Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-07-12


The detective bureau worked
around the clock on the case
and finally located Speicher a.
he came 10 his home at s6IO
Vincent Az. y, at 5 a. m sat
urday morning.
speicher had only returned
from the hospital three weeks ago
whore he went 60 recover from a
bullet wound which he received
when a bullet he fred from the
same gun in pistol practice richo-
cheted and struck him Ia the abb
domen
The Varnado shooting occurred
according 70 Earthia Wiley. 10
years old, 22IG Twelfth Az. $
who is IN General hospital suffer.
ing from a wound from the same
bullet which fatally wounded Var
naao, and Howard Nolan. IS.
23ol 22na Av " both of whom
were in the car after Spelchor
and q companion approached the
car to demonstrate with vaIuado
about 50 Spclcher and a come
panioR had aliegedIy given Var
nado to buy whisleoy
Statements TO the police claim
Narnado took the money and
made no effort 70 get any whislJey
for speicher and his companion
Varnad0 then picked up a couple
Of girls whom he drove to the
Fremont Av. address.
Following the varnado car.
speieher claims his companion
Lucky" jumped from tho car
when The other car stopped and
ran 70 with with a fiashhght In
his hand
sPcichcr admits he also ap.
preached the ear with his gun
which he told police he didn't
know was loaded.
speicher claims someone grab
bed the cooked gun snd Il went
or
The gun WIS empty" spcichcr
said Il was sure Of that I cooked
the pistol for a show Of strength.
Someone grabbed the gun and Il
went or don't know how the
bullet got IN there
RE told the police he threw the
pistol in the Mississippi River
Nolan who vas released from
custody Wednesday said Huhstan.
tally The same thing about how
the Incident happened He IL m.
der grand jury subpoena.
spcioher ls being held awaiting
action Of the grand jury. lie is a
former army paratroopcr and has
been "a telephone repairmaH for
the past three and one half years
he has no prior police record.
VaruHdo served with the Air
Force IN Korea Since leaving the
service he has been picked up by
Minneapolis police on various
charges az many as 20 times re-.
cords show His last arrest VIVA
Tor Investigation In June
The shooting set OF spafe
81 rumors. Many persons said
the police would make no effort
10 locate the gun wisIder bat
the department. pot sin 81 ~.
best detectives On the Job and
ihe c4~a was closed az far as
police work goes. within ~
hours
Second Man Caught
Walter Rhodes af police iden,l-
fcatian ard TIRE city jail starr Il
credited with searching through
bundrryss N photos ~ find and
identify TIE second man with
spacher John LAcElFuso. ~ who
offered no resistance when Dc
feSiives four. him IN a hotel
Cart Calvin Hawkiuson gave
Earsses credit he said Rhodes
armed attn only skstchy dss-
crption successfully searched for
and found his uan
gpt hsr who said he "a not
Eno-E ne companion identified
LackErea wher tse photo Rhodss
selsCted waH Fhgrr MIN
taEkEnso ard spairher bgfs are
held IN 5sII awaiting action ~ ths
county attorneys osfics ard ~
HenHeplE coUrtY grand jury Dea-
p,ts newspaper report thAt ~
sair % narro,sas was iavolvea
police say sp~31hsv ard rAckHneo
61,h asked fer whislcsy raiher
thar pot, winch e street jar
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