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by Barrow, Blanche Caldwell


  Barrow, Nell (Blanche’s sister-in-law). See Cowan, Nell Barrow

  Barrow brothers, 108. See also Barrow, Clyde Chestnut; Barrow, Marvin Ivan “Buck”

  Barrow filling station. See Star Service Station

  Barrow gang, 89, 105, 137, 150, 212, 215, 246n.42, 248n.13; the Bloody, 56; Little Sioux River, camped on the, 271n.13; Mexico, Mo. robbery and Columbia, Mo. murders, suspected of the, 264–65n.10, 268n.14; Mississippi, camped in, 250n.6, 259n.14; suspected of other crimes, 268n.14. See also Barrow, Blanche Caldwell; Barrow, Clyde Chestnut; Barrow, Marvin Ivan “Buck”; Jones, W. D. (William Daniel “Dub”, “Deacon”); Parker, Bonnie Elizabeth

  Barrow-Parker harboring trial, 164, 291n.8; female defendants, 145

  Basden, John: Barrow-Parker harboring trial, defendant in, 291n.8;

  Bash, Tom, 274n.24, 276n.37

  Baton Rouge, La., 167

  Baxter, William J., 273n.20, 274n.24, 275n.29, 276n.34, 278n.44, 279n.1

  Beatles, the, 180

  Beatty, Warren, 179, 180, 181

  Beaty, Carl, 37, 239n.6

  Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (popular song), 156, 156

  Beltline Road, Dallas, Tex., 178, 183

  Bennett, Constance, 36

  Benny Goodman orchestra, 156

  Benton, Robert, 180

  Bernaka, Olga, 252n.13

  Bernstein, Louis, 274n.25

  Biffle, Kent, 194

  Biffle, Suzanne, 194

  Biggs, Herman H., 242n.21

  Black Lake Bayou, La., 248n.15

  Black Thursday (October 29, 1929), 6, 228n.3

  Black Tuesday (October 24, 1929), 6, 228n.3

  Bleigh, Hubert (“Herbert Blythe”), 149–50, 289n.6

  Bloch, Robert, 180

  Blohm, Wilma: description of Clyde, 283n.13

  Blohm’s Grocery, Café, and Meat Market, Dexter, Iowa, 282nn.9,10, 283n.13

  Bokchito, Okla., 89, 261–62n.1. See also First State Bank, Bokchito, Okla.

  Bonnie and Clyde. See Barrow, Clyde Chestnut; Parker, Bonnie Elizabeth

  Bonnie and Clyde (motion picture), 179–83, 181; and historical inaccuracy, 183

  Bonnie Parker Story, the (motion picture), 179

  Bonus Expeditionary Force, the, 15

  Boone County, Mo., 264–65n.10

  Boothe, Ben, 264–65n.10, 268n.14

  Borden, George, 275n.29

  Boyd, Percy, 223

  Bozeman, Olin (Olan), 218–19

  Bradberry, Fred, 212–13

  Breen, Emmett, 273n.20

  Bridgeman, R. B., 150, 289nn.1,2, 291n.2

  Bridges Street (222), Dallas, Tex., 174, 176

  Broken Bow, Nebr., 290n.6

  Bronaugh, Frank E., 168, 169

  Brown, Joe, 268n.14

  Browning automatic rifle, 219, 242–43nn.25,26,30, 276n.36, 278n.43, 279n.1, 290n.6

  Brunswick, Ga., 7, 86, 259n.3

  Bucher, John n., 17, 65, 88; murder of, 208–209; Raymond Hamilton convicted of murder of, 211

  Bucher, Mrs. John n., 208

  Buddy Can You Spare a Dime? (popular song), 14

  Bullock, Bobby, 219

  Burger, Evan, 283n.17

  Burke, Homer, 248n.14

  Burrell, Cleve, 279n.3

  Bybee, Hilton, 219; Barrow-Parker harboring trial, defendant in, 291n.8

  Caldwell, Blanche. See Barrow, Blanche Caldwell

  Caldwell, Jay, 261n.10

  Caldwell, Matthew Fountain (Blanche’s father), 18, 56, 91, 143, 147, 155, 161, 168, 168, 175, 225nn.1,2, 234n.22; Blanche, living with, 172; Blanche and Buck as fugitives, visiting with, 89–91, 261n.10; Blanche’s parole, working on, 165; death of, 173; health, 234n.21; as preacher, 173

