San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-07

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Becker Of Pinedale. Wyo., a passeu-
ger to Florida. The last heard of
either was as Las Vegas, Nav, where
Howard mailed letters saying he was
going to Phoenix.
MAN ROBBED IN :. 4.
A few days later his car showed up
in San Diego in possession Of the maI
who claimed TO be Howard and who
drove through TO San Antonio from
that city, bringing II. q. Hurd along.
and then robbing him and tying him
10 a tree near San Antonio, week
ago Wednesday morning.
From Las Vegas the road dips down
into the Mohave desert, a vast wilder.
ness of sand hills, huge boulders.
greasswood and sage brush. The two
roads which jut off along the south
ern route from Las Vegas penetrate
the mountain fastness Of the Mohavc.
IL was in this lonely section of the
country that Howard disappeared.
BL0ODSTAINS ON AUTO.
Somewhere along the way after the
- traces of civilization were left be-
came a struggle of some kind
@wkrh left the bloodstains on the
back Of the front seat. Instead of
going 10 Phoenix, the car was taken
westward and arrived in San Diego
few days later. without Howard.
Had Howard changed plans and
gone 10 the Pacific coast be would
lave called on friends. for he was well
known in Los Angeles and one of bis
closest friends lived in Pasadena. II
was TO Walter c. POLAND of Pasadena.
that the letter was written and mailed
at Las Vegas. in which Howard re
GREETED his inability TO visit Pasa
dena.
FEAR DEATH.
So officers believe he left Las
Vegas. headed south for Needles 10
cross over and take the Phoenix road.
Somewhere es the two motorists pene
trated the mountain desert. officers
say, one or both were killed and hid !
den somewhere in the sand dunes or IN
some mountain gorge.
The car left San Diego on Deem |
Der II. carrying the man calling him
self Howard The sometimes registered |
as W. Il. Howe) with Mr.. Hurd and |
woman as passengers, en- route TO FL /
Paso. At FL Paso the woman was
dropped and after wait of eight days.
a cowboy passenger was picked up and |
the pair dropped by the hotel for
Hurd, who again engaged passage to
New Orleans.
CAR FOUND AT BORDER.
They arrived here 2 week ago last .
Tuesday midnight and stopped over 4
night at a hotel. Early the next I
morning they started on TO Houston,
but out on the Zuercher road they .
stopped and robbed Hurd, tied him to |
tree and disappeared.
Three days later the car was found |
IN Eagle Pass in the possession Of two
men. Hurd said they We're not the
men who brought him from San
Diego.
The men caught at Eagle Pass had
a bill Of sale for the car issued By |
an III Paso justice of the peace, which /
has been proved fictitious. The men
said that two other men hired them
to drive the car back to FL Paso.
WILL RETRACE COURSE.
Sheriff A. Hauser has taken the
men back 20 Eagle Pass 10 get the
car. He will return and retrace the
course, taking Mr.. Hurd along. The
ut stop will be made at Fort Stock
ton where the party was temporarily |
held by the sberiff-on suspicion. Of
ficers want 10 make sure that the
two are not implicated in the case
further than the time when they say
the two men engaged them 10 drive
the car back TO FL Paso.
Hurd identified one Of The Light
q Howard az not being
the man who claimed 70 be Howard.
and with this information. Sheriff
Benjamin Harris Of Salt Lake City,
is en- route here. that the real How
ard has been murdered.
Howard was a Kelly Field aviator
during the war and was en- route from
lis home 70 Tampa, Fla. 10 deliver
he car, sedan, 10 his employer. +,