Cook Waits Stolidly In Courtroom

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "William Edward Cook jr., above, sat quietly in federal court Tuesday between two U.S. deputy marshalls, Roy Manley, left, and Jasper Saunkeah, right, as his lawyers pleaded him guilty to kidnapping and murdering the Carl Mosser family of Atwood, Ill. William Edward Cook Jr. made a surprise plea for his life in federal court Tuesday when he pleaded guilty to charges of kidnapping and murdering the Carl Mosser family of Atwood, Ill. Cook's plea for mercy came through his court-appointed attorneys, Gomer Smith sr. and John Connolly jr., when they brought their client before Federal Judge Stephens S. Chandler. They asked that his trail "not be a Roman holiday where prisoners were thrown to the lions for the enjoyment of the populace.