  Caledonia, Iowa, 281n.6

  Calhoun Ferry Road, Houston County, Tex.: and Eastham raid, 219

  California, 157

  Callahan, J. W., 241n.12

  Callaway, Blanche Caldwell. See Barrow, Blanche Caldwell

  Callaway, John (Blanche’s first husband), 8, 149, 160; Blanche’s dislike of, 226n.3, 292n.2, 293n.24

  Camp, the (underworld hideout), Caddo Parish, La., 248–49n.15

  Campbell, Calvin Cal: murder of, 222–23, 290n.6

  Campbell, Jim, 223

  Campfire Girls, 166

  Campisi’s Egyptian Restaurant, Dallas, Tex., 191

  Canada, 88, 112

  Canadian, Tex., 96, 264nn.7, 8

  Canadian River, Collingsworth County, Tex., 96

  C & T Grocery, McKinney, Tex., 269n.4

  Cantrell, Tom, 189

  Cantrell’s Café, Dallas, Tex., 189

  Capone, Al, 167

  Cartwright, Alonzo, 262–63n.2

  Cartwright, Gladys, 262–63n.2

  Castor, Ed, 212

  Cedar Creek Lake, Kaufman and Henderson Counties, Tex., 184, 191

  Cedar Hill, Tex., 265n.3

  Cermak, Anton, 17

  Chambless, Joe: Barrow-Parker harboring trial, defendant in, 291n.8

  Chambless, Odell: Johnson murder, accused of, 212

  Chapler-Osborn Clinic, Dexter, Iowa, 287n.31, 288n.2

  Chapman, Alba, 160

  Chapman family, the, 248n.15

  Chase, Pat, 283n.17

  Checotah, Okla., 38

  Chevrolet automobiles, 212, 271n.13

  Chicago, Ill., 89, 155, 252n.13

  Chicago World’s Fair 1933, 65

  China: war with Japan, 16, 17, 65, 167–68

  Chinn, Tom, 280n.3

  Chinn, Winnie, 280n.3

  Christian Church, Lucerne, Ind., 251–52nn.9, 11–12

  Christmas, 8, 89, 155, 160, 194, 211, 234n.22

  Churchley, Pearl, 228n.8

  Cincinnati, Ohio, 158

  Cinderella Beauty Shoppe, 14, 17, 18, 164, 233n.12, 234n.22, 246n.40, 291n.2

  Circle Grill, Mesquite, Tex., 189

  Clause, Frank, 228–30n.10

  Cleveland, Ohio, 158

  Clevenger, Ann Tatman: Blanche, observations of, 289n.3

  Clevenger, David R., 140, 141, 142, 150, 246n.40, 274n.24, 275n.29, 289nn.1,3, 291n.2; Blanche, letter from, 290n.5

  Cockriel (Cockrell) Road, Platte County, Mo., 279n.3

  Coffey, Bessie May Cannon, 292n.2

  Coffey, Clarence, 150, 151, 274n.24, 288n.4, 292n.2

  Coffey, Holt, 116, 140, 141, 143, 144, 149, 151, 155, 166, 167; Blanche, interrogating, 288n.4; Red Crown battle plans, 273n.20, 274n.24, 275nn.28, 29; Red Crown shootout, 276n.34, 276n.38, 277n.39, 278n.44, 289n.2, 292n.2

  Colbert, Claudette, 242n.17

  Cole County, Mo., 167

  Colorado, 107

  Columbia, Mo., 89; murders nearby, Barrow brothers and Pretty Boy Floyd suspected of, 264–65n.10; murders nearby, McKeever hanged for, 264–65n.10

  Commerce, Okla., 222–23

  Commerce, Tex., 73, 250n.6, 252nn.11,13, 253n.17, 257n.8

  Commerce Street, Dallas, Tex., 5

  Coolidge, Calvin, 65

  Cooper, Gary, 14

  Cooper, Tex., 7, 73, 78

  Corry, George, 262–63n.2; debate over killing, 263nn.3, 5

  County Avenue (507), Dallas County, Tex., 212–14

  Cowan, Luther, 230n.12; background, 256n.6

  Cowan, Nell Barrow, 77, 190; Blanche, refusing to help, 76, 77; Clyde living with, 230n.12; and Fugitives, 165, 253n.19, 257n.8, 258–59n.14; Grove Hill, buried at, 195; visiting Clyde in prison, 13

