the witness stand as one of the men who had robbed him. Tried. agdin, —
his second conviction was appealed on the grounds that the jury had
discussed unfavorably his failure to testify on his own behalf and
the fact that he had previously been convicted and sentenced to die
for the same ground but this time the conviction was affirmed and he
was electrocuted at the Texas State Prison on August 19, 1938,
After he entered the death chamber, he sant a sone thet he “-d com=
woeeg for his girlfriend entitled "To the Sweetest Girl in San
Antonio." He then expressed his innocence and | said that he forgave
the State for executing him, ee
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the witness stand as one of the men-who-had-robbed-him. Tried-agdin,
his second conviction was appealed on the grounds that the jury had
discussed unfavorably his failure to testify on his own behalf and
the fact that he had previouslp been convicted and sentenced to die
for the same ground but this time the conviction was affirmed and he
was electrocuted at the Texas State Prison on August 19, 1938.
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woeed for his girlfriend entitled "To the Sweetest Girl in San
Antonio," He then expressed his innocence ard seid that he forgave
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POTANCO, Jesse | | liseg ral (0/995
Polanco, a 20-year-old Mexican-American, lived in San Antonio, Tex,,
as did his two friends Frank Gallegos and Daniel Acosta, In April,
1936, they held-up and robbed a bus driver for the Public Service
Company,on his Guadelupe St. bus, They managed to escape, but the
driver noted the license number of the automobile in which they were
riding and provided it to the police, A month later, on May lh,
they attempted to rob another Guadelupe St, bus of the same company
beind driven by George W, Forbes, Forbes,resisted the rebbery and
Polanco shot and killed him, About ten days later they three young
men were arrested while driving the automobile noted by the driver
in their earlier robbery and taken to police headquarters, Acosta
and Gallegos confessed to participating in the two robberies and
named Polanco as the trigger man who had shot and killed Forbes.
Polanco admitted being present at the time of the Forbes killing but
denied having shot him and at his trial repudiated this admission
and sought to prove an alibi but was unsuccessful, His accomplices
both testified against him, receiving prison sentences for themselves
in Be isneé for their testimony, and he was convicted and sentenced
to die, His first trial was reversed on appeal because the bus driver
who was robbed a month earlier had been allowed to identify him from
POTANCO, Jesse , bug tal (00795
Polanco, a 20-year-old Mexican-American, lived in San Antonio, Tex.,
as did his two friends Frank Gallegos and Daniel Acosta. In April,
1936, they held-up and robbed a bus driver for the Public Service
Company,on his Guadelupe St. bus, They managed to escape, but the
driver noted the license number of the automobile in which they were
riding and provided it to the police, A month later, on May 1h,
they attempted to rob another Guadelupe St. bus of the same company
beind driven by George W. Forbes. Forbes,resisted the rebbery and
Polanco shot and killed him, About ten days later they three young
men were arrested while driving the automobile noted by the driver
in their earlier robbery and taken to police headquarters, Acosta
and Gallegos confessed to participating in the two robberies and
named Polanco as the trigger man who had shot and killed Forbes.
Polanco admitted being present at the time of the Forbes killing but
denied having shot him and at his trial repudiated this admission
and sought to prove an alibi but was unsuccessful. His accomplices
o, =
Heth, daskht ps. aenanet, Bop beet An he was convicted and senbenced
to die. His first trial was reversed on appeal because the bus driver
who was robbed a month earlier had been allowed to identify him from
POTANCO, Jesse , Lica lial SOLTIE
Polanco, a 20-year-old Mexican-American, lived in San ‘ssi, Tex.»
as did his two friends Frank Gallegos and Daniel Acosta, In April,
1936, they held-up and robbed a bus driver for the Public Berries
Company,on his Guadelupe St. bus, They managed to escape, but the
driver noted the license number of the automobile in which they were
riding and provided it to the police, A month later, on May
they attempted to rob another Guadelupe St, bus of the same company
beind driven by George W, Forbes.
Forbes, resisted the rebbery and
Polanco shot and killed him, About ten days later they three young
men were arrested while driving the automobile noted by the driver
in their earlier robbery and taken to police headquarters, costa
and Gallegos confessed to participating in the two robberies and
named Polanco as the trigger man who had shot and killed Forbes.
Polanco admitted being present at the time of the Forbes killing but
denied having shot him and at his trial repudiated this admission
and sought to prove an alibi but was unsuccessful, His accomplices
both testifi, » receiving prison sentences for themselves
ae costietes. Beaste’, Datinsaye and he was convicted ana senbanced
o die, His first trial was reversed on appeal because the bus driver
ho was robbed a month earlier had been allowed to identify hin fron
