Coronado jail and was told. Convicted of the murder and found
sane, Coleman calmly went to his death in %an Quentin's gas chamber
on August 13, 1913.
THE SAN DIEGO UNION, San Diego, Calif.
Coronado jail and was told. Convicted of the murder and found
sane, Coleman calmly went to his death in San Quentin's gas chamber
on August 13, 1913.
THE SAN DIEGO UNION, San Diego, Calif.
told. Convicted of the murder and found
ent to his death in §: atin’ chambe.
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LEMAN, John Lawrence
Coleman, a )\8-year-old former Chicago policeman had moved to Yan
~ Diego, Calif., where he was occasionally employed as a bartender.
_His wife, Myrtle M. (Péggy) Coleman, was the owner of a KR& Coronado
beauty salon and she objected to his working as a bartender because
~of his nasty disposition when drinking. “inally, she grew tired of
supporting him and in “pril, 19), secured a divorce. On one subse- _
quentk occasion, he had gone to her home and assaulted her and she
had him arrested, stating that she was afraid of him. Late tn the ~~
__afternoon of June 5, 19))1, he entered her beauty shop and walked to _
BS the back where she was having her hair combed. She asked if he
was drinking and attempted to feel his hip pocket to see if he had a”
_flask when he pulled a bistol from underneath his coat and fired.
She ran through the back of the shop and, as she was fleeing to the
- office of a realtor next door, Coleman shot her three times. Mrs.
_ Coleman collapsed on the floor of the real estate office and he
beat her over the head with the pistol before dropping it and stating
~"That's-the-end-of-it."—He surrendered tothe police voluntarily ——
__and subsequently claimed at his trial that the killing was not pre- _
meditated as he had been drinking all of the day and did not even
know that.he had killed his divorced wife-until he woke-up—in theo
LEMAN » John Lawrence
Coleman, a )\8-year-old former Chicago policeman had moved to San
Diego, Calif., where he was occasionally employed as a bartender.
His wife, Myrtle M. (Péggy) Coleman, was the owner. of a KR Coronado
beauty salon and she objected to his working as a bartender because
of his nasty disposition when drinking. “inaltty, “she grew tired of
supporting him and in “pril, 191, secured a divorce. On one subse-
quentk occasion, he had gone to her home and assaulted her and she
had him arrested, stating that she was afraid of him. Late in the
_afternoon of June 5, 19/1, he entered her beauty shop and walked to
B& the back where she was having her hair combed. She asked if he
was drinking and attempted to feel his hip pocket to see if he had a~
flask when he pulled_a pistol from underneath his coat and fired.
She ran through the back of the shop and, as she was fleeing to the
| office of a realtor next door, Coleman shot her three times. Mrs.
Coleman collapsed on the floor of the real estate office and he oe
beat her over the head with the pistol before dropping it and stating
"That's the-end-of- it." —He surrendered to the police voluntarily
and subsequently claimed at his trial that the killing was not pre-
meditated as he had been drinking all of the day and did not even
_know that-he-had_ killed his divorced wife until he woke up in the
| Coleman, a 8-year-old former Chicago policeman had moved to San
Diego, Calif., where he was occasionally employed as a bartender.
His wife, Myrtle M, (Paggy) Coleman, was the owner. of a KKB Coronado
beauty salon and she objected to his working as a bartender because
of his nasty disposition when drinking, “inalty, she grew tired of
pe hin and in “pril, 191, secured a divorce. On one subse~
ntk occasion, he had gone to her home and assaulted her and she
faa nin arrests; stating thet che wae afraid of hiny-—Late nthe
afternoon of June 5, 191, he entered her beauty shop and walked to
%&% the back where she was having her hair combed, She asked if he
was drinking and attempted to feel his hip pocket to see if he had a
flask when he pulled a pistol fron underneath his coat and fired.
She ran through the back of the shop and, as she was fleeing to the
office of a realtor next door, Coleman shot her three times. Mrs.
Coleman collapsed on the floor of the real estate office and he
beat her over the head wi
Mhatts: the endof it,!—e_-gurreniered-to the-poltce -votuhtarity—
and subsequently claimed at his trial that the killing was not pre-
meditated as he had been Ronen all of the day and did not even
know that_he had killkd his divorced wife-until he woke-up in the
