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Starkweather later accused his girlfriend Caril Fugate of performing a coup-de-grace after his shotgun jammed. They were arrested when their stolen car stalled and Starkweather got hit by shattered glass from the windshield as pursuing officers chased him. Converse County Sheriff Earl Heflin said "He thought he was bleeding to death. That's why he stopped. That's the kind of yellow son of a bitch he is."
(29 January 1958)
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BirthFactDeath (x) Monday 5th of September 1887 138 Years Ago |
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186 Die in theatre fire in Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom || Exeter Prison, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom. Spectators were watching a dramatisation of Romany Rye when fire broke out backstage where gas lighting ignited some gauze. |
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