tion only once, when his wife came for her final visit, He adopted
the Lutheran religion one week prior to his execution on January 20,
1933, For a last meal, he ate two ham and egg sandwiches, coffee and
a whole cherry pie, after which he spent his last evening playing
pinochle with a deputy sheriff and a newspaper reporter, The gallows
were in the St, Louis County Court House at Clayton, the trap being
situated about ten feet from his cell. He walked there unaided and
his last words were: "I will see you all uprthere," Fifty witnesses
stood in an enclosure under the trap and saw his body fall, His neck
was broken,
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tion only once, when his wife came for her final visit, He adopted
the Lutheran religion one week prior to his execution on January 20,
1933. For a last meal, he ate two ham and egg sandwiches, coffee and
a whole cherry pie, after which he spent his last evening playing
pinochle with a deputy sheriff and a newspaper reporter, The gallows
were in the St, Louis County Court House at Clayton, the trap being
situated about ten feet from his cell. He walked there unaided and
his last words were: "I will see you all uprthere," Fifty witnesses
stood in an enclosure under the trap and saw his body fall, His neck
was broken,
ST. LOUIS POST=DISPATCH, St. Louis, Mo,, Jan. 20, 1933 (Photo on page
one).
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tion only once, when his wife came for her final visit. He adopted
the Lutheran religion one week prior to his execution on January ?0,
1933, For a last meal, he ate two ham and egg sandwiches, coffee and
a whole cherry pie, after which he spent his last evening playin
pinochle with a deputy sheriff and a newspaper reporter. The callows
were in the St, Louis County Court House at: Clayton, the trap being
situated about ten feet from his cell, He walked there unaided and
his last words were: "I will see you all uprthere." Fifty witnesses
stood in an enclosure under the trap and saw his body fall, His neck
was broken,
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“KELLAR, James William
Kellar, alias Charles Harold Cambell, lived with his wife at 2110
Accomac St., St. Louis, Mo, He was employed by Louis BE, Sauer in a
machine shop until he quit on January 1, 1932. Four days later, he
went to the Sauer home at 310) Walter Avenue, Maplewood, and demand-
‘ed of Mrs, Sauer who was at horle alone enough money to pay for his
wife's transportation to California, ‘When she refused, he used an
iron pipe with which he had come prepared to enforce his demand to
bludgeon her to death and took $22 from her purse before fleeing,
Suspicion was directed towards him when it was learned that he had
purchawed a new hat and paid an overdue board bill and after he was
taken into custody he made a complete confession, At his arraignment,
he entered a plea of not guilty but when the trial was ready to begin
he withdrew that plea and entered a plea of guilty after his counsel
had a conference with the prosecution and the judge in the judge's
chambers, After the judge sentenced him to be hanged, his counsel
asked that he be allowed to withdraw the KAK guilty plea and reenter
a plea of not guilty but the judge refused to allow himto do so,
The ¢ iccessfully appealed to the Missouri_ Supreme Court on
the grounds that the judee hinselt had not warned Kellar's attorney
that he might be sentenced to die inthe event of the guilty plea.
Kellar maintained a calm attitude up until his execution, showing emo-
KELLAR, James ‘William
Kellar, alias Charles Harold Campbell, lived with his wife at 2110
Accomac St., St. Louis, Mo, He was employed by Louis EB, Sauer in a
machine shop until he quit on January 1, 1932. Four days later, he
went to the Sauer home at 310) Walter Avenue, Maplewood, and demand-
‘ed of Mrs, Sauer who was at horle alone enough money to pay for his
wife's transportation to California, ‘When she refused, he used an
iron pipe with which he had come prepared to enforce his demand to
bludgeon her to death and took $22 from her purse before fleeing,
Suspicion was directed towards him when it was learned that he had
purchawed a new hat and paid an overdue board bill and after he was
taken into custody he made a complete confession, At his arraignment,
he entered a plea of not guilty but when the trial was ready to begin
he withdrew that plea and entered a plea of guilty after his counsel
had a conference with the prosecution and the judge in the judge's
chambers, After the judge sentenced him to be hanged, his counsel
asked that he be allowed to withdraw the H&K guilty plea and reenter
a plea of not guilty but the judge refused to allow himto do so,
The 5 accessfully appealed to the Missouri Supreme Court on
Pie ered ta Clee Ce Sucee iepelni es mae wercediccllent a avcorney
that he might be sentenced to die inthe event of the guilty plea.
Kellar maintained a calm attitude up until his execution, showing emo-
KELLAR, James “@illiam
Kellar, alias charles Harold Campbell, lived with his wife at 2110
St., St. Louis, Mo, He was employed by Louis 2, Sauer in a
shop until he quit on January 1, 1932, Four days later, he
the Sauer home at 310) Walter Avenue, Maplewood, and demand=
‘ed of Mrs, Sauer who was at honie alone enough money to pay for his
wifets transportation to California, then she refused, he used an
iron pipe with which he had come prepared to enforce his demand to
bludgeon her to death and took $22 from ht
al After the judge sentenced him to be hanged, his counsel
asked that he be allowed to withdraw the KAK guilty plea and reenter
a plea of not guilty but the judge refused to allow him to d
The
the ent of the guilty pl
Kellar maintained a calm attitude up until his execution, showing emo-
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