Show KIDNAPER GRANTED S STAY A Y OF EXECUTION JEFFERSON CITY Mo Nov 4 UP Oscar UP-Oscar Oscar Ralph Ashworth confessed confessed confessed con con- kidnaper was pulled back from the brink of eternity early today oday by a dramatic dash halfway across the state by three St St. Joseph Joseph Joseph Jo Jo- seph Mo attorneys Ashworth scheduled to die at midnight was saved when the attorneys attorneys attorneys at at- obtained from the Missouri supreme court court court-a a few minutes before before be- be fore ore he was to have entered the lethal ethal gas chamber chamber-a a writ of error which automatically stayed his ex ex- ex- ex There was no stay for Byron E. E King Xing convicted slayer of a St. St Louis taxicab driver however He entered the gas chamber at a. a m m. and was pronounced dead seven seven minutes minutes min mm- utes later |