  Cox, William, 236–37n.31

  Crawford, Kermit “Curley”, 275–76nn.30,32, 277n.39, 278n.50, 281n.5

  Crosby, Bing, 14

  Crowder, Ed: killed by Clyde Barrow, 206–207

  Crowson, Major Joseph: murder of, 217–19; Palmer’s reason for murdering, 220

  Cumberland, Ga., 83; confusion about, 259n.3

  Cumberland Island, Ga., 259n.3

  Czechoslovakia, 167

  Dairyman’s revolt, 16

  Dallas, Tex., 5, 7, 16, 17, 20, 22, 36, 37, 38, 64, 65, 70, 75, 76, 80, 87, 88, 89, 93, 94, 97, 98, 158, 164, 165, 191, 193, 209
, 213, 222, 247n.4; and Barrow-Parker harboring trial, 164, 189; and Blanche after prison, 169, 170, 172–76; Blanche’s bus trip to, 72–74; Bonnie and Clyde, production of, 180–83; Grapevine shootings, 188; and Hall murder investigation, 210–11; and population increase (1920–29), 6, 228n.5

  Dallas County, 174, 178

  Dallas County District Clerk, 191, 194

  Dallas County sheriff’s department, 16; and the Malcolm Davis murder, 212–14

  Dallas Police Department: corruption, 233–34n.18, 240n.6; telephone wiretap of Barrows, Parkers, and others, 256–57n.7

  Darby, H. Dillard, 247–48nn.5,8,10, 249n.17

  Davis, Alice, 169, 237n.33, 256n.5; Barrow-Parker harboring trial, defendant in, 291n.8

  Davis, Betty, 157

  Davis, Malcolm, 164; murder of, 212–14, 235n.25

  Davis, Steve: Barrow-Parker harboring trial, defendant in, 291n.8

  Dawson, Tex., 169

  Dearborn, Mich., 15

  DeGraff, Tom, 214–15, 244–45nn.35, 36

  Democratic Party, 16

  Denison, Tex., 7, 17, 20; and the Cinderella Beauty Shoppe, 14, 107, 164, 234n.22, 246n.40

  Dennis, Hazel, 266n.4

  Denton, Tex., 228–30n.10

  Denton County sheriff’s department: raid of Clyde Barrow’s hideout, 208

  Department of Justice Bureau of Criminal Investigation. See U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Criminal Investigation

  Des Moines, Iowa, 138, 288n.3

  Dexfield Park, Iowa, 7, 124, 126, 131, 164, 192, 243n.26; Barrow gang camped in, 282–83nn.8–16; history of, 282n.8; posse’s pursuit in, 285n.22, 286n.26, 287n.30, 290n.6; shootout near, 283–85nn.17–20

  Dexter, Iowa, 105, 124, 243n.26; description of, 282n.10

  Dillinger, John, 167, 295n.36

  Dillingham, Homer, 294n.28

  Disneyland, 178

  Dougherty Drug Store, Dallas, Tex.: and LC Barrow, 294n.28

  Drake, John, 130

  Dubach, La., 248n.13

  Dunaway, Faye, 180

  Durant, Okla., 104, 106, 172, 261n.11

  Durant Street, Dallas, Tex., 173

  Dyer, Ross, 37

  Eagle Ford Road, Dallas County, Tex., 213

  Earhart, Amelia, 105, 167

  East Dove Road, Tarrant County, Tex., 187, 222

  Easter Sunday 1934, 187–88, 221–22

  Eastes, Clyde O., 291n.8

  Eastham prison farm, Tex., 7, 232n.21, 236n.29; Blanche’s visits to, 236n.30; brutality at, 231–32n.18, 271–72n.14; camp 1 and camp 2, 206; and Clyde Barrow, 11, 12, 13, 13, 14, 27; Clyde Barrow’s raid of, 217–19, 290n.6, 295n.39; Ed Crowder at, murder of, 206–207; history and description of, 231n.18; Osborne Association condemnation of, 236–37n.31; Thornton killed at, 266n.3

