When Mrs.Ruth Warren arrived in Bienville
Parish to claim her car (after the ambush).
Sheriff Henderson Jordan refused to release 
it to her, claiming that she would have to
pay $15,000 to get it back. She then hired
Arcadia attorney W.D.Goff to represent her.
Goff claimed that by Jordan setting the
value of the car over $3,000, the case would
surely wind up in Federal Court. Because of
Sheriff Jordan's refusal to comply,
Federal Judge Benjamin Dawkins threatened
to send the sheriff to jail, if he did not
return the car to Mrs. Warren. She finally
did get her car back and drove it to
Shreveport, Louisiana. From there the car
was taken by truck, back to Topeka, Kansas.
where it sat in her driveway at 2107 Gabler
Street for several days. She leased the car
to John Castle of "United Shows" and when
the contract went into default, she had the
car repossessed and rented it to carnival
operator Charles Stanley. After she
divorced her husband Jesse, she kept
the title to the car and sold it to
Stanley for $3,500. The "Death Car" was
then exhibited at a Cincinnati, Ohio
amusement park from 1940-1952. Ted Toddy
purchased the car in 1952 for $14,500.
The car sat in a warehouse for years until
the popularity of the 1967 Authur Penn
movie "Bonnie & Clyde" brought it out of
retirement. In 1988, the death car was used
in the Great American Road Rally in the
old Arlington Stadium.

Where is the car now? Primadonna Resorts
Inc. which operates Whiskey Pete's casino
in Primm, Nevada. Bought the car in 1988
for $250,000. The infamous "Death Car" is
an attraction in their lobby. The casino
is also the proud new owner of the
bulletriddled shirt worn by Clyde the day
he was killed. They plan to display the
shirt along with other Bonnie & Clyde
relics against the backdrop of the car.