State v. Strong

This is an appeal from a conviction and death sentence in a first degree murder case.

The defendant shot and killed his. wife, Iris Strong, on March 2,1962, at a Canton barroom known as the Cay Nineties, which they owned jointly.

They lived in Alliance, had no children of their own, but a four-year-old foster child lived with them. One, Audrey Ross, who worked for them as a barmaid also lived there.

Late on the night before the killing, the defendant took Audrey Ross to their home. Mrs. Strong, the deceased, in a jealous rage, threatened defendant with a shotgun. They had for some time been…