California Department of Corrections
Prisoner Number 47241
Executed by Hanging
Crime; Murder 1st degree
County of Crime; Alameda
Committed to San Quentin; June 22, 1929
Sentence; Condemned to death
Original date of execution; Aug. 30, 1929
Age at Incarceration; 21
Occupation; Laborer
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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Young Slayer of Aged taxi Driver Hanged
Last Minute Plea for Stay of Execution Fails to Save John Gomez
John Gomez, 24, slayer and robber of an aged Livermore taxi driver paid the price yesterday morning when he was hanged at San Quentin.
The trap was sprung at 10:20 and Gomez was pronounced dead by prison physician Dr. Leo F. Stanley at 10:33.
A last minute attempt to gain Gomez a reprieve based on the granting yesterday of a stay for his partner George Ryley, has failed.
A few moments before his execution Gomez wrote a letter to his Mother in Livermore and a statement turning over his insurance to her. The letter was written in a firm and unfaltering hand.
As father William A. Fleming accompanied him to the scaffold, Gomez smiled weakly but, did not collapse. His last words were "Tell the boys in death row I said goodbye." It was a different Gomez from the "cocky" fellow that joked and bantered with his prison mates a few days ago.
There were 59 people at the hanging, 25 of them from Livermore, where George E. (Dad) Jones, 74, taxi driver, lived and was brutally murdered with a hammer for the twenty and some odd dollars he had in his pocket. Among them was Jones' son Elmer. Four persons fainted.
William K. Shea, public defender of Alameda county, made an effort yesterday to have the execution delayed if only for two hours. He contended that Ryley, who was convicted with Gomez having obtained a reprieve, that Gomez should be given like treatment.
Warden James B. Holohan refused to grant a stay without word from Governor Young whereupon Shea called the Governor's office in Sacramento by long distance telephone, and telegraphed him in Los Angeles. He was unable to reach him at either place, the Governor having left Los Angeles for Santa Barbara just before message arrived.
Published San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco, California
Saturday August 16, 1930
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Accomplice, George Riley, age 20, was executed on December 5, 1930.
Prisoner Number 47241
Executed by Hanging
Crime; Murder 1st degree
County of Crime; Alameda
Committed to San Quentin; June 22, 1929
Sentence; Condemned to death
Original date of execution; Aug. 30, 1929
Age at Incarceration; 21
Occupation; Laborer
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
* * *
Young Slayer of Aged taxi Driver Hanged
Last Minute Plea for Stay of Execution Fails to Save John Gomez
John Gomez, 24, slayer and robber of an aged Livermore taxi driver paid the price yesterday morning when he was hanged at San Quentin.
The trap was sprung at 10:20 and Gomez was pronounced dead by prison physician Dr. Leo F. Stanley at 10:33.
A last minute attempt to gain Gomez a reprieve based on the granting yesterday of a stay for his partner George Ryley, has failed.
A few moments before his execution Gomez wrote a letter to his Mother in Livermore and a statement turning over his insurance to her. The letter was written in a firm and unfaltering hand.
As father William A. Fleming accompanied him to the scaffold, Gomez smiled weakly but, did not collapse. His last words were "Tell the boys in death row I said goodbye." It was a different Gomez from the "cocky" fellow that joked and bantered with his prison mates a few days ago.
There were 59 people at the hanging, 25 of them from Livermore, where George E. (Dad) Jones, 74, taxi driver, lived and was brutally murdered with a hammer for the twenty and some odd dollars he had in his pocket. Among them was Jones' son Elmer. Four persons fainted.
William K. Shea, public defender of Alameda county, made an effort yesterday to have the execution delayed if only for two hours. He contended that Ryley, who was convicted with Gomez having obtained a reprieve, that Gomez should be given like treatment.
Warden James B. Holohan refused to grant a stay without word from Governor Young whereupon Shea called the Governor's office in Sacramento by long distance telephone, and telegraphed him in Los Angeles. He was unable to reach him at either place, the Governor having left Los Angeles for Santa Barbara just before message arrived.
Published San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco, California
Saturday August 16, 1930
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Accomplice, George Riley, age 20, was executed on December 5, 1930.
