THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, April 13, 1967
Sound Off
“See how long it takes that sophomore downstairs to get
up here after I let this weight go!”
Lady Laughs Now
At False Arrest
By RUTH EYRE
Dallas Times Herald Writer
DALLAS <A>) _ “We were sit
ting in the Black Cat Cafe near
West, Texas, when a sheriff’s
deputy in plain clothes said ‘Stick
’em up.’
“My boyfriend held up his
hands, but I just looked at the
man until he said ‘You too, Bon
nie.’
“Then he turned his gun to
ward me and I put up my hands.”
That’s the way Mrs. Jeanne
Dunn tells of being arrested in
1934 when officers mistook her
and her friend for the notorious
Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker,
who were still on the loose and
the object of every policeman in
Texas.
Clyde and Bonnie had shot their
way out of many a scrape with
the law and the officers were tak
ing no chances.
After the innocent couple was
arrested in the cafe, two carloads
of deputies arrived to search
them and take them separately to
the jail at West, near Waco.
How had the mistaken identity
come about?
Mrs. Dunn explained that she
and her boyfriend had driven to
West to practice target shooting
with a rifle and a pistol. They
were driving a late model Ford
V8 of the same type Clyde and
Bonnie often drove.
“We spent all afternoon driving
around country roads and stop
ping to practice. I never had shot
a gun before but I did pretty well
that afternoon,” Mrs. Dunn said.
“Later we found out that his
sheriff’s deputy had us under sur
veillance all afternoon” and fol
lowed them finally to the Black
Cat.
“The circumstances were just
bad for us,” she went on. “We
even had cigars in the car, and
Bonnie was known to be a cigar
smoker.
“Nobody would tell me any
thing. But they kept calling me
Bonnie, and then when someone
said Bonnie and Clyde, I caught
on to why they had arrested us.”
The only identification that
either of them had was the boy
friend’s Masonic card.
“But they wouldn’t believe a
thing we told them. They said
his identification was stolen. And
they wouldn’t let us make a phone
call,” she said.
Mrs. Dunn was 21.
“We didn’t look much like
Clyde and Bonnie, but nobody
had any good pictures of them
and their descriptions were
vague.”
The deputies put her boyfriend
in the one vacant jail cell and
locked her up in a car with a
guard with a shotgun standing
watch.
“I just sat there and cried,”
Mrs. Dunn continued. “Everyone
in West came out to take a look
at me. Finally one nice lady
brought me a Coke and an as
pirin.”
Finally, the boyfriend persuad
ed the deputies to bring a Mason
to West from Waco to check his
story. They did, and eight hours
after the arrest, the couple was
freed.
“I suppose I could have sued
them for false arrest,” Mrs. Dunn
said, “but I was just glad to get
out of it.”
Editor;
The Battalion;
An open letter to the Class of ’68;
I direct this to you on behalf of
Sanny Ward, candidate in the
coming run-off for the presidency
of our class.
Having known Sanny from the
time we both entered A&M, I
have had many opportunities to
observe his industry and force
fulness. These qualities alone
would constitute a good recom
mendation for Sanny, but I can
add intellect and perseverence to
the list. It is my feeling that
the combination of these clearly
indicate Sanny Ward as an excel
lent choice for President of the
Senior Class of 1968.
Respectively,
Francis Bourgeois
★★★
Mr. Ric Locke
c/o The Battalion;
Dear Mr. Locke;
Since your letter to the Batt on
April 6 dealt with the elections, I
felt that it was directed to the
Election Commission. I regret
that I have not answered your
letter sooner, but some of us have
more to do than just gripe. First
of all, I would like to answer
some of your questions and state
ments. As far as the rallies, if
people such as yourself wouldn’t
have been so lazy and would
have gone to hear those “few”
speeches, the rallies would have
been a success. Those men that
were there to speak had taken a
great deal of time and interest
just to speak to people like your
self. One reason that you only
saw Corps members pictured on
the cover was probably because
very few civilians filed for office.
I disagree with your statement
“that the candidate with the most
friends gets elected”. It is us
ually the one who has done the
most work.
You asked why the candidates
could not have a week or so to
(campaign. Mister, they have
from the time they f i 1 e
until after the elections are over.
If you would have read the rules
governing elections, you would
not have made some of your re-
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Six Texas A&M scientists con
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Articles contributed by Ocean
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the Texas A&M University Regu
lations, pp. 28-34.
You suggested having speeches
in front of mess halls while peo
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to me as if this is for your con
venience. Read on page 34 of the
Regulations under number 2, e.
This should answer your question.
By the way, The Batt will publish
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I am glad that you are a fresh
man because I feel that you have
a lot to learn in the next three
years. If you do not like the way
our campus is being run, you have
two alternatives. You can either
run for an office and try to
change things if you are elected,
or quit griping. Since you did
not intend to vote in the last elec
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TOWN HALL EXTRA
THE ORIGINAL DON COSSACK
CHORUS and DANCERS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 8:00 P. M.
G. ROLLIE WHITE COLISEUM
The virtuoso ensemble of 24 uniformed white Russian Giants—
led by diminutive 4’ 10” Serge Jaroff—has been singing its way
around the non Soviet world since 1923. Just back from Europe,
the group whose members are all naturalized American citizens,
is now making its 35th annual coast-to-coast tour of the United
States and Canada. Following is a New York Times review on the
April 1 Cossack performance in Carnegie Hall:
“Serge Jaroff first brought his Don Cossack Chorus to Carnegie
Hall thirty-seven years ago rousing the audience to enthusiastic
applause. Saturday night he did so again with the same results.
The choir is still most impressive in its power to excite, almost
hypnotize an audience. The thrilling climaxes, the fantastic range
of the singers, their ability to shift in a flash from overwhelming
masses of sound to sustained pianissimos that sound like a faint
echo rolling across the Russian plains”.
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making successful appearances across the nation.
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and has been one of America’s most popular vocal artists ever
since. She sings both country and western and “pop” music. In
addition to making hit records, Skeeter is a familiar personality
on TV.
A&M CIVILIAN STUDENTS! Be sure and take a date to
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