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mriiyhieof-hi-led'PRtthlistmorn ton previously said he had not seen Bonrae since 1931, whenhe was sentenced to 60 years inprison. Two months ago Thornton was shot in an attempted break from the Huntsville state prison.1deiofSheKillings Take Load OffMnnd of W. D. JonesearIII-theThe statement set forth that Ray-! her head between her knees.mond noticed while in Orleans that had on glasses.Barrow had killed an officer in Mi- j Wade, immediately after the bod-ami, Okla., and wanted to surren-! ies reached Arcadia, empaneled aereillyntsrwnpedidl-avein-ue«B? Thp A*nrtc*at*lt;! Pr^wiDALLAS. May 23.—The death of Clyde Barrow today meant relieffrom an oppressive fear for W D.der at once. She said she prevailed upon him against such a course.They next went to St. Louis where Hamilton underwent a nose operation. After another brief stay in Beaumont, Mary said she returned to Dallas and then home.coroner’s jury which quickly brought in a verdict that the two came to their deaths from gunshot wounds inflicted by officers acting in lineot duty.tinhaguauwethlt;reilesIJones, 18-year-old youth Dallas county jail.in theShe decided to go to Amarillo andMiss Sophie Stone. Lincoln parish home demonstration agent ofwas to have met Hamilton there.She was arrested and held secretlySeveral months ago Jones, who J in her room for several days, officers believing Hamilton would show up. Her arrest was revealed a fewRuston, and H. D. Da fly Rustonundertaker, who were kidnaped April 24, 1933 by a group believed'thi101feuthadmittedly participated in several escapades with Barrow and BonnieParker, gave a lengthy, detailed hours after Hamilton had beeniwnuseI aiousxas■ere.heir t to hey merTheirstatement to Dallas county authorities, revealing the hide-outs and activities of Clyde.Jones had admitted frankly his fear for the outlaw after he had given officers the methods of operation Bairow used. Jones, at the time, told officers that Barrow and Bonnie had forced him to accompany him on aeveral law-breaking escapades.caught after robbing a Lewisville.bfuik inDEATH TRAP(Continued Prom Page 1)HAMILTON(Continued Prom Page 1)vton ner-s intheftEDorge»nthanyrredVestit of.whoand:out.happened to start going with Raymond Hamilton and traced the movements of Hamilton and Barrow. Bonnie Parker and others across the Southwest.She said she first talked to Raymond Hamilton “four or five weeks after he escaped from the Eastham prison farm January 16 in an earlyis known as the Jamestown-Sailes road, about eight or ten miles from Gibsland. They were en route, officers believe, to a rendezvous theyare believed to have had at a place known as Alabama Bend, near Ringgold.They were traveling 4n a FordV-8 sedan which officers said bore 1 Arkansas license plate 15-368. Both car and license are believed to havebeen stolen.Bodies Towed InThe bodies, after being \iewed at the scene of the killing by Dr. J. L. Wade, coroner, were left in the car just as the officers found them after the shooting and were takenthe sedan being hooked At a meeting which she said was j ^ a wrecker truck.arranged through Floyd Hamilton, the robber’s brother, Hamilton told her her brother, Odell Chambless, was anxious to get out of the penitentiary, offered to give her money to help obtaiij his release and suggested that she go along with the crowd.She said In the statement thatWhen the bodies reached Arcadia a crowd of approximately 2.000 milled about the car to get a view of the bodies.Barrow, when shot, fell over to the left of the car, his head dangled from the window. The Parkerwoman was slumped forward withGet it for your next IHave it for yeComplete Ei
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Abilene Morning News
Abilene, Texas, US
Thu, May 24, 1934
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