Frank Cadena, 1924 May 23

the refusal of the trial judge to allow his attorneys to question the
prospective jurors as to whether or not they would give him the bene-~
fit of a reasonable doubt as to the ouestion of his sanity as well as
to the cuestion of his guilt, . The decision was affirmed by the higher
Court and then several efforts were made to obtain executive clemency
but these also were unsuccessful and on May 23, 192), Cadena became
the first non-black man to be electrocuted at the Texas State Prison,
te went to his death calmly, having slept soundly undil he was aroused
for the reading of the death warrant, His last words were: "I only
want to say that I thank you for the kind treatment given me while
here and that I am ready to meet my er

251 SOUTHWESTERN 22 5
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT, May 22, 192) and May 235 192),

the refusal of the trial judge to allow his attorneys to question the
prospective jurors as to whether or not they would give him the bene-
fit of a reasonable doubt as to the question of his sanity as well as
to the cuestion of his guilt, . The decision was affirmed by the higher
Court and then several efforts were made to obtain executive clemency
but these also were unsuccessful and on May 23, 192l, Cadena became
the first non-black man to be electrocuted at the Texas State Prison,
fe went to his death calmly, having slept soundly un#il he was aroused
for the reading of the death warrant, His last words were: "I only
want to say that I thank you for the kind treatment given me while
here and that I am ready to meet my oe

251 SOUTHWESTERN 22 5
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT, May 22, 192) and May 23, 192)

the refusal of the trial judge to allow his attorneys to question the
prospective jurors as to whether or not they would give him the bene-
fit of a reasonable doubt as to the question of his sanity as well as
to the question of his guilt, . The decision was affirmed by the higher
Court and then several efforts were made to obtain executive clemency
but these also were unsuccessful and on May 23, 192h, Cadena became
the first non-black man to be electrocuted at the Texas State Prison,
Fe went to his death calmly, having slept soundly unéil he was aroused
for the reading of the death warrant, His last words were: "I only
want to say that I thank you for the kind treatment given me while
here and that I am ready to meet my God,"

251 SOUTHWESTERN 22 5
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT, May 22, 192) and May 23, 192)

Sin AMER ET ly 22, 90h and May 23, 1921,

CADENA, Frank

Cadena, a Mexican-American who had served in the U, S. Army during
World War I, lived at 1112 Saunders Aves, San Antonio, Tex, His wife,
a sickly woman, had been ihl in the hoppital for some time when her
18-year-old sister, Pablita Jiminez, came to live in his home and
keep house for him, A romantic relationship developed and when Cadena
discovered that he had fallen in love with the girl and was in danger
of losing his affection for his wife, he attempted to break the rela-
tionship by going to Laredo, One day later he returned to San Antonio
and resumed KKE his affair with Pablita but suffering from a stricken
conscious, A habitual smoker of marijuana, he grew increasingly de-=
spondent over his love for his wife's sister and MHMXkK around three
o'clock on the afternoon of April 1h, 1922, while he and Pablita sat
on a bed in his room discussing the hopelessness of their relation-
ship, he drew a gun and shot her three times, killing her instantly,
Cadena fled from the house but shortly afterwards voluntarily surren-
dered himself to the police, At his trial, his defense was one of te
porary insanity induced by his use of marijuana prior to the commiss-
ion of the crime and one doctor testified that in his opinion Cadena
was suffering from a state similar to that of delirium tremens at the
time he had killed the girl, His conviction was appealed to the
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on several grounds, one of which was

| CADENA, Frank

Cadena, a Mexican-American who had served in the U. S, Army during
World War I, lived at 1112 Saunders Avésy, San Antonio, Tex, His wife,
a sickly woman, had been il in the hoppital for some time when her
18-year-old sister, Pablita Jiminez, came to live in his home and

keep house for him, A romantic relationship developed and when Cadena|
discovered that he had fallen in love with the girl and was in danger
of losing his affection for his wife, he attempted to break the rela-
tionship by going to Laredo, One day later he returned to San Antonio
and resumed KKK his affair with Pablita but suffering from a stricken
conscious, A habitual smoker of marijuana, he grew increasingly de-
spondent over his love for his wife's sister and MHXHK around three
o'clock on the afternoon of April 1, 1922, while he and Pablita sat
on a bed in his room discussing the hopelessness of their relation-
ship, he drew a gun and shot her three times, killing her instantly,
Cadena fled from the house but shortly afterwards voluntarily surren-
dered himself to the police, At his trial, his defense was one of tem
porary insanity induced by his use of marijuana prior to the commiss-
ion of the crime and one doctor testified that in his opinion Cadena
was suffering from a state similar to that of delirium tremens at the
time he had killed the girl, His conviction was appealed to the
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on several grounds, one of which was

CADENA, Frank

Cadena, a Mexican-American yho had served in the U. S, Army during
World War I, lived at 1112 Saunders Aves, San Antonio, Tex, His wife,
a sickly woman, had been il in the hoppital for some time when her
18-year-old sister, Pablita Jiminez, came to live in his home and

keep house for him, A romantic relationship developed and when Cadenal
discovered that he had fallen in love with the girl and was in danger
of losing his affection for his wife, he attempted to break the rela-
tionship by going to Laredo, One day later he returned to San Antonio}

and resumed 4% his affair with Pablita but suffering from a stricken

conscious, A habitual smoker of marijuana, he grew increasingly de~
spondent over his love for his wife's sister and MMXKK around three
ofclock on the afternoon of April 1h, 1922, while he and Pablita sat
on a bed in his room discussing the hopelessness of their relation-
ship, he drew a gun and shot her three times, killing her instantly,
Cadena fled from the house but shortly afterwards voluntarily surren-
dered himself to the police, At his trial, his defense was one of te
porary insanity induced by his use of marijuana prior to the commiss-
ion of the crime and one doctor testified that in his opinion Cadena
was suffering from a state similar to that of delirium tremens at the
time he had killed the girl, His conviction was appealed to the
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on several grounds, one of which was

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