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Soldier Held SaneBy Trial ExpertsCharge Pacific Vet Killed Policemanterms.eludecationist-Le The churc bishoj i using ! strugj j The j olic / •' name Lead t)clareVELLVILLE. Ark.. June 22.— by th 'AD—Two specialists from Ar-.the r: kansas State Hospital. Little Rock, i becn testified today that Sgt. Kenneth; „.ere T). Speegle. combat veteran. is'cti£c. sane.The A. \V. O. L. soldier, on trial y^sy for the fatal shooting last Sep- c]j' tember of State Policeman Sidney tbrea1 V. Pavatt. has pleaded innocent b.vimuni( reason of insanity. InnrtivDr. George W. Jackson and Dr.! *: .Oscar Kozberg said they had!*. examined the 24-year-old defend-j ant after his arrest and found him: S ' capable of knowing right from'W,'°ne- + + + !-reCOURT was recessed after their: lhe a testimony until tomorrow morning.I tbeir The two physicians testified as re-itiUen hutfal witnesses for the state. jdwelli The defense sought to show that! Speegle underwent a terrific strain fin . while fighting in the South Pacific..; . _A former Army buddy. Pvt. El-:- .rinn Bennett of Canip Campbell.!; ; Ky.. described their battle ex-;,.. periences during World War II; and related the type of training' they underwent to prepare for iunsle fighting.Walter Speegle. Burger. Tex., brother of the defendant, said his Contii brother “wasn't right** after bis.jn ca discharge from the Army. : been 1•Speegle subsequently ie-enH.st-; rd in the Army in 1948 and went • DLA3 A. W. O. L. two months la ten. ! .\j)+ + + • GrancSPEEGLE is charged with first j chief degree murder in the killing of:KIux Zue E. Crook, retired railroader.Pavatt was shot fatally while investigating a series of burglaries I -I i in the Ozark Mountain country. there, near here. While authorities were! me li hunting for the killer the body of! lion Crook was found in a shallow cnusit grave. i FedorPapers found in a cave linked* He Speegle with the crimes. J jnalwas fHoiblameviolon
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Terre Haute Star

Terre Haute, Indiana, US

Thu, Jun 23, 1949

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