Ruth Humphrey-Hornbeck: Grand Larceny

Ruth Humphrey was born 16 Dec 1903 in California, to Lawrence James Humphrey (1865-1926) & Alice Sandefur (1865-1966).


Inmate: #52632 San Quentin Prison (California)
Rec: 3 Aug 1932
Crime: Grand Larceny
Term: 1-10 yrs
Age: 28



She was transferred to Tehachapi Women's Prison 1 Jan 1933, she was paroled 18 May 1934 and discharged from parole on 3 Mar 1936.




Ruth was first married at age 17 to Otto W Lilly on 24 Mar 1919 Los Angeles, CA. They divorced. She married William Hornbeck 11 July 1925 Los Angeles, CA. He divorced her while she was in prison.

She took a trip to Balboa and returned on the ship SS Virginia 20 Dec 1930.

Here's some newspaper articles I found.






Inmate: #52578 San Quentin
Rec: 23 July 1932
Crime: Grand Larceny
Term: 1-10 Yrs
Age: 25



Samuel was paroled 11 Jun 1934 and was discharged from parole 23 Sep 1936.

Samuel was born 18 Nov 1909 in Boston, MA and he died 23 July 1972 in Los Angeles, CA.

I found his WWII Draft Card:


16 Oct 1940 he was living in Newton, MA. He was married to Eleanor.


She doubled crossed Frank Ferrari & Phillip Gargano.


Ruth died 5 July 1941 in Los Angeles, CA.




This is all the information I found, I am very curious as to how Ruth died.


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