History writer Edward Kirby noted in his book The Saga of Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch that she was truly the mystery woman of the Wild Bunch story.. Summer, 1904: Place and Longabaugh sail again to New York City, to visit her family. There are also various claims that she returned to prostitution, living out the remainder of her life in Texas, or New York, or California. The couple was spotted in Saint Louis, Missouri, at the Worlds Fair in 1904. She was the one who held the horses and remained on guard while they robbed and stole. ?) Among the many stories of the two men and their apparent demise, the account by Arthur Chapman published in the April 1930 issue of Elks Magazine has been the seed for many accounts, all varying in detail, location, and date. Buck, Daniel, and Anne Meadows. 22 Feb. 2023 . Tomeka Thiam Met Akon When She Was 18 & Gave Him 5 Children. He gave his address as the Hotel Europa, Buenos Aires." For more than a day, Butch, Sundance and Etta fought being overtaken by authorities. Geni requires JavaScript! L.G. They moved to Cholilaand began raising livestock. She was well educated and an excellent horsewoman. 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. This is confirmed by a hospital staff record from Denver, where she received treatment in May 1902, which reports her age as "23 or 24," (therefore again, c.1878), although both records may transpire to be from the same original source, the hospital staff. Twenty-eight-year-old Etta smiled happily at her two companions as the conversation strayed from the execution of the job to the large amount they had stolen. It is possible that she met Parker and/or Longabaugh in Fort Worth or in the brothel of Madame Fannie Porter in San Antonio, which was frequented by members of the Wild Bunch gang and which resulted in several gang members meeting girlfriends that later traveled with them, to include Kid Curry's meeting of prostitute Della Moore. Etta was reportedly killed instantly from a bullet to the chest, and the Sundance Kid was critically wounded. Popular locations for her place of birth include Utah, New York City, Pennsylvania, or 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. 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. The Wild Bunch. Pursued by armed lawmen, they crossed the Pampas and the Andes and again into the safety of Chile. 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. These tactics netted them much success, especially after railroad or bank robberies. The three were members of the outlaw gang known as Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch. The second, put out in 1906, described her as having, "classic good looks, 27 or 28 years old, 5'4" to 5'5" in height, weighing between 110 lb and 115 lb, with a medium build and brown hair.". time through the years until he died. Before any policemen arrived, the four robbers had re-mounted and disappeared in a cloud of dust. With her death, there remained no known person who could verify as to whether Place and Gray were or were not the same person. Governor Julio Lezana issued an arrest warrant, but before it could be executed, Sheriff Edward Humphreys, a Welsh Argentine who was friendly with Parker and enamored of Place, tipped them off. According to historians, on February 20, 1901, the husband and wife and Cassidy boarded the, Shortly after the trio arrived in South America, they opened a bank account with $12 thousand in gold notes. The Wild Bunch had been on, By the early 1900s, the law was closing in and Butch Cassidy was beginning to, George Scarborough was a tough and deadly lawmanuntil he ran into members of the Wild. Meadows, Anne. Flourished around 18961905; dates and locations for her birth and death are unknown, as are parents' names, marriages, and children; thought to have been educated in the East as a teacher. 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. https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/place-etta-fl-1896-1905, "Place, Etta (fl. (February 22, 2023). 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. 1907: Place is living in San Francisco, without Longabaugh, and there is no evidence that they have seen one another since his departure two years prior. Few entertainers have equalled the legendary Bill Pickett for bravery, showmanship, or physical prowess. 1961: Female Wild Bunch Gang member Laura Bullion dies in Tennessee, the last member of the gang, and, aside from the Bassett girls, one of the only people who could have either confirmed or denied as to whether Etta Place and Eunice Gray were one and the same. Historical Atlas of the Outlaw West. Many theories have been advanced over the years as to her true identity. Refer to each styles convention regarding the best way to format page numbers and retrieval dates. Differing accounts have her traveling to Denver for a medical procedure and settling there, fighting in the Mexican Revolution, living somewhere in South America, residing in Mexico City with Longabaugh, or settling in a number of locations within the United States. Theories abound regarding Etta's earlier life. Tomeka Thiam Met Akon When She Was 18 & Gave Him 5 Children. Possible identities for her parents range from an Englishman named Ingerfeld to more fanciful alternatives, such as Emily Jane Place and George Capel, alleged son of Arthur Algernon Capel, 6th earl of Essex. With the exception of Butch, Sundance and Etta, who traveled to Pennsylvania and New York together, gang members confined themselves to the West. 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. 