Evening star., 1932-12-08
ADVENTURER HELD
IN YACHT Staying
WeIshman Denies He Killed
WanderWeII, but Admits
Fighting With Him.
BY the Associated Press.


soldier of fortune and suspect in the
mysterious Staying of Capt Walter
Wanderwell, globe-trotting adventurer.
Wanderwell was shot to death Monday
night at Long Beach, aboard his di-
lapidated yacht Carma.
Guy offered an alibi that six persons
could testify he was nowhere near the
scene of the murder
II know what you want-I've been
expecting you," said Guy as police broke
into the house. But I didn't kill
Wanderwell just moved here a day
or two ago because I knew I would be
suspected. I was thinking of giving
myself up"
Guy had been sought for more than
"a hours. The widow of the captain
said Guy had threatened her husband
over financial matters and had engaged
in fist fight with him.
Illegal Entry Admitted.
Guy was further linked with the
Staying by two persons who were aboard
the yacht when Wanderwell was slain.
Edmund Zeranski, Hollywood camera
man, and Cuthbert Wills, engineer of
the yacht, said Guy talked like and ap-
peared to be the man who wore a gray
suit and who had inquired through a
portfolio for Capt WanderWell shortly
before he was found dead in his cabin
The suspect admitted he had en-
tered the United States illegally and
had voted in the last presidential cleo
tion. He said he was native of Car
diff, Wales.
Alone and without food, young Guy
admitted he had been hiding since last
| Tuesday morning-the day after the
shooting. On couch were numerous
newspapers.
soon," he said
Guy was held on suspicion of mur-
| der.
! The youthful adventurer. who quar-
relied with Wanderwell after journey
with the latter through South America,
admitted he had engaged in a fight
with the globe-trotter and had differ
ences with him oyer money matters.
Met Party in Buenos Aires.
''I met Wanderwell and his party in
Buenos Aires in September or october
of last year." he said. My wife and
myself answered an advertisement that
he had placed in local newspaper. We
paid him 5000 to join his troupe in his
expedition to motor from Buenos' Aires
to San Francisco.
My wife went ahead with the main
party and I remained in Buenos Aires
for Ia days for the purpose OF earning
$50 to complete my payments to Wan
derwell as in the beginning had only
given him $3.50.
I'VE had trouble almost from the
time that joined the troupe and when
he got to Colon, Panama, Wanderwell
sneaked away and deserted the party.
He and Mrs. Wanderwell and the auto
left Colon by ship.
1.-The rest of us were in a miserable
financial condition, broke and unable
| to earn a living.
"The next time I saw Wanderwell
was after ] had worked my way to the
United States and met him in an apart
| ment house where I had learned he
was stopping. following his automobile
which I had seen on street in Los
Angeles"
Denies knowledge of Murder.
Guy said he had fight with Wander
we'll when he saw him. Two other
men were present, he said.
II have never seen or directly heard
from Wanderwen since the episode IN
the apartment" Guy continued. II
know nothing whatsoever about the
murder have not seen the boat. The
reason did not come in to give myself
up when I learned through the news
papers that I was being sought was
because I was afraid I would be jailed
for illegal entry and voting"
Capt Wanderwell had organized a
crew of man and woman passengers, all
of whom had signed to get around the
navigation laws, as the Carma was
declared by marine authorities to be
unseaworthy. The party was to sail
this week end for the South Seas on
an around-the- world cruise
As on previous adventurous expeditions,
Wanderwell had organized the present
cruise by advertising for passengers
willing to sign on as members OF the
crew and share expenses. Among those
who had agreed to the voyage aboard
the former rum runner were mattresses,
writers, the son of the Duke OF Man
chester and roustabout seamen.
The members of the crew said today
they will go if Mrs. Aloha Wanderwell
| takes command, although there were
guarded admissions the announcement
of the start had been met with oppo-
sition because several members of the
party doubted the battered hulk OF the
vessel would stand the trip.
Although police believed they were
arrest of Guy, they continued to work
On other clues in the face of the state
ment by Mrs. Wanderwell that her hus-
band had "a thousand enemies"
There was the belief his Staying may
have been a desperate attempt to pre-
vent the world cruise in the unSea
worthy craft, that somewhere in the
captains past life in which many wom-
en- figured might be the motive for the
killing. Also, there had been a re-
ported quarrel on two instances between
Wanderwell and the engineer, Wills.
Wanderwell Married Three Times.
Wills was quoted as saying it was
Suicide to go" and his wife repeatedly
tried to organize an opposition" tour
Of Mexico.
Gasoline soaked rags were found
several places in the hull the night of
the killing.
As they learned the story of Wander
wells association with many women,
had been married three tlmes-to Miss
Gilvis Hall of Victoria, British Col
umbia, during the World War; to
woman whose name was not learned
and then to the woman who is now
his widow. He appeared in Atlanta,
Ga, where he was interned as q sus-
pected German spy, with a social
worker and later associated with an
other religious worker.
Meanwhile members of the cruise
party remained aboard the Carma,
charging 10 cents a head to curiosity
seekers who wished to visit the scene.
Mrs. Wanderwell said her husband
would be buried at sea after the in
quest.