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t little difference in others, a Iei,it/eleofit,INSANITY ISPLEA ENTEREDintyarveilBY SPEEGLEYELLVILLE, Ark. — VP)— Defense attorneys sought to provetoday that Kenneth D. Speegle, decorated combat veteran formerly of Borger, Tex., was .insane , from his war experiences when ire he allegedly killed two men in.heet-)erterars 3 re ut rethem-ofofr as er, ds, Ol'ter-ar-og-ingvasrolthe Ozark Mountains near here last September.Speegle is being tried on a first degree murder charge for the fatal shooting of Arkansas State Trooper Sidney V. Pavett. A similar charge is pending against him in the fatal shooting of Zue E. Crook, retired railroad man. ‘Prosecutor Gene Moore has indicated he will ask the. jury to condemn Speeglo to death in the electric chair.Defense Attorney Arthur Woods in his opening statement pictured Speegle as a battle-shocked veteran “who was fighting the war allover again” while roaming the mountains as an AWOL soldier fro At Fort Lewis, Wash.Woods said he would prove that Speegle, alone in a foxhole, had repelled three Japanese attacks in the fighting on Luzon. Later, he said, Speegle received four weeks of treatment for com-irnr 1)1x1 shock nnd sInce has had » i recurrent mental lapses. Spccgle's* fnvmnl nl on J * - . . . ...forre-oxi Is isformal plea was innocent “by reason of insanity.Over defense objection, the Soo PLEA, Page 4)BAMsol ate vict I year-n Short court photoActTodWASK re tar y c the Sei the Par ing — speediei Pact an Aches meeting by an f man fo phases policy.In a meeting man sj “It ithat dlt; prograx orn po
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Pampa Daily News
Pampa, Texas, US
Wed, Jun 22, 1949
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