My Life with Bonnie and Clyde

by Barrow, Blanche Caldwell

Hardy, Paul, 262–63n.2; debate over killing, 263nn.3, 5

  Harley-Davidson motorcycles, 221

  Harlow, Jean, 14, 157

  Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Tex., 189

  Harryman, Wes, 53, 150, 249n.17; murder of, 214–15, 244–45nn.35, 36

  Harwood Street, Dallas, Tex., 5

  Headrick, Okla., 18

  Heneger, Margaret, 228n.8

  Hico, La., 247n.8

  Highfill, George, 275n.29, 276n.37, 277n.42, 278n.44

  Highland Park, Tex., 257n.7

  Highland Park High School band, 5

  Highway B, Platte County, Mo., 280n.3

  Highway 114, Tarrant County, Tex., 187, 222

  Hill, Betty Sue (Blanche’s niece), 294n.25

  Hill, Harold, 242n.23

  Hill, John (Blanche’s brother-in-law), 294n.25

  Hill, Lucinda Marcum (Blanche’s half-sister), 161, 162, 168, 293–94n.25

  Hill County, Tex., 65

  Hill County jail, Hillsboro, Tex., 236n.29

  Hillsboro, Tex., 17, 65, 88; Bucher murder, 208–209; Hamilton held in, 236n.29

  Hindenburg, Paul von, 167

  Hindenburg, the 167

  Hinton, Ted, 183

  Hird, Fred, 130

  Hitchcock, Alfred, 180

  Hitler, Adolph, 17, 36, 167

  Hollywood, Calif., 105

  Home Bank of Grapevine, Grapevine, Tex., 212

  Hoover, Ellsworth, 250n.8

  Hoover, Herbert H., 6; anti-Hoover sentiment, 8, 14–15; and Bonus March, 15

  Hoover, J. Edgar, 89, 149; Blanche, interrogating, 289n.6

  Hoover, Mo., 279–80n.3, 281n.5

  “Hoover blankets”, 8

  “Hoover flags”, 8

  “Hoover hogs”, 8

  Hoover-Ridgeley Road, Platte County, Mo., 279n.2, 280n.3

  “Hoovervilles,” 8

  Hope, Ark., 7, 63, 248nn.13, 14

  Horton, Lillian Bell Pond (Blanche’s mother), 18, 24, 160, 165, 225nn.1,2, 256n.5, 293n.22; Blanche, conflicts with, 3, 161–62, 171–72; Blanche, prison visit to, 291n.1; drinking, 239–40n.42; surnames, other, 225n.3

  Horton, Reg (Blanche’s step-father), 24; drinking, 239–40n.42

  Houser, Neal, 273n.19, 275n.28

  House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), 166

  Houston, Tex., 19, 233n.16; crimes of Clyde and Buck, confusion between 228–30n.10; and Ed Crowder, 206; W. D. Jones, arrested near, 212

  Houston Press, the, 220

  Houston Street Viaduct, Dallas, Tex., 235n.25

  Howard, Stanley P., 145, 151

  Hugo, Okla., 89, 91, 92, 93

  Hulett, Tom, 140, 275n.29

  Humphrey, H. D., 108, 109, 269n.8; murder of, 215–16, 267–68nn.12,13, 268n.15, 270n.12; weapon recovered, 279n.1

  Humphrey, Vernon, 216

  “Hundred Days,” 16, 166

  Hunter, Homer, 252n.12

  Huntsville, Tex., 8, 20, 163, 208, 217, 219

  Idabel, Okla., 7, 8, 91, 261n.11

  Illinois, 59, 65, 107

  Indiana, 64, 107

  Iowa, 59, 107, 150, 290n.6; milk dumped in, 16, 280n.3

  Italy, 167

  Itasca Road, Hillsboro, Tex., 208

  It’s Only a Paper Moon (popular song), 293n.15

  Ivy, Polk, 188; Grapevine shootings, 221–22

  Jackson County, Mo., 274n.24, 278n.42

  Jacksonville, Fla., 7, 8, 83, 259n.3

  Japan: Pearl Harbor, attack on, 172; Philippines, attack on, 232n.4; war with China, 16, 17, 65, 167–68

