personal belongings with the exception of a few items which he des-
cribed, The detectives subsequently learned that on Dec. 23 and Dec,
29, under an assumed name, Huizenga had pawned certain of the items
that he KEHKXANXAX mentioned ks having been taken by Paulson, In
searching for the dead man's head, they dug up a latrine which had
been constructed by Huizenga after Paulson disappeared and found
other belongings, bloodstained, which Huizenga claimed Paulson had
taken. The dead man's head was found on January 2ljth and an autopsy
revealed that he had been bludgeoned with a hatchet and decapitated,
XX Huizenga never wavered in his protestations of innocence and his
first trial was a mistrial when the jury was unable to agree on a
verdict, At his econd trial, he was convicted on wholly circumstantia.
evidence by a jury which deliberated for less than one hour and, after
the Supreme Court had affirmed the conviction, he was asphyxiated at
XH San Quentin Prison on June 2, 1950, He went to his death calmly,
still protesting his innocence, and his last wrds, spoken as he en-
tered the death chamber, were: "I forgive you, mene"
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personal belongings with the exception of a few items which he des-
cribed. The detectives subsequently learned that on Dec. 23 and Dec.
29, under an assumed name, Huizenga had pawned certain of the items
that he MEHKXAHXAH mentioned hs having been taken by Paulson, In
searching for the dead man's head, they dug up a latrine which had
been constructed by Huizenga after Paulson disappeared and found
other belongings, bloodstained, which Huizenga claimed Paulson had
taken. The dead man's head was found on January 2ljth and an autopsy
revealed that he had been bludgeoned with a hatchet and decapitated,
XX Huizenga never wavered in his protestations of innocence and his
first trial was a mistrial when the jury was unable to agree on a
verdict, At his econd trial, he was convicted on wholly circumstantial
evidence by a jury which deliberated for less than one hour and, after
the Supreme Court had affirmed the conviction, he was asphyxiated at
4% San Quentin Prison on June 2, 1950, He went to his death calmly,
still protesting his innocence, and his last wrds, spoken as he en-
tered the death chamber, were: "I forgive you, mene”
nein BEE, Sacramento, Calif, June 2, 1950. 28 213 PACIFIC (2nd)
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personal belongings with the exception of a few items which he des-
cribed, The detectives subsequently learned that on Dec. 23 and Dece
29, under an assumed name, Huizenga had pawned certain of the items
that he #MXXaWG mentioned ks having been taken by Paulson, In
searching for the dead man's head, they dug up a latrine which had
been constructed by Huizenga after Paulson disappeared and found
other belongings, bloodstained, which Huizenga claimed Paulson had
taken, The dead man's head was found on January 2th and an autopsy
revealed that he had been bludgeoned with a hatchet and decapitated.
EAX Huizenga never wavered in his protestations of innocence and his
first trial was a mistrial when the jury was unable to agree on a
verdict, at his econd trial, he was convicted on wholly circumstantia
evidence by a jury which deliberated for less than one hour and, after|
the Supreme Court had affirmed the conviction, he was asphyxiated at
sa San Cuentin Prison on June 2, 1950, He went to his death calmly,
still protesting his innocence, and his last wrds, spoken as he en=
tered the death chamber, were: "I forgive you, mene"
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“HUIZENGA, Edward Albert
‘Huizenga, a:57-yeareold white man, was a migrant farm worker who
lived in various "hobo jungles" near locations where he was able to
obtain work, In September, 1947, he became acquainted with Alfred
Paulson, another migrant, while both were working in the tomato har-
vest and living in a "jungle" near Jibboom Street, Sacramento, Calif,
The two men camped together until the first of November when they
went to different parts of the state, following the harvest, Huizen-
ga returned to Sacramento on Dec, 15th and was invited by Paulson to
move into a shack he had constructed from wooden poles and tar papers
On December 21, Paulson went to Sacramento and purchased a lamp for
the shack, returning in the company of a neighbor, He was never seen
alive again, and when others asked Huizenga his whereabouts, they were
told that he had gone to Ventura affter having been robbed of $50 on
his return from Sacramento on the night of the @lst, On January 18,
199, the body of a headless man, clothed only in underwear and with
his legs tied together by a sash cord HRKKXRM was found floating in
the American River near the Jibboom Street bridge, A fingerprint
check identified the dead man as Paulson and when officers went to
his cabin, they found Hiizenga KMXX#aXXKAM living there and wearing
Paulson's clothes, Huizenga repeated the story of Paulson's having
left the area and said that he had given him the cabin and all of his
HUIZENGA, Edward Albert
‘Huizenga, a:57-year-old white man, was a migrant farm worker who
lived in various "hobo jungles near locations where he was able to
obtain work, In September, 197, he became acquainted with Alfred
Paulson, another migrant, while both were working in the tomato har-~
vest and living in a "jungle" near Jibboom Street, Sacramento, Calif,
The two men camped together until the first of November when they
went to different parts of the state, following the harvest, Huizen-
ga returned to Sacramento on Dec, 15th and was invited by Paulson to
move into a shack he had constructed from wooden poles and tar papers
On December 21, Paulson went to Sacramento and purchased a lamp for
the shack, returning in the company of a neighbor, He was never seen
alive again, and when others asked Huizenga his whereabouts, they were
told that he had gone to Ventura affter having been robbed of $50 on
his return from Sacramento on the night of the @lst, On January 18,
1919, the body of a headless man, clothed only in underwear and with
his legs tied together by a sash cord WEXEXXH was found floating in
the American River near the Jibboom Street bridge, A fingerprint
check identified the dead man as Paulson ad when officers went to
his cabin, they found Hiizenga KMEX#AXXHHM living there and wearing
Paulson's clothes, Huizenga repeated the story of Paulson's having
left the area and said that he had given him the cabin and all of his
HUIZENTA, Edward Albert
Fuizenga, a-57-year-old white man, was a migrant farm worker who
lived in various "hobo jungles" near locations where ke was able to
obtain work, In September, 19h7, he became acquainted with Alfred
Paulson, another migrant, while both were working in the tomato har-
vest and living in a "jungle" near Jibboom Street, Sacramento, Calif,
The two men camped together until the first of November when they
went to different parts of the state, following the harvest, Huigen-
ga returned to Sacramento on Dec, 15th and was invited by Paulson to
move into a shack he had constructed from wooden poles and tar papers
On December 21, Paulson went to Sacramento and purchased a lamp for
the shack, returning in the company of a neighbor, He was never seen
alive again, and when others asked Huizenga his whereabouts, they were|
told that he had gone to Ventura after having been robbed of $50 on
his return from Sacramento on the night of the @lst, On January 18,
19h9, the body of a headless man, clothed only in underwear and with
his legs tied together by a sash cord M#XHXEM was found floating in
the American River near the Jibboom Street bridge, A fingerprint
check identified the dead man as Paulson and when officers went to
his cabin, they found laizenga MietM@iodud living there and oes
Paulson's clothes, Huizenga eerie the story of Paulson's havin
left the area and said that he had given him the cabin and all of fie
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