s prung, he mttered a few unintelligible words in Spanish but nobody
who heard them was able to decipher them, He was pronounced dead 13
minutes after the drop fell,
SACRAMENTO BEE, Sacramento, Califomnia, May 23, 1918; Jan. 26, 1918;
Jane 29, 1918
$ prung, he muttered a few unintelligible words in Spanish but nobody
who heard them was able to decipher them, He was pronounced dead 13
minutes after the drop fell,
SACRAMENTO BEE, Sacramento, Califonnia, May 23, 1918; Jan. 26, 1918;
Jane) 29, 1918
sprung, he muttered a few unintelligible words in Spanish but. nobody |
able to decipher them, He was pronounced dead 13
minutes after the drop fell,
SACRAMENTO BEE, Sacramento, Califonnia, May 23, 1918; Jan, 26, 1918;
Jan, 29, 1918
| NESRETE, Jose C.
Negrete, alias Jessie Negrete, was a 6l-year=old Mexican who was
convicted of murder in Los Angeles County, California, and sentenced
to 25 years in Folsom Prison, There Negrete was considered a cold
blooded and dangerous man and on one occasionshad a year's credits
removed for having in his possession a knife, He was assigned to
the prison garden where the foreman was another Mexican convict, M,
Castellano,who was serving a lyear=term from Ventura for robbery and
whose brother was allegedly a general under Francisco Willa and was
known as the "Tiger of Chihuahua," The two Mexicans did not get
along well and on January 25, 1918, Castellano reprimanded Negrete
for failing to do his work correctly, The next day, Negrete approach-
ed WEXKEXK Castellano as the men were walking from the gate to the
prison farm and Castellano was talking with another prisoner and,
after saying "Why did you talk to me that way yesterday?", he plunged
a case knife through Castellano's heart, killing him instantly,
Promptly disarmed and taken into custody, he was tried, convicted
and sentenced to die, The case was affirmed on review by the State
Supreme hip. 23 with no brief be&ng filed and no oral argument made,
nd on 29, 1918, without a protest or a prayer, Negrete went to
his death ‘on the gallaws at Folsom Prison. Just before the trap was
_ NEGRETE, Jose C.
Negrete, alias Jessie Negrete, was a 61-year-old Mexican who was
convicted of murder in Los Angeles County, California, and sentenced
to 25 years in Folsom Prison, There Negrete was considered a cold=
blooded and dangerous man and on one occasionshad a year's credits
removed for having in his possession a knife, He was assigned to
the prison garden where the foreman was another Mexican convict, M,
Castellano,who was serving a l-year=term from Ventura for robbery and
whose brother was allegedly a general under Francisco Willa and was
known as the "Tiger of Chihuahua," The two Mexicans did not get
along well and on January 25, 1918, Castellano reprimanded Negrete
for failing to do his work correctly, The next day, Negrete approach-
ed WESKEXKE Castellano as the men were walking from the gate to the
prison farm and Castellano was talking with another prisoner and,
after saying "why did you talk to me that way yesterday?", he plunged
2 case knife through Castellano's heart, killing him instantly,
Promptly disarmed and taken into custody, he was tried, convicted
and sentenced to die, The case was affirmed on review by the State
Supreme Court, with no brief be&ng filed and no oral argument made,
ni sn pi 23, 1918, without a protest or a prayer, Negrete went to
his death ‘on the gallaws at Folsom Prison. Just before the trap was
NEGRETE, Jose C.
Negrete, alias Jessie Negrete, was a 61-year-old Mexican who was
convicted of mrder in Los Angeles County, California, and sentenced
to 25 years in Folsom Prison, There Negrete was considered a cold=
blooded and dangerous man and on one occasionshad a year's credits
two Mexicans did not get
along well and on January 25, 1918, Castellano reprimanded Negrete
for failing to do his work correctly, The next day, Negrete approach-
ed WHXIEXE Castellano as the men were walking from the gate to the
prison farm and Castellano was talking with another prisoner and,
after saying "why did you talk to me that way yesterday?", he plunged
,2 case knife through Castellano's heart, killing hin instantly,
Promptly disarmed and taken into custody, he was tried, convicted
and sentenced to die, The case was affirmed on review by the state
Supreme Court, with ho brief being filed and no oral argument made,
<n or 2, 1918, without a protest or a prayer, Negrete went to
his death on the gallaws at Folsom Prison. Just before the trap was
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