William Jones | |
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Born | William Daniel Jones May 12, 1916 Henderson County, Texas, U.S. |
Died | August 20, 1974 Houston, Texas, U.S. | (aged 58)
Cause of death | Gunshot wound |
Other names | Jack Sherman, Hubert Bleigh, W.D., Dub, Deacon |
Criminal status | Deceased |
Conviction(s) | Murder without malice |
Criminal penalty | 15 years imprisonment |
William Daniel ("W.D.", "Bud", "Deacon") Jones (May 12, 1916 – August 20, 1974) was a member of the Barrow Gang, whose crime spree throughout the southern Midwest in the early years of the Great Depression became part of American criminal folklore. Jones ran with Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker for eight and a half months, from Christmas Eve 1932 to early September 1933. He and another gang member named Henry Methvin were consolidated into the "C.W. Moss" character in the film Bonnie and Clyde (1967). Of the character C.W. Moss in the movie, Jones said: "Moss was a dumb kid who run errands and done what Clyde told him. That was me, all right."[1]