Peter Farrington, CA, 1933 March 24

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had already granted 7 reprieves. The murderer recently
_tried suicide by cutting his wrist with a nail, Daphne _
Farrington, 30, said to be his sister, was his last visito:

The body was claimed by a San Francisco undertaking firm."
CHRONICLE, San Francisco, C*, 3-25-1933 (l-1,)

FRONT PAGE DETECTIVE, Ja nuary, 1939, page 70.

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had already granted 7 reprieves. ‘The murderer recently
tried suicide by cutting his wrist with a nail. Daphne __
Farrington, 30, said to be his sister, was his last visito:

The body was claimed by a San Francisco undertaking firm."
CHRONICLE. San Francisco, C*, 3-25-1933 (l-1.)

PRONI PAGE DETHCTIVE, January, 1939, page 70,
CALIFOANTA, BOQK AND MAGAZINE EXCERPT rig

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GHRONICLE, San Francisco, C
FRONT PAGE DETECTIVE, January, 1939,

ZINE EXCERPTS.

CALIFOANIA, BOQK AND’

33-years-old, hanged Folsom Prison (San Francisco) on
March 2h, 1933, Murdered Policeman John Malcolm on |j=29—=
1930 in course of payroll robbery, See 2 P (and) 81h,
Cert. den, 52 ScT 56. "Peter Farrington mounted the
gallows at Folsom Prison yesterday morning and surveyed
briefly the upturned faces below him, Among the group
were 7 San Francisco police officers, friends of Policemar
John Malcolm, whom Farrington shot and killed in a water
front holdup here in 1930, The black cap was adjusted,
‘Let 'er goy' said the doomed slayer. ‘The trap was sprung
at 10:02, Eleven minutes later he was officially pro-
nounced dead. Farrington paid the penalty for a long
criminal record, while his attorney, Nate Coghlan, was in
Sacramento trying to stay the execution, Governor Rolph

FARRINGTON, Peter

33-years-old, hanged Folsom Prison (San Francisco) on
March 2h, 1933. Murdered Policeman John Malcolm on }j=29=
1930 in course of payroll robbery. See 2 P (and) 81),
Cert. den, 52 SCI 456, "Peter Farrington mounted the
gallows at Folsom Prison yesterday morning and surveyed
briefly the upturned faces below him, Among the group
were 7 San Francisco police officers, friends of Policemar|
John Malcolm, whom Farrington shot and killed in a water
front holdup here in 1930, The black cap was adjusted. |
‘Let 'er goy' said the doomed slayer, ‘The trap was sprung
at 10:02, Eleven minutes later he was officially pro-
nounced dead. Farrington paid the penalty for a long
criminal record, while his attorney, Nate Coghlan, was in
Sacramento trying to stay the execution. Governor Rolph

FARRINGTON, Peter
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ores, hanged Folsom Prison (San Francisco) on
March 2h, 1933, Murdered Policeman John Malcolm on h-29=
1930 in course of payroll robbery, See 2 P (and) 81h,
Cert, den. 52 SCT 56. "Peter Farrington mounted the
gallows at Folsom Prison yesterday morning and surveyed
briefly the upturned faces below him, Among the group

were 7 San Francisco police officers, friends of Policemar|
John Malcolm, whom Farrington shot and killed in a water
front holdup here in 1930, ‘he black cap was adjusted.
"Let 'er go,' said the doomed slayer. The trap was spruny
at 10:02, Eleven minutes later he was officially pro-
nounced dead, Farrington paid the penalty for a long
criminal record, while his attorney, Nate Coghlan, was in
piers trying to stay the execution, Governor Rolph

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