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mts Sunday, March 7, 1993e JBnMrs,h-to po-ary tell s rightKidnappedContinued from Page IBlight, dropping them off about 40 miles north of Antlers, Okla., between 9 and 10 p.m., some 18 hours after the ordeal began. The two were told told to stay put until the sun came up again.Baker said that afterthe car was out of 3ight,he and Marks walked toward the highway, butI 1 1 » M“The leaves were too wet to burn well.”A few hours hours later, the two walked to U.S. Highway 271, where the nearest house was about 10 miles away. The two of-ficers asked a man named Franks for a ride to Antlers.Franks refused, but told them to go up to the nexthouse. Again, they were refused and returned to Franks’ house. Not believing their story, Frankssaid he would give thecould take along a friendand a shotgun loaded with buckshot.“I don't care if you t*k* three guns,” Marks was quoted as saying. “All I want is to get to a telephone so I can let my folks know where I am.”They made it to Antlers about 3:30 a.m., some 24 hours after the ordeal began. Baker called the Paris Police station.“One of the sweetestSergeant Floyd’s voice when he said, “Police Station!’It was a few hours later when they returned to Paris. Baker ended his newspaper story with an understatement: “I haveGoochContinued from Page IBwitness stand many times» 1 »** 4-V. A ^ • A1 _ .. .1 I 1arrested many men « my 12 years as an c but Monday morning the first time I was prisoner, I don't cart have it happen agai] not a pleasing situal any means.*Circuit Court of App issued its final rulinj March 9, 1936. Justice moved mutquicker than that it now.rt u
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Paris News
Paris, Texas, US
Sun, Mar 07, 1993
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