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Cardinal Courier 1977 
In the height of their infamy, Bonnie and Clyde frequently came to, and hid out, in the Texoma area.
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were both born in small towns in Texas. As a matter of fact, Bonnie's mother was reputed to have operated a restaurant in Bells. When Bonnie and Clyde met in Dallas, she was married to Roy Thornton who was at that time serving a prison sentence. It seems that Bonnie's choices in men left something to be desired. One time, Bonnie was driving through this area on her way to see her mother. She was probably speeding, because a policeman stopped her. When he came up to the car, she greeted him with both barrels. Similarly, a motorcycle patrolman spotted them coming toward him on the highway. However, this patrolman intelligently opted to ignore them, deciding it might be healthier that way. When he was a safe distance away, he looked back to see Bonnie also looking back with a shotgun pointed his way. It was fortunate that he didn't look before then. He is still alive, selling insurance in Sherman. Bonnie and Clyde weren't adverse to offering a helping hand to people though. For example, Cindy Vessel's great-grandfather was walking from Southmayd to Sherman, so they picked him up. When he found out who they were, he no doubt wanted out. However, they insisted upon taking him all the way to Sherman. Well, I guess he decided not to argue too much with them. In 1 926, Sam and Lottie Mosier were out hunting in the woods surrounding the Locust and Mill Creek area. It was nothing unusual to see strangers staying in one of the several cabins in the area. These two people were friendly as they conversed very pleasantly with Sam and Lottie. However, it was a little out of the ordinary that 12 Texas Rangers should be looking for them. The Rangers told Mr. Mosier that these people were Bonnie and Clyde. On May 23, 1934, Bonnie and Clyde were coaxed into an FBI and Texas Ranger ambush in Arcadia, Louisiana where they met their end. So for them crime really didn't pay. - - - written by Natalie Clountz This story appeared in the Cardinal Courier (Pottsboro High School) on November 4, 1977. 
The Denison Herald
April 20, 1986 I remember when... Bonnie, Clyde encountered twice by Opal Dishner 127 Mauk Circle, Denison This was told to me by my late husband, Arthur P. Dishner, or "Pete," as he was known when a captain on the fire department here in the 30s. He was at that time serving as fire inspector for the city of Denison. This was during the escape of Bonnie and Clyde and Raymond Hamilton. He went out to inspect a particular well-known beauty shop and had to walk through the living room to reach the electric meters at the back of the home and beauty shop. The beauty shop was in the front part of the home. He said he saw two of the biggest guns he had ever seen in his life as he walked through the living room. He recognized them as belonging to "the outlaws." At that time, his dad, J.R. Dishner, was the chief of police here in Denison and he had the description of the guns the outlaws were carrying. He said he could just feel eyes watching him as he walked through the house. He was in a blue uniform but carried no gun. He always said he just knew if he had been carrying a gun and they had seen it, it would have been curtains for him then and there, for he would not have gotten out of that place alive. It had been rumored they were in this part of the county hiding out. I understand they were some sort of relative to the lady who owned the beauty shop. She is still living, but incapacitated. The second "almost" encounter with the now famous outlaw gang of Bonnie and Clyde was on Easter morning, April 1, 1934. My mother had passed away about 5 that morning, and my husband and brother-in-law were on their way to Pilot Point to pick up my mother's oldest sister. As they rounded a corner in a very secluded wooded area, there sat the Ford the outlaws were known to be driving at the time. The Ford had yellow wire wheels. They had put up newspapers all around the windows of the car. My husband said he never slowed up or looked back, for he didn't care to tangle with those "hombres." 
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