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rate descriptions of Hill and he was taken into custody later that
night in a small Las Vegas hotel, When ballistics showed that his
gun had fired the shots shat had killed both Buckwald and “ldinger,
he confessed both slayings and was held in the the Clark County Jail
to await trial for the Buckwald killing. He and another prisoner”
escaped on the nigh& of Oct, 21st and he went to Texas where he con-
tinued his career as a holdup man until he was captured in £1 Paso
and returned to Nevada. On the night of Dec. 31, he escaped again
and went to California where he eluded capture until March }, 1913,
when he was taken into custody in Kern Co. fingerprints revealed
his adentity and he was taken to Los Angeles where he was
tried and convicted for the murder of Carl Aldinger and sentenced

to diew He was asphyxiated in San Cuentin's gas chamber on J4ne

28, 19h.

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rate descriptions of Hill and he was taken into custody later that
night in a small Las Vegas hotel. When ballistics showed that his
gun had fired the shots shat had killed both Buckwald and “ldinger,
he confessed both slayings and was held in the the Clark County Jail
to await trial for the Buckwald killing. He and another prisoner”
escaped on the nigh’ of Oct. 2lst and-he went to Texas where he con-
tinued his career as a holdup man until he was captured in El Paso
and returned to Nevada. On the night of Dec. 31, he escaped again
and went to California where he eluded capture until March |, 1943,
when he was taken into custody in Kern Co. fingerprints revealed
his adentity and he was taken to Los Angeles where he was
tried and convicted for the murder of Carl Aldinger and sentenced
to die. He was asphyxiated in San Quentin's gas chamber on J4n.

28, 19h.

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night in a small Las Vegas hotel. When ballistics showed ees his
gun had fired the shots shat had killed both Buckwald and “1dinger,
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to await trial for the Buckwald killing. He and another prisoner”
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and returned to Nevada. On the night of Dec, 31, he escaped again
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HILL, Farrington Graham

Hill, a 30-year-old white native of Texas, had been in trouble since
he was 10-years-old and committed his first petty theft. 4After his
family moved to California, he lied about his age and enlisted in the
Navy when he was 15-years-old but was subsequently dishonorably dis-~
charged and served a year in a Naval prison for stealing an automo-
bile. He served two terms in San Quentin for Brand larceny and was
paroled in Oct.e, 190, to work on a ranch in texas, He shortly broke
parole and returned to California where he lived by committing a
string of armed robberies of hotels and bars which he would commit in
the late hours of the night. On the night of July 19, 1942, he
had been drinking when he attempted to rob Phe Garden of Allah, a
fashionable Hollywood hotel and bar. When the desk clerk ,EEsENSa
53-year-old German-porn Carl Aldinger, reached under the desk to
get the cash box, Hill thought that he was going for a gun and shot
him five times killing him instantly. He committed several more
holdups in the Los Ange%es area and then went to Las Vegas where, on
the night of Aug. 23, 191.2, he shot Wade Buckwald, cashier in one of
the clubs, three times in the course of the robbery, This occurred
in the presence of several witnesses who were able to give accu-

HILL, Farrington Graham

Hill, a 30-year-old white native of Texas, had been in trouble since
he was 10-years-old and committed his first petty theft. After his
family moved to California, he lied about his age and enlisted in the
Wavy when he was 15-years-old but was subsequently dishonorably dis-~
charged and served a year in a Naval prison for stealing an automo-
bile. He served two terms in San Quentin for Brand larceny and was
paroled in Octe, 190, to work on a ranch in exas, He shortly broke
parole and returned to California where he lived by committing a
string of armed robberies of hotels and bars which he would commit in
the late hours of the night. On the night of July 19, 192, he
had been drinking when he attempted to rob The Garden of Allah, a
fashionable Hollywood hotel and bar. When the desk clerk Bessa
53-year-old German-gorn Carl Aldinger, reached under the desk to
get the cash box, Hill thought that he was going for a gun and shot
him five times killing him instantly. He committed several more
holdups in the Los Ange%es area and then went to Las Vegas where, on
the night of Aug. 23, 194.2, he shot Wade Buckwald, cashier in one of
the clubs, three times in the course of the robbery, This occurred
in the presence of several witnesses who were able to give accu-

HILL, Farrington Graham

#311, a 30-year-old white native of Texas, had been in trouble since
he was 10-years-old and committed his first petty theft. After his
family moved to California, he et a is age end enlisted in the
Navy when he was 15. dis-
charged and served a year in ioe prison for easing an automo=
eles ora vaecyed ae curatinl car dereinte ie
paroled in Oct., 1940, to work on a ranch in ‘exas,
parole and returned to California where ate lived by committing a
string of armed eee of hotels and bars which he would conmit in
the late hours of the night. On the night of July 19, 192, ee
had been drinking ton Hs attempted to rob Zhe Garden of Allah,
fashionable Hollywood hotel and bar. When the desk clerk.
53-year-old German-porn Carl Aldinger, reached under the desk to
get the cash box, 1411 thought that he was going for a gun and shot
hin five times killing him instantly. He committed several more
holdups in the Los Ange%es area and then went to Las Vegas where, on
the night of Aug. 23, 19h2, he shot Wade Buckwald, cashier in one of
the clubs, three times in the course of the robbery. ‘This occurred
in the presence of several witnesses who were able to give accu-

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