1936 Press Photo James Fagan Culver Appeared In The Superior Court - sba17541
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Description
A desperate attempt to escape the gallows by turning state's evidence against Samuel L. Whittaker, oraganist, was made by James Fagan Culver, Kentucky transient, when he appeared in Superior Court holdup" murder of Mrs. Ethel Whittaker. Culver offered to plead guilty to second degree murder charges, accepting a sentence of five years to life, then repeat his sensational inquest story to the trial jurors.
