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A Sniper in the Tower The Charles Whitman Murders

Gary M. Lavergne

On August 1, 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman ascended the University of Texas Tower and committed what was then the largest simultaneous mass murder in American history. He gunned down forty-five people inside and around the Tower before he was killed by two Austin police officers. During the previous...

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It was mentioned that Charles Sr., the father, admitted to beating his wife in Gary Laverne's book 'A Sniper in the Tower', as well as his strict disciplinary methods used on his children.

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I did on many occasions beat my wife but I loved her. I did and do have an awful temper but my wife was awful stubborn and we had some clashes over the more than 25 years of our life together.

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It was mentioned that Charles Sr., the father, admitted to beating his wife in Gary Laverne's book 'A Sniper in the Tower', as well as his strict disciplinary methods used on his children.

"

I did on many occasions beat my wife but I loved her. I did and do have an awful temper but my wife was awful stubborn and we had some clashes over the more than 25 years of our life together.

With all three of my sons it was yes sir and no sir. They minded me. The way I looked at it, I am not ashamed of any spankings. I don't think I spanked enough if you want to know the truth about it.

I think they should have been punished more than they were punished.

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