George Sujynamie, a 19-year old Hualapai tribe member, was arrested for the murder of Arthur M. Cavell, a white taxi driver, who was beaten to death in April 1925, on the Fort Whipple Reservation, near Prescott, Arizona. Sujynamie then stole Cavell’s taxi. He was arrested hours after the killing.
Sujynamie later confessed that he killed Cavell so that he could use his car to acquire a gun to kill Minnie Carey, a woman with whom he was infatuated, and several others.
The execution occurred at the federal military facility near Prescott on October 10, 1925. Due to unrest related to the execution, Arizona officials denied the U.S. government the use of the gallows at the state prison.
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