himself to a farmer 13 miles from Dixon, explaining that he thought
that he had killed a man on the preceding night in Dixon and had
fled because he feared an attempt might be made to lynch him, That
night a committee of citizens called on Mrs, Quick and ordered her
to leave town, saying that they would pay her a fair value for her
property. st his trial, Easton pleaded insanity, but he was convicted
and sentenced to hang, The Gonviction was affirmed on appeal and at
10:02 on the morning of April 6, 1906, he was hanged from the gallows
at Folsom Prison, He went to his death bravely, ascending the scaffol
@ithout hesitation and his neck was broken by the fall, the physicians
pronouncing him dead fifteen minutes after the trap fell,
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himself to a farmer ie miles from Dixon, explaining that he thought
that he had killed a man on the preceding night in Dixon and had
fled because he feared an attempt might be made to lynch him, That
night a committee of citizens called on Mrs. Quick and ordered her
to leave town, saying that they would pay her a fair value for her
property. 4 his trial, Easton pleaded insanity, but he was convicted
and sentenced to hang, The Gonviction was affirmed on appeal and at
10:02 on the morning of April 6, 1906, he was hanged from the gallows
at Folsom Prison, He went to his death bravely, ascending the scaffol|
githout hesitation and his neck was broken by the fall, the physicians
pronouncing him dead fifteen minutes after the trap fell,
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himself to a farmer 14 miles from Dixon, explaining that he thought
that he had killed a man on the preceding night in Dixon and had
fled because he feared an attempt might be made to lynch him, That
night a committee of citizens called on Mrs, Quick and ordered her
to leave town, saying that they would pay her a fair value for her
property, his trial, Easton pleaded insanity, but he was convicted
and sentenced to hang. The Gonviction was affirmed on appeal and at
102 on the morning of April 6, 1906, he was hanged from the gallows
at Folsom Prison, He went to his death bravely, ascending the scaf'fo’
githout hesitation and his neck was broken by the fall, the physicians}
pronouncing him dead fifteen minutes after the trap fell,
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SACRAMENTO BEE, Sacramento, California, 1143 and 11-I-190h3 \-6-1906
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EASTON, George C,
Easton,’ a 2h<year=old white man, had served a sentence in a Califor-
nia prison for a Sacramento robbery. After his release, he went to
Dixon, Solano County, where he was known as a dangerous and dissolute
mane He became infatuated with Mrs, Josephine Quick, a married wo-
man who was living apart from her husband and maintained a brothel
in a house which she owned and Easton spent much of his time in her
company. As his infatuation deepened, he became insanely jealous of
her other clients and on at least one occasion he was forced to leave
the town because of a disturbance he created in the house when ano=
ther man paid her a visit, On one occasion he had gotten into a
fight with a young laborer, Charles J, Horigan, because Horigan went
to see Mrs, Quick, Around 8 o'clock on the evening of Nov, 2, 1902,
he went to the Quick house and found Horigan eating supper in the
kitehen where Mrs, Quick and another wman were also present, After
he had borrowed a razor from Mrs, Quick, supposedly to shave himself,
she and Horigan went into another room and had been sitting and talk~
ing for about 15 minutes when Easton crept in, slipped up behind Hori-
gan, grabbed his hair, pulling his head back, and slit his throat
withthe razor, Horigan fled out one door and fell dead on the street
while Easton fled through another, The next morning he surrendered
EASTON, George C.
Easton,’ a 2lj<year=old white man, had served a sentence in a Califor-
nia prison for a Sacramento robbery. After his release, he went to
Dixon, Solano County, where he was known as a dangerous and dissolute
man. He became infatuated with Mrs. Josephine Quick, a married wo-
man who was living apart from her husband and maintained a brothel
in a house which she owned and Easton spent much of his time in her
company. As his infatuation deepened, he became insanely jealous of
her other clients and on at least one occasion he was forced to leave
the town because of a disturbance he created in the house when ano-
ther man paid her a visit, On one occasion he had gotten into a
fight with a young laborer, Charles J, Horigan, because Horigan went
to see Mrs. Quick, Around 8 o'clock on the evening of Nov, 2, 1902,
he went to the Quick house and found Horigan eating supper in the
kitehen where Mrs, Quick and another wman were also present. After
he had borrowed a razor from Mrs, Quick, supposedly to shave himself,
she and Horigan went into another room and had been sitting and talk-
ing for about 15 minutes when Easton crept in, slipped up behind Hori-|
gan, grabbed his hair, pulling his head back, and slit his throat
with the razor, Horigan fled out one door and fell dead on the street
while Easton fled through another, The next morning he surrendered
EASTON, George C.
Easton, a 2h-year-old white man, had served a sentence in a Califor-
After his release, he went to
Dixon, Solano County, where he was known as a dangerous and dissolute
He became infatuated with Mrs, Josephine Quick, a married wo-
man who was Living apart from her husband and maintained a brothel
in a house which she owned and Easton spent much of his time in her
nia prison for a Sacramento robbery.
the town because of a disturbance he created in the house when ano-
ther man paid her a visit, On one occasion he had gotten into a
fight with a young laborer, Charles J, Horigan, because Horigan went
to see Mrs, Quick, Around 8 o'clock on the evening of Nov, 2, 1902,
he went to the Quick house and found fear pote supper in the
kitehen where Mrs, Quick and another so man also present, After
e had borrowed a razor from Mrs, Quick, Sepeacee to shave himself,
she and Horigan went into another room and had been sitting and talk-
ing for about 15 minutes when Easton crept in, slipped up behind Hori.
gan, grabbed his hair, pulling his head back, and slit his throat
with the razor, Horigan fled out one door and fell dead on the stree!
while Easton fled through another, The next morning he surrendered
