Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-13
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OF ROSS
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Mexican Officer Shoots
Assassin of Immigration
Inspector.
HUNT FOR PARTNER
Francisco Garlic Sought
By Police AS Accomplice
In Murder.
Jose PradO is dead.

Jose PradO Is dead. nte
The suspected slayer of Norman
G.. Ross, immigration inspector OH
the Los Angeles highway near Vest
morland Fridey, died in the Mexicali
hospital Saturday night from injur-
les suffered when he was shot down
by Alberto Garcia, chief of the
rurales, on a farm about three miles
southeast of Mexicali.
Following the arrest by attaches
OF the sheriff s office of Julio Prado,
brother, it was learned that Jose
fadro was the Mexican sought by
the police in the murder of Ross.
Pictures were obtained and Garcia
equipped with one of these went in-
to Mexico Saturday afternoon with
q promise to return with Prado. He
did.
AT the hospital following the death
PIado was identified by several
persons, first as one of the men
who had been placed under arrest
By Ross and Ferguson at Kane
Springs, second as the man who
had held up Japanese and relieved
him of Studebaker automobile and
still further as the man who had
taken a Chevrolet Sedon from Felix
Rodriguez in Brawley.
Further centainty that Prado
was the man sought is the fact that
In his pocket he carried the 45 cal-
iber revolver belonging to Ross.
Garcia said little as to the capture
OF Prado. He merely declared that
re had caught him on the farm and
when questioned relative to whether
or not Prado had put up a fight,
he merely smiled. Prado was shot
through the chest, little to the|
right of the heart. He died approxi-
mately two hours later.
Police are still securing the coun-
try and Mexico for Francisco Cari-
Ito the other prisoner who was be-
ing taken to Westmorland by Ross
in the Prado machine when the mur.
der was committed. Several leads
have been followed up by the author-
ltles but none has resulted in any
trace of the man. He was last seen
to get into u ear with some people,
apparently bound for WestmOrland
and medical aid for Ross.
Borrowed Brothers Car
Identity of the two prisoners was
established with the arrest of Julio
Prado, early Saturday by Sheriff
Gillett' men. Prado was the. owner
OF the car in which Ross was, killed
and after obtaining his name from
authorities at Sacramento he was
found on a cotton ranch near Cali
patria.
The police questioned him relative
to his car, giving him no hint, as to
why the questioning was being done.
lie told them that his brother, Jose,
Lad come to him early on the morn
ing of the murder and asked him for
the loan of the machine. He said
that his brother had told him that
he wanted to go with Garlic and look
for work. Julio said that the two
had started out in the machine and
tlat he had not seen them since.
Julio was then taken to headquart-
crs and locked up. Pictures were
taken and submitted for identificat-
ion to those who had seen the two
men arrested by Ross. They failed
to identify him as the man wanted.
More pictures were obtained, this
time including some official photo-
graphs of Jose Prado. These We're
quickly identified as the sought
slayer. Garcia then armed with ono
of these went after Prado and
brought him back.
Inquest into the death of Ross is
being held up temporarily, pending
possibilities of the capture of Cart
llo although it is estimated that it
will be held tomorrow. Mrs. Ross ar
rived in FL Centre Sunday night and
arrangements are being made to
have the body of the dead immigrat-
ion officer taken to huntington
Park for burial.