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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