. And yet there is a natural This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Once the gang left, Santo assumed Monohan to be dead. ", His advice provoked a sneering, "How the hell would you know?". 2 O'clock in the morning. by the Los Angeles Police Department, City Jail. But back in September 1953, jurors found enough evidence to convict Graham and her friends of first-degree murder, an automatic death sentence. the She served a five-year sentence for perjury as a false alibi witness for two petty criminals, and served her sentence at the California Women's State Prison at Tehachapi, California. [8], Shorter, who was shaken at the thought of going to the gas chamber should the police figure out his involvement, volunteered to turn state's evidence and gave the police details of the Monohan murder and attempted robbery. suit and brown pumps and had been allowed lipstick and earrings. It took Barbara seven minutes to die and she seemed to struggle for about 3 minutes. trouble with the law. Depending on the state, you can request copies or try to locate a birth certificate by contacting the local or state Health Department where the person died. chamber victims. have to serve more than seven years - I want it the way it is. In court, True testified against Graham, who continually protested her innocence. Inevitably, the jury found all three guilty She met her fourth husband, bartender Henry Graham, around the same time that she went to work for gambling parlor owner Emmett Perkins, a bit player in Los Angeles mobster Mickey Cohen's operation. The gang thought their victim would be more likely to trust another woman. Upshaw testified that he had been in the car with Barbara Graham, Perkins, Santo, True, and Shorter the night prior to the murder as the group conducted surveillance on Monohan's home and ran through the robbery plans. "plant" - a policewoman. didn't last and in 1953 she met and married Henry Graham. I think that Emmett inflicted the beating, with Barbara at his side. Birth information. [12] Having no alibi, Graham doomed her own defense when she accepted another inmate's offer to pay $25,000 (equivalent to $253,203 in 2021) to the inmate and "a friend" who would provide a false alibi. Whenever he was asked how he came to be the greatest evangelist in history, Billy Graham always turned his eyes heavenward: "It was God who did this," he would say. After many failed appeals and on her execution day multiple stays of execution, Barabara Graham was taken to the death chamber. "I couldn't figure out why. On March 26th, 1953, police made five arrests and questioned all 5 men in connection with the first-degree murder of Monohan. in the courtroom of the Monohan murder trial. 3 of these men were known to be associates of, Mickey Cohen, a known LA gangster, as well as another man and Shorter. Barbara Graham gazes straight ahead without a bit of emotion as she is led away from the courtroom. All He said, "A lot of important people called Governor Knight and asked that she not be executed. Encouraged by his road manager Phil Kaufman, Parsons again visited the park after completing his latest recording sessions. To make an online request for the death record you need, go to the website of Vitalcheck and follow the instructions stated there. . Rev. gas chamber there in 1955. by writer Stuart Palmer, The defendants all faced the death penalty for murder and robbery. ", Public Media Group of Southern California is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.Tax ID: 95-2211661, 2022 - Public Media Group of Southern California. 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", Last Punks in Print: Razorcake Has Been the Platform for Punks of Color For Over Two Decades, The Art of the Rope: How This Charro Completo is Preserving Trick Roping in the United States, Rise of the Fly Girls: The Compton and South Central Women Who Helped Shape West Coast Hip Hop. An LASD official confirmed four areas were targeted and six businesses were hit, which included two restaurants, a laundromat, an automotive shop, and two gas station convenience stores. The film is from Graham's point of view and includes details differing from real life; in particular, the manner in which the police found and arrested Graham. I believe she's the one who pulled the pillowcase over Mabel's head and suffocated her. until she became unconscious and slumped forward. "Stories like Barbara Graham's are really significant because they show you how the system works - or doesn't. As a teenager, she was promiscuous and in Her appeals failed, and on June 2, 1955, she was transferred to San Quentin State Prison. So, Monohan was only discovered two days later by her gardener. At this publication, we do not know what caused her death, which may never be revealed. been an inmate. in a cocktail bar but soon went back to prostitution to earn a living. That changed on the night of March 9, 1953. lady's death and was hardly most peoples' idea of a "nice girl" but suffocated her with a pillow. 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[8] One rumor that was widely circulated amongst criminals and in local bars was that Scherer, due to his deep trust of Monohan, had left $100,000 ($1,044,292 value in 2022) cash stashed in a safe within the residence.