Benigno Guerrero, 1915 April 15

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GUERRERO, Benigno

Guerrero, a Mexican farm laborer, was employed on a farm near San
Marcos, Tex. On April 21, 191), he was hoeing cotton in a field
with Isabel Morales, a 13 or ll-year-old girl. He attempted to
persuade her to elope with him and, when she refused, he flew into

& rage and procured a gun which he used to shoot her to death. Con-=
victed and sentenced to hang, Guerrero Went to his execution in an
almost jovial manner, smoking a cigar and asking for a light when i.
went out after the noose had been placed around his neck. [He was
hanged in an enclosure at the jail in San Marcos on April 15, 1915.

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SAN MARCOS RECORD, San Marces, Tex., li-15-1915.
Find nothing in GALVESTON NEWS for }j-15 or l-16

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Guerrero, a Mexican farm laborer, was employed on a farm near San
Marcos, tex. On April 21, 1914, he was hoeing cotton in a field
with Isabel Morales, a 13 or lh-year-old girl. He attempted to
persuade her to elope with him and, when she refused, he flew into

a rage and procured a gun which he used to shoot her to death. Con-
victed and sentenced to hang, Guerrero Went to his execution in an
almost jovial manner, smoking a cigar and asking for a light when it
went out after the noose had been placed around his neck. He was
hanged in an enclosure at the jail in San Marcos on April 15, 1915.

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SAN MARCOS RECORD, San Marces, Tex., )\-15-1915.
Find nothing in GALVESTON NEWS for )-15 or h-16

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Benigno Guerrero executed on 1915-04-15 in Texas (TX)
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