Talk:W. D. Jones

message: He was listed as "W.D. Jones" and was living with his parents in Van Zandt County, Texas. He was listed, in Janauary of 1920, as 3 6/12 years old. I don't know why, but the birth month is often wrong in census records. However, his age does support 1916 as his birth year.
71.172.26.139 (talk)  —Preceding comment was added at 18:15, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: The 1920 Census

message: This paragraph was added Sept. 15, 2009:
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Since portions of this man's entry are unverifiable to begin with, you might as well hear from a family member that his "confession" was agreed to by Bonnie and Clyde.  They knew they were going to meet with the law sooner rather than later, because their ability to hide was quickly running out. Their safe houses had dried up, and W.D. was reportedly told by Bonnie and Clyde to "go home and if you get caught tell them whatever you want so that you get a light sentence, no sense in you ending up like us".  W.D. Jones was trusted by the gang and had he stuck around, he would have been a casualty in Louisiana.  W.D. was a blood relative of mine, and there's always one person in every legend like this who got the dirty end of the stick when the telling's all done.  If he had offered any information that was damaging or threatening to their interests, he would never have survived after the telling was done as long as he did.  W.D. Jones would likely have died for Bonnie and Clyde if asked.
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This is extremely interesting, especially about the safe houses and what B&C reportedly told WD, but it needs verifiable citations and a neutral point of view to stay in the main article. I hope someone can develop it! LaNaranja (talk) 23:38, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing blockquote 

message: The hard work of editor LaNaranja has transformed this into one terrific article. A lot of it now should be in the main Bonnie and Clyde article. Thank you, LaNaranja. --HarringtonSmith (talk) 21:13, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you, it's fun to do. I hope other editors will jump in. I think all these more important secondary characters should be developed -- Buck, Ray Hamilton, Ralph Fults, Henry Methvin -- create quite the little nosegay. The Barrow Gang article could be developed too since Clyde had different groups of associates at different periods, for different reasons -- makes the big B&C picture stronger and its details wouldnt have to clutter up the main article. LaNaranja (talk) 23:57, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Evolution of this page... 

message: It just dawned on me that Guinn's statement about harassing WD re the Johnson/Hardy thing, if there's no outside substantiation for it, must be Guinn drawing a conclusion based on WD's confession -- that by (almost) admitting complicity in the Johnson murder Jones was following Clyde's orders, i.e. taking Hardy off the hook -- and Guinn is just making up the threaten/harass business to suit his own story. Guinn does like the idea that Jones followed a script as to his confession.
Hmm, could be.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by LaNaranja (talk • contribs) 18:36, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Guinn on Clyde's harassment of Jones re Hardy 

message: The Joplin section and its footnotes contain a lot of information, but right now it's confused and confusing. Not sure of what's missing and what's valuable, or how to arrange it. Should the MSHP officers' information be made into  footnotes, or not be included at all? LaNaranja (talk) 21:35, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Joplin section needs help 

message: Does anyone know about an interview between WD  and Kent Biffle of the Dallas Morning News, from 1969? LaNaranja (talk) 17:53, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kent Biffle Interview 

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