California Department of Corrections
Prisoner number 55984
Place of Crime; Riverside County
Received at San Quentin; May 4, 1934
Crime; Murder in first, 2 counts
Sentence; Condemned to Death & Life
Execution Scheduled; July 13, 1934
Occupation; Laborer
Age at Incarceration; 25
Reference for memorial comes from the book San Quentin, established 1852: 150th Anniversary Commemorative. Sections;
Inmates Buried at San Quentin Cemetery
and, Executions at San Quentin Prison.
Cross checked with the
San Quentin State Prison Register
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Aragon shared his execution day with another murderer, Walker Rippy CDC #55934.
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Jose Aragon Lodged in State Penitentiary by Officers
Under sentence to die on the San Quentin gallows Friday July 13, for the murder of his 21 year old wife, Jose Aragon of Indio today was in the state prison after being delivered there by Undersheriff W.W. Walrath and Deputy Sheriff Sam Wilson.
County jail authorities who had charge of Aragon after he was given the death sentence three days ago by Judge O.K. Morton in the Superior Court revealed he had grown morose and melancholy and had refused to eat. He was guarded day and night to prevent a suicide attempt. His bed sheets and other articles which he might use in an attempt to take his life were removed from his cell.
Aragon believed until the day of his sentence he would receive life imprisonment as punishment and the pronouncing of the death penalty was a severe blow, the jail officials said.
He had gained the idea he was to be committed to the prison from the reading of the jury's verdict to him. The jury found him guilty of first degree murder for the killings of his wife and Pasquel Torres whom he beat to death with a piece of pipe, but made a recommendation that for life imprisonment, on the Torres murder count.
With no recommendation given the court on the count charging Aragon with his wife's murder, the court had no alternative to a death sentence. But, this fact did not appear in the reading of the verdicts and Aragon recognized only the words "life imprisonment" on the Torres count.
Aragon is 25, he and his wife had three children, the oldest four years. They are being given a home by relatives in Indio.
No appeal has been taken from the death verdict and unless Aragon is granted a reprieve or his sentence commuted by the government, he must forfeit his life on the gallows on the date fixed by court here.
Published Riverside Daily Press
Riverside California
Saturday May 5, 1934
Prisoner number 55984
Place of Crime; Riverside County
Received at San Quentin; May 4, 1934
Crime; Murder in first, 2 counts
Sentence; Condemned to Death & Life
Execution Scheduled; July 13, 1934
Occupation; Laborer
Age at Incarceration; 25
Reference for memorial comes from the book San Quentin, established 1852: 150th Anniversary Commemorative. Sections;
Inmates Buried at San Quentin Cemetery
and, Executions at San Quentin Prison.
Cross checked with the
San Quentin State Prison Register
* * * *
Aragon shared his execution day with another murderer, Walker Rippy CDC #55934.
* * * *
Jose Aragon Lodged in State Penitentiary by Officers
Under sentence to die on the San Quentin gallows Friday July 13, for the murder of his 21 year old wife, Jose Aragon of Indio today was in the state prison after being delivered there by Undersheriff W.W. Walrath and Deputy Sheriff Sam Wilson.
County jail authorities who had charge of Aragon after he was given the death sentence three days ago by Judge O.K. Morton in the Superior Court revealed he had grown morose and melancholy and had refused to eat. He was guarded day and night to prevent a suicide attempt. His bed sheets and other articles which he might use in an attempt to take his life were removed from his cell.
Aragon believed until the day of his sentence he would receive life imprisonment as punishment and the pronouncing of the death penalty was a severe blow, the jail officials said.
He had gained the idea he was to be committed to the prison from the reading of the jury's verdict to him. The jury found him guilty of first degree murder for the killings of his wife and Pasquel Torres whom he beat to death with a piece of pipe, but made a recommendation that for life imprisonment, on the Torres murder count.
With no recommendation given the court on the count charging Aragon with his wife's murder, the court had no alternative to a death sentence. But, this fact did not appear in the reading of the verdicts and Aragon recognized only the words "life imprisonment" on the Torres count.
Aragon is 25, he and his wife had three children, the oldest four years. They are being given a home by relatives in Indio.
No appeal has been taken from the death verdict and unless Aragon is granted a reprieve or his sentence commuted by the government, he must forfeit his life on the gallows on the date fixed by court here.
