left Fredericks, bhey developed car trouble and called a taxi, asking
+o-be-taken-to—furant, Okla, they -were-overtaken-and-arrested-near——
Randelett, After their capture, Young .mangged to escape from jail
and, after.robbing a couple of their automobile at knife point, drove
o Fredericks where he went to his wife's place of employment and
forced her to-.accompany him, He choked her almost into insensibility
and then agreed with her suggestion that they die together resisting
arrest. However, when officers arrived, Young surrendered and made
no show of resistance, At-his trial, he maintained that at the time
of Bartel's murder he was intoxicated and drugged and that he had no
intent to kill but ‘he was convicted and sentenced to die, The convic-
tion was affirmed-on appeal and he was elLectrocuted-at—the Oklahoma
“tate Prison on December‘'l5, 1960,
Gries gee
left Fredericks, bhey developed car trouble and called a taxi, asking
to-be- taken -to-furant, Okla, They-were-overtaken-and-arrested near
Randelett, After.their capture, Young .mangged to escape from jail
and, after robbing a couple of their automobile at knife point, drove
to Fredericks where he went to his wife's place of employment and
forced her to-.accompany him. He choked her almost into insensibility
and then agreed with her suggestion that they die together resisting
arrest. However, when officers arrived, Young surrendered and made
no-show of resistance. At—his trial, he maintained that at the time
of Bartel's murder he was intoxicated and drugged and that he had no
intent to kill but che was convicted and sentenced to die, The convic-
tion was affirmed on appeal and-he was electrocuted at the Oklahoma.
“tate Prison on December'15, 1960,
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YOUNG, Ray Allen
Young, a 33-year-old white man, was an Altus, Okla., taxi-driver, On
three separate occasions he had attempted to kill his wife, Sylvia,
and finally she refused to live with him longer and left, moving to
Frederick, Okla, He became involved with Bernice Scott, a white pros-
titute, who had become angered at her lover, a black hotel porter,
when he refused to move from Altus and live with her as man and wife,
and they plotted to kill both Sylvia Young without whom he meintained
he had not interest in living and the porter, Both purchased pistols
and after practicing and perfecting their shooting, Miss Scott made
a date to meet the porter on a road outside of Altus. She drove
Young's car and he lay down in the back seat. When the porter refused
to walk over tbh the car, she began firing at him and he leaped from
his own car and ran into the woods, being shot at by both Miss Scott
and Young, Highway Patrolman fone Barter heard the gunshots and went
to investigate. They told him that they were merely practicing shoot-
ing and that they had only one weapon, Miss Scott surrendered her
pistol and while Barter was placing it in his automobile, Young shot
and killed him, ‘They then went to Fredericks and entered the cafe
where Sylvia Young was working, Young fired at her three times but
none of the shots took effect and she escaped uninjured, When they
cee
YOUNG, Ray Allen
Young, a 33-year-old white man, was an Altus, Okla., taxi-driver, On
three separate occasions he had attempted to kill his wife, Sylvia,
and finally she refused to live with him longer and left, moving to
Frederick, Okla, He became involved with ,Bernice Scott, a white pros-
titute, who had become angered at her lover, a black hotel porter,
when he refused to move from Altus and live with her as man and wife,
and they plotted to kill both Sylvia Young without whom he maintained
he had not interest in living and the porter. Both purchased pistols
and after practicing and perfecting their shooting, Miss Scott made
a date to meet the porter on a road outside of Altus, She drove
Young's car and he lay down in the back seat. When the porter refused
to walk over th the car, she began firing at him and he leaped from
his own car and ran into the woods, being shot at by both Miss Scott
and Young, Highway Patrolman John Barter heard the gunshots and went
to investigate. They told him that they were merely practicing shoot-
ing and that they had only one weapon, Miss Scott surrendered her
pistol and while Barter was placing it in his automobile, Young shot
and killed him, They then went to Fredericks and entered the cafe
where Sylvia Young was working. Young fired at her three times but
none of the shots took effect and she escaped uninjured. When they
-
YOUNG,
Allen
Young, a 33-year-old white man, was an Altus, Okla., taxi-driver. On
three tae y occasions he had attenpted to kill his wife, Sylvia,
refused to live with him longer and left, moving to
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become angered at her lover, a black hotel porter,
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2 maintained
Both purchased pistols
and after practicing and perfecting their shooting, Miss Scott made
a date to meet the porter on a road outside of Altus. She drove
Young's car and he lay down in the back seat, When the porter refused
white pros-
to walk over tb the car, she began firing at him and he leaped from
his own car and ran into the woods, fone shot at by both Miss Scott,
and Young, Highway Patrolman John Barter heard the gunshots and went
tes They told him that Be. were merely practicing shoot-
Miss Scott surrendered her
to invest:
ing and that they had only one weapo!
ol_and while Barter was placing
and killed him, They then
where was working, Young fired at her thr
none of the shots took effect and she escaped uninjured
@ tines, but
when they
