He was taken into custody at the home of his grandmother on Nov,
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though he denied having assaulted
evidence to the contrary. He pleaded guilty at his trial and was
Sentenced to die, There was no appeal, but his mother waged a fight
for his life from hés home in Lincoln, A Lincoln psychiatrist sent
a sworn &ffidavit in which he stated that Randolph was insane and
the warden summoned a panel of doctors to examine him. “hen they
ruled that he was sane, his mother trent to see the Governor of Ne-
braska and pleaded with him to intercede with the Governor ‘of Califor.
nia, but, while he listened to her Sympathetically, he told her that
there was nothing that he could do. He was hanged at Folsom Prison
on February 8, 1929, He made no statement and displayed no emotion
when entered the death chamber, praying at the side of the Priest,
Bakersfield newspaper, Feb. 8, 1929
He was taken into custody at the home of his grandmother on Nov.
8 and re o—Bakersfield nsre-ne~ gave a~comple te confession
though he denied having assaulted the woman in spite of the medical
evidence to the contrary. He pleaded guilty at his trial and was
sentenced to die, There was no appeal, but his mother waged a fight
for his life from hés home in Lincoln, A Lincoln psychiatrist sent
a sworn &ffidavit in which he Stated that Randolph was insane and
the warden summoned a panel of doctors to examine him. “hen they
ruled that he was sane, his mother went to see the Governor of Ne-
braska and pleaded with him to intercede with the Governor of Califor4
nia, but, while he listened to her sympathetically, he told her that
there was nothing that he could do. He was hanged at Folsom Prison
on February 8, 1929, He made no statement and displayed no emotion
when entered the death chamber, praying at the side of the Priest.
Bakersfield newspaper, Fab. 8, 1929
He was taken into custody at the home of his grandmother on Nove
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sentenced to die, There was no appeal, but his mother waged a fight
for his life from hé home in Lincoln, A Lincoln psychiatrist sent
a sworn &ffidavit in which he stated that Randolph was insane and
braska and pleaded with him to intercede with the Governor ‘of Califor]
nia, but, while he listened to her sympathetically, he told her that
there was nothing that he could do. He was hanged at Folsom Prison
on February 8, 1929. He made no statement and displayed no emotion
when entered the death chamber, praying at the side of the Priest.
Bakersfield newspaper, Fab. 8, 1929
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RANDOLPH, Harrison He ‘
Randolph, a 2h-year-old white native of Lincoln, Nebraska, was the
son of a man who had been tried and acquitted for the murder of his
first wife. After his father was killed when he was two months old,
he was raised by his paternal grandparents who adopted him. He first
got into trouble when he was 16-years-old and was sent to prison,
From then on, the majority of his life was Spent behind bars, While
free, he was a transient who would wander fron place to place, doing
odd jobs. On Nove 26 5 1908, he was in Bakersfield, Calif., where he
was befriended by Mrs, Pearl Hunnicutt, recently separated from her
husband, who hired him to do some, chores at her home on North Beale
Avenae, After he had finished the jobs, she had him as a dinner
guest and they later sat and talked with her discussing her domestic
difficulties. When she opened a door to show him somexwall papering
t at she had done herself, he manually choked her into unconscious-
ness and then strangled her to death with an electrical extension
cod, After she was dead, he raped her and then stole a rifle from
another room which he sold to a man who lived nearby oad te hit
randmother at Tranquility no Go
Bees wire cutite fod oaE iscovered about two hours after her death
and Randolph was identified through fingerprints found on 4 Cupe
RANDOLPH, Harrison He i
Randolph, a 2l-year-old white native of Lincoln, Nebraska, was the
son of a man who had been tried and acquitted for the murder of his
first wife. After his father was killed when he was two months old,
he was raised by his paternal grandparents who adopted him. He first
got into trouble when he was 16-years-old and was sent to prison,
From then on, the majority of his life was Spent behind bars, While
free, he was a transient who would wander from place to place, doing
odd jobs. On Nov. 26, 1908, he was in Bakersfield, Calif., where he
was befriended by Mrs. Pearl Humicutt, recently separated from her
husband, who hired him to do some, chores at her home on North Beale
Avenae. After he had finished the jobs, she had- him as a dinner
guest and they later sat and talked with her discussing her domestic
difficulties. When she opened a door to show him Somenwall papering
t at she had done herself, he manually choked her into unconscious~
ness and then strangled her to death with an electrical extension
comd. After she was dead, he raped her and then stole a rifle from
another room which he sold to a man who lived nearby before no. Ge
een Tete ie ay ae Ae cou ccc te heise after ner eth
poly Tani Wee identified through fingerprints found on a cupe
RANDOLPH, Harrison He
man who lived nearby hefgre hit
hiking to the home of his grandmother at Tranquility in? %
Mrs. funnioutt's body was Siscovered about gna aty Myer hee death
‘and’ Randolph was identified through fingerprints found on a cup.
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