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Mike Gomez

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Mike Gomez

Birth
Texas, USA
Death
1 May 1925 (aged 19–20)
San Quentin, Marin County, California, USA
Burial
San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
213
Memorial ID
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California Department of Corrections
Prisoner Number 38328


Crime; Burglary 2nd

County of Crime; Los Angeles

Sentence; not to exceed 5 years

Committed to San Quentin; Sept. 8, 1923

Age at Incarceration; 18

Occupation; Laborer

Reference for memorial comes from the book San Quentin, established 1852: 150th Anniversary Commemorative. Section;
Inmates Buried at San Quentin Cemetery
Cross checked with the
San Quentin State Prison Register

* * *

San Quentin In Frenzy Of Race Fighting

Slayer Escapes Detection in Jute Mill Violence, Toll Now 3 Dead, 2 Hurt

Officials Fear More Casualties, Strict Measures Put In Force.


Two more convicts were stabbed to death yesterday in San Quentin bringing the two day death total to three in the prison renewed outbreak of race warfare. Another man was severely cut.

Prison officials immediately after the two killings put in force the strictest possible disciplinary measures and put double and triple guard forces on patrol in a desperate effort to avert a threatened wholesale race battle that would involve hundreds of prisoners.

The prison is absolutely closed to visitors, and all entertainments and religious meetings, that would bring a number of convicts together have been summarily called off.

Yesterday casualties were;
Mike Gomez, 18, Mexican; was serving three year term from Los Angeles, sentenced September 1923.

Frank Williams, 23, American; serving life term from Stanislaus county for murder; sentenced June 1922.

Wounded;
Marian Rube, 25, Indian; beaten about the head and face. Rube was a partner of Lawrence Mahach, the young Indian slain at the prison Thursday and like him, had been serving a 25 year term for robbery from Humboldt County.

Published San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco, California
Saturday May 2, 1925
California Department of Corrections
Prisoner Number 38328


Crime; Burglary 2nd

County of Crime; Los Angeles

Sentence; not to exceed 5 years

Committed to San Quentin; Sept. 8, 1923

Age at Incarceration; 18

Occupation; Laborer

Reference for memorial comes from the book San Quentin, established 1852: 150th Anniversary Commemorative. Section;
Inmates Buried at San Quentin Cemetery
Cross checked with the
San Quentin State Prison Register

* * *

San Quentin In Frenzy Of Race Fighting

Slayer Escapes Detection in Jute Mill Violence, Toll Now 3 Dead, 2 Hurt

Officials Fear More Casualties, Strict Measures Put In Force.


Two more convicts were stabbed to death yesterday in San Quentin bringing the two day death total to three in the prison renewed outbreak of race warfare. Another man was severely cut.

Prison officials immediately after the two killings put in force the strictest possible disciplinary measures and put double and triple guard forces on patrol in a desperate effort to avert a threatened wholesale race battle that would involve hundreds of prisoners.

The prison is absolutely closed to visitors, and all entertainments and religious meetings, that would bring a number of convicts together have been summarily called off.

Yesterday casualties were;
Mike Gomez, 18, Mexican; was serving three year term from Los Angeles, sentenced September 1923.

Frank Williams, 23, American; serving life term from Stanislaus county for murder; sentenced June 1922.

Wounded;
Marian Rube, 25, Indian; beaten about the head and face. Rube was a partner of Lawrence Mahach, the young Indian slain at the prison Thursday and like him, had been serving a 25 year term for robbery from Humboldt County.

Published San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco, California
Saturday May 2, 1925

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  • Created by: Colletta
  • Added: Jun 21, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131687068/mike-gomez: accessed ), memorial page for Mike Gomez (1905–1 May 1925), Find a Grave Memorial ID 131687068, citing San Quentin Prison Cemetery, San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA; Maintained by Colletta (contributor 47089656).