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GAST, Joseph Wheeler large card.
Gast, a World War t Veteran from Tuscaloosa, Alas, shot
and killed his wife, At his trial he refused to go into
detaiits of the killing, saying onty that he would-say
nothing against her as she was not there to defend her-
self, At his hearing for a commutation, he stated that
he had killed her ina jealous rage when he returned
from a CCC camp and she confessed to him that she had
been intimate with other men during his absence, Gast
was electrocuted on June 5, 1936, and his Last words
were: 'Ttm s t nat 1 done, but I 1} q Ni
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heart that God has forgiven me,"
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- GAST, Joseph Wheeler large card,
Gast, a World War 1 Veteran from Tuscaloosa, Alas, shot
and killed his wife. At his trial he refused to go into
details of the killing, saying only that he -would-say
nothing against her as she was not there to defend her-
self, At his hearing for a commtation, he stated that
he had -kilted her ina jeaious rage when he-returned
from_a CCC camp and she confessed to him that she had
been intimate with other men during his absence, Gast
was electrocuted on dune 5, 1936, and-his last words
were: "I'm sorry for what I've done, but I know in my
heart that God has forgiven me."
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