Thomas Johnson, 1933 July 21

by the girl while parings from underneath her fingernails contained
cloth fiber identical to that in his coveralls; and ‘a car washer
from the garage where he worked was found underneath her bed. After
he had been convicted and sentenced to die » his case was appealed to
the New Mexico Supreme Court which affirmed the conviction and on
July 21, 1933, he became the first person in New Mexico to be elec-
trocutedgwhen he was put to death at the State Prison, He met his
death resignedly and when he entered the death chamber, he waved

to the seventy witnesses who had gathered but made no statement,

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were on the fragments of the vase used to render the mother uncon-
scious; parings from underneath is fingernails matched Lipstick worn
by the girl while parings from underneath her fingernails contained
cloth fiber identical to that in his Coveralls; and ‘a car washer
from the garage where he worked was found underneath her bed, After
he had been convicted and sentenced to die, his case was appealed to
the New Mexico Supreme Court which affirmed the conviction and on
July 21, 1933, he became the first person in New Mexico to be elec-
trocutedgwhen he was put to death at the State Prison. He met his
death resignedly and when he entered the death chamber, he waved

to the seventy witnesses who had gathered but made no statement,

Albuquerque JOURNAL, Albuquerque, Ne Me, J vel 3933
37 NM 280 : Jae pees oe

man she had seen and that his working coveralls matched the clothes

red the death chanber, he waved
gathered but made no statement.

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JOHNSON, Thomas C,

Johnson, a black man, was employed as an attendant at a Santa Fee, Ne
Me, garage. Around midnight on Nov. 15, 1931, he entered the bedroom
where 18-year-old Angelina Jarmalito was sleeping in her home on
Griffin Street, Santa Fe, and raped her, The girl resisted and he
NHEXEREREXA gagged her with a piece of cloth. After he had finished,
he plunged a pocket knife through her left temple, penetrating her
brain and killing her. The girl's mother entered the bedroom after
the assault had taken place and saw Johnson standing by her daughter's
bed. He knocked her unconscious before leaving. He then went to the
garage where he worked and bludgeoned the night attendant, Oscar
Churchill, unconscious, took the money from the cash register, and
stole one of the garage's automobiles which he drove to Albuquerque
where he was arrested, When taken. into custody, he readily admitted
the assault on Churchfill who Subsequently recovered, but he denied
the rape-murder of Miss Jarmalito, a denial in which he persisted un-
til his death, The evidence presented against him at his trial,
though primarily circumstantial was overwhelming. An acquaintance
test#fied that he had seen and Spoke to him ihm in the vicinity of
the crime; Miss Jarmalito'ts mother testified that he vesembled the

JOHNSON, Thomas C,

Johnson, a black man, was employed as an attendant at a Santa Fee, Ne
M., garage. Around midnight on Nov. 15, 1931, he entered the bedroom
where 18-year-old Angelina Jarmalito was sleeping in her home on
Griffin Street, Santa Fe, and raped her, The girl resisted and he

MAEXEREREXa gagged her with a piece of cloth, After he had finished,
he plunged a pocket knife through her left temple, penetrating her
brain and killing her. The girl's mother entered the bedroom after
the assault had taken place and saw Johnson standing by her daughter's
bed. He knocked her unconscious before leaving. He then went to the
garage where he worked and bludgeoned the night attendant, Oscar
Churchill, unconscious, took the money from the cash register, and
stole one of the garage's automobiles which he drove to Albuquerque
where he was arrested, When taken into custody, he readily admitted
the assault on Churchfill who Subsequently recovered, but he denied
the rape-murder of Miss Jarmalito, a denial in which he persisted un-
til his death, The evidence presented against him at his trial >
though primarily circumstantial was overwhelming. An acquaintance
test&fied that he had seen and spoke to him ihm in the v cinity of
the crime; Miss Jarmalito's mother testified that he Besembled the

JOHNSON, Thomas C.

Johnson, a black man, was employed as an attendant at a Santa Fe., Ne
M., garage. Around midnight on Nov. 15, 1931, he entered the bedroom
where 18-year-old Angelina Jarmali

Griffin Street, Santa Fe

drove to Albuquerque

When taken into custody, he readily admitted
the assault on Churchfill who subsequently recovered, imt he denied
the rape-murder of Miss Jarmalito, a denial in which he persisted un-
til his death. The evidence presented against hin at his trial,
though Primarily 1 was An
test&fiied that he had seen and spoke to hin she in the vicinity of
the crime; Miss Jamalito's mother testified that he sosembled the

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