driver to wait while he went inside and proceeded to rob the bank of
$1,000, $60 of which he agreed to pay the driver to take him to New
Orelans,. The cab number was noted MKXAKH as it headed west and they
were stopped at Moss Point, Miss.e, where Gallego was arrested,. He ad-
mitted killing Beaugez and robbing the bank and because of his danger-~
ous character he was taken to the KH@K Hinds County Jail for safekeep-
ing. There he and another prisoner, Manor Sorber, subsequently execu-
ted for another crime, beat a jailer to death and macaped, They mana-
ged to stay at large for five days before being retaken and they were
then sent to Parchman Prison to await their KKXHXXX separate trials,
Gallego was returned to Jackson County where he was convicted of the
death of Beaugez and sentenced to die. His case was appealed to the
Mississippi Supreme Court on the grounds that he was denied anchange
of venue and a continuance and that he was insane but the Court affrrm-
ed the conviction and on March 3, 1955, he became the first man to be
asphyxiated at the Mississippi State Prison at Parchman, He had been
converted to religion prior to his execution and appeared to be willing
to atone for his crimes with his life, He entered the death chamber
smiling and assisted in adjusting the straps of the chair.
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driver to wait while he went inside and proceeded to rob the bank of
$1,000, $60 of which he agreed to pay the driver to take him to New
Orelans. The cab number was noted MEX@KH as it headed west and they
were stopped at Moss Point, Misse, where Gallego was arrested,. He ad-
mitted killing Beaugez and robbing the bank and because of his danger-
ous character he was taken to the XH@ Hinds County Jail for safekee-
ing. There he and another prisoner, Manor Sorber, subsequently execu-
ted for another crime, beat a jailer to death and macaped, They mana-
ged to stay at large for five days before being retaken and they were
then sent to Parchman Prison to await their KKXHXXX separate trials,
Gallego was returned to Yackson County where he was convicted of the
death of Beaugez and sentenced to die. His case was appealed to the
Mississippi Supreme Court on the grounds that he was denied anchange
of venue and a continuance and that he was insane but the Court afftrm-
ed the conviction and on March 3, 1955, he became the first man to be
asphyxiated at the Mississippi State Prison at Parchman, He had been
converted to religion prior to his execution and appeared to be willing
to atone for his crimes with his life, He entered the death chamber
smiling and assisted in adjusting the straps of the chair.
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driver to wait while he went inside and proceeded to rob the bank of
$1,000, $60 of which he agreed to pay the driver to take him to New
Orelans, The cab number was noted MEX@H
were stopped at Moss Point, Mis:
ous character he was taken to the IMaM Hinds County Jail for safekeep-
ing, There ha and another prisoner, Manor Sorber, subsequently execu-
ted for another crime, beat a jailer to death and mscaped, They mana—
ged to stay at large for five days before being retaken and they were
then sent to Parchman Prison to await their KXIMIXX separate trials,
Callego was returned to Jackson County where he was convicted of the
death of Beaugez and sentenced to die, His case was appealed to the
Mississippi Supreme Court on the grounds that he was denied anchange
of venue and a continuance and that he was insane but the Court afférm-|
ed the conviction and on March 3, 1955, he became the first man to be
asphyxiated at the Mississippi State Prison at Parchman, He had been
converted to religion prior to his execution and appeared to be willing]
to atone for his crimes with his life, He entered the death chamber
sniling and assisted in adjusting the straps of the chair.
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Gallego,,a 26-year-old white native of Hawthorne, Calif., had been in
trouble constantly from the time when he was 9-years-old, He had
served three prison sentences in San Quentin and was rekeased from the
last on parole early in 195. In May he violated his parole be leav-
ing the State without permission and began hitchhiking east, Shrtly
after midnight he was standing on the corner in front of the Court
House at Ocean Springs, Miss,, trying to catch a ride when he was
approached by night policeman Ernest Beaugez who asked to see some -
identification, ‘when Gallego told him that his wallet had been stolen,
the policeman took him to the jail and told him that he would have to
stay until his story could be checked out, Fearing that his status as
armed him and forced him to drive him eastward, Just after they passec
through Moss Point, he made the officer turn on a dirt road and park
the car, He then ordered him out and forced him to exchange pants with
him. He then told Beaugez to walk out into a pasture and while Beaugez
plo aseanes his life, he shot him in the back and then in the head,
a sah the police car to Mobile, Ala., where he abandoned it and
at morning he hired a taxicab and went to a bank, He instructed the
GALLEGO, Gerald A *Yfshoss a
Gallego,,a 26-year-old white native of Hawthorne, Calif,, had been in
trouble constantly from the time when he was 9-years-old, He had
served three prison sentences in San Quentin and was rekeased from the
last on parole early in 195. In May he violated his parole be leav-
ing the State without permission and began hitchhiking east, Shrtly
after midnight he was standing on the corner in front of the Court
House at Ocean Springs, Miss., trying to catch a ride when he was
approached by night policeman Ernest Beaugez who asked to see some
identification, ‘hen Gallego told him that his wallet had been stolen,|
the policeman took him to the jail and told him that he would have to
stay until his story could be checked out, Fearing that his status as
a parole violator would be revealed in any investigation, Gallego, a
muscular and powerful man, turned on Beaugez, beat him severely, dis-
armed him and forced him to drive him eastward. Just after they passed
through Moss Point, he made the officer turn on a dirt road and park
the car, He then ordered him out and forced him to exchange pants witl]
him. He then told Beaugez to walk out into a pasture and while Beauged
| eran oes his life, he shot him in the back and then in the heads
EAe ede pone ea to Mobile, Ala., where he abandoned it and
= ed a taxicab and went to a bank, He instructed the
GALLEGO, Gerald A, — 3/37 1 RUS Ree ae
Gallego,,a 26-year-old white native of Hawthorne, Calif,, had been in
trouble constantly from the time when he was 9-years-old, He had
served three prison sentences in San Quentin and was rekeased from the
last on parole early in 195. In May he violated his parole be leav=
ing the State without permission and began hitchhiking east, Shrtly
after midnight he was standing on the corner in front of the Court
House at Ocean Springs, Miss., trying to catch a ride when he was
approached by night policeman Ernest Beaugez who asked to see some
identification, ‘then Gallego told him that his wallet had been stolen,
the policeman took him to the jail and told him that he would have to
stay until his story could be checked out, Fearing that his status as
a parole violator would be revealed in any investigation, Gallego, a
mscular and powerful man, turned on Beaugez, beat him severely, dis-
armed him and forced him to drive him eastward, Just after they passe:
through Moss Point, he made the officer turn on a dirt road and park
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that morning he hired a taxicab and went to a bank,
He instructed the
