HANGED FOR KIDNAPPING
NEW FEDERAL LAW THE FIRST VIOLATION (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 20th June, 2 p.m.) McALESTER (Oklahoma), 19th June. Arthur Gooch, aged 27, who kidnapped two Texas public officers and took them across the state line, although releasing them unharmed, was hanged to-day. He was the first to die for a violation of the so-called Federal Lindbergh Kidnapping Law. An effort to secure presidential clemency failed, President Roosevelt issuing a statement that it would be against the public safety. The kidnapping occurred in connection with an attempted prison escape by Gooclj,.and a companion, who was killed at the time.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 20 June 1936, Page 13
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