Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1977. Redford, Robert. In some respects, stories of Americas Wild West feel like a young country trying to build itself a mythology from scratch. Place had long been tired of life on the run and deeply lamented the loss of their ranch. Genres. (February 22, 2023). The three were members of the outlaw gang known as Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch. ?) The three were members of the outlaw gang known as Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch. They toured Coney Island and visited his family (originally from Mont Clare, Pennsylvania but by then living in Atlantic City, New Jersey). WebAccording to reports of the day, Bassett and Davis were two of only five women ever allowed into the Robbers Roost hideout, the other three being Josie Bassett, the Sundance Kid 's girlfriend Etta Place, and Wild Bunch gang member Laura Bullion . Etta had her clothes tailored, and adorned herself with expensive jewelry. It comprised a 4-room log cabin on the east bank of the Blanco River. WebEtta Place - Longabaugh's Alleged Son Longabaugh's Alleged Son Robert Harvey Longabaugh (February 21, 1901-December 18, 1972), who claimed years later to be the son of Longabaugh, claimed that Etta Place was actually Hazel Tyrone, a half-sister to his mother, Annie Marie Thayne. HER STORY CONTINUES - TO Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, To Pancho Villa and His Rebel BanditsShe Was a Lot of WomanTo a Lot of Men! The album included her version of Otis Redding's Security, and I'd Rather Go Blind, regarded a blues classic. As she entered her 70s, Etta James began struggling with health issues and eventually succumbed to Leukemia. Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps, Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Butch purchased a Tiffany lapel watch for Etta, and she and Sundance posed for their now famous photograph at De Young's Studio, 857 Broadway at 17th St. Nearly a year and a half later, the Pinkerton Agency would receive a copy of the photograph. Butchs plan was to steal as much of the income made from the people who mined or drilled for the resources there as they could. Etta Place may well have been a woman named Eunice Gray, who for many years operated a bordello in Fort Worth, Texas, and afterwards ran the Waco Hotel there until her death in a fire in January 1962. Many of the details of Place's life have been lost to time. Dueting with Harvey Fuqua, she recorded her first hit singles, If I Can't Have You, and, Spoonful. Since they obviously occupied the land but the transaction had not been completed, it was noted that the property was "Not Sold Yet, Place and Ryan are squatters.". Their classification as service personnel was apparently to allow them to gain passage on what was not a passenger vessel but a freighter. Name variations: Emma Place; Eva Place. March 1903 marked the beginning of the end for the trio in their comfortable exile. History Blazer, May 1995. For the next two-and-one-half years, the trio ran a successful ranching enterprise, with Etta's equestrian skills and knowledge of horses surely contributing to a doubling of their stock. In 1960, she decided to sign with Leonard Chess' label, Chess Records, and shortly afterwards got involved in a relationship with singer Harvey Fuqua, founder of the doo-wop group, The Moonglows. When the political climate in the region began to change, and with rumors that the Pinkerton Agency had picked up a lead on their whereabouts, the three felt it was best to leave the country. Davis was the sheriff of Carbon County, WY. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Both Ann and her sister Josie Bassett no doubt knew Place, as the three women were often alleged to have been at the Robbers Roost hideout at the same times. Popular myth has Etta leaving the men, and Butch and Sundance alternately robbing and working for mining concerns throughout southern and eastern South America. Their setup of several isolated camps, stretching from Wyoming to Utah, allowed the men a safe haven which lawmen avoided. It tells how Cassidy and Longabaugh were looking for food and wandered into the Indian village of San Vicente, Bolivia, in 1909. The majority of the experts agree that Butch and Sundance probably met Etta at a bordello around 1900. This unfortunate lack of facts only adds to the curiosity about one of the most mysterious figures of the American West, the woman who rode with the Wild Bunch. After a ten year battle with drug addiction and alcoholism, she released two albums