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~22= for us in Idabelle, Oklshoma, Our marriage occurred during the time my husband was an escaped convict from the State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texms, He was serving a term of four yosra for robbery. After a trip through Tennessee, Louisiana, Florida and finally up the const to North Carolina, wo returned to Dallas, Texan. “Buck” was then returned to the State Penitentiary until he was pardoned onthe 23rd day of Merch, 1935. I personnally was instrumental in securing his pardon. After "Buck's" pardon we stsyed in Dallas several days end then went to Joplin to see Clyde Barrow. At Jophin we found Clyde Barrow, Bonnie Parker and a mn that I know as Jaok ©) Shermin, camping in the out-akirts of Joplin, Missouri at a e tourist camp, ani after a few days Sonnie ani I went into Joplin and rented an apartment which ms located over os private Garages It woo here that I first saw the Brownie Automatic ani the 45 Colt'’s eutomatics which we carried with us afterwards wtil they were taken from us by the Iowa officers at Dexter sometime in Julys We stayed at this apartment in Joplin for approximately two weeks ami one afternoon the officers surrounded us in this house and of en exchange of shots between the officers ani Clyde Barrow and Jack Sharman we escaped in a car. At the time of this shoot- ing, Jack Sherman and Clyde Barrow had been out in town in the car and had just returned when the officers came up. "Buck" Barrow ond myself and Bonnie Parker were upstairs over the garage. There was « stairway leading from the garage on the first floor to our apartment on the second floor. All the shots that were fired were from the garage downstairs by Clyde and Jack Sherman, After the shooting Jack Sherman said we would have to get out in o hurry, I was the last ons to leave and I had to rum out down the stairs and out into the street as they had already driven the car out of the garage and into the middle of the street. As I ran into the street I had to pass by the body of one of the officers that was lying just outside of tha door of the garagee I later learned that two officers were shot. Jack Sherman was wounded while exchanging shots with the officers, Myzelf end Clyde Barrow dressed the wound for sometime, He was shot on the left side just above the hips The bullet entered from the back side going entirely through him end coming out on the left side. At the time "Buck" and I met Jack, Bonnie and Glyde in Joplin they hed about fifteen gums, several 45 Colt's Automatics and three or four Brownie Automatics. This fight occurred on the 15th day of April, ee After escaping the officers st Joplin, for several weeks we trave along the Texas-klahoma Borier lines, I would say that we were in and Teme just treveling from one place to another never steying but two or three days at one place, for about six or eight weeks, Dur-