My Life with Bonnie and Clyde (60 page)

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

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