Evening star., 1949-07-06

HENRY BRUN GUILD
BRANDSEN,
Surrenders in California Slay-
inos.' -AP Wirephoto.
Humboldt County Jail on the
technical holding charge of Zen
route to Santa Rosa"
Sonoma County Sheriff Harry
Patteson and Deputy Sheriff Rob-
ert Dollar left Santa Rosa by car
last night for Eureka. They were
expected to return Guldbrandsen
to the Sonoma County seat late
today or tomorrow.
When he was booked. Guild
brandsen said he was born in
Brooklyn August %, 1914, and
that his mother was Mrs. Louise
L. Inland of Layton, N. J.
He had STAT in his pockets,
Earlier he had relinquished Mr..
Flint's car keys and wallet, and
Mr.. Flint's car was found where
he said he had left it, at the
Eureka Inn.
The climax to the manhunt set
in motion by the revolving crime
was as astonishing as it was
sudden.
Guldbrandsen called the news
paper, said he mad a good news
story and asked that a reporter
be sent to a designated bar and
ask for Johnny"
Reporter Was Skeptical.
Mr.. Neumeier was assigned.
When Guldbrandsen told him,
over a beer, that I'm the guy
they're looking for in Sonoma, :"
Mr.. Neumeier at first refused to
believe it. But Guldbrandsen pro-
duced Identification, and Mr..
Flint's car keys and wallet.
The cub reporter took him to
the newspaper Office. There Guild
brandsen gave him and Mr.. Hodg-
kinson his long statement. The
three went out for a leisurely
dinner. Then Mr.. Dodgkinson
called Sheriff's Detective Charles
Cavagnaro.
Guldbrandsen said he had gone
with Mr.. Flint on Friday evening
to spend the week end at Mr..
Jensen's place; that everything
was fine" until he awoke Monday
morning.
II awoke feeling rapid pulsation
and pounding heartbeat. I went
outside, took a stone which was
part Of an Indian pestle, came
back into the cabin, hit Flint and
Jensen.
II felt no compassion at the
time, but was in somewhat Of a
stupor. I feel the greatest revul-
sion at this time, but can still
speak effectively"
He said he then took Mr.. Fint's
car and went to the nearby resort,
where he got Mrs. Paget to go
back with him to the Jensen cabin
on the pretext that Mr.. Flint had
broken his arm. He had been In
troduced to her by Mr.. Flint the
night before.
He continued his story
He hit her with the pestle as
they entered the cabin, intending
to knock her out" He felt sorry
for her when she fell down and
told him of her two children. But
she tried to get away when he
went to get her some water.
Originally had no object in
bringing her up there. AS a means
of soothing me. she offered herself
and I accepted"
Other than his being lin q
stupor," he gave no motive for the
attack on the two men. Nor did
he explain why be bludgeoned
Mrs. Paget.
He said he tied Mrs. Paget to a
tree in the back yard in order to
give him time to get away. Then
he took Mr.. Flint's car. drove north
to Eureka and registered at an inn
as Henry B. Miller. He dined,
danced and drank with girls at a
bar until closing time.
Joined Community Sing.
He joined in community singing
before he left, too.
He had difficulty sleeping. Yes
terday. after mulling the matter
over, he decided to give himself up.
He decided to surrender to news
papermen, because in reading the
accounts of the slayings he felt
the general public feeling was
that was a dangerous character"
and he wanted to avoid ANY dis
turbance" in being arrested in
public.
Guldbrandsen was released from
prison June II after doing two
years on an assault charge at San
Mateo. He was convicted Of
stabbing a San Mateo man Is
times in a quarrel over woman In
the mans apartment.
In his statements here, he re-
ferred to his mental "quirks. u
Perhaps it would have been best,
he said, if the State had sent him
to a mental home after the San
Mateo incident, and not to prison,
Deaths Reported
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