Therefore, its best to use Encyclopedia.com citations as a starting point before checking the style against your school or publications requirements and the most-recent information available at these sites: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html. Without further evidence, it is most likely that on February 20, 1901, the three boarded the ship Herminius, bound for South America. She possessed the vocal range of a contralto and was initially marketed as R&B and doo-wop singer but broke through as a traditional pop-styled singer, covering jazz and pop music standards. Estimates of her birth year range from 1878 to 1882 or 1883. Soldier Prince from Argentina to New York City. 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. Pinkerton detectives raided the villa where the trio lived but found nothing that gave them a clue as to where the desperados were headed. Shortly after the trio arrived in South America, they opened a bank account with $12 thousand in gold notes. Richard M. Abrams Principally the companion of Longabaugh, little is known about her; both her origins and her fate remain mysterious. Sundance bought Etta a gold lapel watch. There are also various claims that she returned to prostitution, living out the remainder of her life in Texas, or New York, or California. In 2003, she was honored with a Walk of Fame star at 7080 Hollywood Blvd. Apparently, the outlaws spent the next year or so building a ranch in the Andes foothills, in southwest Argentina, as described in the following Pinkerton information: On April 2nd, 1902, [Longabaugh using the name Place] and [Cassidy using the name Ryan notified] Argentine Republic Government they had settled on 4 square leagues of Government land within the Province of Chubut, district 16th of 11 October, near Cholila and had 1300 sheep, 500 head of cattle, 35 horses, and asked for the first right to buy some [land] and were settled on land improving it. Boulder, CO: Johnson Books, 1985. Under a new law of 1884, they were granted 15,000 acres (61 km) of adjacent land to develop, 2,500 of which belonged to Place herself, who has the distinction of being the first woman in Argentina to acquire land under the new act, as land ownership had hitherto been almost the exclusive preserve of men. 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. Place, Purser, Mrs. Harry A. In fact, even her real name is a mystery. Published in 1918 They robbed an English bank in the town of Patagonia, then rode into Chile where they committed a number of other daring robberies. 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. However, Willis concedes that Gray never admitted or even claimed to be Etta Place; he merely made that connection on his own, given the similarities of their age, and the period in which Gray said she went to South America coinciding with Place's time in South America. According to one of the many legends of Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid and Etta Place in South America, two men and one woman at the table pulled their chairs into the limited shade offered by the thin limbs of casadensis trees. 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. Many theories have been advanced over the years as to her true identity. One of their mules was recognized by a local as having been stolen, and a nearby Bolivian cavalry company was alerted. 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. The whole Republic has been astonished by the depravity of those four buccaneers, and all the horses and men of the Province of San Luis have, it would appear, been turned out upon their trail. 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. Genres. Popular locations for her place of birth include Utah, New York City, Pennsylvania, or In some respects, stories of Americas Wild West feel like a young country trying to build itself a mythology from scratch. Historical documents do show that Etta and Sundance were dedicated to one another and that she was undeniably the Queen of the Wild Bunch.. . This photo shows the Sundance Kid, Etta Place and Butch Cassidy getting ready to have tea on their Cholila ranch in 1903. The photo was sent to a family member and remained in the family for many years until it was published in 1992. Sundance bought Etta a gold lapel watch. Because Pinkerton's believed the story was true, historians believed it too. The isolated mountain village of San Vicente, Bolivia, was noisy and crowded with people, some of whom were loud and nearly shouting their conversations as they made their way from one shop to another. Various accounts about the exchange between the bandits and police, from the July 7, 1908, edition of the Washington Post to the December 19, 1971, edition of the San Antonio Light newspapers, reported that the battle ended with the deaths of the outlaws in the spring of 1908. She has written more than thirty books on the subject and is a Will Rogers Medallion Award-winner. It is also possible that they traveled to a Dr. Pierce's Invalid Hotel in Buffalo, New York State, for (unspecified) treatment. 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. Selcers research suggests she might have been suffering from acute appendicitis and needed emergency surgery. Beverly Hills, CA: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, 1969. Excerpt from My Antonia 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. Another account formulated by research done by journalist Jim Dullenty indicates that Etta moved to Marion, Oregon, after news that Sundance had been killed in Bolivia. This petition was signed by Place and Ryan, per Santiago. In the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Etta Place is depicted as a schoolteacher - the role of Place is portrayed by Katherine Ross, playing alongside Paul Newman and Robert Redford in the titular roles. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1975. Popular locations for her place of birth include Utah, New York City, Pennsylvania, or Wisconsin. 