ALS in pencil, signed “Margaret Sopher,” three pages both sides, 5 x 8, April 9, 1932. Letter to "Sheriff, Care Court House, Dallas, Texas," alluding to a potential identification of Bonnie Parker. In part (spelling and grammar retained): "This bit of information I'm sending may help in some way all looks strange to me. I was talking to a detective today and he advised me to send you the information right away. There is a woman that travels all the time by the name of M. J. Newcomb, that's her real name gets mail Gen. Del., and goes by these names also M. J. Steavens, M. J. Busby, Jelpha Cape, M. J. McNeil. She was in El Paso Texas last wk This is the way she travels. Home in Colo Sps Colo, went to Calif back to Nebr, on to Salt Lake, to Calif back to Salina Kans, to Florida…Now this is what she told my sister, who lived in Salina Kans that she was in Calif and the sheriff was on her trail, and left in a hurry for Salina…She told my sister she would like to meet her land lord, that she would get the property from him a black mail scam she said leave it to me, I'll pull his leg…She has a daughter living in Colo Sps Colo she told my sister that belonged to a band and her husband both she asked what kind of a band her reply worse than horse thieves…She told my sister they was out laws and she was afraid of them…She said she always kept her money in two banks that seems strange, she tells fortunes walks stooped some times and wares heavy black veil some times…Now I don't want our names out, for she would come here & burn us out…Why would a person make these jumps, all these names, sure seems strange to us…Mr. Campbell was a nephew to Mrs. Elliot here I do not know them. Now Dillinger's Band may be with all the rest of out laws that killed Mr. Campbell. Colo Spgs & mountains would make a good hide out for them." In fine condition, with toning to top of first page. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope affixed to a fragment of a scrapbook page. From the collection of Dallas County Sheriff 'Smoot' Schmid.
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