Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-10-18
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the first blast from the rifle
wounded him.
Following this, according to Cor
ley's statement, the three men
drove to Calipatria. Morris said,
the trio drove eastward and hid
out in dense brush along til High
line canal all day yesterday In
the evening they drove to Brawley,
where one of the men ate dinner
at a restaurant. Later they started
south on the BraWley -Holtville
road toward the Yuma highway.
Their car played out, Noble Nor
ris said, and while investigating the
trouble they saw officers coming
toward them. They Immediately
left the car in the road and set
out across the fields until they
came to the Meloland road. Here
they stole another car from Joe
Kinnaird, who lives north OF Mel
GLAND, drove onto the Yuma high
way, and headed east
The statement given by Marvin
Morris was practically the same
as that OF the other two men. It
added no details regarding the hold
ups and shooting of Null.
The three men were captured ct
1855 O'Clock this morning when their
speeding car crashed into a car be-
longing to the Z. S. customs patrol
which had been parked directly
across the highway at the junction
OF the Calexico cutoff and the Yuma
highway at Midway Wells. The men
surrendered without a struggle and
although the impact OF the speed
ing car with the parked machine was
terrific. no one was injured. The car
had been placed there to stop all
machines coming from either direc-
ton for questioning.
Officers had concentrated at the
junction. Officers there were
Arthur Kalstrum, Del Smith, Fred
Sumner and Furman Teal of the
immigration service, Patrolman
Johnny Meadows of the state
traffic office, accompanied by Mrs.
Meadows, and Bill Quick, Califor-
MIA quarantine inspector, and Roy
Knox, registration bureau Of the
state registration department
Before their capture, the youths
who robbed Bonds Corner store Of
500 and shot the special deputy
sheriff as a sequel were thought
trapped in the farm area north Of
Holtville. where they had been fore
ed to abandon one stolen car.
From Holtyille, where Police Chief
Tex CorneIson had furnished in
formation which led to Identification
Of the suspects the previous day,
and from every other part of the
county, man-hunters conyerged on
the area, believing the end Of the
hunt near. Other officers. however,
were left to guard every exit 20 I'M
perial Valley. d precaution which
was credited with final capture Of
the trio.
The hunt north Of Holjv.lle start
ed when the youths were forced TO
abandon the second car they were
said to have stolen within a hours.
Special deputies and police from
valley towns, augmented by citizens
of Holtville. conveyed in an enclOs-
ing circle upon the area one mile
north Of Sandia store where the
killers fled from the stolen auto
mobile.
First tip that the gang. repeatedly
identified By two Holtviile girls yes
terday as Noble Mons, %, Marvin
Norris, 20 and Woodrow Corley, %,
was still in the valley was received
by the BraWley police department
yesterday at 7:45.
Stopping at an Alamorio service
station the hunted men asked FOR
seven gallons of gas. When they
refused to turn off the motor,
proprietor became suspicious.
Making excuse to 90 into the sta
ton for his gun, he started for
the weapon but the bandits roar
ed away before he could stop them.
While J. L. Cromer, BtlWley police
chief, was notifying the sherifTs Of
flee, the trio sped nearer the scene Of
their murder Of Special Deputy Null
who was killed by a blast from the
bandits rifles when he and his
son-in-laW, joe Procsal flushed
them near the Highline canal
Sighted Near Sandia
Three immigration officers. F. J.
LeClare, f. J. CLARK, and w. r. Fe-
land, travelling north J. the HoltYille
Brawley road, passed the Criminals
and recognized the automobile 'hich
wednesday night was thought to be
carrying the gang TO Blythe.
Turning their automobile, they
speeded to oyertake the fleeing
feIOns, when suddenly the hunted