Pat Nobles, CA, 1934 November 23

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guards and the prison chaplain, Father Cronin, he said he
had done all he could and he might just as well 'go through
with ite! 'There ain't no justice,' Nobles told guards when
informed of his fate. 'I oughta be pardoned but here I is,
TIMES, Tos Angeles, Calif., November 2), 193) (I/4/7)

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guards and the prison chaplain, Father Cronin, he said he
had done all he could and he might just as well 'go through
with it.! 'There ain't no justice,' Nobles told guards when
informed of his fatee 'I oughta be pardoned but here I is.
TIMES, Tos Angeles, Calif., November 2), 193) (1/4/7)

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guards and the prison chaplain, Father Cronin, he said he
had done all he could and he might just as well 'go through
with it.' "There ain't no justice,' Nobles told guards when
informed of his fate. 'I oughta be pardoned but here I is,
TIMES, Tos Angeles, Calif., November 2h, 193) (1/4/7)

NOBLES, Pats.

Noblesg,...a. lU3-yarr-old.'"giant.,.negro!..was ‘hanged.at Folsom
Prison,on,Noven.23, 193h.,(Los.Angeles),....When..informed..
the Governor would not commute sentence, sighed: "There
ain't no justice. I ought to be pardoned but here I is,"
Had been convicted of murdering Walter Vons in 193f.

SAN ANTONIO LIGHT, San Antonio, Texas, 11-23-193),

"Folsom Prison, Nove 23 - (AP) - Pat Nobles, 5 years of
age, was hanged at Folsom Prisn at 10:01 today for the
murder aif March, 1931, in Tos Angeles of his estranged
wife's sweetheart, Walter Vons. The Negro prisoner, nine
times reprieved by the late Gov, Rolph, walked quietly
through a cell block to tne execution room, his hands

strapped to his side. As he walked with the warden, 3

NOBLES, Pat

Nobles,..a l3-yazr-old."giant..negro"..was ‘hanged.at Folsom
Prison,on.Noven..23, 193h..(Los,Angeles) «..When.informed

the Governor would not commute sentence, sighed: "There
ain't no justice. I ought to be pardoned but here I ise”
Had been convicted of murdering Walter Vons in 193f.

SAN ANTONIO LIGHT, San Antonio, Texas, 11-23-193)

"Folsom Prison, Nove 23 = (AP) = Pat Nobles, 5 years of
age, was hanged at Folsom Prisn at 10:01 today for the
murder aif March, 1931, in Tos Angeles of his estranged
wife's sweetheart, Walter Vons. The Negro prisoner, nine
times reprieved by the late Gov, Rolph, walked quietly
through a cell block to tne execution room, his hands
strapped to his side. As he walked with the warden, 3

NOBLES, Pat

Nobles, a 3-yamr-old."giant.negro! was hanged.at Folsom
Prison.on.Nove.23, 193h..(Los.Angeles) «... When. informed
the Governor would not commute sentence, sighed: "There
ain't no justice. I ought to be pardoned but here T is."

Had been convicted of murdering Walter Vons in 193f.

SAN ANTONIO LIGHT, San Antonio, Texas, 11-23-193h

"Folsom Prison, Nove 23 ~ (AP) - Pat Nobles, 5 years of
age, was hanged at Folsom Prisn at 10:01 today for the
murder a March, 1931, in Tos Angeles of his estranged
wife's sweetheart, Walter Vons. The Negro prisoner, nine
times reprieved by the late Gov. Rolph, walked quietly
through a cell block to tne execution room, his hands
strapped to his side. As he walked with the warden, 3

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