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. Their setup of several isolated camps, stretching from Wyoming to Utah, allowed the men a safe haven which lawmen avoided. A TV movie called The Legend of Butch & Sundance was released in 2006. She received her first professional vocal training at the age of five from James Earle Hines, musical director of the St. Paul Baptist Church Echoes of Eden choir, in south central Los Angeles. The manager offered resistance [and] was wounded. It tells how Cassidy and Longabaugh were looking for food and wandered into the Indian village of San Vicente, Bolivia, in 1909. L.G. 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. 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. They moved to Cholilaand began raising livestock. Its unlikely Etta, Ethel or Place is her real name. Retrieved February 22, 2023 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/place-etta-fl-1896-1905. . Plot summary. Barring new information, their time ranching was most likely spent lawfully. It is thought that Butch and Sundance finally had had enough, and decided to "go straight" in a land where they were unknown. 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. January 1996, p. 21. https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/place-etta-fl-1896-1905, "Place, Etta (fl. 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. Atlas of South America. We do not know the nature of the ailment he was being treated for." 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. Lamb, F. Bruce. Claims that she herself was a teacher at one time have no support, either. A Pinkerton report indicates that a woman matching Place's description was killed in a shootout resulting from a domestic dispute with a man named Mateo Gebhart in Chubut, Argentina, in March 1922. Again, those claims have no supporting evidence, and are merely rumor. July 31, 1909: Place attempts to obtain a death certificate following his alleged death in Bolivia so that she can settle his estate. 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". 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. Even the Wild Bunch themselves were rumored to have become her guardians after the death of her father. In February 1901, she accompanied Longabaugh, whom she may or may not have married, to New York City, where at Tiffany's jewelers they purchased a lapel watch and stickpin and where at a studio in Union Square on Broadway she posed with him for the now famous DeYoung portrait, one of only two known images of her [2]. Its my secret where hes buried. According to Lula, Etta returned to America long before Butch and Sundance fought it out with the South American police. 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. Montana, Wyoming, Texas, Arizona and Nevada all suffered at the hands of the Wild Bunch, and posses of skilled trackers and fighters rode themselves haggard looking for the thieves. Popular locations for her place of birth include Utah, New York City, Pennsylvania, or A mule train rumored to be transporting a rich payroll was going to be in the area. Gray was described as being a beautiful woman, but there are no known photographs of her from that period, and only one quality photograph from the period of Place. The Outlaw Trail. 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.. According to legend, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Harry Longabaugh) infamous Utah outlaws noted throughout the Gerald Kolpan's ETTA (www.ettathenovel.com) purports to tell the "true" story of Etta and Sundance and includes many historical figures such as Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley and Eleanor Roosevelt. Playwright, author, journalist, dandy-aesthete, w, The rising of physical objects, tables, pianos, etc., or of human beings into the air, contrary to the known laws of gravitation and without any visi, Place Versus Response Learning Revisited in the Brain, https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/place-etta-fl-1896-1905. In early 1905, the trio sold the Cholila ranch as once again the law was beginning to catch up with them. Sadly, heroin addiction affected both her personal and professional life. She was awarded Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for the album Mystery Lady, and two more for, Let's Roll, and, Blues to the Bone, for Best Contemporary and Traditional Blues Albums categories respectively. 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.". The remainder of Robert Longabaugh's stories are believed to have been completely fabricated by him. Tomeka Thiam Met Akon When She Was 18 & Gave Him 5 Children. 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. 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. Curiously, the agency took no action, perhaps because of a reticence on the part of their North American clients to support the operation. if you hear of any one that want to sell please tell them about us." She was said to have spoken in an educated manner, and she indicated that she was originally from the East Coast, although she never revealed an exact location. 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. 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. He even claimed that he was a pallbearer at Butch Cassidy/aka Parker's funeral years after Parker was alleged to have been killed in Bolivia, and that Cassidy was buried in Spokane, Washington. Place, Stewardess, which was OK as no passengers were carried, hence put them in the crew's list. 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. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (112 min. The three were members of the outlaw gang known as Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch. 