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~l2- Teleased from the Texas State Penitentiary on March 25, 1935, they returned to Dallas, Texas, and remained for nearly a week, when they drove to Joplin, Missouri, about April 1, 1953, in a Marmon 68 purchased by them from Carl Beatty, of Dallas, Texas, Upon arrival at Joplin, Missouri, they met Clyde Barrow, and his wife, Bonnie Parker, and Jack Sherman. Blanche would not definitely state that Clyde and Bonnie wore marrieds” yShe knew nothing about Jack Sherman, However, it was learned later that she had identified the pioture of Hubort Bleigh as being the same as Jack Shermn, she stated in regards to the shooting on aprib 15, 1933, when two officers wore killed at Joplin, Missouri, that Bonnie Parker was upstairs in the front of the house; that she and Marvin were upstairs in the back of the house, and Jack Sherman and Clyde wore down stairs. Suddenly there was some shooting, and Clyde yelled to them to come on down that they hed to get out of there, They got in Olyde’s Forni Y-8 Sedan, and drove to Dalles, Texas, whore the boys visited their mother. They. left shortly afterwards and had been on the road every since, From here on Blanche refused to make any definite statement as to where they were. Hegarding the guns, she stated that the boys left her and Bonnie near sme unknown town in contral Kansas and drove away, and were gone oll night. The next day they returned and had the car filled with gunse The boys never told them where they got the gunse In questioning her further Agent had her confused and she ad- mitted that about two weeks ago they wore in (klahome as they had stopped at e Tourist Camp north of Ft. Smith, Arkansas; that there were six of them in the party, the additions1 member being Jack Sherman's girl, known to her only as "Bobby"» A day or so later they dropped this girl at a ranch 30 miles northeast of Durant, Oklehom. At the time they had two Ford VeS cars. From Oklahoma they © drove into Kensas end Missouri. She denied being im Omaha, Nebraska, or near there on July 13, 1955, or in or near Sioux City, Iora on July 15, 1935, or near Sutherland, Iowa, on Sunday July 16, 195. She further denied being near Pte Dodge, Iown, on the morning of July 18, 1935 when three filling stations were held upe She further denie@ being near Yale, Iowa, on July 18, 1933, ‘here several mail bomes were robbed, but she did admit driving into the tourist i camp south of Platte City, Missouri on the evening of July 18, 1953. She cleimed / not to know who did the shooting at this place. She admitted thet they were near Mt. Ayr, Iowa, end burned some clothing; that they drove to Dexter, Lowe, | and were there several days. She admitted that on the very morning that their | Camp was reided she and Marvin hed planned to separate from Clyde and his out- fit. She would not admit that one of them stole a Ford ¥-8 at Perry, Iowa, on i Sunday, July 25, 1933, for just that purpose, Blanche was turned over to De Re Cleavinger, County At e} Platte City, Missouri, who with several other officers returned her to Platte City, Missouri, where she is to be arraigned August 5, 1985 on charges of attempt to murder ono of the officers who was wounded in the fracas near there. a