Murder suspect booked

Associated Press · December 8, 1954

Frederick W. Fowler is being booked after his capture here early today. Fowler, operator of a Toy Shop, police say, "stormed in the front door of his former wife's home at approximately 9 p.m. last night and began firing from a .38 revolver, killing his ex-wife, Dorothy, and a friend of hers, Mrs. Dave Cotner, 28." Fowler told officers, after his capture, "I'm glad I shot her," referring to his wife, "But I'm sorry about the other girl." Fowler is shown in City Jail with Police Sgt. Joe Shepp.