and cashed it and he was convicted on a charge of forgery and sen=
tenced to the penitentiary, Neighbors then revealed that Mrs,
Cullen had planned to divorce him and move to San Bernadino when
she became aware of the fact thet he had only married her for her
moneye Questioned again, Cullen claimed that he had entered the
cabin on the morning of the third and f
bodies were never found us delicti
had been proved and he ollowing a trial that Lasted
for 50 court days. Cullen was executed in San Quentin's gas chamber
on Nove 2, 1951,
POLLGE DETECTIVE, October, 196), page h2.
moneye Questioned again, Cullen claimed that he had entered the
cabin on the morning of the third and found Boyer dead and his wife
attorney refused and Cullen then denied having made the offer. The
bodies were never found, but the judge ruled that a corpug delicti
had been proved and he was convicted following a trial that lasted
for 50 court days. Cullen was executed in San Quentin's gas chamber
on Nove 2, 1951,
POLLGE DETECTIVE, October, 196, page li2.
POLLS DETECTIVE, October, 196h, page h2.
POLIO SECT, Oototer, 39h, page has
Cullen, whose real name was William Nabors, was a 62-year-old cafe
porter in Riverside, Calif. His record included a prison sentence in
192.3 for wounding two men in Los Angeles and a return to prison on a
parole violation as well as a term in the Washington State Peniten-
tiary for counterfa&ting. Altogether, he had spent 9 years in prison.
He had met his 53-year-old wife Mary through a matrimonial agency's
She owned considerable rental property and had a sizeable bank account
so Cullen convinced her that he, too, had substantial savings though
in reality he was broke. After their marriage AREXXKRR she had pur=
chased a small cabin overlooking the Colorado River where they lived
with her step-father, a feeble 83-year-old Spanish- erican War
veteran named Daniel Boyer, On the morning of Jane ly 199, Cullen
reported SS8X¥H8 his wife and her step-father missing after a trip on
the river in their boat. His story was immediately suspected because
it was known that the nearly blind Boyer had a deathly fear of the
river. A search of the premises revealed a pistol and, as it is a
criminal offgnse for an ex-convict to own a weapon in California,
Gillen was held on this charge. It was later proved that on the morn~
ing or Jan, 3 he had forged Boyer's name to his $125 pension check
ala aA ay Dis nernas Hi:
Cullen, whose real name was William Nabors, was a 62-year-old cafe
porter in Riverside, Calif. His record included a prison sentence in
192 3 for wounding two men in Los Angeles and a return to prison on a
parole violation as well as a term in the Washington State Peniten~
tiary for counterfakting. Altogether, he had spent 9 years in prison.
He had met his 53-year-old wife Mary through a matrimonial agency.
She owned considerable rental property and had a sizeable bank account
so Cullen convinced her that he, too, had substantial savings though
in reality he was broke. After their marriage EK&#XKER she had pur=
chased a small cabin overlooking the Colorado River where they lived
with her step-father, a feeble 83-year-old Spanish-American War
veteran named Daniel Boyer. On the morning of Jan. y 199, Cullen
reported XSXEHE his wife and her step-father missing after a trip on
the river in their boat. His story was immediately suspected because
it was known that the nearly blind Boyer had a deathly fear of the
river, A search of the premises revealed a pistol and, as it is a
criminal offénse for an ex-convict to own a weapon in California ’
Callen was held on this charge. It was later proved that on the morn-
iE of Jan, 3 he had forged Boyer's name to his $125 pension check
CUILEN, Ray— lov. PGE
Cullen, whose real name was William Nabors, was a 62-year-old cafe
porter in Riverside, Calif, His record included a prison sentence in
192 3 for wounding two men in Los Angeles and a return to prison on a
parole violation as well as a term in the Washington State Peniten-
tiary for counterfisting, Altogether, he had spent 9 years in prison.
He had met his 53-year-old wife Mary through a matrimonial agency.
She owned considerable rental property and had a sizeable bank account
so Cullen convinced her that he, too, had substantial savings though
in reality he was broke, After their marriage EMMJKKER she had pur-
chased a small cabin overlooking the Colorado River where they lived
river, A search of the premises revealed a pistol and, as it is a
mn in California,
Gillen was held on this charge. It was later proved that on the morn-
of Jan, 3 he had forged Boyer's name to his $125 pension check
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