  East Jacksonville, Fla., 260n.6

  East Texas, 163, 221, 235n.25, 246n.42

  Edgerton Junction, Platte County, Mo., 280n.3, 281n.5

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 15

  El Dorado, Ark., 248n.13

  Ellington, Duke, 37, 293n.15

  Ellis, L. A., 274n.24, 275n.29, 279n.1

  Elman, Ziggy, 156

  Elm Street, Dallas, Tex., 5

  Enid, Okla., 107, 269n.7

  Erick, Okla., 7, 94

  Ethiopia, 167

  Evans, W. T., 212–13

  Everly, Iowa, 255n.22

  Fairbanks, Douglas, 105

  Fairbury, Nebr., 37

  Fair Park, Dallas, Tex., 190, 233n.17

  Fairris, Maggie, 212–13

  Farewell to Arms, A (film), 14

  Farm Currency Act, 65

  Farmers and Merchants Bank, Mexico, Mo., 89; robbery of, Barrow brothers and Pretty Boy Floyd suspected of, 264–65n.10

  Farmer’s Holiday Association, 16

  Farmer’s Lane, Platte County, Mo., 278n.1, 279n.3

  Fayetteville, Ark., 101, 216, 267n.13

  Federal Bureau of Investigation, 149. See also U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Criminal Investigation

  Federal Square Grill, 175

  Ferguson, Miriam A., 16, 291n.2; pardon for Henry Methvin signed by, 188

  Ferguson prison farm, Tex., 7, 161–62, 232n.20, 235n.29

  Fernandina Beach, Fla., 259n.3

  Ferris, Tex., 294n.25

  Fields, Julian, 282n.7

  Fields, Stamford, 157

  First National Bank, Clinton, Okla., 288n.5

  First National Bank of Fairbury, Nebr., 37

  First State Bank, Bokchito, Okla.: perhaps robbed by Buck and Blanche, 261–62n.1, 264n.9

  First State Bank, Okabena, Minn., 64, 68, 69, 259n.1; amount stolen, 254n.22, 255n.24; confusion with Lucerne, 251–52n.11, 253nn.17, 19, 258–59n.14; robbery of, 253–54nn.17,19,21,22, 256n.1

  Fischer, Byron, 275n.29

  Flirtation Walk (popular song), 156

  Florida, 17, 80, 89

  Floyd, Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy”, 78, 167, 241nn.12,16, 248n.15, 295n.36; Mexico, Mo. robbery and Columbia, Mo. murders, suspected of, 261n.6, 264–65n.10; Ruston abduction, cleared of, 249n.17; Ruston abduction, identified incorrectly at, 249n.17

  Fonda, Henry, 179

  Forbes, Loren, 287n.29

  Ford, Henry, 6

  Ford Motor Company: automobiles and the Barrow gang, 37, 38, 48, 56, 60, 66, 70, 76, 89, 92, 93, 187, 222, 241–42n.16, 244n.33, 246n.42, 250nn.8,9, 255n.23, 261n.1, 268n.14, 271n.13, 279n.3; automobiles and Blanche, 192, 251n.14; River Rouge plant, Dearborn, Mich., 15

  Fore, Wright, 252n.15

  Forest Avenue (3218, 3210), Dallas, Tex., 233n.17

  Forrester, Jim, 298n.75

  Fort Dodge, Iowa, 7, 271n.13

  Fort Scott, Kans., 223

  Fort Smith, Ark., 7, 72, 97, 102, 106, 107, 108, 109; Barrow visit to, 98, 265–68nn.3–16, 266n.5, 270n.12

  Fortune, Jan I., 165; Fugitives used to help Blanche, 291n.2; Harry McCormick, criticism from, 271n.12; and problems with Fugitives, 253n.19, 258–59n.14

  Fort Worth, Tex., 221, 255n.22

  Fort Worth Avenue, Dallas, Tex., 195

  Fort Worth Highway, Hillsboro, Tex., 208

  Fourth of July, 1933, 106, 141–42

  Francis, Joe, 161; Barrow-Parker harboring trial, defendant in, 291n.8

  Francis, Marie Barrow. See Barrow, Marie

  Franco, Francisco, 168

  Frasure, Blanche. See Barrow, Blanche Caldwell

  Frasure, Edwin Bert (Blanche’s third husband), 158, 171, 184, 296nn.40, 50; Blanche, marriage to 169–72, 173–79, 178; and Browning automatic rifle, 172; Buck Barrow, compared to, 170; career, 178; death of, 183; as musician, 174; pet name “Daddy,” 172; WWII, service during, 172–73

  Frederickson, Sam, 254n.21

  Freeman, Paul, 240n.12

  Freeman Grove addition, Joplin, Mo., 42

  French, J.B., 219

  French New Wave, the, 180

  Frisco railroad trestle, Ft. Smith, Ark., 270n.12

  Fritz, Will, 240n.6

  Frushour, Ed, 250–51nn.7, 9

  Fugitives (Fortune), 165, 246n.40; Blanche, used to help, 291n.2; problems with, 253n.19, 257n.8, 258–59n.14, 271n.12

