apartment where he brutally raped her and then beat her to death,
The body was discovered the next morning and Ralph was taken into
austody on suspicion. He confessed and was tried before a panel
of three judges instead of a jury. Convicted and sentenced to death,
he was electrocuted on Okt. li, 1913.
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Page 0.
apartment where he brutally raped her and then beat her to death.
The body was discovered the next morning and Ralph was taken into
austody on suspicion. He confessed and was tried before a panel
of three judges instead of a jury. Convicted and sentenced to death,
he was electrocuted on O&t. lL, 1913.
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Page hO. ‘
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Ralph, 2a 32-year-old Cleveland, Ohio, white man, was only 18-years-
old when he first got into trouble. Beginning in the fall. of 1928,
he raped a number of Gleveland women and girls at gun point and shot
two of them when they screamed. On the night of Jan, 3, 1929, he
is believed to have been the man who shot and. killed 16-year-old
Janet Hrater Blood when she resisted his assault. Ralph became a
suspect when the owner of a service station where he had onee worked
reported that his pistol had been stolen and that he suspected Ralph
who had never turned in his key to the business After being frred.
After the two women who he shot and who had survived positively iden-
tified him, he confessed the series of rapes, but denied that he had
been the man who had attacked and shot Miss Blood. He was sentenced
to O years in the Ohio Penitentiary but he escaped two vears later
and was at large for two and one-half months until his capture in
Los Angeles. “eturned to the Ohio Penitentiary, he was paroled on
Jan. 7, 191, and returned to Cleveland where ho married and became
the father of a child. Subsequently, he left his wife and moved in
with another woman, On the night of June 3, 1913, he lured Mary
Jane Brady, the 5-year-old daughter of a neighbor, into his
RALPH, Edward J.
Ralph, a 32-year-old Cleveland, Ohio, white many was only 18-years-
old when he first got into trouble, Beginning in the fall of 1928,
he raped a number of Gleveland women and girls at gun point and shot
two of them when they screamed. On the night of Jan. 3, 1929, he
is believed to have been the man who shot and killed 16-year-old
Janet Frater Blood when she resisted his assault. Ralph became a
suspect when the owner of a service station where he had onee worked
reported that his pistol had been stolen and that he suspected Ralph
who had never turned in his key to the business hfter being fired.
After the two women who he shot and who had survived positiwely iden-
tified him, he confessed the series of rapes, but denied that he had
been the man who had attacked and shot Miss Blood. He was sentenced
to lO years in the Ohio Penitentiary but he escaped two years later
and was at large for two and one-half months until his capture in
Los Angeles. eturned to the Ohio Penitentiary, he was paroled on
Jan. 7, 19)1, and returned to Cleveland where he married and became
the father of a child. ‘Subsequently, he left his wife and moved in
with another woman. On the night of June 3, 193, he lured Mary
Jane Brady, the 5-year-old daughter of a neighbor, into his
RALPH, Edward J.
RALPH, Edward J. Gel, 4, (eee
Ralph, @ 32-year-old Cleveland, Ohio, white man, vas only 18-years-
old when he first got into trouble, Beginr
he raped a number of Gleveland women and girls at gun point and shot
of then when they screamed. On the night of Jan. 3, 192
de believed to have been tha Man/uhe shot ani ellen 1e-year-old
Janet Frater Blood when she resisted his assault. Ralph became a
suspect when the ovner of a service station where he had onee worked
reported that his pistol had been stolen and that he suspected Ralph
who had never turned in his key to the business hfter being fired,
After the two women who he shot and who had survived positively iden-
{ified hin, he confessed the series of rapes, but dented that he had
bi ode
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to 0 years in the Onio Penitentiary but he escaped to years
md was ab large Zor two and one-half months until his capture in
ee Angeles. Heturned to the Ohio Penitentiary, he was paroled on
Jan. 7, 19li1, and returned to Cleveland where he married and became
the father of a child, erence he left his wife and moved in
with another wom On the ht of June 3, 1913, he lured Mary
fano Brady, the Bopeer-o1d daughter of a neighbor, into his
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