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Bonnie and Clyde — Part 2
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sions before we came to Platte City and detwoen that and the
time I visited his mother at Dallas, which I have heretofore
related, my husbend attempted to get me to leave, but I stayed,
on my own accord because I did not want to leave them. We were
surprised by the officers on the 19th of July and I am not certain
as to just what time it ms, but I would judge some place around
11:30 or 12:00 O'olock that night. My husband and I, during
all the time we were at these cabins near Platte City and on that
Right were in the east cabin by ourselves. When the officer came
and asked to sond the man out that was in there with me, I told
him to go to the other cabin. It seemed to me it was just like
a minute or so that the first shots were fired. During the time
of this shooting my husband used « Brownie Automtic and 1 believe
that he had three clips that he used in the East cabin for the
Brownie Automatic. There were also two 45 Colt's Automatics and
I think that there were about five or six clips, that is full
clips for these two guns, After many shots were fired someone,
either Jack, Bonnie or Clyde yelled from the west cabin to got
rendy we were going to have to leave and it seems to me that I was
the first out the door, my husband following after me. I got to the
car om heard e shot fire end aaw “Buck” fall and J ren back and
picked him up and cerried him to the care As we pulled out of
this filling station several more shots were fired and the glesa
in the car on my side was broken and fell into my eyes and I was
blinded for two or three days. Because of the condition of my
eyes I could not see and I do not know exactly where we went to
except two or three days after we were in Platte City we were
captured in a camp in Dexter, lowae Before we were captured in
Dexter, Iowa, "Buck" tried again to get me to leave, but I wuld
not do ite F
I signed this statement this 16th day of August, 1953, after
having thoroughly reed the same, which consists of six (6) type-
written pagese
(Sgé.) Blanche Barrow.
Witnesses:
Ae Ee Farland, Special Agent, U. S. Division of Investigations
Brook Miller, Weston, Mos
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