald, Archie P. Texas: A Compact History. State House Press, 2007.
Milner, E. R. The Lives and Times of Bonnie and Clyde. Southern Illinois University Press, 1996.
O’Neal, Bill. The Bloody Legacy of Pink Higgins: A Half-Century of Violence in Texas. Eakin, 1999.
Phillips, John Neal. Running with Bonnie and Clyde: The Ten Fast Years of Ralph Fults. University of Oklahoma Press, 1996.
Polenberg, Richard. One Nation Divisible: Class, Race and Ethnicity in the United States Since 1938. Viking, 1980.
Potter, Claire Bond. War on Crime: Bandits, G-Men and the Politics of Mass Culture. Rutgers University Press, 1998.
Procter, Ben. Just One Riot: Episodes of Texas Rangers in the 20th Century. Eakin, 1991.
Ramsey, Winston G. On the Trail of Bonnie and Clyde: Then and Now. After the Battle Press, 2003.
Roth, Mitchel P. Crime and Punishment: A History of the Criminal Justice System. Thomson Wadsworth, 2005.
Saxon Gerald, ed. The WPA Dallas Guide and History. University of North Texas Press, 1992.
Scoma, Marie Barrow, with Jonathan Davis. Unpublished manuscript. (Copy courtesy of Jonathan Davis.)
Shelton, Gene. Manhunter: The Life and Times of Frank Hamer. Berkley, 1997.
Shotwell, John. A Victim of Revenge, or Fourteen Years in Hell. E. J. Jackson Co., 1909.
Steele, Phillip W., with Marie Barrow Scoma. The Family Story of Bonnie and Clyde. Pelican Publishing Co., 2000.
Toland, John. The Dillinger Days. Random House, 1963.
Treherne, John. The Strange History of Bonnie and Clyde. Cooper Square, 2000.
Tydings, Millard E. Before and After Prohibition. Macmillan, 1930.
Underwood, Sid. Depression Desperado: The Chronicle of Raymond Hamilton. Eakin, 1995.
Utley, Robert M. Lone Star Lawmen: The Second Century Texas Rangers. Oxford, 2007.
Walker, Donald R. Penology for Profit: A History of the Texas Prison System, 1867–1912. Texas A&M University Press, 1988.
Watson, William P. Union, Justice, and Bonnie & Clyde. Everett, 1989.
White, Richard D., Jr. Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long. Random House, 2006.
Woolley, Bryan. Mythic Texas: Essays on the State and Its People. Republic of Texas Press, 2000.
Wright, Jim. Weatherford Days. Madison, 1996.
Newspapers and Wire Services
Associated Press
“Doctor Is Sought by Clyde Barrow for Wounded Girl,” July 27, 1933.
“Prison Warden in Admission Some Truth in Reports,” May 24, 1934.
“Sheriff of Parish Tells How Barrow Drove into Trap,” May 24, 1934.
“‘Easiest Way,’ Says Blanche Barrow,” May 24, 1934.
“Aunt Not Sorry,” May 24, 1934.
Chicago Daily News
Mike Royko, “They Haven’t Seen the Movie,” March 17, 1968.
Daily News Record (Miami, Oklahoma)
———, April 8, 1934.
Dallas Dispatch
“Think Bandit and Girl in Hideout Critically Hurt,” November 24, 1933.
“Barrow Planned Jail Break; U.S. Marshal Reveals Plot for Delivery of Stevens Gang,” May 25, 1934.
“Methvin Pardoned for Putting Clyde and Bonnie on Spot,” August 14, 1934.
Dallas Morning News
“Life on the Farm Depicted by Woman,” March 15, 1920.
“Where Can ‘Greater Dallas’ Be Built,” April 4, 1920.
“United States Population Estimated at 105,000,000,” June 26, 1920.
“Railroad Will Help to Make Farms Attractive,” July 15, 1920.
“Farmers Discuss Spirit of Unrest,” August 2, 1920.
“County of Dallas Tops Census List,” September 21,
1920.
“Population of Precincts and Towns in County,” September 24, 1920.
“Expect to Complete City Directory in Ten Days,” November 10, 1920.
“5,379 Farms in Dallas County,” September 10, 1921.
“Texas a Tenant State,” November 2, 1921.
“Farm Tenantry in Texas Increasing,” March 5, 1922.
“Auto Stealing is now an industry,” April 9, 1922.
“Motorists’ Own Carelessness Cause of Many Robberies,” April 30, 1922.
“Eugene O’Brien is Star in Film at Jefferson,” June 11, 1922.
“Eugene O’Brien Is Star of Film at the Jefferson,” January 15, 1924.
“Ever Had Your Automobile Stolen?” January 11, 1925.
“Automobiles Make New Problems for Police Departments to Solve,” March 8, 1925.
“Talking Movies Have Reached Practical Stage and Will Be on Exhibition Here This Week,” February 14, 1926.
