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ARAGON, Jose
Aragon, a 25-year-old Mexican farm laborer, had suspected that his
2l-year-old wife, Hlena, was having an affair with another migrant
worker, 25-year-old Pasqual Torres. On March 28, 193, while they
_were working on a ranch 3 miles from Indio, Calif., Aragon and Torres
quarreled over the latter's attentions to Aragon's fife. After
lunch, they returned to the tomato field where they were working
_with other laborers and the quarrel started again. Aragon was carry-
in piece of iron pipe which he used to beat Torres to death. When
his wife sought to interfere, he killed her with the pipe also. His
__Subsequent actions led officers to believe that he was high on
marijuana at the tine of the crime. After killing his wife and
Torres, be attempted to kill himself with an ice pick. Unsuccessful,
he built a brush fire and leaped through it before running off into
the desert, Other workers who had witnessed the entire affiar, noti-
fied the “heriff and Aragon was captured three hourse later. He had
run nine miles through the desert. Convicted of both murders, he
received a life sentence for killing Torres, but was santenced to
death for killing his wife. He was hanged at-San Suentin on July—
@l-year-old wife, Hlena, was having an affair with another migrant
worker, 25-year-old Pasqual Torres. On March 28, 193, while they
were working on a ranch 3 miles from Indio, Calif., Aragon and Torres
quarreled over the latter's attentions to Aragon's fife. After
lunch, they returned to the tomato field where they were working
with other laborers and the quarrel started again. Aragon was carry-
in piece of iron pipe which he used to beat Torres to death. When
his wife sought to interfere, he killed her with the pipe also. His
subsequent actions led officers to believe that he was high on
marijuana at the tine of the crime. After killing his wife and
Torres, be attempted to kill himself with an ice pick. Unsuccessful,
he built a brush fire and leaped through it before running off into
the desert. Other workers who had witnessed the entire affiar, noti-
fied the “heriff and 4ragon was captured three hourse later. He had
_tun nine miles through the desert. Convicted of both murders, he
received a life sentence for killing Torres, but was santenced to
death for killing his wife. He was hanged at-San Quentin on July
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