Evening star., 1932-12-07
SEEK man IN GRAY
IN SHIP Staying
Declared Former Companion
of Walter WanderWelI,
Soldier of Fortune.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONG BEACH. Calf. December T.
Detectives announced today they be-
lieved they were near solution to the
Staying of Capt Walter Wanderwell,
globe trotter, suspected German spy and
soldier of fortune, as they broadcast
Nationwide appeal for the appre-
hension of "Curley" Guy, identified as
the man in gray"
Guy emerged from a medley Of sus-
poets and motives as the central figure
in the investigation when Mrs. Wander
we'll told officers he recently fought with
Wanderwell and threatened the life of
the globe trotter. Guy, she said, was
former companion of her husband on
a South American trip.
Photograph Identified.
Harry Greenwood. gambling ship en-
ploye, identified photograph of Guy as
that of 1.-The man in gray whom he
saw on a pier early yesterday shortly
after Wanderwell was slain in the un-
lighted captains cabin of his yacht
Carma. The vessel was docked along
side the pier on the eve of its departure
on world cruise with a motley crew
of adventures. A man garbed in gray
yacht shortly before Wanderwell was
shot in the back
Guy, Mrs. Wanderwell said, had quar-
relied with her husband over finances.
Mrs. WanderwellS story of her slain
husbands differences with Guy was cor
roborated in Seattle by Eugene A. Bab-
bitt. who said the man had attempted
to kill Wanderwell during the fight.
Seattle police sought two men acquaint-
ances of Guy in an effort to locate
him
While this development took place
the group of adventurers which had
signed on as members of the crew
pretty women. some Of them authors,
some of them mattresses. and a COL
lection of men, ranging in class from
a scion of British nobility to roust-
about seamen-huddled in the dank and
untidy cabins of the Carma.
Cruise Delayed.
The party. including eight women
and seven men. had been held by Long
Beach police for nearly "a hours as
material witnesses" that each might
be questioned and cleared Of the killing.
Capt. Wanderwell-the erstwhile Va
Pole, world wanderer, adventurer and
accused Of wartime spying-had pur-
chased the former rum runner at
Government auction.
The Is adventures had signed on as
members of the crew in order to avoid
conflict with maritime laws. since Fed
eral authorities had declared the Carma
unseaworthy and had threatened to
stop the voyage.
They were Lord Edward Eugene Mon
tagu, second son of the Duke of Man
chester, of London. a remittance
man.; Capt. James Z. Farris of Port
land, Oreg., captain of the craft: Miss
Ruth Loucks Of Portland, fiancee of
Capt. Farris: Mary Louis Smith, "a,
and her sister Marian, 10, of Rockhart,
Ga; Mary Parks, "a, secretary, East
Saugus, Mass; Aileen Allen, a waitress,
Los Angeles; Mrs. Florence Wegel, 80,
Hollywood; Eugenia Noebl. 20, an
actress; Cuthbert Wills, engineer, and
his wife Elsa. Hollywood; Edmund
Zeranski, Hollywood cameraman; Jack
M. Craig. 20, seaman. Hollywood; For
rest l.. Plummer, "a, Hollywood, and
Eric W. Owen, %. Los Angeles.
While police searched for Guy, Mrs.
Wanderwell stated the trip would not
be Cancelled.
I'VE will sail on Saturday" she said,
but we won't go unless I am sure the
Carma Is all right