whereabouts, its was discovered that she had disappeared APRS EY on.
BESSHLL August 9 after accepting a job from aman fitting Yardner'!
description. After R&XKKAM a lie detector test’ indicated th
had knowledge of her disappearance, Gardner admitted that he had
killed _her_and directed officers tothe shallow grave in-Montana
where he had buried her body. He also confessed to killing Miss
Cretzinger in AX#&$ Ogden. Tried and convicted of the Gretzinger
-killing, he was convicted_and sentenced to die, While he was
awaiting execution, he confessed that he had strangéed' “rank —
Shelley, a cell-mate, to death in the Jamestown, N. D., jail in
191, but thatofficials had thought-that Shelley -had-died of
natural caases and he was not charged. Gardner mex chose the
Firing S@0aRaXGese squad over the gallows as his means of execution
and he was shot.to-death-on Sept. 29, 1951s tee
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at he
TRUE TET., Anr., 1951 (y.-MAG Ex)
TRUE DETECTIVE, N@vember, 1968
mn Onkce DETSCTIVE, September, 1969
ppearance before the Pardons and Parole Board, he begged that
his life be spared, dy to sci a
tomes $C > 4s a human
guinea pig in retu EXAMI 21. eres oes
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tLone
t 10wledge of her disappearance, Gardner admitted that he had
killed -herand directed officersto the shallow grave—in Montana
where he had buried her body. He also confessed to killing Miss
Gretzinger in XX#M$ Ogden. Tried and convicted of the Gretzinger
killing, he was_convicted-and sentenced to-die. While he was
awaiting execution, he confessed that he had strangted' “rank
Shelley, a cell-mate, to death in the Jamestown, N. D,, jail in
191, but that_officials had thought—that Shelley had died of
natural causes and he was not charged. Gardner mmm chose the
firing BaXakIXGESR squad over the gallows as his means of execution|
and he was shotto-death-on Sept. 29-5 1951. ~
h
Th DETACTIVE, September, 1969
appearance before the Pardons
his 1ite Ghee 2a and Parole Board, he begged that
pared, promising to donate his body to science as a human
WieEeaBOTE AD} itm was disco
ation, i confessed that he had str nod
o-death in the Janestown,
8 > jail it
Hares thought that Shelley had died of
charged. Gardner mE chose th
ng the gallows as his means of execution
ae he was shot to death on Sept, Dy 19516
if DETACTIVE, N@venber, 19
i oe DSTLCTIVE, September, 1969
appearance before the Pardons and P.
'arole Board, he bi
Promising to donate his body to « Ae
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CARDNER, Ray Dempsey
(Native of Columbus, Ohio) .
Gardner, a 27-year-old white fiecant. P44 spent most of his adult
life in jails seattered throughout the country, his records compris-~
ing over 300 offenses, the first of which was committed while he was
a child. On July 20, 1919, he was in Ogden, Utah, driving an automo-
bile that he had stolen from a ranch in Wyoming. He answered an ad
inserted in the Ogden newspaper by a L7-vyear-old high school student
who sought to earn money as a baby sitter, Shirley Gretzinger. When
he picked Miss Gretzinger up, instead of taking her to the proposed
job; he drove her to a gulch outside of Ogden and when she resisted
his sexual advances, he killed her by forcing wads of tissue paper
down her throat and binding them in with strips torn:from her cloth-~
ing. “s they girl lay dying, he raped her. Gardner then went to
Butte, Mont., and answered an advertisement in the paper there that
had been placed by Sue Horn who was seeking a position m& as a cook
on a ranch, He picked Miss Horn up and drove her outside of Butte
where he robbed, shot and buried her. Gardner was hot a suspect in
either case until August 1]; when he became involved in a hit-and-run
accident in Pleasant View, Utah. Miss M#8K Horn's luggage and cloth-
ing were found in the stolen car and when a check was instituted on
i vale eaps yatape
DN te pee
1
CARDNER, Ray Dempsey
(Native of Columbus, Ohio)
Gardner, a 27-year-old white Tera PA4 spent most of his adult
life in jails seattered throughout the country, his records compris-
ing over 300 offenses, the first of which was committed while he was
a child. On July 20, 1919, he was in Ogden, Utah, driving an automo-
bile that he had stolen from a ranch in Wyoming. He answered an ad
inserted in the Ogden newspaper by a 17-year-old high school student
who sought to earn money as a baby sitter, Shirley Gretzinger. when
he picked Miss Gretzinger up, instead of taking her to the proposed
job; he drove her to a gulch outside of Ogden and when she resisted
his sexual advances, he killed her by forcing wads of tissue paper
down her throat and binding them in with strips torn from her cloth-
ing. “s they girl lay Gying,'he raped her. Gardner then went to
Butte, Mont., and answered an advertisement in the paper there that
had been placed by Sue Horn who was seeking a position mf as a cook
on aranch. He picked Miss Horn up and drove her outside of Butte
where he robbed, shot and buried her, Gardner was hot a suspect in
either case until August 1; when he became involved in a hit-and-run
accident in Pleasant View, Utah. Miss M&8X Horn's luggage and cloth-
ing were found in the stolen car and when a check was instituted on
ae hn
Ray Dempsey
(Native of Columbu
7 2 27-year-old white md erty Sola earns nost of his adult
On July 20, ale he was in ce Utah, foiving 3 n Eee
bile that he had stolen fron a ranch in Wyoning. ee ant
nserted in the Ogden Belepaper By 8 17-3
u itter, Shir
ss Gretainger up, instead of taki
ng sD
Job, he drove her to a gulch outside of Ogden and when she resiste
sexual advances, he Jelled her by forcing wads of
her throat and b: them in with strips 1
ding, he raped her, Gardner then went
ind answered an adverta: é}
had been plaged by Sue Horn who was 5
na “ke i
per there
ng a position m& as a
up Hy rae her outside of i
re he robbed shot and buried her. Gardner was hot
