My Life with Bonnie and Clyde (63 page)

Pittman, Fred,
245n.38

Place, E. A.,
284n
.
17
,
285n
.
21
,
290n.6

Plains states.
See
Great Plains

Platte City, Mo.,
7
,
105
,
112
,
139
,
141–43
,
145
,
149
,
272n
.
19
,
274n.24
; Blanche’s visits to,
274–75n.25
; shootout,
276–78nn
.
34–50

Platte City Drugs (“Louie’s”), Platte City, Mo.,
273nn
.
20
,
21
; and Louis Bernstein (owner),
274n.25

Platte County, Mo.,
125
,
140
,
149
,
150
,
166
,
250n.6
; gangland killings in,
273n.19

Platte River, Platte County, Mo.,
279n.3

Pleasant Grove (neighborhood), Dallas, Tex.,
174
,
175
,
176

Pohle Drug Store, Dexter, Iowa,
282n.10

Poland,
168

Police Gazette
,
177

Police and Sheriff’s Association of North America,
244n.33

Polk City, Iowa,
290n.6

Polk County, Iowa,
288n.3

Polytechnic Bank, Ft. Worth, Tex.: framing of alleged bank robbers,
255n.22

Post, Wiley,
6
,
105

Poteau, Okla.,
220
,
255n.22

Powell, William,
157

Powlen, Les,
252n.12

Prague, Okla.,
64
,
250n.9

Prague National Bank, Prague, Okla.,
250n.9

Pratt, Kans.,
7
,
97
,
264–65n.10
; robberies nearby,
264n.10

Praytor, Beulah: Barrow-Parker harboring trial, defendant in,
291n.8

Prescott, Kans.,
89

“Pretty Boy” Floyd.
See
Floyd, Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy”

Prisoner’s Song
, (popular song),
156

Pritchard, Irene,
262–63n.2

Pritchard, Jack,
262–63n.2

Pritchard, Sam,
262–63n.2

Proctor State Bank, Proctor, Tex.,
288n.5

Prohibition,
17
,
239n.42

Psycho
(film),
180

Psycho
(novel),
180

Pueblo, Colo.,
106

Pyle, Denver,
183

R. L. Brown Grocery, Fayetteville, Ark.,
267n.13

R. P. Henry and Sons Bank, Lancaster, Tex.,
182

Red Crown Filling Station and Cabin Camp (tavern and cabins),
110
,
111
,
114
,
117
,
120
,
273n
.
20
,
278n
.
1
,
279n
.
3
,
281n.5
; battle preparations,
274n.24
; description of,
272–73n.19
; shootout,
276–78nn
.
34–50

Red Dust
(motion picture),
14

Red Sails in the Sunset
(popular song),
156

Rembrandt, Iowa,
220
,
255n.22

Renfro, Mary Lou,
226n.4

Rentz, Paul,
165
,
291n.2

Rhineland,
167

Rhodes, Dusty,
212–13

Rhome, Tex.,
268n.14

Ridgeley, Mo.,
280n
.
3
,
281n.5

Riley, C. C. “Rags”,
284n.17
; wounded,
284n.20

Rio Grande River, Tex.,
88

Rison, Ark.,
89
,
252n.15

River Rouge Massacre,
15

Roanoke, Tex.,
222

Robinson, Edward G.,
36
,
242n.17

Rockwall, Tex.,
172

Rogers, Mrs. John,
270n.12

Rogers, Ted: Bucher, killer of,
208–209
; Eastham, plan to raid,
208

Roll Along Cowboy
(film),
157

Roosevelt, Eleanor (Mrs. Franklin Delano),
88

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano,
16
,
36
,
65
,
165
,
166
,
167
; and MacArthur,
232n.4
; and Prohibition,
239n.42

Roseborough, Robert,
246n.42

Rosston, Ark.,
248nn
.
13
,
14

Rural Ramblers, the,
156

Russell, Johnny: Bucher murder, involvement in,
208–209
; death of,
209
; Eastham, plan to raid,
208

Ruston, La.,
7
; abduction, three men identified during,
249n.17
; abduction in,
60–61
,
247–48nn
.
5–13

Ruth, George Herman “Babe,”
17

Ryan, William,
275n.29

Sallisaw, Okla.,
78

S. H. Kress & Co.,
44
,
241n.15

S & H Green Stamps,
186

S. R. Little Grocery Store, Sherman, Tex.,
210

Salt Fork River, Tex.,
262–63n.2

Salyers, A. M. “Red,”
216
,
270n
.
12
,
289n.8

Samuell Drive, Dallas, Tex.,
195

San Antonio, Tex.: Barrow-Jones family trip for Buck,
228–30n.10

Sanders, J. M.,
145
,
151
,
160
,
165
,
167

San Francisco,
160

Sanger Hotel and Apartments, Dallas, Tex.,
256n.6

Sanger Hotel Barber and Beauty Shop, Dallas, Tex.,
256n.6

Santa Claus,
155
,
157

Sayre, Okla.,
94

Schieffer, William: Grapevine shootings, changing accounts of,
187–89

Schmid, Richard Allen “Smoot”,
105

Schwartz, Herb: and the Barrow-Dexfield Park photographs,
287n
.
29
,
288n.1

Seagoville, Tex.,
178
,
180

Searles, William,
273n.19

Second Avenue (1308), Dallas, Tex.,
233n.17

Selders, Lawson,
250nn
.
7
,
9

Seneca, Mo.,
89

Seybold, Ira,
264–65n.10

Shamrock, Tex.,
58

She Done Him Wrong
(motion picture),
242n.17

Sherman, Tex.,
38
,
168
; Hall murder,
210–11

Shreveport, La.,
63
,
81
,
220
,
248n.15

Sidney Lanier School, Dallas, Tex.,
230n.12

Simmons, Lee,
218
; resignation of,
237n.31

Simms Oil Refinery, Dallas County, Tex.,
234n.22

Sioux City, Iowa,
254n.22

64th Battalion, Company C, Third Platoon,
172

Skelley, Aubrey (“Aubrey Scalley”): and Clyde Barrow at Eastham,
206–207

Slim’s Castle,
115
,
273n
.
20
,
273–74n.21
; description of,
275–76n.32
; shootout,
277n.39