  Jefferson City, Mo., 7, 151, 152

  Jimmy Durante Show, the (radio program), 36

  Job, Clara (“Aunt Clara”), 152

  Job, William (“Uncle Billy”), 152

  Johns, Joe, 237n.32

  Johnson, Doyle, 89, 235n.25; Clyde Barrow and W. D. Jones murder of, 211–12

  Johnson, Mr. (Joplin motor court attendant), 40

  Jones, Ethel, 251–52nn.9, 12

  Jones, Freddie, 157–60, 161, 293n.22

  Jones, R. M., 254n.21

  Jones, W. D. (William Daniel “Dub”, “Deacon”), 24, 25, 26, 29, 31, 60, 65, 70, 72, 76, 80, 87, 93, 94, 107, 154, 193, 255n.23; accused of rape, 109–10, 270–71n.12; Alma shooting, flight from, 270–71n.12; bank robbery, thoughts on, 254n.22; Barrow-Parker harboring trial, defendant in, 146, 164, 291n.8; Billie Parker, romance with, 106; birth, background, and Barrow connection, 235n.25; Blanche, memories of, 239n.40; Bonnie, poised to shoot and kill, 285n.21; Bonnie and Clyde fighting, 266n.8; Buck, mistaken for, 263n.2; Clyde, observations about, 239n.40, 243n.28, 257–58n.11; Clyde, rejoins, 261n.1; cooking and food, 40, 111, 112, 128, 129, 240n.9; Dexfield Park, camped in, 124–129, 282–83nn.8–16; Dexfield Park, flight from, 285nn.21,22, 286n.26, 290n.6; Dexfield Park shootout 129, 283–85nn.17–20; drinking, 111, 112; Fort Smith, hiding in, 98–104, 268n.16; Houston, arrested near, 212; humor, 269–70n.9; Jack Sherman, known as, 276n.32; Johnson, murder of, 261n.5; Joplin, trip to, 37–40; Joplin apartment, 42–56, 43; Joplin shootout, 50–56, 243n.31, 244–45nn.35, 36; murders, 52–54, 88, 89, 101–103, 108–109, 211–16, 235n.25, 267–68nn.12, 13; Red Crown, flight from, 122–24, 278–82nn.1–7; Red Crown cabins, 110–17, 272–75nn.18–28; Red Crown shootout, 117–21, 276–78nn.34–50; robberies of, 47–48, 101, 107, 216, 241n.16, 267n.13, 271n.13; Ruston, separated from the gang near, 61–62, 247n.5, 249n.16; Ruston abduction, 60–63; San Antonio with Barrows for Buck, trip to, 228–30n.10; and sleeping arrangements, 43, 241n.13, 283n.14; Wellington, flight from, 95–97, 249n.5, 263–64nn.3–9; Wellington accident, 262–63n.2; wounded, 36, 52, 57–58, 60, 105, 246n.43, 247n.1, 284n.18

  Joplin, Mo., 7, 29–31, 34–35, 36, 76, 90, 105, 165, 247n.4, 274n.24; Barrow garage apartment, 240–41n.12, 242n.23; Barrow garage apartment, items abandoned in, 241n.16, 244n.33; grocery store, 242n.19; shootout 37–58, 55, 150, 214–15, 244–45nn.35, 36; shootout, three men identified at, 249n.17; state lines, proximity to, 241n.12; the underworld, attractiveness to, 241n.12; and weather during and after shootout, 247n.44

  Just a Gigolo (popular song), 293n.15

  Kahler, G. B., 214, 244–45nn.35, 36

  Kansas, 59, 64, 107, 109, 110, 123

  Kansas City, Kans., 89, 139, 158; politics and crime, 272n.15

  Kansas City, Mo., 160, 281n.5

  Kansas City Massacre, the, 89, 264–65n.10, 272n.15. See also Union Station Massacre

  Kansas City Star, the, 161

  Karpis, Alvin, 241n.12, 248n.15. See also Barker-Karpis gang, the

  Kaufman, Tex., 32

  Kaufman County, Tex., 184; Alsup and Hamilton incorrectly identified in, 239n.39; shootout, 239n.39

  Kaufman County jail, Kaufman, Tex.: Bonnie Parker and Ralph Fults held in, 237n.34

  Keller, Herschell, 286n.26

  Kemp, Tex.: and Kaufman County shootout, 185, 193; Parker and Fults captured near, 239n.39

  Kentucky, 64, 107

  Kerrville, Mo., 279n.3

  Kimsey, Ellis, 281n.5

  King’s Daughter’s Hospital, Perry, Iowa, 287n.30, 289n.8

  Kitchen, Mark, 65

  Knee, Clint, 283n.17, 285n.22, 286n.26

  Knierim, Iowa, 255n.22

  Korean War, 232n.4

  Kress’s. See S. H. Kress & Co.