in 1989 - Seven Year Itch, and Stickin' to My Guns, produced by Barry Becket and recorded at Fame Studios. In fact, even her real name is a mystery. These tactics netted them much success, especially after railroad or bank robberies. The members of the Blues Foundation, set up in Memphis, Tennessee, awarded her Blues Female Artist of the Year award 14 times and inducted her into the Blues Hall of Fame. It traveled a little-known route outside of San Vicente. The two men quickly dove under the table. Both of those claims are possible, as members of the Wild Bunch gang often alternated girlfriends. According to the Buenos Aires Herald: Four well-mounted horsemen rode up to the [bank] and, knife in hand, entered, taking the employees by surprise. Its unlikely Etta, Ethel or Place is her real name. Place. Curiously, the agency took no action, perhaps because of a reticence on the part of their North American clients to support the operation. Patterson, Richard. April 2, 1902: Longabaugh and Place register at Mrs. Thompson's Boarding House in New York City, and visit members of his family in Atlantic City, New Jersey, then visit Coney Island. By the age of 5, she was known as a gospel prodigy, gaining fame by Therefore, that information is unavailable for most Encyclopedia.com content. Once again Pinkerton detectives discover she is homesick, but again cannot discover the identity of her family. Upon their arrival in Argentina some time in March, Pinkerton records show that Longabaugh went to the London and River Platte Bank and "opened an account with the bank on March 23, 1901, depositing $12,000 in gold notes. They robbed an English bank in the town of Patagonia, then rode into Chile where they committed a number of other daring robberies. Etta Place (born c. 1878, date of death unknown) was a companion of the American outlaws Butch Cassidy (real name Robert LeRoy Parker) and the Sundance Kid (Harry Alonzo Longabaugh), both members of the outlaw gang known as the Wild Bunch. In 1901 she was going by the name Ethel and Etta is Spanish for Ethel. According to historians, on February 20, 1901, the husband and wife and Cassidy boarded the SS Herminius at New Yorks Pier 32 under the aliases Mr. and Mrs. Harry Place and James Ryan. A mule train rumored to be transporting a rich payroll was going to be in the area. From an unknown past, she joined the scoundrels and bandits who made up the infamous outlaw gang known as the Wild Bunch. WebEtta James was born Jamesetta Hawkins in Los Angeles and had a very tumultuous childhood as she was brought up by foster parents who ill-treated her. WebAccording to reports of the day, Bassett and Davis were two of only five women ever allowed into the Robbers Roost hideout, the other three being Josie Bassett, the Sundance Kid 's girlfriend Etta Place, and Wild Bunch gang member Laura Bullion . She was well educated and an excellent horsewoman. On February 1, 1901, Etta and Sundance posed together for a picture at DeYoungs Photography Studio in New York after having made a purchase at Tiffany Jewelers. May 1, 1905: Place, Longabaugh, and Parker decide to sell their Cholila Ranch and leave South America to avoid the law there. She was brought -up by foster parents, Mama Lu, and Sarge who forced her to sing for his friends. Meadows, Anne. There has been some speculation that she was once married to a school teacher, and at least one claim that she abandoned her husband and two children to be with Longabaugh. Harry Sundance Kid Longabaugh biographer Ed Kirby believes but she might have been the daughter of Emily Jane Place and related to Longabaughs mother Annie Place. Butch had a plan to overtake the train and meet back at the caf shortly after the job was done. If there are reported to you any bank or train hold up robberies or any other similar crimes, you will find that they were undoubtedly committed by these men. Ethel Etta Place, Western Woman of Mystery. Butch Cassidy and a girlfriend, Etta Place, and in 1901 drifted to New York City and then South America, where they set up ranching in Chubut province, Argentina. Etta James Rocks the House, her first and finest live album was released in 1964. WebEtta Place was involved with the Sundance Kid and was a member of the Butch Cassidys Wild Bunch. February 27, 2023. Between 2000 and 2011, she released albums including, Matriarch of the Blues, Blue Gardenia, Let's Roll, and The Dreamer. She was principally the companion of Longabaugh. ." Parker Betenson, Lula. Historical documents do show that Etta and Sundance were dedicated to one another and that