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 Sundance Kids widow Etta Place joins up with Pancho Villa. It's known that in 1902 and 1904 Sundance and Etta made return trips to the United States evidence of which was later uncovered by the Pinkertons. Their trip included a sojourn to Coney Island, and possible further medical treatment for Longabaugh's unknown condition. 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. 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! A Pinkerton account states that "Etta Place, Harry Long[a]baugh's wife, in male attire, is alleged to have held the horses while Long[a]baugh and Cassidy committed the robbery." While befriending the gang's leader, Butch Cassidy, she developed a romantic relationship with another central gang member, Harry Longabaugh, better known as the Sundance Kid. Its unlikely Etta, Ethel or Place is her real name. Etta had her clothes tailored, and adorned herself with expensive jewelry. 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. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. 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. July 31, 1909: Place attempts to obtain a death certificate following his alleged death in Bolivia so that she can settle his estate. Shortly after the trio arrived in South America, they opened a bank account with $12 thousand in gold notes. 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. In 1952, she met musician Johnny Otis who helped the band sign to Modern Records and changing their name to the Peaches and gave the singer her stage name reversing Jamesetta into "Etta James". She is the third of five children to be raised in the area her mother will rename Browns Park. The Wallflower, or Dance with Me, Henry, written by Johnny Otis, Hank Ballard, and Etta James was recorded by her for Modern Records in 1955 and topped the U.S. R&B chart for 4 weeks. Because Pinkerton's believed the story was true, historians believed it too. Butch was regaling the pair with stories of the South American riches yet to be had by those willing to take them. Eventually, the two would become involved in a romantic relationship that would span several years and two continents. Longabaugh and Place sail to San Francisco, where she remains, while he returns to South America. 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. 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. 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. As she entered her 70s, Etta James began struggling with health issues and eventually succumbed to Leukemia. March 3, 1902: Longabaugh and Place sail on the ship S.S. 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. 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. Another report indicates she committed suicide in 1924 in Argentina, while yet another report indicates that she died of natural causes in 1966. With the exception of Butch, Sundance and Etta, who traveled to Pennsylvania and New York together, gang members confined themselves to the West. In 2003, she was given the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. She had two sons Donto and Sametto, both of whom are performers. His cohorts in crime thought the idea had promise and were enthusiastic about the opportunity. 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. In 1901 she was going by the name Ethel and Etta is Spanish for Ethel. Al Sharpton and she was entombed at Inglewood Park Cemetery in Los Angeles County, California. 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. While not otherwise engaged, the outlaws spent nearly three weeks sightseeing in New York City. Butch reasoned that law enforcement in Bolivia was lacking, and their chances of getting away with the crime great. This may have been the result of their notoriety, or the perception that Cassidy, Longabaugh, and Place were the only Bandidos Yanqui (American Bandits) in South America. She bore the brunt of attack by aroused citizens and was always the last in the getaway, a, By mid-January 1901, the Wild Bunch had gone their separate ways. . In 1906 he and Cassidy returned to outlawry, robbing banks, trains, and mining interests in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. The woman later known as Ethel Place, is most likely born in Texas in 1876. In some respects, stories of Americas Wild West feel like a young country trying to build itself a mythology from scratch. Pointer, Larry. She was principally the companion of Longabaugh. With the exception of the Pinkerton Agency files, there is little concrete information about Etta. Again, those claims have no supporting evidence, and are merely rumor. Bolivias plateaus were filled with silver, gold, copper and oil. The majority of the experts agree that Butch and Sundance probably met Etta at a bordello around 1900. She is the third of five children to be raised in the area her mother will rename Browns Park. A novel accurately relates the difficulties experienced by European immigrants in the United S, Pickett, Bill 18701932 In 1961, she released a second studio album, The Second Time Around, covering many genres, and using strings on many of the songs generating two hit singles, Fool That I Am, and , Don't Cry Baby. . Four years later, she recorded, Roll with Me Henry, with the Otis band. Most online reference entries and articles do not have page numbers. The gang had its headquarters in Grand Encampment, Wyoming, and rode hundreds of miles to strike for wealth in unsuspecting places. From here, Butch left his companions to return to their ranch, traveling south by water to Rawson, then west by land to Chubut Province. 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