tests
hidden his pistol. After they found it, ballistics EBRERER revealed
that it was the weapon tha t had killed the Griffith Sisters, His
wife was followed for five months and Quinn was taken into custody
in Kansas City when he attempted to see her, He denied having killed
the two sisters but admitted his involvement in the Pendergast bur-~
glary, hoping to be tried in Missouri on the lesser charge, However,
he was returned to Oklahoma where he was tried, convicted and sen-
tenced to die. The conviction was overturned xm on appeal and he was
then tried in Enid on a change of venue where he was for the second
time convicted and the death sentence pronounced, He was electrocu-
ted at the Oklahoma State Prison on Nov. 2h, 1933. His last words
were: "If Christ on the cross could look down and say, 'Forgive them
for they know not what they do,' who am I to be better?" The Griff-
ith girl's father, night Chief of Police at Blackwell, was refused
his requgst that he and his two Sons be allowed to witness the execu-
tion.
UNCENSORED DETECTIVE, January, 1950,.. "Horror in the Woods" by Joe
Koberys. Page 32, :
ENID MORNING NEWS, Enid, Okla., Nov. 22, 19333 Nove 21, 1933; Nov,
pulp LISS s. and Nov. 2 933% :
See excerpt from book FROM GUN TO GAVEL by Mathers & Houts, Filed
: ! gee
in Oklahoma = NWU WES V A — De Ca, fltvn
tests
hidden his pistol. After they found it, ballistics ESRSEER revealed
that it was the weapon tha t had killed the Griffith Sisters, His
wife was followed for five months and Quinn was taken into custody
in Kansas City when he attempted to see her. He denied having killed
the two sisters but admitted his involvement in the Pendergast bur-
glary, hoping to be tried in Missouri on the lesser charge, However,
he was returned to Oklahoma where he was tried, convicted and sen-
tenced to die. The conviction was overturned is on appeal and he was
then tried in Enid on a change of venue where he was for the second
time convicted and the death sentence pronounced. He was electrocu-
ted at the Oklahoma State Prison on Nov. 2h, 1933. His last words
were: "If Christ on the cross could look down and say, 'Forgive then
for they know not what they do,' who dm I to be better?" ‘The Griff-
ith girl's father, night Chief of Police at Blackwell, was refused
his requgst that he and his two sons be allowed to witness the execu-
tion.
UNCENSORED DETECTIVE , January, 1950.. "Horror in the Woods" by Joe
Hoberys. Page 32, :
ANID MORNING NEWS, Enid, Okla., Nov. 22, 19333 Nov. 21, 1933; Nove
2h, 19333 and Nov. 25, 1933. ‘
See excerpt from book FROM GUN TO GAVEL by Mathers & Houts, Filed
in Oklahoma - NWU WEP MCh la tun
He was electrocu-
His last words
for they know not what they do,
ith girl's father, nigh!
his requést that he and hi
&
don.
UNCENSORED DETECTIVE, January, 1950, "Horror in the Woods" by Joe
Hoberys. Page 32, .
2NID MORNING NEWS, Enid, Okla., Nov. 22, 19333 Nov. 21, 1933; Nove
2h, 19333 and Nov. 2, 1933, ae
r Mathers & Houts,_ File
See excerpt from book FROM GUN TQ GAVEL by Jou' oa
in Oklahoma = NWU WepmtU— xla Hivn
2%, 19394 Yor, 21,2935 tor,
QUINN, Earl November 24, 1933
Quinn, 4 29-year-old white native of Kansas City, Mo., had served
terms in the Missouri State Prison for forgery and assault with in-
tent to kill, In 1930 he was a participant in a $150,000 burglary
of he home of Kansas City political boss Tom Pendergast and when he
became a suspect he moved to Tonkawa, Okla., where he posed as a
salseman but actually engaged in bootlegging and rum-running. Karly
on the morning of Dec, 28, 1930, he was standing in the road outside
of Tonkawa and flagged down two sisters from Blackwell, ZSXi4 3),-
year-old Zexia and 2h-year-old Jessie Griffith, schoolteachers re-
turning to their jobs in Muskogee after spending the Christmas holi-
days with therr parents. He forced them at gunpoint to drive to a
deserted road where he ordered Zexia from the car and shot her in
the back. He then dragged Jessie into the woods and raped her before
shooting her twice in the head. He drove the sisters! car to the
Spot where he had parked his own, returned to his rooming house where
he packed his bags, and left Tonkawa, Quinn became. a suspect: when
several witnesses identified him as a man who. had been staggering
up 4nd down the highway attempting to get motorists.to stop. His
wife was located in Kansas City and after being told that her husband
Was a suspect in the double murder, she told officers-where he had
‘ity
QUINN, Earl November 24, 1933
Quinn, 4 29-year-old white native of Kansas City, Mo., had served
terms in the Missouri State Prison for forgery and assault with in-
tent to kill. In 1930 he was a participant in a $150,000 burglary
of he home of Kansas City political boss Tom Pendergast and when he
became a suspect he moved to Tonkawa, Okla., where he posed as a
salseman but actually engaged in bootlegging and rum-running. Early
on the morning of Dec, 28, 1930, he was standing in the road outside
of Tonkawa and flagged down two sisters from Blackwell, XBX¥XH 3))-
year-old Zexia and 2-year-old Jessie Griffith, schoolteachers re-
turning to their jobs in Muskogee after spending the Christmas holi-
days with therr parents. He forced them at gunpoint to drive to a
deserted road where he ordered Zexia from the car and shot her in
the back, He then dragged Jessie into the woods and raped her before
shooting her twice in the head. He drove the sisters! car to the
spot where he had parked his own, returned to his rooming house where
he packed his bags, and left Tonkawa, Quinn became: a suspect: when
several witnesses identified him as a man who. had been staggering
up and down the highway attempting to get.motorists.to stop. His
wife was located in Kansas City and after being told that her husband
Was a suspect in the double murder, she told officers-where he had
iy
QUINN, Earl November 24, 1933
Quinn became. a suspect’ when
man who. had been staggering
get, motorists. to stop.
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