refused to return to San Francisco with him. Gambetta was asphyxia-
ted on Oct. 18, 1949.
POLICE DETECTIVE, October, 1964. Page 30
Gambetta was a bar tender in San Francisco. Crime occurred on
July 16, 1948, Body sent to Salinas, Calif,, for interrment,
Was resigned to fate.and showkd little emotion in hours preceding
his execution, As final request, a Catholic Priest ‘was allowed to
share last meal in cell. His divorced wife, Thelma Ribail, shot
to death as she attempted to escape from automobile, Police
traced crime to Gambetta by shoes and purse she had left lying in
street. Was a prearranged sign al to sister that he had abducted,
Ke had kidnapped her three times previously, He was arrested in
“an Francisco later in day as he watched the sunset over Pacific
Ocean. Had been convicted on 8-1)-19))8,
SACRAMENTO BEE, Sacramento, Calif,, 10-18-191,9
See 208 P (2nd) 1059 = Neve = Book and Magazine Excerpts,
refused to return to San Francisco with him. Gambetta was asphyxia-
ted on Oct. 18, 19h,9.
POLICE DETECTIVE, October, 196. Page 30
Gambetta was a bar tender in San Francisco, Crime occurred on
July 16, 1948, Body sent to Salinas, Calif,, for interrment,
Was resigned to fate and showkd little emotion in hours preceding
his execution, As final request, a Catholic Priest ‘was allowed to
share last meal in cell, His divorced wife, Thelma Ribail, shot
to death as she attempted to escape from automobile, Police
traced crime to Gambetta by shoes and purse she had left lying in
street. Was a prearranged sign al to sister that he had abducted.
He had kidnapped her three times previously, He was arrested in
San Francisco later in day as he watched the sunset over Pacific
Ocean. Had been convicted on 8-1l|-19))8,
SACRAMENTO BEE, Sacramento, Calif,, 10-18-1919
See 208 P (2nd) 1059 = Neve = Book and Magazine Excerpts,
refused to return to San Francisco with him, Gambetta was asphyxia~
ted on Oct. 18, 199.
POLICE DETECTIVE, October, 196k. Page 30
Gambetta was a bar tender in San Francisco,
duly 16, 1918,
Grime occurred on
Body sent to Salinas, Calif,, for interrment.
resigned to fate and showkd little enotion in hours preceding
his execution, As final request, a Catholic Priest ‘was
share last meal in cell.
le was arrested in
as he watched the sunset over Pacific
Ocean, Had been convicted on 8-1-1918,
SACRAMENTO BEE, Sacramento, Calif,, 10-18-191,9
See 208 P (2nd) 1059 = Nev. = Book and Magazine Excerpts.
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GAMBETTA, Eugene £427
bo flan Les : « ;
Gambetta, aywhite “an Francisco, Calif., man #4M and his wife, Thelma,
had domestic troubles for some time before she finally left him and
went to Reno, Nev., where she sued for a divorce, Gambetta did not
HEGUGERXZRS. contest the divorce, but the flew to Reno on #KAE one
occasion while the matter was in the courts and begged her to change
her mind and return to San Francisco with him. , She refused and he
went home alone. On the night of July 14, 1948, he flew back to Reno,
rented an automobile and waited in front of the apartment where his
wife was living with a sister until she returned from a date early
the next morning. He ordered the man who brought Thelma home to
leave with a pistol and once again demanded that she return to San
Francisco with him. When she refused, he knocked her unconscious
%4X% with the pun, threw her into the back seat and drove off. When
she recovered consciousness, she opened the door and fell from the
moving automobile, Gambetta stopped the car and placed her in the
trunk. He then drove around Reno for several hours trying to decide
what to do and finally drove the caf back to San Francisco where he
was taken into custody on July 17. The body was still in the trunk
of the car and he confessed that he had killed his wife when she
GAMBETTA, Eugene 2%
Yoyear eter |
Gambetta, aywhite “an Francisco, Calif., man ¥&M and his wife, Thelma,
had domestic troubles for some time before she finally left him and
went to Reno, Nev., where she sued for a divorce. Gambetta did not
contest the divorce, but the flew to Reno on ®KAE one
occasion while the matter was in the courts and begged her to change
her mind and return to San Francisco with him. . She refused and he
went home alone. On the night of July 14, 1948, he flew back to Reno,
rented an automobile and waited in front of the apartment where his
wife was living with a sister until she returned from a date early
the next morning. He ordered the man who brought Thelma home to
leave with a pistol and once again demanded that she return to San
Francisco with him. When she refused, he knocked her unconscious
4X with the pun, threw her into the back seat and drove off. When
she recovered consciousness, she opened the door and fell from the
moving automobile. Gambetta stopped the car and placed her in the
trunk, He then drove around Reno for several hours trying to decide
what to do and finally drove the caf back to San Francisco where he
was taken into custody on July 17. The body was still in the trunk
of the car and he confessed that he had killed his wife when she
GAMBETTA, Eugene £2
Uowean geet :
Gambetta, ajwhite “an Francisco, Calif., man #44 and his wife, Thelma,
had domestic troubles for same time before she finally left him and
went to Reno, Nev., where she sued for a divorce. Gambetta did not.
contest the divorce, but the flew to Reno on #KAE one
occasion while the matter was in the courts and begged her to change
her mind and return to San Francisco with him. She refused and he
went home alone. On the night of July 1h, 1948, he flew back to Reno,|
vented an automobile and waited in front of the apartment where his
wife was living with a sister until she returned from a date early
the next morning. He ordered the man who brought Thelma home to
leave with a pistol and once again demanded that she return to San
Francisco with him, When she refused, he knocked her unconscious
with the gun, threw her into the back seat and drove off. When
she recovered consciousness, she opened the door and fell from the
moving automobile. Gambetta stopped the car and placed her in the
trunk. He then drove around Reno for several hours trying to decide
what to do and finally drove the caf back to San Francisco where he
was taken into custody on July 17. The: body was still in the trunk
of the car and he confessed that he had killed his wife when she
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