“Two Face Charges of Robbing Houston Bank,” March 19, 1926.
“Gets 15-year Sentence for Robbery of Bank,” June 7, 1926.
“35 Convicts Escape from Prison Farm,” June 23, 1927.
“Ed Crowder Is Taken,” June 25, 1927.
“Seventieth of Cars Licensed with Third of Legal Time Gone,” December 9, 1928.
“Break Out of ‘Solitary’ Two Still in Prison,” May 8, 1929.
“Convict Flees Solitary Cell,” May 7, 1929.
“Texas Led Road Building in 1928,” September 16, 1929.
“New Questions Come to Fore on Prison Tour,” January 27, 1930.
“Jail Breaker to Lose His Concurrent Terms,” March 13, 1930.
“Three Waco Fugitives Are Captured in Ohio,” March 19, 1930.
“Three Who Escaped Jail at Waco are Returned,” March 23, 1930.
“Two Deny Part in Slaying of Gouge,” March 26, 1930.
“Cities’ Growth Main Interest Census Gives,” April 6, 1930.
“Eight Convicts Tear Up Floor and Flee Farm,” April 10, 1930.
“Population in Greater Dallas Up to 308,000,” May 7, 1930.
“Road Building Progress for State Notable,” May 17, 1930.
“Prison Lands Flooded,” June 1, 1930.
“Census Shows Roads’ Traffic in Texas Heavy,” September 4, 1930.
“Citizens Slow Securing Seals,” January 4, 1931.
“Decline Shown in Employment in Texas,” March 8, 1931.
“Convict Killed in Knife Battle on State Farm,” October 31, 1931.
“Blowing Soap Bubbles Is Aid in Trying for Rosebud Mouth,” November 7, 1931.
“No Idle Hands Seen in State’s Prison System,” November 12, 1931.
“Scalley Is No-Billed,” November 21, 1931.
“Back-to-Farm Move Advised for Negroes,” February 16, 1932.
“Victim in Holdup Killed by Bandits,” May 1, 1932.
“Police Hold Two For Questioning in Bucher Death,” May 2, 1932.
“Affray at Rural Dance Kills One, Another Wounded,” August 7, 1932.
“Three Suspects, Wharton Police Stage Gun Fight,” August 16, 1932.
“Clerk in Grocery, Protesting Holdup, Is Slain by Bandit,” October 12, 1932.
“Identity of Hijacker Who Shot Sherman Man Believed to Be Known,” October 13, 1932.
“Women Relatives of Outlaws Grilled as Slayers of Deputy Sheriff Escape,” January 8, 1933.
“Crime Trail of Youthful Band Reaches Across All Southwest,” January 8, 1933.
“Throng of Friends Attend Funeral of Deputy Slain Here,” January 9, 1933.
“Revive Temple Murder Inquiry,” January 9, 1933.
“Third Woman Arrested as Outlaw Accomplice in Search for Killers,” January 9, 1933.
“Tip-offs Many in Killer Hunt,” January 10, 1933.
“Tough Two-Gun Girl with Desperadoes Who Killed Davis,” January 13, 1933.
“2nd Week’s Chase Pursuing Slayers with Few Results,” January 15, 1933.
“Killer Suspect Gives Up with Iron-Clad Alibi,” January 19, 1933.
“Pretty Boy Is New Suspect in Killing; Jesse James Next?” January 20, 1933.
“Bad Boy Hamilton Sure of His Neck in Trials in Dallas,” January 22, 1933.
“Sheriff Dies in Gun Fight With Bandits,” January 24, 1933.
“Convicted of Two Hijackings, Hamilton Assessed 55 Years,” January 26, 1933.
“Slayers at Rhome Kill Third Officer Inside of Month,” January 28, 1933.
“Registered Mail Pouches Stolen in Fort Worth Holdup,” February 22, 1933.
“Mail Holdup Loss Remains Mystery to Outside World,” February 23, 1933.
“Postal Inspectors Follow Clues That Get Them Nowhere,” February 24, 1933.
“Postal Bandits Thought Hiding Near Fort Worth,” February 25, 1933.
“Jury Fails to Agree on Hamilton Verdict,” March 18, 1933.
“Automobile Driver License Is Favored,” March 18, 1933.
“Raymond Hamilton Jury Still Unable to Agree,” March 19, 1933.
“Hamilton Jury Fails to Agree; Discharged,” March 21, 1933.
“Five Get Pardons and One Paroled,” March 24, 1933.
“Mother Hugs Belief Her Boys Not Killers as Older Sons Hunted,” April 15, 1933.
“Former Owner of Killers’ Car Says Sold It to Buck Barrow Week After Received Pardon,” April 16, 1933.
“Searchers for Barrow Brothers Meet with Keen Disappointment,” April 18, 1933.
“Notorious Pair Reported Seen in Local Haunts,” April 29, 1933.