Smith, Lyle,
275n.29

Smitson, Vivien,
275n
.
28
,
277n.39

Snodgrass, Clyde,
242n.19

Snodgrass Grocery,
242n
.
19
,
242n.21

Snow Ball (Blanche’s dog),
24
,
35
,
35
,
244n
.
34
,
245–46nn
.
39
,
40
,
41
.
See also
Barrow, Blanche Caldwell

Social Security Act,
167

Somalia,
167

“Sometimes” (poem by Blanche Barrow, 1933),
198

Sophisticated Lady
(popular song),
37
,
293n.15

South Carolina,
87

South Dakota,
107
,
166

South Racoon River, Dallas County, Iowa,
286n
.
26
,
290n.6

Spain,
167
,
168

Splendor in the Grass
(motion picture),
180

Springfield, Mo.,
241–42n.16
,
244n
.
33
,
246n
.
42
,
255n.23

St. Charles, Mo.,
37

St. John, Mo.,
64

St. John Community Bank, St. John, Mo.,
250n.9

St. John’s Hospital, Joplin, Mo.,
215

St. Louis, Mo.,
154

St. Paul, Minn.,
65

Stamford, Tex.,
294n.25

Stanley Drug Store, Dexter, Iowa,
282n.10

Stanton, Earl,
243n.27

Stardust
(popular song),
293n.15

Stark, Katherine,
155
,
166

Star Service Station, West Dallas, Tex.,
14
,
35
,
37
,
38
,
228n
.
5
,
235n
.
29
,
250n.6

Stewart, Les: Johnson murder, accused of,
212

Stone, Sophie,
247–48nn
.
5
,
8–11
,
249n.17

Stoner, Edward,
282n.11

Stormy Weather
(popular song),
37
,
293n.15

Strain, Anthony,
249n
.
1
,
254n.22

Strain, Floyd,
249n
.
1
,
254n.22

Strain, Mildred,
249n
.
1
,
254n.22

Stringtown, Okla.,
209–10

Stuart, Iowa,
255n.22

“Suicide Sal” (poem by Bonnie Parker),
243n.29

Talb, Lua,
161

Tallahassee, Fla.,
7
,
82

Tarrant County, Tex.,
164
; and deputy sheriff Davis,
212–14
; and Grapevine shootings,
187–88
,
221

Temple, Shirley,
157

Temple, Tex.,
89
,
235n.25

Tennessee,
64
,
87
,
107

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA),
36

Terre Haute, Ind.,
66

Texarkana, Tex.,
92

Texas,
6
,
30
,
73
,
80
,
88
,
89
,
99
,
105
,
107
,
151
,
165
,
166
,
191
; and bank moratorium,
16
; convict murders,
207
; and the crash of 1929,
6
; economy of (1929),
6
,
8
; Henry Methvin, pardon for,
188–89
; and population increase (1920–30),
6
; and presidential election of 1928,
6
; rural colloquialisms as Barrow family codes,
256–57n.7
; unemployment (1929–31),
8

Texas Bankers Association,
255n.22

Texas Board of Cosmetology,
165

Texas Department of Justice, Institutional Division,
218

Texas Department of Public Safety.
See
Texas State Highway Patrol

Texas Panhandle,
36
; weather, April
13–14
, 1933,
247n.44
; Wellington accident,
262–63n.2

Texas Prison System,
218
,
220
; named worst in nation,
236–37n.31
; official policy of,
217

Texas Rangers, the,
265n.3
; and Hamer,
242n
.
24
,
247n
.
4
,
255n.22

Texas State Fair (1933), Dallas, Tex.,
5

Texas State Highway Patrol,
187
,
221

Texas state penitentiary (“Walls Unit”), Huntsville, Tex.,
8
,
10
,
89
,
163
,
232n.9
; Barrow and Fults together in,
238n.39
; convict murders in,
207
; uniforms, white versus striped,
230n.13
; walls, red versus gray,
230n.11

They Live by Night
(motion picture),
179

34th Street, Joplin, Mo.,
214

Thompson, Guy,
298n.75

Thompson, J. J.,
269n.4

Thompson, L. E.,
281n.6

Thornton, Roy: background, burglary career, and death,
265–66n.3
; Bonnie Parker, marriage to,
232n.9
; Clyde Barrow, interest in,
16

Thorpe, James,
275n
.
29
,
277n.42

Tiger Shark
(motion picture),
36
,
242n.17

Tonight is Ours
(motion picture),
242n.17

Trinity River, Dallas and Houston Counties, Tex.,
64
,
236n
.
30
,
257n.7
; and Eastham, raid of,
217

Truffaut, Francois,
180

Truman, Harry S.,
154
,
292n.2
; and MacArthur,
232n.4

Twin Cities Tourist Camp, Fort Smith, Ark.,
99
,
265n
.
3
,
268n
.
16
,
270n.12

Tyler, Tex.,
220

U.S. Congress,
16
,
17
,
65

U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Criminal Investigation,
89
,
149
,
167
,
272n
.
15
,
289n.6
; changed to Federal Bureau of Investigation,
261n.6
.
See also
Federal Bureau of Investigation