[4][9]. [4] Graham was raised by strangers and extended family, and, although intelligent, had a limited education. In "Proof of Guilt: Barbara Graham and the Politics of Executing Women in America," Kathleen Cairns profiles the mid-century murder suspect whose case became a rallying cry for anti-death penalty activists. chairs for the condemned. Barbara got lots of media attention and was She was married two more times over the years but each marriage failed. Years later, her case - chronicled in a popular Hollywood movie - became a rallying cry for anti-death penalty activists. Henry Graham was a drug addict and was known as a hardened criminal, all be it one of a low level. The that tells the story through standards, original tunes, and dramatic interludes. WITH THE MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION I COULD GET TROUGH EXTENSIVE RESEARCH, ALL ARE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. gas chamber there in 1955. Barbara described herself as "paying Due to a last The marriage was not a success and by 1941 she was divorced. According to Cairns, the case against Graham was circumstantial. Shorters version of events claims that when he entered the house, Mabel Monohan was already gagged and bleeding. By the time the baby reached the terrible 2's, Hortense herself had raised enough hell to be shipped off to the girls' reform school in Ventura. 12 398 views 1 year ago This is the True Crime story about Barbara Graham. Graham, of course, had no alibi and offered another inmate $25,000 for her and a friend to say they were with Barbara Graham on the night of the murder. Date of Death: May 0, 1975; Day of Death: Thursday; Time of death: unknown; Died at Age: 43 years; . Her execution was originally scheduled for, . Perkins pulled together a crew of five for the burglary. Canon Barbara Graham Obituary, Death Cause: We got information about the Death of Rev. Monahan died 6 weeks later it might have just been another page in the archives had it not been for one compelling call to KTTV anchorman George Putnam. in the gas chamber. According to an online obituary, Rev. There, she got a room on Hollywood Boulevard and returned to prostitution. led from the holding cell blindfolded and strapped into one of the two chairs Her executioner Joseph Boretti told KTTV, "We had her strapped in. Barbara was sent to the California Institute for suffocated her with a pillow. As a teenager, she was promiscuous and in And the deaths didn't stop there. another attempt to live a decent life, she worked for a while as a nurse in, . gas chamber Robert She either wouldn't or couldn't. Barbara Graham (center) is escorted away by Deputy Sheriff's after the prosecutor demanded the death penalty. stays - she had prepared herself and could not understand "why do they She had a another child by Graham, her third, a boy called Tommy who Her first book, 2003's "Front-Page Women Journalists, 1920-1950," looked at newspaperwomen who helped transform the face of journalism while reshaping public perceptions of women in the workplace. A former journalist, Cairns has dedicated her career as a historian to documenting women who defy society's expectations. victim is brutally murdered. However, this inmate was an informant and the friend a police officer; they recorded the whole conversation in which she admitted she was there. Thank you very much in advance. As they prepared to leave, True said, Graham slipped a pillowcase over Monahan's head while Perkins tied her hands together and Santo fastened a piece of cloth around her neck. She got the gas chamber along with her two accomplices after they botched a robbery in an attempt to do a wealthy, elderly widow over. At the age of 2, Barbara was placed in foster care as her mother was sent to reform school, she alleged that in foster care she was beaten and treated poorly. We had to open the door and unstrap her and take her back to her cell. Although convicted in 1934 of first-degree murder for shooting her husband, Madison avoided the hangman's noose by claiming to be the victim of emotional and physical abuse. her husband. The grave site of Barbara Graham / Plot 80596700. [14], Graham, Santo, and Perkins were all sentenced to death for the robbery and murder. He always had time for his friends and neighbors. Monohan and Scherer had remained close friends after the divorce and their continued friendship piqued public interest, gossip and rumors that would later prove deadly. charge of the execution and it was his job to strap her into the chair. Although men could be executed in the mid-20th century for anything from kidnapping to rape and theft, few offenses were considered capital crimes for women, said Gordon Morris Bakken, who wrote the 2009 book "Women Who Kill Men: California Courts, Gender, and the Press" with Brenda Farrington. "In a situation like this you don't moan, you don't beg, Murray Melvin, whose extensive work in film and on stage was highly regarded by his peers, died from complications from a December fall. Got down on her knees and cried and pleaded and said 'you know the Governor. fourth gang member called John True went to the old lady's house and demanded "Primarily, it was a first-degree murder or conspiracy to commit a first-degree murder (But) you could get away with it defending yourself, defending your children, defending your husband. Perkins and Barbara Graham are having their conversation. "Bud" Kieser, Calle de los Negros: L.A.'s "Forgotten" Street, The Chinese Massacre: One of Los Angeles' Worst Atrocities. I patted her on the leg and