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KidnappedContinued 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, be and Marks walked toward the highway, but stopped to make a fire.“The leaves were too wet to bum 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 officers asked a man named Franks for a ride to Antlers.Franks refused, but told them to go up to the next house. Again, they were refused and returned to Franks’ house. Not believing their story, Franks said he would give themen a ride to town if hecould take along a friendand a shotgun loaded with buckshot.“I don't care if you take 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 sweetest sounds I have ever heard in my life was DeskSergeant 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 during the trial and the appeal process. The 10tharrested many men during my 12 years as an officer, but Monday morning was the first time I was ever a prisoner. I don't care to have it happen again. It is not a pleasing situation by any means.Circuit Court of Appeals issued its final ruling on March 9, 1936.Justice moved muchquicker than that it does now.Gooch was executed 1 three months later.
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Paris News
Paris, Texas, US
Sun, Mar 07, 1993
Page 16
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