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Avenged. that they died, that this person took their life and yet he s going to be allowed to continue living at our expense. as brooks saw it, after all this time, all the suffering, his parents , his, his sister s, glen ake had plain cheated the execution. that day after sentencing, the shellshocked brooks escaped into a hallway followed by sheriff s deputies escorting glen ake back to a prison cell. there they were, standing feet apart. brooks looked at ake and something in him snapped. he saw the deputy passing by, his revolver tantalizingly close. and in that moment, brooks douglass contemplated murder. he reached for the officer s weapon. you saw at one point him being led somewhere, and there was a deputy with a gun. just by chance, i walked out of one door of the courtroom and he came out in front of me. and it was actually kathy stoker ....
Bill james, at the courthouse. it was the call he was waiting for. i jumped over the railing, ran to the office to prepare the extradition papers. i put a call in to the governor, had him sign him. we had it done in a few hours. why the hurry, why the rush? we wanted them. remember, the fugitives had committed a double murder in texas, too. but the oklahomans were determined they wanted first crack at ake and hatch. had to get there before some lawmen from texas beats them to it. the news of the capture was a huge relief to brooks and leslie douglass. and now the race to bring back ake and hatch. sheriff lynn stedman flew by charter to colorado. it was about 2:30 to 3:00 in the morning that we landed at will rogers world airport here in oklahoma city. yeah. with them. and then took them by car. then the sort of thing that almost never happens on their ....
It was stunning news. thanksgiving eve, 1979, six weeks after the okarche, oklahoma, murders of richard and marilyn douglass, the shooting of their children, the manhunt was over. the governor calls a news conference. it was that big of a deal. they wanted to put people at rest that these two guys weren t out there terrorizing the state of oklahoma anymore. it was a big deal. glen ake and stephen hatch who were by now also wanted for questioning in two additional murders in texas had been captured in colorado after another home invasion. it was the call he was waiting for. i jumped over the railing, ran to the office to prepare the extradition papers. i put a call in to the governor, had him sign him. we had it done in a few hours. why the hurry, why the rush? we wanted them. remember, the fugitives had committed a double murder in texas, too. but the oklahomans were determined they wanted first crack at ake and hatch. ....
There they were, standing feet apart. brooks looked at ake and something in him snapped. he saw the deputy passing by, his revolver tantalizingly close. and in that moment, brooks douglass contemplated murder. he reached the for the officer s weapon. you saw at one point him being led somewhere, and there was a deputy with a gun. just by chance, i walked out of one door of the courtroom and he came out in front of me. and it was actually kathy stoker that grabbed my arm. she saw what you wanted to do? yeah. you might have done it. i might have done it. you know, two can play that game. you know, if he can play crazy, i can, too. wow. so that crime had done a lot to ....