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NORTH LITTLE ROCK m= First degree murder charges were filed yesterday against from er Lee Booher, 38, of Little Rock, who is accused in the shooting death of his wife's escort! Tuesday night. Police say Booher shot Clar ence M. Whitehead, 22, of Little Rock, outside a cafe when White head and Mrs. Booher started to get into Whitehead's car. Detective Lieut. M.E. Gilbert quoted Mrs. Booher, 26, as say ing she met Whitehead in the cafe and that they were about to get into the car when Booher ap peared and shot Whitehead. Gilbert said that Mrs. Booher, the mother of five children, re lated that she and Booher had quarreled and that she had plan ned to seek a divorce. She said that she had gone to the cafe to ask for a job as a waitress. Whitehead, whom she knew, offered to take her home. She said she demurred at first, warning Whitehead of Booher. Gilbert said Booher had been convicted of two murders, one in Jefferson County in 1939 and the second in Boone County in 1944. The second conviction came while Booher was serving time on the first. As a trusty convict, he was in charge of the prison farm blood hounds and killed a fugitive dur ing a manhunt near Harrison. On September 15, 1943, while Booker was at Tucker Prison Farm in charge of bloodhounds, he was sent to Boone County to assist in trying to recapture Joe Plumlee, 22, who had escaped from a city policeman the day before, Plumlee was killed by Booher during an exchange of fire with officers in a valley, 19 miles, west of Harrison near Gapps. 4, of«. In a statement Booher said he killed Plumlee in self defense. He was convicted in Boone County Circuit Court on Febru ary 5, 1944 for second degree murder and sentenced to 15 years. He was pardoned by Gov. Hom ier Adkins on November 28, 1944. ‘The pardon proclamation cited Booher's ‘valuable service in ap prehending escapees,” and said that he had risked his life seve ral times while performing this kind of work, Whitehead, who was unmarried, lived with his mother Mrs. Del phia H. Kyzer, at Little Rock. His father, Woodrow Whitehead, lives at Steel, Mo. Funeral and burial will be at Hayti, Mo. Police said that Mrs. Booker told them she wanted to attend, Whitehead's funeral. They said, tthey had no objection.
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Harrison Times
Harrison, Arkansas, US
Thu, Nov 05, 1959
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