told her to take a good whiff and she said 'how the hell do you know?' When Graham was two, her mother, who was still in her late teens, was arrested and sent to reform school and Graham was placed in foster care in which she alleged that she was beaten and treated poorly. She had a difficult and miserable childhood (sound Although Graham's story is largely forgotten today, Cairns said, she remains a powerful symbol of a woman marginalized by society, abused by the legal system and besmirched by the media. Barbara Elaine "Bonnie" Wood Graham (ne Ford; June 26, 1923 June 3, 1955) was an American criminal convicted of murder. Shorter claimed that at this point he threw Perkins to the floor and convinced True to remove the gag because he noticed Monohan was having trouble breathing. In 1950, Barbara met husband No. Rev. ", Barbara described herself as "paying all of them? In "Proof of Guilt," published in May by University of Nebraska Press, Cairns sets aside the question of Graham's guilt or innocence to explore how her case helped color attitudes about capital punishment. Susan Hayward gave the performance of her life, earning her only Oscar and a slew of other awards for her sympathetic portrayal of the hardened criminal. As a teenager she was arrested for vagrancy and served time at the same reform school as her mother. 1962) and only one other woman was executed in America between 1955 and 1984. friends. Born in Oakland in 1923 to an unwed teenager, young Barbara Ford bounced from foster home to convent school to orphanage before being sent, just after her 14th birthday, to the California School for Girls in Ventura -- the same brutal institution where her mother had been incarcerated. Her story of adult criminal activity is told in the highly fictionalized 1958 film I Want to Live!, in which she was portrayed by Susan Hayward, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress. was known as common purpose. Jackie and Barbara Graham, along with a field of fifty other riders, moved off, following the hounds, a well-matched pack with white bodies marked with black and brown patches and spots. One of the policemen who One of the policemen who Photo was taken executed June 3, 1955. There are some questions about her guilt. Death of Barbara Graham. Once Monohan opened the door for Graham, Perkins, Santo and True came in behind her, followed later by Shorter. She had an affair with Perkins and agreed to need your help for this. Discover How Prohibition Influenced Modern-Day L.A. She had requested the blindfold so she wouldn't have to see Her mother was sent to a reformatory when she was only two years old and thus Barbara was raised by neighbors and got little education. Following the classic sob-story vector from orphan to juvenile delinquent to petty criminal, Graham found her calling as femme fatale. old and thus Barbara was raised by neighbors and got little education. Because she was interesting? Delve deeper into our other record collections to learn even more. didn't last and in 1953 she met and married Henry Graham. She had. was jailed for two months in San Diego for "lewd and disorderly conduct." "Count to 10 after you hear the cyanide tablets drop, and then take a deep breath," one officer whispered to her. Because he thought it was a travesty? co-defendants Emmett "In being drawn to her and interviewing her, (journalists) came to believe she was innocent," Cairns said. She married Harry Kielhamer (19131993), a U.S. Coast Guardsman, in 1940, and enrolled in a business college and soon had her first two children. 14 15. in 1998 who was attractive while hardly any interest in the execution of Judias Beunoano a month later who Barbara's case is yet another of large sums of money and jewelry in her house. Hardy, after the While many quintessential L.A. punk zines like "Flipside," "HeartattaCk," and "Profane Existence" have folded or only exist in the digital space, "Razorcake" stands as one of the lone print survivors and a decades-long beacon for people and punks of color. "[16] Advised that taking a deep breath after the cyanide pellets were dropped would make her death easier, she replied "How the hell would you know, you silly rascal?"[17][18][19]. Susan Hayward signed on to play Graham. She began a love affair with a fellow inmate, Donna Prow. She won an Oscar for the portrayal. ", Graham couldn't plead self-defense, but she could play on the sympathies of the jury, press and public by dressing modestly, emphasizing her status as a mother and behaving "submissive and deferential to authority. she was secure, he said to her "Now take a deep breath and it won't bother Unlike other crime dramas of the era, "I Want to Live!" the answer? a fellow "inmate" to give her an alibi. Canon Barbara Graham on March 21, 2022, through Social Media posts and News Websites. "I want to live. Baxter Shorter was involved in the robbery and murder of Mabel Monohan, he was also the victim of a kidnapping and slaying by two of the prime suspects in the case. the night of the murder. She Wanger jumped at the chance to tell Graham's tragic story, bringing aboard director Robert Wise and screenwriters Don Mankiewicz and Nelson Gidding. a familiar story?). In March 1953, Barbara joined Perkins and Santo, as . ", And despite those efforts she was. Cairns tackled the topic of rehabilitating female inmates in 2009's "Hard Times in Tehachapi: California's First Women's Prison." case. All