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ging house, had threatened to 'fix her' as he had 'fixed
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ging house, had threatened to 'fix her' as he had 'fixed
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GRAY, We Me
32myear-Old black man, hanged Folsom Prison (Sacramento
County) on April 13, 1906, "W. M, Gray, a negro, who mur=
dered Wong Fong, a Chinaman, in Sacramento last Fall by
crushing his skull with-a piece of gas pipe was hanged at
XHXAXEXKAK 10 o'clock this morning in the State Prison at
Folsom Gray was pronounced dead in 11 minutes after the
drop fell, He mounted the gallows with courage and had no
remarks to make before the trap was sprung. The hegno hel
up the Chinaman in an alley in the lower part of the city
in the night time for the purpose of fobbing him, A peti-
tion was sent to the Governor's office yesterday afternoon
asking the Executive to commute the sentence to life im-
prisonment, but it had come too late as the Governor had
gone awaye The Chinaman who was struck down by the thug
was found bleeding and unconscious in the alley and taken
to the Receiving Hospital, where he expired without being
| GRAY, We Me
32-year-Old black man, hanged Folsom Prison (Sacramento
County) on April 13, 1906, "W. M,. Gray, a negro, who mur-
dered Wong Fong, a Chinaman, in Sacramento last Fall by
crushing his skull with a piece of gas pipe was hanged at
XHXKKEKKEK 10 o'clock this morning in the State Prison at
Folsom. Gray was pronounced dead in 11 minutes after the
drop fell, He mounted the gallows with courage and had no
remarks to make before the trap was sprunge The hegpno hel
up the Chinaman in an alley in the lower part of the city
in the night time for the purpose of fobbing him, A peti-
tion was sent to the Governor's office yesterday afternoon|
asking the Executive to commute the sentence to life im-
prisonment, but it had come too late as the Governor had
gone awaye The Chinaman who was struck down by the thug
was found bleeding and unconscious in the alley and taken
to the Receiving Hospital, where he expired without being
GRAY, We Me
32«year-Old black man, hanged Folsom Prison (Sacramento
County) on April 13, 1906, "W, M, Gray, a negro, who mur-|
dered Vong Fong, a Chinaman, in Sacramento last Fall by
Folsom, Gray was pronounced dead in 11 minutes after the
drop fell, He mounted the gallows with coura
remarks to make before the trap was sprung.
asking the Executive to commute the sentence to life
prisonment, but it had come too late as the Governor had
to the Receiving Hospital, where he expired without being
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