she was undeniably the Queen of the Wild Bunch.. All of those traits have been used to describe Place, but also could be used to describe any number of other women from the period, so in themselves they only show similarities rather than actual proof. Some historical accounts record that she became the outside man for the gang Butch organized with her husband. There are at least shreds of evidence to support that claim. Selcers research suggests she might have been suffering from acute appendicitis and needed emergency surgery. According to the September 18, 1920, edition of the Seattle Post Intelligencer, Its likely no one will ever know what truly became of Cassidy and the Kid, but Etta is most certainly still alive. Calling her a master criminal, the report contends she had been seen in Paris and Monte Carlo in the fall of 1915. Genres. Taglines. Tomeka Thiam Met Akon When She Was 18 & Gave Him 5 Children. Matthew Lee , freelance writer, Colorado Springs, Colorado. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1994. January 1996, p. 21. The real Etta Place, according to Pinkerton's (per author James D. Horan) claimed Cassidy and Sundance met Place at Fannie Porter's brothel in San Antonio, Texas. mexico pancho villa nogales mexico nogales arizona arizona 6 more. She is semi-wealthy, and many speculate that she was Etta Place. Originally named Robert LeRoy Parker, Butch Cassidy was the celebrated leader of the Wild Bunch, a loosely knit group of outlaws and ne'er-do-wells. WebEtta James was born Jamesetta Hawkins in Los Angeles and had a very tumultuous childhood as she was brought up by foster parents who ill-treated her. With the exception of the Pinkerton Agency files, there is little concrete information about Etta. Etta Place, shown here in a photo taken in either Mexico or Texas with a womens group called Las Soldaderas, was a friend and outlaw companion of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Neither claim has any evidence to support them whatsoever. Etta James was born Jamesetta Hawkins on January 25, 1938, in Los Angeles to fourteen year old Dorothy Hawkins. Born in about 1878, nothing is known of Ettas life before she met Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, better known as the Sundance Kid. February 1901: Longabaugh and Place visit New York City, and Tiffany's Jewelers. Butch Cassidy and a girlfriend, Etta Place, and in 1901 drifted to New York City and then South America, where they set up ranching in Chubut province, Argentina. In early 1905, the trio sold the Cholila ranch as once again the law was beginning to catch up with them. Harry Longabaugh, also known as the Sundance Kid, and his paramour, Ethel Etta Place, leaned in closely to listen. On August 9, she was with Longabaugh at the Hotel Europa in Buenos Aires, and on the 15th she sailed with him aboard the steamer SS Chubut to return to their ranch. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. Author and researcher Larry Pointer, who up until the late 1970s spent more time researching and chasing leads to Etta Place than any other researcher, wrote that it, "is one of the most intriguing riddles in western history. Geni requires JavaScript! As for Etta Place, the remainder of her life is just as unclear. After a bad patch, she returned with the single and album, Tell Mama, in 1967. On April 2, they registered at a Mrs. Thompson's rooming house in New York City. The Pinkerton Agency had known their precise address for some months, but the rainy season prevented their assigned agent, Frank Dimaio, from traveling there and making an arrest. Rodeo cowboy Its unlikely Etta, Ethel or Place is her real name. From here, Butch left his companions to return to their ranch, traveling south by water to Rawson, then west by land to Chubut Province. Etta James was known for her spectacular voice that had the power to move one to tears, and despite her brilliant career, her latter years were marred with legal battles between her husband and son. The claim that she met the gang while working as a prostitute is the most likely scenario. Fact timelines generally accepted by historians. Etta and Sundance boarded a ship to New York, ostensibly to visit Longabaugh's relatives in Pennsylvania and Atlantic City. Robert Longabaugh is the reason that the town of Marion, Oregon, comes into question, due to his claim that it was in Marion that his mother taught school. In researching his claims about his mother, there is some evidence that she did once teach school, but also some indications that she was a prostitute. She recorded the