were released due to a lack of evidence. One starred Please receive our heartfelt condolences. Graham was also portrayed by actress Lindsay Wagner in the latter 1983 TV movie of I Want to Live! many still believe she was framed for a crime which she didn't commit. Chessman, who wrote the bestselling," "Death Cell 2455," in 1954 from San Quentin's death row, was the poster boy for abolishing the death penalty. Posing as a fixer who could provide her with a fake alibi, an undercover officer met with Graham and secretly recorded their conversations, including a forced confession. Mabel and Scherer remained friends despite him and Iris no longer being a couple. Photo of Mrs. Barbara Graham, whose talks with the undercover She never showed any remorse for the old By the time she was 27, she had three ex-husbands and a long record of arrests for petty crimes, prostitution, perjury and vagrancy. She also had two baby boys, which she left with the father, her first husband, when that marriage dissolved. The marriage lasted until he decided that her dope was communal property. Charged along with two male friends in the murder of an elderly widow during a botched robbery attempt, Graham became the third woman to be executed by the state of California on June 3, 1955. To keep creating Her unwed mother gave birth to a second daughter Claire Elizabeth. It was with a profound feeling of sadness, and an uneasy heart that loved ones and family members, as well as colleagues, and colleagues announced the sudden death of . She prepared herself and dressed in a beige wool Finally, after a tortuous hour and a half, the near-hysterical prisoner entered the death chamber. lawyers asserted she had been "framed" by police because she There is much disagreement as to whether Photo of Mrs. Harriett Henson Santo, wife of defendant Jack Barbara Elaine "Bonnie" Wood Graham (ne Ford; June 26, 1923 - June 3, 1955) was an American criminal convicted of murder. in 1998 who was attractive while hardly any interest in the execution of. reason why they should be, at least in theory. It was with a profound feeling of sadness, and an uneasy heart that loved ones and family members, as well as colleagues, and colleagues announced the sudden death of one of her beloved family members. She was executed 14 years before Barbara Graham. Subsequently, John True became a witness for the state in exchange for immunity from prosecution. was two years old at the time of his mother's execution. those difficult cases of what in Britain was known as common purpose. She was brought to me. "plant" - a policewoman. minute appeal her initial execution time was stayed until 10:45. Noyes says they tore up the house but couldn't find any money. Shorter later confessed that he did not want Graham to participate in the robbery because she was a dame, but was convinced to allow her to join by Perkins. At 10:43, she was being prepared when a second stay was [8], The robbery attempt was a futile effort as nothing of value was found in the house. But if there was an earthly power who helped both raise him up and keep his . Three hours later the two men were executed, side by side. True did not mention these events and stated that Graham began to viciously beat Monohan. Ruth Graham, 87 wife of evangelist Billy Graham, died today, June 14, 2007 in Montreat, North Carolina. huddle at recess His death was confirmed by his wife, Pamela Thomas-Graham, who said the cause had not been determined. Her two partners followed roughly three hours later. led from the holding cell blindfolded and strapped into one of the two chairs ", "The Enigma Woman: The Death Sentence of Nellie May Madison,", "Women Who Kill Men: California Courts, Gender, and the Press", "Invitation to an Execution: A History of the Death Penalty in the United States. surprisingly, was said to enjoy classical music but she also liked gambling and Reports are mixed and variable, it is unsure what or who exactly killed Mabel Monohan, but what is known is that in the chaos of ransacking the house and discovering that it was a bust, they simply did not care what happened to her. I was ready to go at 10:00" At 11:34 a.m., the execution finally got under way. Her mother earned a living through prostitution, and on February 23rd 1925 gave birth to a second daughter called Claire Elizabeth. After a series of delays, drugs. minute appeal her initial execution time was stayed until, , she was being prepared when a second stay was She didn't go till 11:30. She met Emmet Perkins and Jack Santo through Back to Contents page The On the night of March 9, 1953, Graham rang . He stated that he had seen Perkins hit Monohan with the gun and that he was shaken having witnessed the murder. Fifteen states and the federal government had executed women between 1903 and 1955. prosecution charged The officer was recording the conversation. Since nothing directly linked Graham to Monahan's murder, "police and prosecutors decided to trick her into admitting involvement," Cairns writes. She either wouldn't or couldn't. She had a difficult and miserable childhood (sound Hortense's, along with Barbara's and Claire's, surnames were changed to Wood. Barbara Graham reportedly knocked on the front door and requested to use the phone as she was having car trouble. She was arrested on vice charges in these naval cities and in San Pedro, California. Although Graham associated with people with criminal pasts, including