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Show Arkansas Prison Escapee Nabbed inMoab by Sheriff, FBI Officers 'i escapee from the Ar-:3 Ar-:3 State Penitentiary, :i Webster Spencer, age ! us apprehended by au-' au-' :'fs Saturday morning . ! Moab motel. : i:cer had escaped the issas ' State Pen last I 1 and had been at large ! that time. He commit-: commit-: several burglaries in Ar- -as, and was wanted for Med robbery in Still-, Still-, Oklahoma. He was al-j al-j 'anted in connection with , -urder in Oklahoma, ac-5 ac-5 to Grand County 3, W. H. Bowman, j 1 ok ago Friday, Spen-, Spen-, -' reportedly kidnaped his " wife, Faye Gregory, : Wichita, Kansas, and ( ' -SM her west by a round-, round-, ' way through Oklaho-M Oklaho-M northern Texas. '' couple checked into C ; Grand Valley Motel in . Thursday night. They Packing for a trip to :ana Saturday when ap-ii ap-ii "ended. ' . Tried to get Help wr's ex-wife said he ( - wed her to drive sev-, sev-, .., Jjji?s when coming wen she was at the she tried to attract at-t at-t ot he highway patrol , !sive speed. She told Bowman that she .ssed a patrolman at ( rate of speed in , ,! w would give chase ; vor her plight. , r! limes she said she ;,rs in restrooms but lr as is known, these "o response. Moab, Spencer al-. al-. irs. Gregory to shop t Super Market. k . 'he opportunity to , e Arkansas authorities :,ynie, which was ar-, ar-, P-m. Friday and t : c6 ,'"at call which alert-' alert-' authorities in Salt ' W and started them ,";.w'ay here. Local .f wcement officials f a,crted after an ::, al a Moab beauty from Operator "'-Terrace and left de for a hair ''nw told operator :: , un about the con-;ilas con-;ilas N her to call :Jh;ries without let-cr let-cr know about it. the daughter cf o, ayne Norton, j:'n pSrif at about -?:ot'i Iday and he in ':1t touch with the 7 "Salt Lake City , "rs in price 1 II t "" s,""': : v V "is '-- . : '. i .. - . " :- 1 i ' ( - "' ' "t. ' - f : j - - ' - V - - J 'j ... v. v. , . X j 1 s s V " u : ; i : ' ' ' vl : 1 Daniel Webster Spencer who informed him by radio that they were on their way as a result of the earlier call from Arkansas. By the time FBI men arrived ar-rived in Moab, Sheriff Bowman Bow-man had located the car at the local motel from a description given by the beauty beau-ty operator. After discussing possiblg methods of arrest, the combined law forces decided de-cided to wait for Spencer to emerge from his room to make the arrest. Adjoining Rooms Spencer had checked into Room 12 of the motel under the alias, Aaron Ward. The Sheriff and FBI agents took rooms 11 and 13 and waited until morning. At. 7:30 a.m. Saturday the man came out of the motel in his stocking feet to get something from the trunk of his car. The fugitive had left his gun in the room and was taken completely by surprise. sur-prise. Mrs. Gregory was put on a bus for her Wichita, Kansas Kan-sas home Saturday evening. The wanted man was taken ta-ken by Federal agents to Salt Lake City Monday, according accord-ing to Sheriff Bowman, to await extradition to one of the two central states where he is wanted. |