Published Riverside Daily Press
Riverside California
Saturday May 5, 1934
California Department of Corrections
Prisoner number 55984
Place of Crime; Riverside County
Received at San Quentin; May 4, 1934
Crime; Murder in first, 2 counts
Sentence; Condemned to Death & Life
Execution Scheduled; July 13, 1934
Occupation; Laborer
Age at Incarceration; 25
Reference for memorial comes from the book San Quentin, established 1852: 150th Anniversary Commemorative. Sections;
Inmates Buried at San Quentin Cemetery
and, Executions at San Quentin Prison.
Cross checked with the
San Quentin State Prison Register
* * * *
Aragon shared his execution day with another murderer, Walker Rippy CDC #55934.
* * * *
Jose Aragon Lodged in State Penitentiary by Officers
Under sentence to die on the San Quentin gallows Friday July 13, for the murder of his 21 year old wife, Jose Aragon of Indio today was in the state prison after being delivered there by Undersheriff W.W. Walrath and Deputy Sheriff Sam Wilson.
County jail authorities who had charge of Aragon after he was given the death sentence three days ago by Judge O.K. Morton in the Superior Court revealed he had grown morose and melancholy and had refused to eat. He was guarded day and night to prevent a suicide attempt. His bed sheets and other articles which he might use in an attempt to take his life were removed from his cell.
Aragon believed until the day of his sentence he would receive life imprisonment as punishment and the pronouncing of the death penalty was a severe blow, the jail officials said.
He had gained the idea he was to be committed to the prison from the reading of the jury's verdict to him. The jury found him guilty of first degree murder for the killings of his wife and Pasquel Torres whom he beat to death with a piece of pipe, but made a recommendation that for life imprisonment, on the Torres murder count.
With no recommendation given the court on the count charging Aragon with his wife's murder, the court had no alternative to a death sentence. But, this fact did not appear in the reading of the verdicts and Aragon recognized only the words "life imprisonment" on the Torres count.
Aragon is 25, he and his wife had three children, the oldest four years. They are being given a home by relatives in Indio.
No appeal has been taken from the death verdict and unless Aragon is granted a reprieve or his sentence commuted by the government, he must forfeit his life on the gallows on the date fixed by court here.
Published Riverside Daily Press
Riverside California
Saturday May 5, 1934
Prisoner number 55984
Place of Crime; Riverside County
Received at San Quentin; May 4, 1934
Crime; Murder in first, 2 counts
Sentence; Condemned to Death & Life
Execution Scheduled; July 13, 1934
Occupation; Laborer
Age at Incarceration; 25
Reference for memorial comes from the book San Quentin, established 1852: 150th Anniversary Commemorative. Sections;
Inmates Buried at San Quentin Cemetery
and, Executions at San Quentin Prison.
Cross checked with the
San Quentin State Prison Register
* * * *
Aragon shared his execution day with another murderer, Walker Rippy CDC #55934.
* * * *
Jose Aragon Lodged in State Penitentiary by Officers
Under sentence to die on the San Quentin gallows Friday July 13, for the murder of his 21 year old wife, Jose Aragon of Indio today was in the state prison after being delivered there by Undersheriff W.W. Walrath and Deputy Sheriff Sam Wilson.
County jail authorities who had charge of Aragon after he was given the death sentence three days ago by Judge O.K. Morton in the Superior Court revealed he had grown morose and melancholy and had refused to eat. He was guarded day and night to prevent a suicide attempt. His bed sheets and other articles which he might use in an attempt to take his life were removed from his cell.
Aragon believed until the day of his sentence he would receive life imprisonment as punishment and the pronouncing of the death penalty was a severe blow, the jail officials said.
He had gained the idea he was to be committed to the prison from the reading of the jury's verdict to him. The jury found him guilty of first degree murder for the killings of his wife and Pasquel Torres whom he beat to death with a piece of pipe, but made a recommendation that for life imprisonment, on the Torres murder count.
With no recommendation given the court on the count charging Aragon with his wife's murder, the court had no alternative to a death sentence. But, this fact did not appear in the reading of the verdicts and Aragon recognized only the words "life imprisonment" on the Torres count.
Aragon is 25, he and his wife had three children, the oldest four years. They are being given a home by relatives in Indio.
No appeal has been taken from the death verdict and unless Aragon is granted a reprieve or his sentence commuted by the government, he must forfeit his life on the gallows on the date fixed by court here.
Published Riverside Daily Press
Riverside California
Saturday May 5, 1934
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