James Reese, CA, 1958 February 14

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REESE, James
Black, asphyxiated San Quentin (San Francisco) on Febru-
ary 14, 1958. Affirmed on appeal: See 301 P (Second) 582
"James Reese, 2/#year-old sex slayer, died a quiet and
outwardly emotionless death in the San Quentin gas cham
ber yesterday, to become the first San Franciscan to be
executed there in nearly eight years, After a sleepless
night in the death cell, spent talking to guards, reading

gazines or conferring with Catholic Chaplain Edward

Dingberg, Reese entered the gas chamber at 10:01 a.m, He

sat there calmly as the pellets were dropped into the acid
at 10:03, and was pronounced dead at 10:12 by Dr. M. De
Wilcutts, the prison's chief medical officer, Reese was
convicted of the murder and knife mutilation of Mrs,

Georgia Ann Barrett, 20, and Elizabeth Simpson, 13, on
Ce 26, 1955," EXAMINER, San Francisco, CA 2=15-1958
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REESE, James
Black, asphyxiated San Quentin (San Francisco) on Febru-
ary ly, 1958. Affirmed on appeal: See 301 P (Second) 582
"James Reese, 27-year-old sex slayer, died a quiet and
outwardly emotionless death in the San Quentin gas cham-
ber yesterday, to become the first San Franciscan to be
executed there in nearly eight years, After a sleepless
Nana in the death cell, spent talking to guards, reading

gazines or conferring with Catholic Chaplain Edward

Dingberg, Reese entered the gas chamber at 10:01 a.m, He
sat there calmly as the pellets were dropped into the acid
host 10:03, and was pronounced dead at 10:12 by Dre M. De

Wilcutts, the prison's chief medical officer, Reese was
convicted of the murder and knife mutilation of Mrs,
Georgia Ann Barrett, 20, and Elizabeth Simpson, 13, on
eCe 26, 1955," EXAMINER, San Francisco, CA 2=15-1958
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REESE, Janes
Black, asphyxiated San Quentin (San Francisco) on Febru-
ary 1h, 1958, Affirmed on appeal: See 301 P (Second) 582
‘James Reese, 27-year-old sex slayer, died a quiet and
outwardly emotionless death in the San Quentin gas cham=
ber yesterday, to become the first San Franciscan to be
executed there in nearly eight years, After a sleepless
fulght, in the death cell, spent tallcing to guards, reading

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