[Photograph 2012.201.B1257.0266]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Apparently calm after hearing a Lawton jury convict them and recommend the death penalty are James Spence, 29, left, and Eddie Oxendine 26."
Date: August 31, 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1257.0265]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "May 19- A state crime bureau ballistics expert testified Monday that a bullet recovery from the body of Mrs. Ruth Zimmerman had been fired from one of the pistols found in an Albuquerque, N. M., motel where two murder suspects were captured."
Date: August 31, 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1257.0267]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Slayer James Spence dies in Oklahoma's electric chair Wednesday night for the 1958 murder of Mrs. Ruth Zimmerman, Lawton."
Date: August 31, 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fletcher Herald (Fletcher, Okla.), Vol. 49, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1960 (open access)

Fletcher Herald (Fletcher, Okla.), Vol. 49, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1960

Weekly newspaper from Fletcher, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 31, 1960
Creator: Barber, Ted & Barber, Clara
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History