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Former Emporia resident identified as sniperEMPORIA, Kan. (AP) — A weapon found alongside a dead man atop a New Orleans hotel Sunday night was purchased at the Montgomery Ward’s store here. James Sarr. store manager, said Tuesday.Police identified the man they said was a sniper as a former Emporia resident. Mark James Robert Essex, 23. He was the son of Mr and Mrs. Mark H Essex of Emporia and was known to friends here as “Jimmy.”“According to information from federal authorities as to the serial number of the rifle involved in the New Orleans shooting and a check of our records, the rifle involved was sold in our Emporia store on April 11, 1972,” Sarr saidHe would not say what type of rifle it was.Police said they found a ,44-calibor Magnum alongside Essex Essex lt;nlisted in the Navy here Jan. 13, 1969. A Navy spokesman in Washington said he was given a general discharge for unsuitability Feb. 10, 1971.” A discharge of this type, thespokesman said, involves “character and liehavior disorders.The Rev. W A Chambers, pastor of St. James Baptist Church, said, “I baptized him.“He always got along fine as a boy, but something happened when he went into the Navv.”VEssex returned from naval service, the Rev. Mr Chambers said, “hating white folks.”The minister, speaking from a Topeka hospital (Continued to page 10)
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Olathe Daily News
Olathe, Kansas, US
Wed, Jan 10, 1973
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