My Life with Bonnie and Clyde (62 page)
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Authors: Blanche Caldwell Barrow,John Neal Phillips
Miller, Chip,
209–10
Miller, Joe,
280n.3
Minden, La.,
81
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
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
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
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
Nelson, “Baby Face”,
295n.36
Neosho Milling Company, Neosho, Mo.,
241n.16
Neuhoff Packing Company, Dallas, Tex.,
37
Nevada, Mo.,
245n.37
Newman, David,
180
New Orleans, La.,
158
Newton County, Mo.,
214
,
244–45nn
.
35
,
36
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
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
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
Paper Moon
(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
Parker, Hubert “Buster” (Bonnie’s brother),
265n.3
Parker, Mack,
242n.22
Parkville, Mo.,
273n.20
Parsons, Estelle,
181
Patton, George S.,
15
Pearl Harbor attack,
172
,
293n.20
Pendergast, Tom,
272n.15
Penn, Arthur,
183
Penn, Ed,
283n.12
Perry, Iowa,
105
,
282n
.
11
,
287n.30
Persell, Thomas,
242n
.
16
,
244n
.
33
,
246n
.
42
,
255n
.
23
,
266n.6
Pershing, John J. “Black Jack”,
65
Philippine Islands,
232n.4
Phillips, A. H. (Dallas police captain),
233n.18
Phillips
66
: Amarillo, Tex.,
247n.3
; service station and motor court, Joplin, Mo.,
40
Pickford, Mary,
105