“Hillsboro Witness Kidnapped and Tied with Barbed Wire,” May 31, 1933.
“Raymond Hamilton Convicted,” June 3, 1933.
“Waco Man Charged with Temple Murder in 1932,” June 11, 1933.
“Barrow Boys Take Two Officers Captive After Car Crashes,” June 12, 1933.
“Alleged Slayers of Missing Men Held as Robbers,” July 11, 1933.
“Cache of Drugs Found in Search for Missing Men,” July 12, 1933.
“Wire-Bound Bodies of Missing Trio Found,” July 13, 1933.
“Stains on Murder Car Human Blood, Chemist Declares,” July 15, 1933.
“Triple Murder Case Comes Up Tomorrow,” July 19, 1933.
“Barrow Brothers Both Set Free by Texas Executives,” July 23, 1933.
“Buck Barrow Dying After Battle but Clyde and Companions Flee,” July 25, 1933.
“He’s My Boy, Sobs Barrow’s Mother; I Want to See Him,” July 25, 1933.
“Wounded Barrow Admits Shooting Arkansas Officer,” July 26, 1933.
“Mother at Bedside as Buck Barrow’s Death Seems Near,” July 27, 1933.
“Buck Barrow Dies of Bullet Wounds in Iowa Hospital,” July 30, 1933.
“Buck Barrow Burial to Be Held Monday,” July 31, 1933.
“Quiet Funeral Marks Finish to Barrow’s Career of Crime,” August 1, 1933.
“Barrow’s Bond Set at $1,500,” August 30, 1933.
“Barrow Reported with Companions Coming to Dallas,” September 4, 1933.
“First Triple Murder Case to Open Monday,” October 16, 1933.
“Clyde Barrow and His Wife, Wounded, Evade Trap, Flee in Hail of Bullets and Hold Up and Injure Two Autoists,” November 23, 1933.
“Shaking with Fear, Prisoner Tells of More Barrow Killings,” November 26, 1933.
“Barrow Again on Move, Say Three Reports,” November 27, 1933.
“Barrow’s Career of Past Is Told, Not Whereabouts,” November 28, 1933.
“O. D. Stevens Admits Guilt in Narcotics Case,” December 13, 1933.
“Prisoners Maim Selves to Get Away from Farm,” December 17, 1933.
“Barrow’s Companion Indicted in Slaying,” December 19, 1933.
“Police Get Thrill Chasing Barrow Back into Texas,” December 21, 1933.
“Effort to Free Leader of Gang Is Frustrated,” January 14, 1934.
“Clyde Barrow, in Desperate Raid, Frees 5 from Prison Farm,” January 17
, 1934.
“Bonnie There, Also; Desperado’s Light of Love Keeps Horn Blowing During Fusillade,” January 17, 1934.
“Prison Officials, Warned of Hamilton’s Escape Plot, Ridiculed It, Dallas Men Say,” January 18, 1934.
“The Eastham Raid,” January 18, 1934 (editorial).
“Barrow’s Bandit Gang Accused in Hugo Hijacking,” January 19, 1934.
“Simmons Fires Three Guards at Eastham Prison,” January 22, 1934.
“State Will Offer $1,000 for Barrow,” February 10, 1934.
“First of Triple Murder Suspects Is Given Death,” February 25, 1934.
“Bank Bandits, Thought to Be Barrow and Hamilton, Get $4,138 and Escape,” February 28, 1934.
“Deputies to Quiz Arrested Pair on Lancaster Holdup,” March, 1, 1934.
“Not Guilty Pleas Offered in T&P Mail Robbery,” March 4, 1934.
“Freed by Barrow, Recaptured Lifer Again Breaks Jail,” March 24, 1934.
“Fort Worth Mail Robbery Case Set for Trial Monday,” March 25, 1934.
“Stevens Denies He Participated in Mail Robbery,” April 1, 1934.
“Robber Locks Seven in Vault, Gets $1,865 Then Kidnaps Woman,” April 1, 1934.
“Witness Tells of Seeing State Highway Police Killed in Cold Blood,” April 2, 1934.
“Shoot First, Cops Told in Killer Hunt,” April 2, 1934.
“Highway Patrol Is Mobilized in Hunt for Barrow,” April 4, 1934.
“Convict Killed for Vengeance; Rat, Says Note,” April 4, 1934.
“Highways Combed; Radio Stations Repeatedly Broadcast Number of Clyde’s Car,” April 7, 1934.
“Mail Robber Trio Gets 27 Years Each Plus Heavy Fines,” April 8, 1934.
“‘Never Killed,’ Says Hamilton to Governor,” April 9, 1934.
“Hamilton Parts Ways with Barrow, He Writes Lawyer, Remitting $100,” April 9, 1934.
“Mail Robber, Escape Foiled, Now in Chains,” April 27, 1934.
“Ray Hamilton’s Girl Brought to Dallas; Does Not See Him,” April 27, 1934.
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