Imperial Valley press., 1932-11-21
POSSE KEEPS
UP HUNT FOR
FILIPINO TRIO
Alleged SIayers OF Hin d u
Rancher Believed Wandering
In Desert Section.
ALL POINTS BEING WATCHED
Ultimate Capture Of Gang That
Staged Murderous Hold-Up
Said To Be Assured.

Drawing a close ring of surveil-
lance around every outlet of I'm
perial Valley, county peace Off
GERS today were centering on the
desert mountains northeast of Nj
land in their search for three Fill
pinos sought as the perpetrators Of
the atrocious murder of one Hin
du and robbery of another near
Calipatria Saturday.
Afoot on the desert, without food
for more than so hours, hunted on
every side by the combined forces
of all peace officers, the Filipinos
had little chance to escape. Unless
they already have slipped across
the Colorado river, their fate lies
either in death on the desert or
capture, which will mean trial on
charges of murder
Prodencio RondariS, P at a i n
Rengor and Gabino Manzino are
the men hunted for the murder of
Bran Singh and the robbery Of
Sham Singh, after he had been
shot in the right arm and beaten
on the head. The Filipinos are in
possession of $444 in silver rolls and
new currency, mostly Of 81 denom-
ination, taken from Sham Singh
before he was thrown out of car
driven by Prodencio Rondaris.
The Hindus, employers of Fill
ipino gang picking peas on a ranch
northeast of Calipatria, were at
tackled after going to Calipatria
bank Saturday morning to draw the
payroll for the laborers. They were
accompanied to the bank by the
three Filipinos.
Returning to the ranch, the Fill
pinos apparently could not make
up their minds to carry out their
plan of robbery. They reached the
ranch, then drove by in spite of
protests by the Hindus, who were
in the back seat. About a mile east
of the ranch the Filipinos turned
around and opened fire.
Bran Singh received five bullets
in his body from a 80 caliber au-
tomato. One of the bullets caused
his death, for it severed an artery
leading from the lungs to the
heart Sham Singh was wounded in
the arm, and resisted the attack.
He was beaten severely on the
head and thrown out through the
rear window of the automobile.
Forced To Desert Car
Leaving Sham Singh beside the
highway, where he was found
about two hours later by MeXi-
can, the Filipinos drove east, ap-
parently wishing to take the road
leading to Blythe.
Prodencio Rondaris, however,
drove into a blind road ending at
the high line canal. In attempting
to turn around he drove the car
into a ditch, from which he could
not back out. The three Filipinos,
apparently greatly excited by this
time. forced the Hindus body to the
floor between the rear and front
seats, then crossed the canal and
went onto the desert. Tracks
showed they were running.
The automobile abandoned by
the Filipinos was worth more than
the total amount of money taken
from the Hindus.
Officers sent from the sheriff's
office to investigate the crime were
Undersheriff Rodney Clarke, Har-
old Gillett, Fred Elliott and others.
Tom Sharp, investigator for the
district attorney, took up the hunt.
Clarke and Elliott left Ell Centric
at 4:30 this morning to patrol the
desert northeast of inland. The Fill
ipinos were tracked to this section.
Sheriff Campbell and Harold Gill
lett left to search in another area.
Yuma, Indio, Boulder Park, Nj
land, Blythe and MeXicali were be-
ing watched as outlets of the val
ley. All railroad officers have been
notified of the murder, and asked
to apprehend the Filipinos should
they be seen.