  Fults, Ralph Smith, 33, 163, 163, 232nn.9,21, 234n.22, 255n.23; birth, background, and Barrow connection, 238n.39; Blanche’s memories of, 193; Bonnie and Clyde ambush, on the fiftieth anniversary of, 193; Clyde, prison transformation of, 238n.38; Clyde and drinking, 258n.11; Clyde’s statement to Cumie, 238n.37; Eastham, plan to raid, 14, 32, 206–207, 208, 236n.29; Grove Hill, buried at, 195; Kaufman County shootout, 32, 185, 239n.39; Mississippi, robbery in, 193–94; robberies of, 253n.17, 255n.22; Ted Rogers, confession of, 208–209

  Gable, Clark, 14, 157

  Gardner, Al, 130

  Garvin, Okla., 168, 295n.38

  Gatty, Harold, 6

  General Motors, 166

  George L. Dahl Architects and Engineers, 178

  Germany, 65, 167, 168

  Gesell, Harold, 130

  Gesell, Jake, 130

  Giggal, Fred,
222

  Giggal, Mary, 222

  Girard, Kans., 242n.18

  Gladewater, Tex., 189, 220

  Glass-Steagall banking reform bill, 88

  Glaze, Homer, 210–11

  Godard, Jean Luc, 180

  Goodwater, Okla., 89

  Grammar, W. E., 214, 244–45nn.35, 36

  Grand Rapids, Mich., 175

  Granger, Farley, 179

  Grapevine, Tex., 187, 222; and Malcolm Davis, 212

  Gray, Jack, 89, 252n.13

  Gray, Josephine, 252n.13

  Great Bend, Kans., 269n.7

  Great Depression, the, 6, 16, 165, 166, 196, 209, 216, 234n.22, 244n.35, 254n.22; and Dexfield Park, 282n.8; people helping others during, 261n.12

  Great Plains, 167, 178

  Great War, the, 5; and the American psyche, 5. See also World War I

  Greenland, 105

  Greenville, Tex., 220

  Gregg, Everett, 250nn.7, 9

  Griffith, Bill, 157, 293n.19

  Grove Hill Cemetery, Dallas, Tex., 195

  Gun Crazy (motion picture), 179

  Hackman, Gene, 180, 181

  Hale, Hollis, 105, 163, 242n.16, 261n.5

  Hale, Leon: saxophone teacher of Clyde Barrow, 190, 230n.12; Clyde living with, 230n.12; Nell Barrow, divorced from, 256n.6

  Hall, Howard: murder, 210–11, 212

  Hamer, Frank, 189; Bonnie and Clyde, (1967 film), portrayal in, 183; and Clyde Barrow, observations of, 242n.24, 247n.4, 269n.6; and Texas Banker’s Association, 255n.22

  Hamilton, Floyd, 169; Barrow-Parker harboring trial, defendant in, 291n.8, 295–96n.39; fate of, 295–96n.39; Grapevine shootings, accused of, 188; Mary O’Dare, dislike of, 297n.63; Raymond’s misgivings about Moore’s murder, 210

  Hamilton, Mildred: Barrow-Parker harboring trial, defendant in, 291n.8

  Hamilton, Raymond, 17, 28, 37, 163, 163, 169, 188; ambivalence toward, 237n.33; Blanche and Buck, 232n.19, 235n.29; Bucher murder, falsely accused of, 209; Clyde Barrow, letter from, 234n.20; Clyde Barrow, working with, 235–36n.29; death house, escape from, 295n.39; Eastham, escape from, 217–19, 290n.6; Eastham, plan to raid, 27–28, 30; fate of, 295n.38; Hillsboro, crime and trials in, 65, 88–89, 211, 236n.29; Mary O’Dare, romance with, 181–82; Mississippi, robbery in, 193–94; murders, 209–10; robberies of, 209, 212, 222, 253n.17, 254n.22; sentences of, 261n.4

  Happy, Tex., 268n.14

  Happy Days Are Here Again (popular song), 293n.15

  Hard Day’s Night, A (motion picture), 180

  Hardy, Frank, 89, 105, 163, 242n.16; Johnson murder, accused of, 212; letter from Clyde Barrow about, 261n.5

 

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