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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 15, 2005, Winnipeg, Manitoba A12 Canada / world Winnipeg free press tuesday March 15, 2005 a chapter in a Book helped set captive free woman read aloud to accused courtroom killer that this in any Way helped facilitate a Christian concept that life is meant to by John Thor Dahlburg Jenny Jarvie positive outcome for be spent in service to god and others. And Scott Martelle Smith told interviewers yesterday he stopped her and asked to hear the o that suspected killer Brian Gene beginning again and then they Dis Range county calif., pastor Rick Nichols took her captive in her apart cussed its theme. Warrens Book of Christian guid ment Early saturday and briefly bound Smith said she asked him what he Ance the purpose driven life her with tape. He told her that he did thought her life a purpose was. He has sold More than 21 million copies in not want to Hurt her but would if the said i think its to talk to people and More than 30 languages and his pub police came. He initially refused her Tell them about ? a few hours Lisher says has helped countless Chris request to let her later Smith said Nichols let her leave based can and posted on the website ians navigate questions of personal go see her Daugh and she alerted police where to find of the Atlanta journal Constitution. I did to Faith. Ter. Him. Progressively she gained the Trust but a single chapter read aloud sat then Smith want to die. I did to want to die Smith said of the Man who at that time was geor urday in a suburban Atlanta apartment began talking i did to want sunday. I did to want him to Hurt Gia a most wanted fugitive. I really might Well become the books biggest about her Hus anybody did to want him to Hurt himself or any him to Hurt band How he had the 26-year-old woman credited by Success Story. One else to Hurt him she said. Ashley Smith who was held captive been stabbed to anybody else police for bringing a massive manhunt watching to news about the carnage for 7 1/2 hours saturday by the Man death four years for Nichols to a nonviolent end Satur being blamed on him and the Multi ? former hostage accused of killing an Atlanta judge and ago and that if Day resurfaced a Day later with a har Agency Law enforcement operation three others told interviewers yester Nichols killed Ashley Smith rowing account of the 7 1/2 hours she mounted to capture him Nichols told Day that a passage from Warrens Book Smith her Daugh spent As Nichols hostage in the apart her i cannot believe that a me on seemed to help persuade her captor to Ter would be ment she had moved into Only two Days set her free. Upset. He still told me no Smith said before in an Atlanta suburb. He needed Hope for his life Smith this is i would say one of the More in a can interview. But i could kind captor and captive talked and he said. Dramatic if not the most dramatic Tes of feel that he started to know who i untied her. He looked at her family Nichols was arrested saturday Tim Nials i a aware of said Vicki was and he said maybe maybe ill let photos she read to him from the Bible morning after Smith talked him int Cessna spokeswoman for Christian you go. Just maybe. Well see How and the purpose driven life and allowing her to leave her apartment i publisher Zondervan in grand rapids things ? cooked him a breakfast of pancakes Duluth Northeast of Atlanta. She said Mich. Obviously the Book has had far Smith later retrieved Warrens Book and eggs. She phoned 911 right after getting int reaching life changing influences for from her bedroom and started Reading ? wow he said real butter ? she her car. Millions of people. We re just honoured aloud chapter 33, which focuses on the recalled in accounts aired by Atlanta ? los Angeles times in Brief Clinton leaves Hospital new York ? former president Bill Clinton left the Hospital yesterday four Days after undergoing surgery to remove scar tissue and fluid around his left lung. I a glad to be Home and look for Ward to getting Back to work within the next month or so Clinton said in a statement. Ruling on Gay marriage san Francisco ? a judge ruled yesterday that California a ban on Gay marriage is unconstitutional saying the state could no longer justify limit ing marriage to a Man and a woman. San Francisco county Superior court judge Richard Kramer said that withholding marriage licences from Gays and lesbians is unconstitutional. The judge wrote that the states historical definition of marriage by itself cannot justify the denial of equal Protection for Gays and lesbians. Axe wielder kills Man London ? an attacker used an axe to kill a Man in a Busy Street in London yesterday morning As horrified onlookers screamed at the assailant to put the Long handled weapon Down. Police received Calls that a serious assault was underway North of fashion Able regents Park. Arriving they found the body of a 61-year-old Man and arrested a 37-year-old Man police said. ? from the news services ;