Searcy County ArArchives News.....Holly Ray Given Death Sentence For Poisoning Wife September 2, 1937
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Edmonson News (Brownsville, KY), Sept 2, 1937 September 2, 1937
Former Edmonson County Man Pleads Guilty to Crime Committed in Arkansan

A news dispatch published in the Courier-Journal last Friday stated that Holly
Ray had been sentenced to death at Marshall, Arkansas, for the murder of his
wife, Mrs. Molly Kinser Ray. Both were natives of Edmonson County and members of
prominent families. Ray is a son of B. I. Ray and has many relatives in the
county. Mrs. Ray was a twin sister of Godfrey Kinser. 

According to the news reports Ray pleaded guilty to the charge which was filed
against him several days after the death of his wife. It is said that the body
of Mrs. Ray was taken out of the grave by investigators and analysis of the
vital organs showed distinct traces of poison. Also evidence was found that Ray
had become infatuated with a nurse living in another state and letters found in
his car from the woman disclosed that she gave instructions as to administering
the death potion. 

Ray is reported to be the owner of a section of land, 640 acres, in Arkansas and
also was employed at a good salary as a timber buyer. 

News of the tragedy caused deep regret in Edmonson County.

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