Ralph Eisenhardt, LA, 1937 April 9

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/EISENHARDT, Ralph and JAMES, GladstonetOowm-edi#- ca —ntu 7
Fisenhardt (2l-years-old) and James (2heyeatSeold) both
hanged Gretna, La., on April 9, 1937, for murder of Vincent
Bologna, collector for wholesale grocery co, (27-years-old)
at McDonoughsville, La,, on March 30, 1935, Bologna was
believed to carry large sum of fone When he left store
after making collection, Eisenhardt and James stopped him
armed with revolver and sawed-off shotgun, When Bologna
sought to resist, they riddled him with bullets, Robbed
body of only $25.00, Captured in New Orleans on l-5-1937
and confessed there on l-6-1937, repeating conffession in
Gretna on lj-7, Hanged on outdoor gallows at jail and went
to deaths calmly with prayers on lips, A third man, Joseph

Pubila, indicted with them, but not tried at time of hang-
ine, pumila | supposedly masterminded but did not participat
in robber Casss affirmed by La, Supreme Court (169

SOUTHERN 117) and taken to U.S. Supreme Court which denied

IHARDT, Ralph and JAMES, Gladstone (odeha™ dg -ato
ardt (2l-years-old) and James (2lj-yeaf$-old) both
hanged Gretna, La,, on April 9, 1937, for murder of Vincent
Bologna, collector for wholesale grocery co, (27-years-old)
at McDonoughsville, La,, on March 30, 1935, Bologna was
believed to carry large sum of money, When he left store
after making collection, Eisenhardt and James stopped him
armed with revolver and sawed-off shotgun, When Bologna
sought to resist, they riddled him with bullets, Robbed
body of only $25.00. Captured in New Orleans on )-5-1937
and confessed there on ]|-6-1937, repeating conffession in
Gretna on li-7, Hanged on outdoor gallows at jail and went
to deaths calmly with prayers on lips, A third man, Joseph
Pubila, indicted with them, but not tried at time of hang-=
ing, bumila supposedly masterminded but did not participat
in robbery. Cases affirmed by La, Supreme Court (169
SOUTHERN 17) and taken to U, S. Supreme Court which denied

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