only released but granted a pardon which wiped out his conviction. A few days after Buck's release, Bonnie and Clyde came to visit with him and Blanche. Bonnie was visibly drunk, and Buck, who had been talking with Clyde in the car and also appeared to have been drinking, made a promise to his brother that he would join him in his gang. This went contrary to Blanche's wishes to keep her husband out of further trouble with the law. Buck tried to convince Blanche to accompany him on a vacation trip to Joplin, Missouri with Bonnie and Clyde. He explained that his intention was to persuade his brother to keep out of trouble, but still she refused to hear of it. Only when Buck threatened to leave her behind did she finally agree, saying that she was afraid that Clyde would drive a wedge between them. Barrow Gang While visiting home Clyde invited Buck to vacation with the gang. Blanche resisted, then gave in as Buck was going whether she went along or not. Her husband hoped to convince his younger brother to turn himself in while they vacationed together. Buck had done so, served some time, and ended up receiving a full pardon wiping out his convictions only a few months earlier from the Texas governor. Blanche and Buck rented a hideout for the vacation in Joplin, MO using the pseudonym 'Callahan'. Blanche and Buck spent three weeks relaxing in the two garage apartments with the gang of Bonnie, Clyde, and Clyde's seventeen year old sidekick William Daniel "W.D." Jones. The apartment building exists today at 3347+1⁄2 Oak Ridge Drive in Joplin, Newton County, Missouri, though it actually fronts on 34th Street, and is registered on the National Register of Historic Places. While Blanche agreed to travel with Bonnie and Clyde, she was not overly fond of them. The group passed time playing cards, doing puzzles, and drinking newly legalized beer. Clyde Barrow parked his stolen car in the left side of the double garage beneath the two apartments while Blanche and Buck had to rent space at a nearby house for their car as a neighbor had the right-side spot already. Blanche and Bonnie would go to the movies or shop for knick-knacks at Kress' store, but, to her chagrin, she ended up doing much of the cooking and washing for the others. Bickering steadily increased during