  Labrador, Canada, 105

  Lake Dallas, Denton County, Tex., 208, 239n.39

  Lakehurst, n.J., 167

  Lake Lewisville, Dallas and Denton Counties, Tex., 208

  Lancaster, Ohio, 158

  Lancaster, Tex., 182, 255n.22

  Lanford, Sam, 242n.23

  Lang, Fritz, 179

  Laurel, Md., 158

  Lawrence, Kans., 253n.17

  Lazia, Johnny, 272n.15

  Leavenworth prison, Leavenworth, Kans., 296n.39

  Leen, Rhea. See Linder, Rhea Leen

  Lefors, Ruth, 233n.18

  Lester, Richard, 180

  Libya, 167

  Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries (popular song), 293n.1
5

  Lincoln Parish, La., 248n.9

  Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 105

  Lindbergh, Charles, 105

  Linder, Rhea Leen, 235n.23; and Billie Parker, 184–95; and Blanche, 184–97

  Little Platte River, Platte County, Mo., 279–80nn.2, 3

  Little Sioux River, Iowa: Barrow campsite, 7, 271n.13

  L. K. Brooks residence, Ruston, La., 247n.5

  Lofton, Mark, 270n.12

  Lombard, Carole, 157

  Lone Ranger, the (radio program), 36

  Long, Bill, 191

  Long, Huey P., 167

  Long Beach, Calif., 16

  Longview, Tex., 219

  Louisiana, 36, 59, 63, 64, 87, 107, 167; Barrow gang visit to, 81–87, 247n.4; Bonnie and Clyde, ambush in, 183, 188

  Love, John, 283n.12, 283n.17, 285n.22

  Lovelady, Tex., 218

  Lovers Lane, Highland Park, Tex., 257n.7

  Loy, Myrna, 157

  Lucerne, Ind., 7, 64, 65, 243–44n.32, 250–52nn.7–13; confusion with Okabena, Minn., 249n.1, 251–52n.11, 253nn.17,19, 258–59n.14

  Lucerne State Bank, Lucerne, Ind.: attempted robbery of, 250–52nn.7–13, 253n.17, 256n.1; confusion with Okabena, Minn., 251–52n.11, 253nn.17, 19

  Lutes Cemetery Road, Platte County, Mo., 279nn.2, 279–80n.3

  MacArthur, Douglass, 15; insubordination of, 232n.4

  Mace, Billie Parker. See Parker, Billie Jean

  Mace, Bud, 265–66n.3

  Mace, Fred, 265–66n.3, 297n.71

  Magnolia, Ark., 248n.13

  March, Frederick, 242n.17

  Marmon automobile, 37, 46, 240n.6, 242n.18

  Marshall, Tex., 220, 246n.42

  Martinsville, Tex., 229n, 240n.10

  Maxwell, Charles G., 209–10

  May’s Barber Shop and Beauty Parlor, Dallas, Tex., 256n.6

  McBride, Lillian Hamilton, 212–13; Barrow-Parker harboring trial, defendant in, 291n.8

  McCann, Irene, 153

  McCormick, Harry, 220; Jan Fortune, criticism of, 271n.12

  McDaniel National Bank, Springfield, Mo., 241–42n.16

  McGinnis, Harry, 54, 150, 249n.17; murder of, 214–15, 244–45nn.35,36, 37

  McKeever, George, 264–65n.10

  McKinney, Tex., 210, 269n.4

  McNabb, Wade: murder of, 219–21; Palmer’s reason for murder of, 220

  Melba Theater, Dallas, Tex., 5

  Mellon Bridge, Platte County, Mo., 280n.3

  Mercurochrome, 124

  Mesquite, Tex., 183, 189; Blanche’s visit to Ralph Fults in, 193

  Methodist Hospital, Dallas, Tex., 214

  Methvin, Henry: Barrow-Parker harboring trial, defendant in, 291n.8; Eastham, escape from, 219; Eastham, incarcerated at, 271–72n.14; Eastham, plan to raid, 207; Grapevine shootings, 186–87, 221–23; Mary O’Dare, dislike of, 182; drinking, 223; State of Texas, pardon from, 188–89

  Mexicali Rose (popular song), 156

  Miami, Okla., 223, 243n.27

  Michigan, 175, 177, 178

  Milam County, Tex., 230n.15

  Miller, Chip, 209–10

  Miller, Joe, 280n.3

  Minden, La., 81

  Miner, Doris, 251–52nn.9, 12

  Minnesota, 88, 107, 241n.12

  Mississippi, 64, 81, 87, 107; Barrow gang camped in, 250n.6, 259n.14; Ralph Fults and Raymond Hamilton in, 193

