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Authors: Blanche Caldwell Barrow,John Neal Phillips
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
Powell, William,
157
Powlen, Les,
252n.12
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
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
Renfro, Mary Lou,
226n.4
Rhineland,
167
Rhodes, Dusty,
212–13
Rhome, Tex.,
268n.14
Riley, C. C. “Rags”,
284n.17
; wounded,
284n.20
Rio Grande River, Tex.,
88
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
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 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
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
Searles, William,
273n.19
Second Avenue (1308), Dallas, Tex.,
233n.17
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 Racoon River, Dallas County, Iowa,
286n
.
26
,
290n.6
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
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, Mildred,
249n
.
1
,
254n.22
Stringtown, Okla.,
209–10
Stuart, Iowa,
255n.22
“Suicide Sal” (poem by Bonnie Parker),
243n.29
Talb, Lua,
161
Tarrant County, Tex.,
164
; and deputy sheriff Davis,
212–14
; and Grapevine shootings,
187–88
,
221
Temple, Shirley,
157
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
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. 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