covered, he confessed. Both he and Mrs. Pistor were convicted of
the murder. She received a life sentence while he was sentenced to
be executed. He was electrocuted on Jah. 1h, 196).
TRUE DETECTIVE, June, 196), Page 5.
HBADQUARTERS DETHCTIVE, October, 196. "Ambush at his Window" by
D_wey Turner. Page 16.
STARTLING DETECTIVE, November, 1962, page 3. (GA.-MAG.EX.)
covered, he confessed. Both he and Mrs. Pistor were convicted of
the-murder. She received a life sentence while he was sentenced to
be executed. He was electrocuted on Jah. 1), 196).
TRUE DETECTIVE, June, 196), Page 5.
TADQUARTERS DETHCTIVE, October, 196). "Ambush at his Window" by
D wey Turner. Page 16.
STARTLING DETECTIVE, November, 1962, page 3. (GA.-MAG.EX.)
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PUGH, d's We
Pugh, a 35-year-old white ihinerant laborer, was a native of Duluth,
Minn., who drifted down to Atlanta, Ga., where his married sister
lived * next door to a master automobile mechanic, Gottleib Pistor
and his 27-year-old wife, Hanneliore, who had emigrated to the United
States from Germany three years previously. On April 7, 1962, Pugh
met Mrs. Pistor while baby sitting for his sister and they immediately
began an affair and fell:deeply in love. Pistor was the obstacle to
their plans for marriage and they decided to kill him. On April 17,
Pugh wired his car with dynamite which went off but Pistor miraculous-
ly escaped. On the night of May5, when the Pistors feturned from
grocery shopping, Pugh was hidden inside the house and as Pistor
started to enter, he shot and killed him. He and Mrs, Pistor loaded
the body in Pistor's automobile, drove it to a deserted road behind
a dump, doused the body and car with gasoline and ignited it. What
remained was not discovered until June 2). Officers had already dis-
covered the affair between Mrs, Pistor and Pugh and suspected them in
the disappearance of her husband. When they went to bhe Pistor home
to question her again following the discovery of the body, they found
Pugh there and when he was informed that the body had been dis-
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PUGH, J. We
Pugh, a 35-year-old white ibinerant laborer, was a native of Duluth,
Minn., who drifted down to Atlanta, Ga., where his married sister
lived % next door to a master automobile mechanic, Gottleib Pistor
and his 27-year-old wife, Hamneliore, who had emigrated to the United
States from Germany three years previously, On April 7, 1962, Pugh
met Mrs. Pistor while baby sitting for his sister and they immediately]
began an affair and fell:deeply in love. Pistor was the obstacle to
their plans for marriage and they decided to kill him. On April 17,
Pugh wired his car with dynamite which went off but Pistor miraculous-
ly escaped. On the night of May5, when the Pistors feturned from
grocery shopping, Pugh was hidden inside the house and as Pistor
started to enter, he shot and killed him. He and Mrs, Pistor loaded
the body in Pistor's automobile, drove it to a deserted road behind
a dump, doused the body and car with gasoline and ignited it. What
remained was not discovered until June 2). Officers had already dis-
covered the affair between Mrs. Pistor and Pugh and suspected them in
the disappearance of her husband. When they went to bhe Pistor home
to question her again following the discovery of the body, they found
Pugh there and when he was informed that the body had been dis-
PUGH, J. We
Pugh, a 35-year-old white itinerant laborer, was a native of Duluth,
Minn,, who drifted down to Atlanta, Ga., where his married sister
lived x next door to a master automobile riechanic, Gottledb Pistor
and his 27-year-old wife, emetic) who had emigrated to the United
On the night of May5, when the Pistors feturned from
grocery shopping, Pugh was hidden inside the house and as Pistor
started to enter, he shot and killed him. He and Mrs, Pistor loaded
the body in Pistor's automobile, drove it to a deserted road behind
a dump, doused the body and car with gasoline and ignited it. What
remained was not discovered until June 2. Officers had already dis-
covered the affair between Mrs. Pistor and Pugh and suspected them in
the disappearance of her Iusband. When they went to bhe Pistor home
to question her again following the discovery of the body,
Pugh there and when s infomed that the body had been dis-
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