  Missouri, 44, 59, 105, 107, 139, 141, 142, 146, 152, 154, 164, 165, 166, 247n.4

  Missouri, Department of Penal Institutions for the State of, 165

  Missouri Board of Probation and Parole, State of, 154, 160, 165, 172, 246n.40

  Missouri River, 153

  Missouri State Highway Patrol (state troopers): and Joplin shootout, 214–15, 244–45nn.35, 36; and Platte City shootout, 273n.20, 274n.24

  Missouri State Penitentiary for Women, camp one, 144, 145, 150, 151, 152, 155, 160, 168, 246n.40, 289n.6; drug use in, 153, 292n.2; weather problems at, 152

  Mobile, Ala., 7, 260n.6

  Montezuma’s Castle National Monument, n. Mex., 179

  Monzingo, Benjamin B., 218

  Moon, Arthur Borland: Billie Parker, marriage to, 183–95, 196; and Blanche, 183–95

  Moon, Billie Jean Parker. See Parker, Billie Jean

  Moore, Eugene C.: murdered, 209–10

  Moore, Sidney, 228–30n.10

  Moore’s Grocery Store, Rison, Ark., 252n.15

  Morgan, J. P., 6, 65

  Moseley, John C., 268n.14

  Mother Clark, 160

  Mother’s Day (1933), 72, 81, 249–50n.6, 252n.11, 253n.17, 256n.1; and confusion over date of family meeting, 258–59n.14

  Mountain Creek Valley, Dallas County, Tex., 265n.3

  Mt. Ayr, Iowa, 281n.6

  Mt. Vista, Van Buren, Ark., 270n.12

  Mt. Zion Road, Platte County, Mo., 280n.3

  Muckleroy, Jim, 163, 228–30n.10; harboring Buck Barrow, 240n.10

  Mullens, James: Barrow-Parker harboring trial, defendant in, 291n.8

  Mullins, Russell, 298n.75

  Murphy, H. D. (Holloway Daniel), 187–89; murder of, 221–23

  Murray, Edna, 153, 153. See also Barker-Karpis gang

  Muskogee, Okla., 34, 39, 72, 73, 78

  Muth, Billy, 5

  Myers, Charles “Slim”, 275n.32

  Nash, Frank, 37, 89

  Nashville, Tenn., 7, 16, 260n.6

  National Broadcasting Company (NBC), 5

  National Guard: armories, 46, 107

  National Seashore, 259n.3

  National Wilderness, 259n.3

  Navarro County, Tex., 169

  Navy Seabees. See U.S. Navy Seabees

  Nazi book burnings, 65

  Nebraska, 59, 64, 107

  Nelson, “Baby Face”, 295n.36

  Neosho Milling Company, Neosho, Mo., 241n.16

  Neuhoff Packing Company, Dallas, Tex., 37

  Nevada, Mo., 245n.37

  New Deal, the, 16, 165

  Newman, David, 180

  New Mexico, 59, 107, 179, 237n.32

  New Orleans, La., 158

  Newton County, Mo., 214, 244–45nn.35, 36

  New York City, n.Y., 6, 293n.20

  New York State, 236n.31

  New York Yankees (baseball team), 17

  New Zealand, 155

  “Noah’s Ark” (covered bridge), Platte County, Mo., 124, 280n.3

  Nodaway County, Mo., 152

  North Carolina, 87

  North Dakota, 166

  North St. Paul Street (2101), Dallas, Tex., 178

  North Winan Road, Platte County, Mo., 279n.3

  North Winnetka Avenue, Dallas, Tex., 212

  Norwich Pharmacal Company, 267n.11

  Oak Cliff (neighborhood), Dallas, Tex., 189, 190, 194

  Oak Ridge Drive (3347½), Joplin, Mo., 42, 55, 214, 240n.12

  O’Dare, Gene, 182

  O’Dare, Mary (“Mary Pitts”, “Mary Chambless”), 182, 297n.63; Barrow-Parker harboring trial, defendant in, 291n.8; Blanche, confused with, 181–82; Raymond Hamilton, girlfriend of, 181–82

  Ohio, 107

  Oil City, La., 248n.15

  Okabena, Minn., 7, 64; confusion with Lucerne, Ind., 249n.1, 251–52n.11, 253nn.17, 19; robbery of the First State Bank of, 253–54nn.17,19,21, 22; storms in vicinity, 253nn.17, 18

