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Clarence Kelly. alias Ray Ellison. Buck Kelly. SQ No. 44926. 5.11.1928. Executed at San Quentin. age. 23. On night of Oct. 11.1926. in company with M. Papadachas, age 17, hired a taxi, driven by Walter Swanson, driving towards the Potrero - at a point near the middle of the 16th St., shot & killed the driver, and taking the taxi, drove across the bridge to 3rd St.; holding up an oil station, drove across to San Bruno Road, where they asked Mike Petrovich the time, killed him - continued to Brannan St. and at 7th, held up another gas station, killing John Duane, a watchman, who happended [sic] to be at the scene, held up a restaurant across the street, shooting the proprietor - continued to 3rd and Brannan Sts. where they held up a pedestrian, then to the waterfront. two more stickups - On night of Oct. 9th, 1926. two nights previous, Kelly with a Lawrence Weeks, shot & killed Mario Pagano in the North Beach section. In all - on Oct. 28.1926. Indicted 4 Counts Murder. 2 chgs. Asslt to Com. Murder. 2 chgs Robbery. 1 chg. Asslt to Rob. chg G. Larceny. Two men wounded by Kelly witnessed the Hanging, C.W. Johnson and Louis Farranda, Kelly's father, Josp. Kelly sat in silence in his cell at San Quentin, where he is serving time for robbery from Alameda County.

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UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library