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. Butch was regaling the pair with stories of the South American riches yet to be had by those willing to take them. They traveled to Monte Carlo, took up residence on the Riviera, and generally lived an easy life for a while. She was well educated and an excellent horsewoman. The men sported new aliases; Butch took the name James (later Santiago) Ryan, while Sundance took Etta's last name, making him Harry (later Enrique) A. According to the Pinkerton Agency file, Sundance periodically accompanied her. Many of the details of Place's life have been lost to time. Life on the ranch in Cholila proved to be too mundane for Butch, Etta and Sundance. Digging Up Butch and Sundance. Etta and Sundance boarded a ship to New York, ostensibly to visit Longabaugh's relatives in Pennsylvania and Atlantic City. Popular myth has Etta leaving the men, and Butch and Sundance alternately robbing and working for mining concerns throughout southern and eastern South America. With suggestive stage antics and a sassy attitude, she continued to perform and record well into the 1990s. 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. Sundance pulled Etta down with him. This photo shows the Sundance Kid, Etta Place and Butch Cassidy getting ready to have tea on their Cholila ranch in 1903. They returned to Buenos Aires from New York on July 10, 1902, aboard the steamer Honorius, posing as stewards. Gray was described as being a beautiful woman, as Place was, relatively wealthy, and said to have been articulate in her speech, intelligent, well-mannered, well-dressed on all occasions, and seemingly educated. Chris Enss is a New York Times bestselling author who writes about women of the Old West. American woman who accompanied the outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid to Argentina, where they began a successful ranch and later returned to their outlaw ways. 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. 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 of those claims are possible, as members of the Wild Bunch gang often alternated girlfriends. She is the third of five children to be raised in the area her mother will rename Browns Park. Etta and Sundance made it back to Argentina without interference from any law enforcement agency. The same sources, as well as the Sundance Kids family, report that Etta and Sundance married in December 1900. With their take from the robbery reported at 12,000 pesos ($137,500 today), an extensive search for the trio was begun. 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. In Search of Butch Cassidy. February 27, 2023. Patterson, Richard. With the exception of Butch, Sundance and Etta, who traveled to Pennsylvania and New York together, gang members confined themselves to the West. Place, shortly after he is photographed in the famous Fort Worth Five photo. 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. Many of the details of Place's life have been lost to time. was a companion of the American outlaws Robert LeRoy Parker, alias Butch Cassidy and Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, alias Sundance Kid. Perhaps it was the perception that their situation was hopeless which lured the Wild Bunch back into action. The woman making the request was described as being very pretty. About a minute later, I heard the one who was outside say in English something like "all set." She never makes any indications that she is, nor does she attempt to fuel this rumor, but rather avoids the topic altogether. The isolated mountain village of, Historians and researchers debate this fanciful account of the final demise of Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid and Etta Place. Ethel Etta Place, Western Woman of Mystery. February 27, 2023. The ship was bound ship for Buenos Aires, Argentina. December 1900: Place and Longabaugh marry, with him using the alias of Harry A. Then, copy and paste the text into your bibliography or works cited list. Some historical accounts record that she became the outside man for the gang Butch organized with her husband. Presumably, the fourth bandit was one of several possible fellow outlaws rumored to have been in the region. James 1960 debut album, At Last! He concludes with "Kindest Regards to your Wife and Family." ?) Etta Place (1878-unknown) was almost certainly not her real name, but no one knows for sure what name she was born under. 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. The Sundance Kids widow Etta Place joins up with Pancho Villa. In reality, there are really no facts whatsoever to show beyond a doubt what happened to Place following Longabaugh's death. There are at least shreds of evidence to support that claim. According to the February 19, 1950, edition of the American Weekly, Butch told the Buenos Aires bank president that he and his friends were afraid of thieves. The deed is credited to the Wild Bunch, though the identities of the individual members involved have long been disputed. Lorinda Reese Jameson is the only child of Philadelphia banker G. David Jameson, and her father raised her as he would a son, to ride and to shoot. According to legend, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Harry Longabaugh) infamous Utah outlaws noted throughout the She was principally the companion of Longabaugh. Therefore, that information is unavailable for most Encyclopedia.com content. By the end of that year however they were again back in Argentina; on December 19, Place took part, along with Longabaugh, Parker and an unknown male, in the robbery of the Banco de la Nacion in Villa Mercedes, 400 miles west of Buenos Aires. Regardless of their fate, all accounts seem to lack reasonable evidence and credibility. 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. 