  Oklahoma, 38, 59, 87, 89, 93, 97, 107, 108, 149, 150, 161, 235n.28

  Oronogo, Mo., 105, 163, 242n.16

  Osborne Association on U.S. Prisons, 236–37n.31

  Ottawa County, Okla., 223

  Our Betters (motion picture), 36

  Over There Today (motion picture documentary), 5

  Pacific Ocean, 167, 172, 173

  Palace Theater, Dallas, Tex., 5

  Palestine, Tex., 63

  Pall Mall cigarettes, 194

  Palmer, Joe: Eastham, plan to raid, 207, 217–19; Major Crowson, murder of, 217–19; robberies of, 220; Wade McNabb, murder of, 219–21

  Pampa, Tex., 36, 264nn.7, 8

  Paper Mo
on (popular song), 37

  Parker, Billie Jean (Bonnie’s sister), 79, 98, 106, 107, 196, 235n.23; Barrow gang, departs from, 269n.5; Barrow-Parker harboring trial, defendant in, 189, 291n.8; Billie, eliminating use of the name, 189; birth and background, 265–66n.3; and Blanche, 101, 183–95; Bonnie in Fort Smith, assisting, 98–104, 266–67n.9, 268–69n.4; death of, 195; Grapevine shootings, accused of, 186–89; Grove Hill, buried at, 195; jobs, difficulty finding, 297n.71; Moon, marriage to, 184–95; surveillance of, 191; W. D. Jones, romance with, 106; working, 189

  Parker, Bonnie Elizabeth, 13, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 76, 79, 94, 106, 127, 149, 150, 154, 162, 167, 177, 248–49n.15, 253n.19, 255n.23; Barrow family, attitude towards, 25; Blanche and Buck, fighting with, 98–100, 266n.7; Clyde, fighting with, 48–49, 72, 243n.27; Clyde, suicide pact with, 275n.27, 285n.21; cooking and food, 30, 40, 50, 81, 82, 111, 112, 126, 128; Crown Hill, buried at, 195; death of, 146, 190, 209, 290–91n.6; Dexfield Park, camped in, 124–29, 282–83nn.8–16; Dexfield Park, flight from, 285nn.21,22, 286n.26, 290n.6; Dexfield Park shootout 129, 283–85nn.17–20; drinking, 25, 44–45, 73, 78–80, 82, 111, 112, 223; driving, 67–69, 251n.10, 253n.16, 254n.21; drug use, 98, 101, 266nn.5, 7; Eastham, plans to raid, 27–28; Eastham, raid of, 219; fears, 249n.1, 253nn.17, 18; Florida, trip to, 81–87; Fort Smith, doctors in, 266n.4; Fort Smith, hiding in, 98–104, 268n.16; Grapevine shootings, 186–89; “Honey”, known as, 237n.32; “the Howards” and “cooking beans” family code names, 256–57n.7; Joplin, trip to, 37–40; Joplin apartment, 42–56, 43, 242n.21; Joplin shootout, 36, 50–56; Kaufman County shootout, 15, 32, 185, 239n.39; Mary O’Dare, dislike of, 182; mother, confusion over visits with, 249n.6; mother, visiting, 72, 78–80, 258n.12; motion pictures about, 179–83; musician, 296n.42; poetry of, 50, 243n.29; and “Pretty Boy” Floyd, 78–80, 257n.10; Red Crown, flight from, 122–24, 278–82nn.1–7; Red Crown cabins, 110–17, 272–75nn.18–28; Red Crown shootout, 117–21, 276–78nn.34–50; Roy Thornton, married to, 232n.9; Ruston abduction, 60–63, 248nn.8,9, 11; “Sis”, known as, 237n.32; weapons, handling of, 51–52, 64, 243–44nn.32,33, 251n.9; Wellington, accident and injuries, 88, 262–63n.2, 263n.6; Wellington, flight from, 95–97, 263–64nn.3–9; wounded, 105

  Parker, Cecilia, 157

  Parker, Charles (Bonnie’s father): four children born to, 265n.3

  Parker, Coley (Bonnie’s brother), 265n.3

  Parker, Emma (Bonnie’s mother), 72, 76, 297n.71; Barrow-Parker harboring trial, defendant in, 291n.8; Bonnie as a fugitive, visiting, 77–80, 79, 98, 99, 165; Crown Hill, buried at, 195; four children born to, 265n.3; and Fugitives, 253n.19; Mary O’Dare, dislike of, 297n.63; mothers, closeness to other fugitives’, 256n.5; and telephone wiretap, 256–57n.7