Governor James 'Ralph,' Jr, jovial, rotund Chief Executive of the state He was 65 years old at the time of his. death. "Governor" Ralph was native of San Francisco and as Yoy, was a noted character in thi Mission District. He staried his business career as a $2 a week office boy in a shipping company. He became Mayor of San Francisco and hela that office for five terms before Being elected Governor of the state He reemtly gained international notoriety when he publicly approved of the lynching of twe men who had confewed to the kidnapping and mnurdes, of young Brooke Hart in San Jose, close to the scene of the Governor's death, There
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