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. Rodeo cowboy With Etta as accomplice, they robbed a number of banks, handily avoiding capture. Lorinda Reese Jameson is the only child of Philadelphia banker G. David Jameson, and her father raised her as he would a son, to ride and to shoot. Willis believed that Place and Gray held a striking resemblance to one another, but there is no way of verifying his assumption. There she settled with the two outlaws on a ranch which they purchased near Cholila in Chubut Province of West Central Argentina. There he used the name of Harry E. Place. by Chris Enss | Jul 15, 2019 | Features & Gunfights. A gun suddenly fired, and a bullet almost took off Butchs head. When Mama Lu died in 1950, Dorothy took her to the Fillmore District, San Francisco where she was exposed to doo-wop and was inspired to form a girl group, called the Creolettes. Whatever her background, circumstances would lead her to become acquainted with the best-known outlaw gang in the American West. Wagons without springs pulled by half-wild horses passed by, and the rattle of the wheels over rocks and gravel added to the commotion. Both Bassett and Place were attractive women, with similar facial features, body frame, and hair color, and both were born in 1878. Robert LeRoy Parker, better known as Butch Cassidy, leaned forward in his chair so his friends could hear him over the racket in the street. NY: Simon and Schuster, 1991. She was the one who held the horses and remained on guard while they robbed and stole. . 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. Estimates of her birth year range from 1878 to 1882 or 1883. In 2003, she was given the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. She bore the brunt of attack by aroused citizens and was always the last in the getaway, a San Antonio Light article reported. Therefore, be sure to refer to those guidelines when editing your bibliography or works cited list. The one instance where she is known to have signed her name, she recorded it as "Mrs. Ethel Place." ." February 27, 2023. According to the September 18, 1920, edition of the, With the exception of the Pinkerton Agency files, there is little concrete information about Etta. ." Tomeka Thiam Met Akon When She Was 18 & Gave Him 5 Children. With Longabaugh now dead, and Place having no real ties to any overt criminal acts, Pinkerton interests' in her location die down, and her trail goes cold. History Blazer, May 1995. At her request therefore on May 1, 1905, Longabaugh accompanied her from Valparaiso, Chile, to San Francisco, California, USA, where she apparently remained while he once again returned to South America. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/ettajames-5452.php. After that, nothing more was ever heard of her. The outlaws fired their own weapons indiscriminately into the collection of law enforcement officers that had gathered. There also were rumors that Etta Place was in fact Edith Mae, wife of famous boxing promoter Tex Rickard, who retired to a ranch in Paraguay shortly after promoting the famous fight between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries in 1910. Place owned 2500 acres herself becoming the first female landowner in the country which had just changed its laws to allow women to own land. Place had long been tired of life on the run and deeply lamented the loss of their ranch. Between 2000 and 2011, she released albums including, Matriarch of the Blues, Blue Gardenia, Let's Roll, and The Dreamer. 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. From here, Butch left his companions to return to their ranch, traveling south by water to Rawson, then west by land to Chubut Province. WebEtta Place ( b. c. 1878, d. Through his research, he discovered a paper trail and enough eyewitness reports to significantly improve the chance of capturing the outlaws. Historians and researchers debate this fanciful account of the final demise of Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid and Etta Place. She is the third of five children to be raised in the area her mother will rename Browns Park. "Leaving Cholila: Butch and Sundance Documents Surface in Argentina," in True West. Add synopsis. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. She married Artis Mils in 1969 who remained her husband until her death. WebIn Sundance Kid. Michael Rutter, an author who has written extensively on the life of Etta Place, speculates that she might have been romantically involved with Butch before entering into a relationship with the Sundance Kid. 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. Harry Longabaugh, also known as the Sundance Kid, and his paramour, Ethel Etta Place, leaned in closely to listen. 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. 2019Encyclopedia.com | All rights reserved. His point had been proven many times in the six years the outlaws had been in South America. Historical Atlas of the Outlaw West. May 1, 1905: Place, Longabaugh, and Parker decide to sell their Cholila Ranch and leave South America to avoid the law there. Gigi Santo Pietro Is a Tattoo Artist - Facts about Vanna 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." The Pinkerton Agency, which had a strong interest in Etta, described her as attractive, speaking with an educated tone. 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. Wenceslao Solis, a Chilean ranch hand employed by Longabaugh, claimed to have assisted in the outlaws' departure from Cholila on May 9, 1905. 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. 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. He recorded each lead in his 1977 book, The Identity of Harry Longabaugh's Mysterious Lover. 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. Meadows, Anne. In some respects, stories of Americas Wild West feel like a young country trying to build itself a mythology from scratch. Their research also discovered "that Longbaugh [sic] under the name of Place was treated in the Pierce Medical Institute, Buffalo, New York, and by a Dr. Weinstein, 174 Second Ave., New York City. 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 . After a bad patch, she returned with the single and album, Tell Mama, in 1967. Once again Pinkerton detectives discover she is homesick, but again cannot discover the identity of her family. Place. Redford, Robert. According to the San Antonio Light, three outlaws matching the description of Etta and her male cohorts were spotted at Cape Horn in early 1907. On February 1, 1901, the trio met as planned in New York City. Etta was reportedly killed instantly from a bullet to the chest, and the Sundance Kid was critically wounded. 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