and walked around to the rear of the house where McGregor was living,
je saw McGregor lying on his side asleep in his bedroom and he fired
one charge from the gun through a window, blowing off the back of
McGregor's head, He then returned to Houston and picked Mrs, McGre-
gor up at a night club, They rode around for the remainder of the
night and he told her that he had killed her husband, When they re=
turned to her apartment at 6 AM on April 2, awaiting officers arrest-
ed him and he made a prompt confession, surrendering the murder wea-
pon which he had hidden under the front seat of the car, His convic-
tion was affirmed on appeal and on August 21, 1957, he was electrocu-
ted at the Texas State Prison, He went to his death in a jovial
mood, smiling and winking at various newsmen as he was KEXHX sat in
the chair, His last words, spoken as his legs were being strapped,
weret "My legs are almost not long enough for these straps,"
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and walked around to the rear of the house where McGregor was living,
te saw McGregor lying on his side asleep in his bedroom and he fired
one charge from the gun through a window, blowing off the back of
Mdiregor's head, He then returned to Houston and picked Mrs, McGre-
gor up at a night club, They rode around for the remainder of the
night and he told her that he had killed her husband, when they re=
turned to her apartment at 6 AM on April 2, awaiting officers arrest-
ed him and he made a prompt confession, surrendering the murder wea-
pon which he had hidden under the front seat of the car, His convic-
tion was affirmed on appeal and on August 21, 1957, he was electrocu-|
ted at the Texas State Prison, He went to his death in a jovial
mood, smiling and winking at various newsmen as he was KEKNZ sat in
the chair, His last words, spoken as his legs were being strapped,
weres "My legs are almost not long enough for these straps,"
301 SOUTHWESTERN (2nd) 161
HOUSTON POST, Houston, Texas 1-3-1956 (Photo, page 5); 8-22-1957.
and walked around to the rear of the house where Molrezor was living,|
He saw MoGregor lying on his side asleep in his bedroom and he fired
one charge from the gun through a window, blowing off the back of
Mciregor's head, He then returned to Houston and picked Mra, McGre=
gor up at a night club, They rode around for the remainder of the
night and he told her that he had killed her husband, Vhen they re=
turned to her apartment at 6 AM on April 2, awaiting officers arrest-|
ed him and he made a prompt confession, surrendering the murder wea-
pon which he had hidden under the front seat of the car, His convic-|
tion was affirmed on appeal and on August 21, 1957, he was electrocu-|
ted at the Texas State Prison, He went to his death in a jovial
mood, smiling and winking at various newsmen as he was MEXMZ sat in
the chair, His last words, spoken as his legs were being strapped,
werer "My Legs are almost not long enough for these straps."
301 SOUTHWESTERN (2nd) 161
HOUSTON POST, Houston, Texas
=3-1956 (Photo, page 543 8-22-1957.
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HALL, Wilburn Monroe
Hall, a 28-year-old white man, was sentenced to a term of ten years
in the Iowa State Prison at Fort Madison following. his conviction on
a charge of automobile theft. In October, 1955, he escaped and went
to Houston, Tex., where he stayed at the home of a brother, In
December, 1955, he met Joy Lee McGregor, the mother of three children
who was living apart from her husband, Sam R, McGregor, who had
suffered a nervous breakdown and been confined in a mental hospital
for several months, After McGregor's release from the hospital, he
went to live with his mother and stepfather in Hufsmith, a Houston
suberb. On Sunday afternoon, April 1, 1956, Hall, driving an auto-
mobile that he had stolen from a Houston car lot four days previously
took Mrs, McGregor and her children to Hufsmith in order that she
might discuss a division of property with McGregor, After they re-
turned to Houston, Hall dropped her and her children off at the apar-
tment she was sharing with her mother, Desperately in love with her
and MAMEKXXX thinking that she could not obtain a divorce from McGre-
gor and marry him because of McGregorss status as a former mental
patient and further inflamed because she had told him that McGregor
had, prior to their separation, mistreated and abused her, he went
to his brother's home and obtained his single barrel shotgun and
some shells, He returned to Hufsmith around 11 o'clock that night
HALL, Wilburn Monroe
Hall, a 28-year-old white man, was sentenced to a term of ten years
in the Iowa State Prison at Fort Madison following. his conviction on
a charge of automobile theft, In October, 1955, he escaped and went
to Houston, Tex., where he stayed at the home of a brother, In
December, 1955, he met Joy Lee McGregor, the mother of three children|
who was living apart from her husband, Sam R, McGregor, who had
suffered a nervous breakdown and been confined in a mental hospital
for several months, After McGregor's release from the hospital, he
went to live with his mother and stepfather in Hufsmith, a Houston
suberb, On Sunday afternoon, April 1, 1956, Hall, driving an auto-
mobile that he had stolen from a Houston car lot four days previously
took Mrs. McGregor and her children to Hufsmith in order that she
might discuss a division of property with McGregor, After they re-
turned to Houston, Hall dropped her and her children off at the apar-|
tment she was sharing with her mother, Desperately in love with her
and MHNKKXKX thinking that she could not obtain a divorce from McGre-
gor and marry him because of McGregorss status as a former mental
patient and further inflamed because she had told him that McGregor
had, prior to their separation, mistreated and abused her, he went
to his brother's home and obtained his single barrel shotgun and
some shells, He returned to Hufsmith around 11 o'clock that night
HALL, Wilburn Monroe
Hall, a 28-year-old white man, was sentenced to a term of ten years
in the Iowa State Prison at Fort Madison following. his conviction on
a charge of automobile theft. In October, 1955, he escaped and went
to Houston, Tex., where he stayed at the home of a brother,
December, 1955, he met Joy Lee McGregor, the mother of three children
who was living apart from her husband, Sam R, McGregor, who had
suffered a.nervous breakdown and been confined in a mental hospital
for several months, After McGregor's release from the hospital, he
went to live with his mother and stepfather in Hufsmith, a Houston
suberb, On Sunday afternoon, April 1, 1956, Hall, driving an auto-
mobile that he had stolen from a Houston car lot four days previously|
took Mrs. Mctregor and her children to Hufsmith in order that she
might discuss a division of property with McGregor, After they re=
turned to Houston, Hall dropped her and her children off at the apar-|
tment she was sharing with her mother, Desperately in love with her
and H#M0KXKX thinking that she could not obtain a divorce from Mctre-|
gor and marry him because of McGregor’s status as a former mental
patient and further inflamed because she had told hin that McGregor
had, prior to their separation, mistreated and abused her,
Holtietbecthectalomsianalcute ned ite aineveba rrel. shotgun and
some shells, He returned to Kufsmith around 11 o'clock that night
