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Most of the article is based on a self-published book. AuthorHouse is a self-publisher service. This is not to disparage the work. It turns out that the author of the book, Noel Grove, is a "reporter who covered the Big Spring bank robbery and murders in 1965 returned to the scene of the crime 43 years later to discover why a young Kansas man, Duane Earl Pope, shot and killed four people that day..." Still, "self-published sources should never be used as third-party sources about living persons, even if the author is a well-known professional researcher or writer..." I'm also a bit dubious of the newspaper article. For one thing, it is really an article about the book. And it's not entirely clear that the facts stated in the article are based on independent research.
Sadly, there doesn't seem to be an abundance of information on this subject on the web. The basic facts, very much those reported in the article, are summarized in the opinion (hearing en banc) at 372 F.2d 710 (1967)(8th cir). There was a contemporary news article on Google News from the Tonowanda News (12 June 1965) (Suspect in robbery surrenders to FBI ... he heeded the plea of the college president who handed him a diploma less than two weeks ago. Co-captain of football team. Clarinetist. Robbery got him $1,596. Pres. Dr D. W. Bittinger worked with Hoag to draft appeal.) Also a brief article at nebraskaradionetwork.com/2009/05/19/big-springs-celebrates-125-years/ ("Another horrible heist occurred in Big Springs more recently that shook the whole region, according to resident Ron Hendrickson. In June of 1965, a bank robbery led to three bank employees killed and a fourth bank worker was badly hurt. That survivor, Frank Kjeldgaard, was 25 at the time and returned to the bank where he remained until fairly recently. The man responsible for that robbery was caught a short time later and convicted. Duane Earl Pope, from Kansas, was sentenced to death, though an appeal later overturned the death sentence leaving him in a federal prison where he remains.") A brief article at www.mbj.com/Files/Reprint_BobHoig.pdf recounts how Bob Hoig authored the plea that led to pope's surrender. I only had a few other de minimis hits.Tkotc (talk) 00:53, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
