Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-25
GAMBLER
HELD IN
SLAY|NCS
M'Afee Held In Technic-
al Arrest Pending Any
Further Charge
CLARK is SILENT
Second Mystery Woman Is
Sought By Authorities
For Questioning.

LOS ANGELES, May Is. tU.H-
Guy McAfee, former city policeman
and at present reputed to be the
power behind gambling in Los An
geles, had been placed under tech
nical arrest in connection with the
murders Of Herbert Spencer and
Charles Crawford, chief of detect
ives Joe Taylor revealed today.
According to Captain Taylor, Nc
Afee, tall, lanky and sometimes
called the String Bean" by his as
sociates, is not in jail. Taylor re-
vealed that the asserted gambling
baron is under guard of Detective
Lieutenant j. B. McMullen outside
of Los Angeles.
Taylor declared that McMullen Is
under orders to stay with the
gambler politician constantly.
Taylor said that he at this time
did not believe that McAfee had
any direct part in the killing Of
Spencer and Crawford but that the
surveillance had been created as q
matter of police routine.
McAfee entered the double shoot
ing case because he was attacked
editorially in Spencer's magazine
during recent months as the editor,
through his Critic of Critics threat
ened ito expose rackets in Los An
geles."
McAfee also was declared to have
been an enemy of Crawford after
years of association with the grey
haired slain politician. McAfee,
however, told police soon after the
slayings that Charlie and had
patched everything up
Supported Clark
David H. CLARK, young former
deputy district attorney held In jail
on charge of the double murder.
of Crawford and Spencer, was said
to. have had McAfees support in
recent primary in which he won
the right to run for municipal judge.
on June 2.
A second woman was being sought
for questioning lii the murders.
Blayney Matthews, chief investt-
gator for District Attorney Buron
Fits, announced today.
Matthews refused to disclose the
identity of the woman, but said that
she, like June Taylor, %, attractive
Los Angeles hotel owner, was an as
sociate of Albert Marco, former
vice power, now in San Quentin.
"She was defense witness In
Marcos trial." Matthews said. I'VE
would like to find her and we want
to find June Taylor"
Clark prosecuted Marco about
three years ago and sent the vice
baron to San Quentin on a convic-
ton of assault to commit murder.
Clark, awaiting trial on charges
that he shot Crawford and Spen-
Ger, continued to meet newspaper
men at the county Jail. He refused.
however, to discuss any angles OF
the case.
Seek Photographs
Matthews said that the district
attorneys office was searching for
photographs assertedly taken OF
Clark after he had been induced to
attend a gay party between the first
trial of Marco, at which jury dis
agreed, and the second trial at
which Marco was convicted.
Authorities said that the photo
graphs were used by Marco asso-
ciates in a futile effort to force
Clark to throw" the Marco trial.
During visit to the Crawford Of
flee the precautions the man had
taken against the bullets from an
enemy's gulr were revealed to au-
thorities. Crawford had an intri-
cate system of electric wires and
alarm signals woven about his pri-
vate office.
The murdered mans hand, 1t was
disclosed, was within two feet OF u
switch which would have sounded
the alarms when he fell. mortally
wounded.