Register, State Prison at Folsom: #9437. He entered Folsom Prison on February 24, 1915 for Murder, First Degree. Sacramento County. Sentence: Death. Original execution date of April, 30, 1915 was appealed. He was executed on September 10, 1915. Prison notes indicate he was in prison 5 times. Description: 5'7", fair complexion, brown eyes, black hair. Occupation: Janitor. He was executed at Folsom Prison September 10, 1915. Age at death: 51
Former Iowan Is Hanged In The West
Sacramento, Calif.,Sept. 11, 1915
A church janitor was hanged at Folsom Prison today for the murder of 10 year old Margaret Milling in the basement of the German Lutheran Church here on December 5, 1914.
Fountain trotted to his place on the gallows. He was born in Emmett County, Iowa, and had served terms in the Iowa State Penitentiary and the Cherry Hill, Pa. Penitentiary, besides having been an inmate of asylums at Mt. Pleasant and Clarinda, IA.
Ottumwa Iowa Courier, September 11, 1915
Former Iowan Is Hanged In The West
Sacramento, Calif.,Sept. 11, 1915
A church janitor was hanged at Folsom Prison today for the murder of 10 year old Margaret Milling in the basement of the German Lutheran Church here on December 5, 1914.
Fountain trotted to his place on the gallows. He was born in Emmett County, Iowa, and had served terms in the Iowa State Penitentiary and the Cherry Hill, Pa. Penitentiary, besides having been an inmate of asylums at Mt. Pleasant and Clarinda, IA.
Ottumwa Iowa Courier, September 11, 1915
Register, State Prison at Folsom: #9437. He entered Folsom Prison on February 24, 1915 for Murder, First Degree. Sacramento County. Sentence: Death. Original execution date of April, 30, 1915 was appealed. He was executed on September 10, 1915. Prison notes indicate he was in prison 5 times. Description: 5'7", fair complexion, brown eyes, black hair. Occupation: Janitor. He was executed at Folsom Prison September 10, 1915. Age at death: 51
Former Iowan Is Hanged In The West
Sacramento, Calif.,Sept. 11, 1915
A church janitor was hanged at Folsom Prison today for the murder of 10 year old Margaret Milling in the basement of the German Lutheran Church here on December 5, 1914.
Fountain trotted to his place on the gallows. He was born in Emmett County, Iowa, and had served terms in the Iowa State Penitentiary and the Cherry Hill, Pa. Penitentiary, besides having been an inmate of asylums at Mt. Pleasant and Clarinda, IA.
Ottumwa Iowa Courier, September 11, 1915
Former Iowan Is Hanged In The West
Sacramento, Calif.,Sept. 11, 1915
A church janitor was hanged at Folsom Prison today for the murder of 10 year old Margaret Milling in the basement of the German Lutheran Church here on December 5, 1914.
Fountain trotted to his place on the gallows. He was born in Emmett County, Iowa, and had served terms in the Iowa State Penitentiary and the Cherry Hill, Pa. Penitentiary, besides having been an inmate of asylums at Mt. Pleasant and Clarinda, IA.
Ottumwa Iowa Courier, September 11, 1915
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