SEXTON, Harold (Hddie)
Sexton, a 2M-year-old Heyward, Calif., butcher boy, and 20-year-old
Dominic Silva, attempted to hold up Henry Harames, an Oakland produce
merchant, ing front of Harames' home on the night of Sept. 2, 19119.
Harames was shot when he resisted and S€xton and “ilva escaped with-
out the $17) that Harames was captured. The two men were captured
three months later when a 17-year-old girl who had been with them
went to the police and confessed, identifying both of them. ‘Silwa
received a recommendation for mercy and a life sentence while Sexton
was sentenced to death. He calmly went to the gas chamber at San
Quentin on Maréh 16, 1951,
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SEXTON, Harold (Eddie)
Sexton, a M-year-old Heyward, Calif., butcher boy, and 20-year-old
Dominic Silva, attempted to hold up Henry Harames, an Oakland produce
merchant, ing front of Harames' home on the night of Sept. 2) 1919.
Harames was shot when he resisted and Sexton and Silva escaped with-
out the $17) that Harames was captured. The two men were captured
three months later when a 17-year-old girl who had been with ea
went to the police and confessed, identifying both of them, ‘Silx
received a recommendation for mercy and a life sentence while o.
was sentenced to death. He calmly went to the gas chamber at San
Quentin on Maréh 16, 1951.
THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, MARCH 14, 1951,
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SEXTON, Harold (Zdd:
ton, a 2@-year-old He
Dominic Silva, attempted to enry
merchant, inf front of Harames' home on the night of Sept. 2, 1919.
Harames was shot when he resisted and Sexton and Silva escaped with-
out the anes hat parame was captured. The two men were
n girl
went to the fied and confossed, identity.
received a recommendation for mercy and a life
was sentenced to death, He calmly
Quentin on Maréh 1
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both of thi
Sirens anne “Sexton
went to the gas chamber at
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