VINCENTE FRANCO
Arizona Republican Newspaper
Feb. 25, 1909

Vincente Franco, arrested in Douglas a few weeks ago for the 
murder of Ramon Coronel in this city about thirteen years ago 
and which crime he later confessed, died yesterday morning at 
7:15 in the county jail.  He had begun ailing almost ever 
since his confinement began, his lungs being affected and a
week or so ago he caught a cold that developed into a form of 
pneumonia, his decline continuing until the end.  He received 
the last sacrament of the Catholic church on Tuesday, having 
been informed that the end of his career was near at hand and 
died in the belief that his sins had been forgiven.