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MJIATEI) PRESS SERVICEFvsMURDERER WHOi .in ihile liefiresSTATEndi- j ell.rer Emmett Vestal, Convicted the of Killing Man in Okla-J horn a, 19 1917, Arrestedla.s! at St. Louiser s lifeeraFIND THAT HEHAS TWO WIVESiho 1 _____est- *herWife No. 1 Still LovesHusband and Is M illing»niato Accompany Him Backto TexasBy thf Associated prmDALLAS. Tex., Aug. 7.—DistrictAttorney Shelby S. Cox and Allen Seale, nominee for sheriff, left latetoday for St. Louis to bring bacicEmmett Vestal, escaped murdererunder sentence of death who hasbeen missing since his escape several years ago. Vestal was arrested Friday at St. Louis.Vestal was given a death sen-; tence in July, 1917, in connectionIdwith the shooting to death of Ros-nt coe Morrell of Weleetka, Okla.. onJuly 12, 1917, near Lancaster. Dallas County. The men were allegedat]eito have been touring Texas in an ;n | automobile. ant| After Vestal’s case was affirmed lichjby the court of criminal appeals jay j and before sentence was passed ell. upon him. it was adjudged that he tnd had become insane after his convic-in'tion. He then was placed in an in-rar sane asylum at Rusk, from whichion! he escaped within a few days anda ; has been at liberty for the past ler- eight years.mo-! Request for extradition paperson was prepared and sent to Austin tolity! Governor Miriam A. Ferguson bying John A. Erhard. Jr., assistant dis-ud trict attorney, to be signed by the‘ governor and forwarded to Cox atcerjSt. Louis, who will present them to lad j the governor of Missouri should car Vestal resist return to Texas.sonWife To Stick By Him.im. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 7.—(AP)om j Even though her husband has ad-u*-v mitted that he has another wife.lte- Mrs. Offia Vestal still loves him0? and hopes to go with him when heShtis taken back to Texas where he is I!e- wanted as an escaped murderer, she said tonight.rif* The husband, Emmett Vestal, is in‘* hel^ here, awaiting the arrival of Per I officials from Dallas.j Mrs. Vestal says she was mar-mc ried to Vestal in 1920 and is then mother of his three children. Notofuntil she caused his arrest on a r.on-support charge did she learnus-1.ndekof Mrs. Ella Vestal, wife No. 2. shedeclared tonight.Since then Mrs. Ottia Vestal hasreceived a letter from Mrs. EllaVestal at Queen City. Mo., sayingshe had married Vestal in ignoranceiK of the fact that he had anotherwife.ao-
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Sedalia Capital
Sedalia, Missouri, US
Sun, Aug 08, 1926
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