Show EXECUTED AT SAN Axe Are Hanged as California Cal fomia Solons So ns Debate Capi tal Punishment SAN QUENTIN PRISON Cal March 22 United Press Press-A white whiteman were hanged here man and and anda a negro were today paying the supreme penalty for murder even as the state considering considering consid- consid lature at Sacramento was was' ering a bill for abolishment of capital capi capi- tal punishment Perry Coen Caen 34 lings county crowbar slayer of oC his sweethearts sweetheart's parents was the fIrst to die lIe on page 4 TWO ED EDAT AT SAN Continued from page 1 1 had nothing to say as ho he mounted th the 13 fatal steps stood as though In a daze while the black hood was adjusted The trap under Coen was sprung at 1007 a a. a m m. and 1 minutes later he was pronounced dead After the hanging ot of Coen the witnesses witnesses' fIhe Wed out while preparations for the execution of Samu l Thomas negro killer of an Alameda county woman were mad made The negro a giant of a man was near collapse as he walked to the gallows He stood still while the thero ro rope e was adjusted and juEt before the tha hood was placed over his head turned to the guards and pl pleaded for just Let me kneel and pray pray- one second Later ter authorities explained that the request for a last moment or if prayer was denied because ending the ordeal as rapidly as possIble seemed the humane thing to do |