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Original FBI document from August 1934 containing the statement of Mary O'Dare, who was convicted in 1935 of harboring Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. Detailed and fascinating statement on ''United States Bureau of Investigation'' letterhead runs 5pp. of the 7pp. document, recounting her initial meeting with Bonnie and Clyde (along with the duo's mothers) as well as her exploits with their cohort Raymond Hamilton, who was ultimately killed in the electric chair. Document reads in part, ''...Raymond Hamilton introduced me to Clyde Barrow. Bonnie Parker was drunk and had passed out, and I did not meet her until that same night when Raymond introduced me to her...I remained with Raymond Hamilton, Clyde Barrow, Bonnie Parker, and Henry Methvin. We drove around and all slept in the car that night, somewhere in the country near Dallas. The next day we all drove on dirt roads...After being with the boys about two weeks, including Bonnie Parker, they took me in their car to Wichita Falls, and dropped me off on the road...We then went through Oklahoma, and other States until we reached Terre Haute, Indiana...I then found out that the laws were pretty hot around Wichita Falls so I asked my daddy, Joe Chambless if he would carry me to Dallas. He took me to Dallas in a model A Ford Sedan...We went on and had a wreck. I was knocked unconscious, broke my jaw and cut my nose and head. The next thing I know we were in a car going through Mexia, Texas. There was some woman sitting in the back seat I heard the woman asked Raymond which bank he robbed. He said the bank at West, Texas...The woman whom I learned Raymond kidnapped in her car which he used, drove the car and followed Raymond. We exchanged cars. Raymond gave her $30. and told her to stay there an hour and then go into town and report...We had stolen a paper on the road and noticed that two highway officers had been killed and they suspicioned [sic] us or Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker...Then we found out about a killing at Miami, Oklahoma in which the paper stated that Raymond was with Clyde and Bonnie Parker who were suspected of doing the killing...I found out that my picture was in the paper and that I was 'hot' and the laws looking for me...'' First page indicates that the report was made in Dallas, Texas on 6 August 1934, and that ''Mary Pitts, alias O'Dare'' had been taken into custody where she entered a Not Guilty plea. Initialed at the bottom, with hand annotations. Document measures 8'' x 10.5''. Two hole punches at top. Light creasing and toning, overall in very good plus condition.
FBI Document From 1934, With Statement of Fugitive Marry O'Dare, on Harboring Bonnie & Clyde -- ''...Bonnie Parker was drunk and had passed out, and I did not meet her until that same night...''
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