Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-10-12
NO ARREST WILL.
Be MADE IN THE
DERN|ER MURDER
CASE, IS BELIEF
Street Gossip Accuses a
Phoenix Business Man.
Authorities Claim EW-
denCe Is Not Sufficient,
PLENTY OF GOSSIP
HEARD ON STREETS
Suspect Has Offered TO Give
Himself Up But Has Been
Advised by His Lawyers
Not to Do So,

Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. il.-Phoe-
nix has just about come TO the
conclusion that there never will be
an arrest in the Dernier murder
case. Street gossip openly accuses
one mana prominent Phoenix
business man--but the authorities
claim that it is impossible to pro
duce enough evidence against this
man to warrant his arrest. And
that. in short. is the summary of
the Dernier case.
Ever since the body of Guy Der
nier, clad only in a suit of athletic
underwear, was discovered float
ing in the Arizona canal Septem-
Der IL, the name of this one par
ticular man has beer linked with
the case. AT present, it is said,
he is out of town; his lawyers say
they know where he is, but to
everybody else his whereabouts are
a mystery.
Sheriff Leaves Phoenix.
Tuesday morning, Sheriff John
Montgomery left Phoenix in an
automobile, saying he was going
to Bouse, IS miles west of Phoe
nix, to investigate new angle
in the Dernier mystery. But in
the sheriffs automobile were a
couple of high-powered rifles ana
to the casual observer it appeared
that he might be starting out to
launch private war or else tina
he might have bethought him that
there was a chance for a deer
down around Bouse or wherever he
happened to be going.
Difficulty in sitting down reports,
especially for newspaper men, is
increased by supposedly official
statements issued from time to
time in regard to the case. One
high official, for instance, is quoted
as saying, There Will be an arrest
in the Dernier case inside of 4S
hours" Then, the very next day.
this same official is quoted as say
ing, "There never will be an ar
rest in the Dernier case
Probably on still the next day
according to reports alleged TO nave
emanated from his office, the same
official is reported to have said,
"Certainly we know who killed
Guy Dernier; but we can't make
an arrest because we haven't
enough real evidence TO warran'
one"
And then some time later, it IL
reported that the same sman has
stated that nobody knows who
killed Dernier: we are still work
ing in the dark.
And SO it goes. Wild statements,
wilder gossip, speculation, all play
a prominent part in the drama Of
the Dernier mystery at present.
No Real Evidence.
But in all this mass of conjecture
and imaglnings not one single bit
of real evidence has been uu-
earthed that can be said 10 point
to any particular person as the
slayer OF Dernier.
There are no grounds for an ar
rest. according to official state
ments from the county attorneys
office and he sheriff. The officers
are working on every cIew that has
presented itself and, they say, they
are still just as much in the dark
as ever.
Street corner conversation has
tried and found guilty, a thousand
times, one particularly prominent
Phoenix business man. But street
corner juries and judges are not
particularly interested in aScer-
tanning the authenticity Of evil
dence.
Offered TO Surrender.
1t Is said that this particular
Phoenix man has offered 10 give
himself up but has been advised by
his lawyers against such a move,
His motive in offering to surrender
to the authorities. it is said, by his
friends. is that he wishes to cid
himself of all the suspicion that
has been heaped upon him ever
since Dernier's body was found.
The pool room courts have all
ready convicted him and have
marked him for the big atonement,
but it is to be noted that this mans
friends are all sticking by him; his
friends refuse to believe that he
could be guilty of killing Dernler
And so Phoenix, wearied and
little dazed by the Whole affair
would cry quits foe time. The
wild stories sent out to papers in
Los Angeles and elsewhere are be-
ginning to get on the nerves OF
Phoenix citizens.
where do these Los Angeles pa
pers get this stuff" is a query
calculated in disgust, to be heard
all over town.