Evening star., 1932-12-12
DE LARM BOOKED
IN PROBE OF GUY
WanderweII Murder Case
AIibi Witness Story Re-
ported Conflicting.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONG BEACH, Calf, December II.
Edward De Larm, Yaqui Indian avi-
ator, who two years ago became the
hero of a South American republic for
his daring exploits, has leading role
in the investigation of the mysterious
Staying Of Capt. Walter Wanderwell,
globe e-trotting adyenturer.
De Larm, friend of william James
(Curly) Guy. who is held as a suspect
in the Staying, was booked at the city
Jail today as material witness" after
hours of questioning.
Through De Larm, Guy had hoped
to establish his alibi that he could not
have been present in Long Beach last
Monday night when Wanderwell was
shot TO death in the deTkened cabin Of
his around -the-world yacht Carma as
it lay alongside dock.
Story in Conflict.
entire night of December at the home
story was contradictory.
Ralph Dunlap, mechanic for De Larm
and another of Guys alibi witnesses,
who has told conflicting stories Of the
suspects whereabouts the night of the
Staying, also was taken into custody as
a material witness.
At police "show-up' Sunday. De
Larm was confronted by several wit
nesseS, as authorities sought to deter
mine If he was the man seen by wit
nesses in the vicinity of the yacht prior
to or after the killing of Capt. Wander
well. De Larm later was questioned for
several hours, and then was booked.
De Larm, said to be the only member
rNf hi % Ia41I - I-Agn
license, was arrested in 1880 by Chilean
authorities after he had flown Gen. En-
rico Bravo and Col. Marmaduke Grove
from Argentina to Chile so they might
lead a revolution. After 4e days i'm
prisonment De Larm escaped and made
his way to Buenos Aires, largely on foot
across the Andes.
Formal arrest Of De Larm followed by
a few hours the collapse of Mrs. Aloha
Wanderwell, widow of the slain adven-
turer, in corridor outside the district
attorneys Office here Her collapse came
after two hours Of questioning concern
ing Guy.
Questioned About Guy.
Authorities said they had questioned
Mrs. Wanderwell only about Guys past
and his connection with the Wander
wells" They said they had sought to
determine if Guy. native of Cardiff,
Wales, was illegally in the United States
as he claimed Guy said fear of being
arrested and deported as an alien led
him to go in hiding when police named
his as a suspect.
What was brought out during the
questioning of the attractive blond
widow and what caused her to falter,
scream family and swoon into the arms
of her sister was not made known by
officers.
Later, when Mrs. Wanderwell recov-
cred she announced she would go
through with the proposed burial at
sea today of the body of her huband.
The Carma, rakish 110-foot former
rum runner, will move seaward today
under command of its youthful skipper,
Capt. Jim Farris, and the canvas
shrouded body of the international
nonad will be lowered to its grave on
the ocean floor far out of sight Of land.
Denies Staying Enemy.
Guy, who claimed Wanderwell "left
me on the beach at Colon, Panama, two
years ago." steadfastly denied the slay-
ing, although admitting hatred for the
adventurer
Police said today a complaint charg-
ing murder would be sought against
Guy. and the district attorneys office,
which previously refused such a COM
plant, indicated 1t would be issued.