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ArrestedAt Celeste GetsLife SentenceJe*« Fletcher, 48, arrested sev-ernl weeks ago at Celeste by Deputy Sheriff Bob Warren andcarried to California by officers of that state where he was wanted for murder was renter. -ced recently to life Imprisonment In San Quentin prison, according to information received here. Fletcher entered a plea of guilty to first degree murder at hla trial.John Bates. Visalia. California, service station operator was kificd February 28 and following an Intensive man hunt In which two men before him were arrested, Fletcher was taken In cus-today at Celeste He is understood to have told Tv wife’s relatives when he was arrested, to take care of her and their children because he would not be back.Two men said to have been companions of Fletcher in a rob-bcry in which Bates was killed, have not been tried. Letters from prominent Celeste residents wereintroduced at Fletcher’s trial. -
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Greenville Evening Banner
Greenville, Texas, US
Fri, Jul 17, 1931
Page 7
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