James Feldkamp, CA, 1959 February 27

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Tiajuana and no mention of disposition of case. Appeal
states defense introduced evidence showing Feldkamp came
from broken home; that he had been living on own and work4
ing at odd jubs in various localities since he was 13;
that schooling was meagerg that he had served with dis«
tinction in Korean War where he had developed schizoid
personalityeseecce appeal for more, (Was not captured
until July, 1957, when arrested in connection with
another crime and confessed the Nagin murder,

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Tiajuana and no mention of disposition of casee Appeal
states defense introduced evidence showing Feldkamp came
from broken home; that he had been living on own and work4
ing at odd jubs in various localities since he was Los
that schooling was meagers that he had served with dis-
tinction in Korean War where he had developed schizoid
personalityesesSce appeal for more, (Was not captured
until July, 1957, when arrested in connection with
another crime and confessed the Nagin murder,

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Tiajuana and no mention of disposition of case. Appeal
states defense introduced evidence showing Feldkamp came
from broken home; that he had been living on own and work.
ing at odd jubs in various localities since he was 13;
that schooling was meagers that he had served with dis-
tinction in Korean ‘ar where he had developed schizoid
personalitys,..See appeal for more, (Was not captured

until July, 1957, when arrested in connection with
another crime and confessed the Nagin murder,

Nov., 1957-ca

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| FELDKAMP, James Lewis

White, asphyxiated, San Quentin (Los Angeles, 2-27-1959,

| "San Quentin, Feb. 27, 1959-James Lewis Feldkamp, 25, a

| drifter who shot and killed a Los Angeles grocer, went
stolidly and without spiritual aid to his death today in
the San Quentin prison gas chamber, Feldkamp, who made no
legal attempts to save himself, was pronounced dead by DM
M, D, Wilcuts, prison.medical officer, at. 10:13, nine
minutes after the cyanide pellets were dropped in the vat
of cydrochloric acid beneath the death chair,,,"' TIMES,
Los Angeles, Calif., 2-28-1959 (3-1) Appeal, 312 PACIFIC
-2nd= 632, states he and two others, Joel Leyva Villas &
Ambrose Lucero were jointly indicted for murder of David
Nagin who they attempted to rob at his home on evening of
11-12-195. Villas waived trial by jury and found not

guilty by court. Luceve, a Mexican nation, arrested in

FELDKAMP, James Lewis

White, asphyxiated, San Quentin (Los Angeles, 2-27-1959,
"San Quentin, Feb. 27, 1959-James Lewis Feldkamp, 25, a
drifter who shot and killed a Los Angeles grocer, went
stolidly and without spiritual aid to his death today in
the San Quentin prison gas chamber. Feldkamp, who made nol
legal attempts to save himself, was pronounced dead by Dr.
M, D. Wilcuts, prison.medical officer, at 10:13, nine
minutes after the cyanide pellets were dropped in the vat
of cydrochloric acid beneath the death chaire,e" TIMES,
Los Angeles, Calif., 2-28-1959 (3-1) Appeal, 312 PACIFIC
-2nd= 632, states he and two others, Joel Leyva Villas &
Ambrose Lucero were jointly indicted for murder of David
Nagin who they attempted to rob at his home on evening of
11-12-195),. Villas waived trial by jury and found not
guilty by court. Lucero, a Mexican nation, arrested in

FELDKAMP, James Lewis

White, asphyxiated, San Quentin (Los Angeles, 2-27-1959.
"San Quentin, Feb. 27, 1959-James Lewis Feldkamp, 25, a
drifter who shot and killed a Los Angeles grocer, went
stolidly and without spiritual aid to his death today in
the San Cuentin prison gas chamber, Feldkamp, who made no
legal attempts to save himself, was pronounced dead by Dr,|
M, D, Wilouts, prison.medical officer, at 10:13, nine
minutes after the cyanide pellets were dropped in the vat
of cydrochloric acid beneath the death chair..." ‘TIMES,
Los Angeles, Calif,, 2-28-1959 (3-1) Appeal, 312 PACIFIC
~2nd= 632, states he and two others, Joel Leyva Villas &
Ambrose Lucero were jointly indicted for murder of David
Nagin who they attempted to rob at his home on evening of
11-12-195). Villas waived trial by jury and found not

guilty by court. Lucecs, a Mexican nation, arrested i n

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