Perkins, John Santo and John True, "I'm not sure she was totally aware of how bad they really were," Cairns said. Mr. Graham had already made partner at a Manhattan law firm and written 11 books when, . "The victim was a Burbank woman named Mable Monahan. "[15] At 11:28 am she was led from her cell and strapped in the gas chamber; she requested a blindfold so she would not have to look at the observers. Shorter claimed that when he entered the home Monohan was already bleeding and her mouth was gagged. Actress Susan Hayward won the Best Actress Academy Award for playing Graham in the movie I Want to Live! In 2018 she was named a Canon in the Diocese of Algoma. True, however, does not mention these events in his testimony, and states that Barbara Graham began to beat Mabel violently. In 1944, she served a jail term for prostitution. Her Upshaw testified that he had been present in the car the night before the murder, while they were scoping the place out and coming up with their plan. Her last words were, "Good people are always so sure they're right. "In a situation like this you don't moan, you don't beg, Very few of the respondents to my survey Isaac John Gayo returns to LA, Ralph Yarl: 85-year-old man arrested in shooting of Missouri teen, Karen Bass addresses homeless crisis, port delays in LA City Address, What it takes to be 'middle class' in California. Barbara was the third woman to be executed in California this century and one of nine prisoners to go to the Attorney Ward Sullivan confers with defendant Jack Santo while co-defendants . Mabel Monahan was a retired vaudeville performer whose past work included working with the Keith Albee Orpheum Corporation. The inmate was a "[13], Graham was convicted, while the informant was immediately released from jail, and her (informant's) sentence commuted to time served. It may well be that Barbara did not pistol whip and suffocate Mrs. Mahon Footage: Robert Adams San Bernardino Ca Shooting, Who Killed Zack Tv? On Wednesday police identified the woman as 74-year-old. the reporter, "If I have to spend the rest of my life in prison - if I Over the next several years, she was married twice more, but each of these attempts at a more traditional lifestyle failed.[5]. of the men involved also went to the gas chamber on the same day as Barbara for Through him, Barbara met his criminal friends Jack Santo and Emmett Perkins. granted - this time until 11:30 a.m. Barbara was very upset by these She was sent to the reformatory where her mother had also getaway car Defendant Barbara Graham sat with icy calm as True testified. ", Putnam wouldn't intervene, but others tried says Pete Noyes. Only True, who turned state witness in exchange for immunity, could place her at the murder scene, and there were no weapons, fingerprints or other physical evidence linking her to the crime. penalty and it is difficult to see in the pursuit of justice any sensible Next of kin and family origins. Susan Hayward played Barbara Graham, and the movie features a fictionalized version of events based upon the letters Graham wrote to journalists proclaiming her innocence. At best, Hortense was an indifferent mother, and often a hostile one. There were three career criminals - Perkins, Baxter Shorter and Jack Santo, all experienced thieves and accomplished safecrackers - and John True, a dull-witted deep-sea diver who was down on his luck and willing to try robbing an old lady. They called her "Bloody Babs. Barbara got lots of media attention and was Once the door was open Monahan could be subdued, tied up and the house ransacked. you don't plead - you try to be a woman". She died relatively easily unlike some gas It was going to be ladies first. Barbara Graham Obituary News; Death - Cause of Death: According to an online obituary on Friday, March 3, 2023, Barbara Graham has passed away unexpectedly. Barbara's case is yet another of The address given to the operator was incorrect and Monohan was discovered two days later by her gardener. Death certificates are issued to officially register someone's death. feel that women should be treated more leniently in respect of the death In The. Hortense soon had two more babies, and even less interest in her firstborn. [20], Reporter Gene Blake, who covered Graham's murder trial for the Los Angeles Daily Mirror, dismissed the movie as "a dramatic and eloquent piece of propaganda for the abolition of the death penalty. was told from the accused woman''s perspective. "(Her) life story might have sprung from the imaginations of any of a number of hard-boiled fiction writers specializing in stories of voluptuous women who brandished their seductive charms as lethal weapons.". WHEN BARBARA GRAHAM died in San Quentin's gas chamber, she became the thirty-seventh woman executed in the United States in the twentieth century. hello everyone today's video is on BARBARA GRAHAM, was executed in the gas chamber at San Quentin Prison on the same day as two convicted accomplices, Jack Santo and Emmett Perkins, all of whom were involved in a robbery that led to the murder of an elderly widow. Born in 1923 in an Oakland, Calif., slum, she was the unwanted baby of an unwed teenage hooker - Hortense Wood. This is Case File 1 of our series Women Executed on Death Row. Graham was born Barbara Elaine Ford, in Oakland, California, the eldest of three children of Hortense Wood. 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