Gloss: 1889
Modesta Avila, a 22-year-old Mexican American woman, is the first felon in Orange County, California. She is sentenced to three years in San Quentin State Prison and dies there of a fever. She was arrested for an act of protest: attempting to block railroad tracks that crossed her property only 15 feet from her door.
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