hit ballad, My Dearest Darling, in 1960, to the accompaniment of string instruments, and sang background vocals on label mate Chuck Berry's, Back in the U.S.A. is noted for its musical variety of jazz, blues, doo-wop and R&B numbers, included, I Just Want to Make Love to You, and, A Sunday Kind of Love. In fact, there were a number of North American outlaws drifting throughout the Southern Continent, any of whom may have been responsible for the crimes blamed on them. James 1960 debut album, At Last! In a cynical jab at the powers that be, a Buenos Aires Herald editorial on December 23, 1905, touted: Those bad, bold, whisky-drinking, hard-riding, round-the-corner-shooting, Anglo-American, gaucho, Bank robbers have not been captured yet. Sundance bought Etta a gold lapel watch. Gerald Kolpan's ETTA (www.ettathenovel.com), tells the story through the eyes of Etta Place, the alleged girlfriend of the Sundance Kid. In February 1905, the outlaws heldup the Banco de Tarapaca y Argentino in Rio Gallegos, located in southern Argentina. History Blazer, May 1995. Author Richard F. Selcer spent over ten years researching Hells Half Acre, the area in Fort Worth where Eunice Gray's brothel was located, but he was unable to prove beyond any doubt that Gray and Place were in fact the same person. setTimeout(function(){var t=document.createElement("script");t.setAttribute("src","https://sample.dragonforms.com/getEmbeddedClientScript.do?embeddedsite=TW_dispatch_nl"),t.setAttribute("type","text/javascript"),document.body.appendChild(t)},5); Become a subscriber today and youll recieve a new issue every month plus unlimited access to our full archive of backlogged issues. WebIn much the same way as she appeared, Etta Place suddenly vanished from history with only rumors and myth to explain her fate. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (112 min. Longabaugh and Place sail to San Francisco, where she remains, while he returns to South America. A novel accurately relates the difficulties experienced by European immigrants in the United S, Pickett, Bill 18701932 There are also various claims that she returned to prostitution, living out the remainder of her life in Texas, or New York, or California. If Longabaugh and Place did visit San Francisco, they had to return to Argentina in order to meet Cassidy to plan and execute the December 1905 holdup of the Banco de la Nacion in Villa Mercedes. Gang member Will Carver also began a relationship with one of Porter's "girls," Lillie Davis, and Wild Bunch female gang member Laura Bullion is believed to have worked at the brothel from time to time. It has been conjectured, often without any real evidence, that she was variously a cousin of Longabaugh's (hence the surname Place), or that she was a cattle rustler named Ann Bassett (d.1956) who knew and operated with the Wild Bunch at the turn of the 20th century. She did not know what became of the Sundance Kid, but Lula believed Etta settled in Denver and taught school. August 9, 1902: Place registers them at the Hotel Europa in Buenos Aires. They moved to Cholilaand began raising livestock. In 1962, she began using gospel elements and, Something's Got a Hold on Me, got to No.4 on the R&B chart while, Stop the Wedding, reached No.6 on the R&B charts. WebIn much the same way as she appeared, Etta Place suddenly vanished from history with only rumors and myth to explain her fate. During the time Etta was unaccounted for, the Wild Bunch successfully lived up to their name. Some claims indicate that Place ended her relationship with Longabaugh and returned to the United States prior to his death. The Sundance Kids widow Etta Place joins up with Pancho Villa. In the summer of 1904, she made another visit with Longabaugh to the USA, where the Pinkerton Detective Agency traced them to Fort Worth in Texas and to the St. Louis World Fair, but failed to arrest them before they again returned to Argentina. An article in the December 26, 1917, San Antonio Light reported that Etta Place died on December 15, 1917. Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. With the exception of Butch, Sundance and Etta, who traveled to Pennsylvania and New York together, gang members confined themselves to the West. Some historians report that Etta was supposedly killed by an unknown assailant., When and where Etta Place lived out the remainder of her life once the key leaders of the Wild Bunch were no more will probably always be left to conjecture. Place was believed to have been born around 1878, which should have made her 84 years of age by 1962. He gave his address as the Hotel Europa, Buenos Aires." While the life of Place is somewhat mysterious - the only known facts being those that occurred while she was with Longabaugh - Bassett's life is well documented. Bullets ricocheted around them as they surveyed the scene looking for a place to take cover. As for her life after Longabaugh's death, some indications are that she returned to New York City, while others indicate she moved back to Texas and started a new life there. "I will want to buy some Rams, so please keep your ears open for we dont know where to look for them. Boulder, CO: Johnson Books, 1985. She made her final television appearance performing "At Last" on Dancing with the Stars. History writer Edward Kirby noted in his book, The Pinkerton Agency files, as well as an article in the, Some historical accounts record that she became the outside man for the gang Butch organized with her husband. While not otherwise engaged, the outlaws spent nearly three weeks sightseeing in New York City. WebEtta Place - Longabaugh's Alleged Son Longabaugh's Alleged Son Robert Harvey Longabaugh (February 21, 1901-December 18, 1972), who claimed years later to be the son of Longabaugh, claimed that Etta Place was actually Hazel Tyrone, a half-sister to his mother, Annie Marie Thayne. Legendary figures like Wyatt Earp, Jesse James, Belle Starr and the Apache Kid had their exploits built up far out of proportion to the actuality. Then, copy and paste the text into your bibliography or works cited list. A respected dentist and neighbor, George Newbery, stated that the three "were considered respectable citizens.". WebEtta Place ( b. c. 1878, d. The majority of the experts agree that Butch and Sundance probably met Etta at a bordello around 1900. The Pinkerton Agency, which had a strong interest in Etta, described her as attractive, speaking with an educated tone. Sadly, heroin addiction affected both her personal and professional life. We do not know the nature of the ailment he was being treated for." NY: Devin-Adair, 1959. Butch Cassidy: A Biography. Always soulful, her extraordinary voice was showcased to great effect in singles such as, At Last, Dance With Me Henry and Id Rather go Blind. The gang had its headquarters in Grand Encampment, Wyoming, and rode hundreds of miles to strike for wealth in unsuspecting places. Author Richard Llewellyn claimed that while in Argentina he found links that indicated Place had moved to Paraguay following the death of Longabaugh, and that she had married into wealth. Kelly, Charles. She is often regarded as a schoolteacher educated in Boston or Buffalo, and sometimes accused of being a prostitute. She was continuously in and out of rehabilitation centers. Gigi Santo Pietro Is a Tattoo Artist - Facts about Vanna For more than a day, Butch, Sundance and Etta fought being overtaken by authorities. Willa Cather until things settled down." Ethel Etta Place, Western Woman of Mystery. Few entertainers have equalled the legendary Bill Pickett for bravery, showmanship, or physical prowess. According to the September 18, 1920, edition of the, With the exception of the Pinkerton Agency files, there is little concrete information about Etta. One of their mules was recognized by a local as having been stolen, and a nearby Bolivian cavalry company was alerted. Pursued by armed lawmen, they crossed the Pampas and the Andes and again into the safety of Chile. This photo shows the Sundance Kid, Etta Place and Butch Cassidy getting ready to have tea on their Cholila ranch in 1903. The three would later travel to South America in a doomed attempt by the two men to "go straight." When Dimaio departed Buenos Aires empty-handed in May 1903, he assembled and distributed WANTED posters describing Butch, Sundance, and Etta. By the age of 5, she was known as a gospel prodigy, gaining fame by singing in her church choir and on the radio. The photo was sent to a family member and remained in the family for many years until it was published in 1992. The Sundance Kids widow Etta Place joins up with Pancho Villa. Reminiscing about their past adventures drove the former gang members back to their old habits. Some sources say that Sundance's condition was an old gunshot wound, while others suggest that he suffered from catarrh, an inflammation of the mucus membranes of the nose and throat. Early to late 1903: Female outlaw Ann Bassett marries a rancher by the name of Henry Bernard, and shortly thereafter is arrested for rustling, having no known contact with her former lover Parker.
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