Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-17
SUSPECT MEN
WITH LOOT|NG
SCHOOL CAFE
Guns Found In Car When Halt
ed By Local Officers On Trip
From Arizona.
YUMA OFFICER INJURED
Coming Here To Identity Sus-
poets When Car Is Wrecked
In Accident.
YUMA OFFICER INJURED

Other Yuma county officials
arrived here later this afternoon
and took up the questioning of the
three suspects held here. Latest
reports from police headquarters,
just before press time, were to the
effect that the three men, deny
ing any participation in the school
burglary and desiring to have the
matter cleared up, were returning
to Yuma with me officers, volun-
tarily. They had not been booked
at the police station here.
Warned by a message from Yuma
to be on the lookout for three men
driving Studebaker roadster,
wanted in that city for inyestiga-
ton concerning the burglarizing of
the city school last night in which
$430 in federal money was stolen,
three men driving a car answer
ing the Yuma description were
brought to headquarters here for
questioning at 800 O'Clock this
morning.
Officer Ben Cox was the first 90
give the alarm that the men were
in this city. While at his station
on the corner of Main and Fifth
streets he noticed the suspected
machine making its way up Main
street going west. He Immediately
notified Desk Sergeant Mitchell
who sent F. " Ack1ey, traffic Off
Ger, on the trail of the men.
Ackley went toward Seventh
street while Cox continued on up
Main street in the patrol wagon,
following the suspected men and
brought them to the station after
being met by Ackley.
AT the station the men gave the
names of Pierre Gellitch, $40 Per-
alto street, Oakland; Lucurgus Stra-
tbs, 1765 Fifth street and Manuel
Fernandez, ITO Eighth street, also
Oakland. They told officers they
had gone to Yuma yesterday and
stayed at an auto camp there last
night, returning this morning.
When searched S240 in cash and
currency was found in their pos
session while two revolvers, both
new .44-40 Colts were found in
the automobile. Several clips of
ammunition were also found in the
car. The Yuma police office was
notified that the men were here
and officers from that city came to
question the suspects.
Officer Injured
While enroute here, the two Yu-
ma officials picked up D. F. Can
field, Los Angeles, near Winterhav-
en-. He was being beaten by anoth-
er man there following a poker
game, so the officers said, and p F.
Newman, sheriff ELECT of Yuma
county who was coming here to
question the suspects, believing
that Garfield was somewhat in
toxicated, drove the latter's car on
to Ell Centro.
When the two cars were nearing
a service station at First and Main
streets, an attendant, wheeling
tire near the street. allowed it to
get away from him and it rolled
cut onto ;ne pavement. Newman
could not swerve in time and the
tire struck his front wheel, causing
the car to crash into telephone
pole.
The Arizona officer suffered q
broken leg. diSocated hip and
other injuries. He was taken to La
Solana hospital for treatment while
the other officer, Isaac Polhamus.
Yuma chiei OF police, came to po.
lice headquarters to question the
suspects. Garfield was not injured
in the crash and was released from
further questioning by police and
allowed to go on his way.
The report at police headquarters
here states that the suspected car
visited a service station in Yuma
yesterday afternoon and at the time
the attendant noticed several clips
of ammunition on the steering post.
These were .ounG in the car this
morning. II had passed the Yuma
bridge quarantine station at o.
clock this morning but the Official
there had misunderstood the make
of car suspected and it was not
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