Louis Fortine, 1916 July 21

the fire had started late atmnight, Early on the morning of March 25

Fortine was questioned at the home of his father in Oxnard and when —
his answers were evasive he was taken to pmkkee the Sheriff's office
where, several hours later, he made~a complete confession and took
the officers to the place where he had hidden the murder weapon,
Rapidly brought to trial, convicted and sentenced to die, there was
no appeal and he was hanged at San Quentin Prison on July 21, 1916.

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LOS ANGELESTIMES, Los Angeles, California March 3, 1916

the fire had started late atmnight. Early on the morning of March 2,
Fortine was ouestioned at the home of his father in Oxnard and when
his answers were evasive he was taken to pmbime the Sheriff's office
where, several hours later, he made~a complete confession and took
the officers to the place where he had hidden the murder weapon,
Rapidly brought to trial, convicted and sentenced to die, there was
no appeal and he was hanged at San Cuentin Prison on July 21, 1916.

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the fire had started late atmnight, Early on the morning of March 2,
Fortine was questioned at the home of his father in Oxnard and when
his answers were evasive he was taken to pmbiee the Sheriff's office
where, several hours later, he made-a complete confession and took
the officers to the place where he had hidden the murder weapon,
Rapidly brought to trial, convicted and sentenced to die, there was
no appeal and he was hanged at San Quentin Prison on July 21, 1916,

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LOS ANGELESTIMES, Los Angeles, California March 3, 1916

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‘FORTINE, Louis

Fortine, a 3l-year-old white resident of Oxnard, Calif,, was a ranch
hand employed on the ranch of 35-year-old Peter Furrer, a well-to-do
rancher who Lived at Ocean View near Oxnard, Fortine had forged a
check in the amount of $250.00 on his employer and, fearing arrest,
waited in the barn early on the morning of March 1, 1916, until
Furrer entered when he bludgeoned him to death with an iron bar,

Ee then went to the Furrer house and bludgeoned the 2l-year-old

Mrs, Furrer to death, Not knowing what to do with the Furrer's
10-montheold baby, he killed it also and then went to work in the
fields for several hours after which he went to Oxnard, received

the money on the check, purchased a can of kerosene and returned to
the ranch where he placed all three bodies on a bed and saturated
them with the kerosene, He returned to Oxnard and waited until late
that night when he walked back to the ranch and set fire to the
house in an effort to obliterate traces of the crime, Neighbors
noticed the blaze and went there but were unable to extinguish the

flames, After the fired had burned out, the three bodies were re-
moved from the ruins and suspicions of foul play formed when it was
noted that both Mr, and Mrs, Furrer were fully dressed emen though

FORTINE, Louis

Fortine, a 3l-year-old white resident of Oxnard, Calif,, was a ranch
hand employed on the ranch of 35-year-old Peter Furrer, a well-to-do
rancher who lived at Ocean View near Oxnard, Fortine had forged a
check in the amount of $250,00 on his employer and, fearing arrest,
waited in the barn early on the morning of March 1, 1916, until
Furrer entered when he bludgeoned him to death with an iron bar.

ie then went to the Furrer house and bludgeoned the 2l-year-o0ld

Mrs, Furrer to death, Not knowing what to do with the Furrer's
10-month-old baby, he killed it also and then went to work in the
fields for several hours after which he went to Oxnard, received

the money on the check, purchased a can of kerosene and returned to
the ranch where he placed all three bodies on a bed and saturated
them with the kerosene, He returned to Oxnard and waited until late
that night when he walked back to the ranch and set fire to the
house in an effort to obliterate traces of the crime, Neighbors
noticed the blaze and went there but were unable to extinguish the
flames, After the fired had burned out, the three bodies were re-
moved from the ruins and suspicions of foul play formed when it was
noted that both Mr. and Mrs, Furrer were fully dressed emen though

FORTINE, Louis

Fortine, a 31-year-old white resident of Oxnard, Calif,, was a ranch
hand employed on the ranch of 35-year-old Peter Furrer, a well-to-do
rancher who lived at Ocean View near Oxnard, Fortine had forged a
check in the amount of $250,00 on his employer and, fearing arrest,
waited in the barn early on the morning of March 1, 1916, until
Furrer entered when he bludgeoned him to death with an iron bar.

He then went to the Furrer house and bludgeoned the 21-year-old

Mrs, Furrer to death, Not knowing what to do with the Furrer!s
10-month-old baby, he killed it also and then went to work in the
fields for several hours after which he went to Oxnard, received

the money on the check, purchased a can of kerosene and returned to
the ranch where he placed all three bodies on a bed and saturated
them with the kerosene, He returned to Oxnard and waited until late
that night when he walked back to the ranch and set fire to the
house in an effort to obliterate traces of the crime, Neighbors
noticed the blaze and went there but were unable to extinguish the
flames, After the fired had burned out, the three bodies were re~
moved from the ruins and suspicions of foul play formed when it was
noted that both Mr. and Mrs, Furrer were fully dressed ewen though

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