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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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Ex-convict Edward Collins was kidnapped in Reno after church, crucified by former prison mates 'Swede' and 'Dago' for refusing to join crimes; nailed to cross, clothes burned, survived after rescue; police pursuing suspects. (178 chars)
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Former San Diego Gunman Kidnaped At Reno After Church Service: Taken To Lonely Spot And Nailed to Cross
RENO, Nev., Aug. 27. (UP) Edward Collins, 27, an ex-convict, told police today that he had been crucified by two men "Swede" and "Dago."
Earl Dabney, a motorist, heard screams to one side of a road outside Reno last night. He called police who found a naked man nailed to a cross lying flat on the ground.
He was taken to a hospital. There Collins, ex-San Diego gunman, was said to be weak from loss of blood and shock, but it was believed he would recover.
He was leaving a Baptist meeting last night. He met two men who had served time with him in San Quentin, known to him only as "Swede" and "Dago." They asked him to "pull some jobs" with them.
He refused.
Whereupon, at pistol point, he was ordered into a large black sedan. The men drove him to an isolated spot.
Collins was told to strip. Then, he was commanded to lie on a wooden cross and to extend his arms.
Collins said he screamed and pleaded for mercy, but the men nailed him to the cross, poured kerosene on his clothes, set them on fire, and fled.
A four inch spike was driven through each of Collins hands and one through both of his feet.
Police believed that Collins knew his assailants and that their motivation had been less casual than Collins said.
Captain Bernard Addenbrooke
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Former Convict Crucified by Two Prison Pals
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announced that police were close on the trail of the sedan in which "Swede" and "Dago" escaped, had trailed it through Carson City, Nev., and on the road to Lake Tahoe.
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Aug. 27
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Edward Collins, an ex-convict and former San Diego gunman, was kidnapped after a Baptist church service in Reno by two former San Quentin prison mates known as 'Swede' and 'Dago' after refusing to join their crimes. They forced him into a sedan at gunpoint, drove to an isolated spot, made him strip, nailed him to a wooden cross with spikes through his hands and feet, burned his clothes with kerosene, and fled. Discovered by motorist Earl Dabney who heard screams, Collins was hospitalized weak from blood loss and shock but expected to recover. Police suspected deeper motives and were tracking the suspects' sedan toward Lake Tahoe via Carson City.