California Department of Corrections
Prisoner Number 47241
Executed by Hanging
Crime; Murder 1st degree
County of Crime; Alameda
Committed to San Quentin; June 22, 1929
Sentence; Condemned to death
Original date of execution; Aug. 30, 1929
Age at Incarceration; 21
Occupation; Laborer
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
* * *
Young Slayer of Aged taxi Driver Hanged
Last Minute Plea for Stay of Execution Fails to Save John Gomez
John Gomez, 24, slayer and robber of an aged Livermore taxi driver paid the price yesterday morning when he was hanged at San Quentin.
The trap was sprung at 10:20 and Gomez was pronounced dead by prison physician Dr. Leo F. Stanley at 10:33.
A last minute attempt to gain Gomez a reprieve based on the granting yesterday of a stay for his partner George Ryley, has failed.
A few moments before his execution Gomez wrote a letter to his Mother in Livermore and a statement turning over his insurance to her. The letter was written in a firm and unfaltering hand.
As father William A. Fleming accompanied him to the scaffold, Gomez smiled weakly but, did not collapse. His last words were "Tell the boys in death row I said goodbye." It was a different Gomez from the "cocky" fellow that joked and bantered with his prison mates a few days ago.
There were 59 people at the hanging, 25 of them from Livermore, where George E. (Dad) Jones, 74, taxi driver, lived and was brutally murdered with a hammer for the twenty and some odd dollars he had in his pocket. Among them was Jones' son Elmer. Four persons fainted.
William K. Shea, public defender of Alameda county, made an effort yesterday to have the execution delayed if only for two hours. He contended that Ryley, who was convicted with Gomez having obtained a reprieve, that Gomez should be given like treatment.
Warden James B. Holohan refused to grant a stay without word from Governor Young whereupon Shea called the Governor's office in Sacramento by long distance telephone, and telegraphed him in Los Angeles. He was unable to reach him at either place, the Governor having left Los Angeles for Santa Barbara just before message arrived.
Published San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco, California
Saturday August 16, 1930
* * *
Accomplice, George Riley, age 20, was executed on December 5, 1930.
Prisoner Number 47241
Executed by Hanging
Crime; Murder 1st degree
County of Crime; Alameda
Committed to San Quentin; June 22, 1929
Sentence; Condemned to death
Original date of execution; Aug. 30, 1929
Age at Incarceration; 21
Occupation; Laborer
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
* * *
Young Slayer of Aged taxi Driver Hanged
Last Minute Plea for Stay of Execution Fails to Save John Gomez
John Gomez, 24, slayer and robber of an aged Livermore taxi driver paid the price yesterday morning when he was hanged at San Quentin.
The trap was sprung at 10:20 and Gomez was pronounced dead by prison physician Dr. Leo F. Stanley at 10:33.
A last minute attempt to gain Gomez a reprieve based on the granting yesterday of a stay for his partner George Ryley, has failed.
A few moments before his execution Gomez wrote a letter to his Mother in Livermore and a statement turning over his insurance to her. The letter was written in a firm and unfaltering hand.
As father William A. Fleming accompanied him to the scaffold, Gomez smiled weakly but, did not collapse. His last words were "Tell the boys in death row I said goodbye." It was a different Gomez from the "cocky" fellow that joked and bantered with his prison mates a few days ago.
There were 59 people at the hanging, 25 of them from Livermore, where George E. (Dad) Jones, 74, taxi driver, lived and was brutally murdered with a hammer for the twenty and some odd dollars he had in his pocket. Among them was Jones' son Elmer. Four persons fainted.
William K. Shea, public defender of Alameda county, made an effort yesterday to have the execution delayed if only for two hours. He contended that Ryley, who was convicted with Gomez having obtained a reprieve, that Gomez should be given like treatment.
Warden James B. Holohan refused to grant a stay without word from Governor Young whereupon Shea called the Governor's office in Sacramento by long distance telephone, and telegraphed him in Los Angeles. He was unable to reach him at either place, the Governor having left Los Angeles for Santa Barbara just before message arrived.
Published San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco, California
Saturday August 16, 1930
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Accomplice, George Riley, age 20, was executed on December 5, 1930.
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