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Show HELD JS SUSPECT I VI DEWAKKER CH 1 Police Inspector Carlson Talks of Two Men Whom He Has in Custody. i INVESTIGATION NOW ON Arrests Are Made Upon Descriptions De-scriptions Furnished, Following Fol-lowing a Burglary. Arrested on a specific charge of burglary bur-glary and suspected by the polico of having been involved in the murder of C. J. Van den Akkor of the Commercial Commer-cial Guard and Safety association early ear-ly last Tnesday morning, Edward I Malsh, 21 years of age, an Australian, was lodged in the city prison 3'cstor-day 3'cstor-day morning. "When searched at police po-lice headquarters, iMalsh had a black mask in his inner coat pocket and is alleged to have been wearing clothing stolen from tie La Moll hotel Saturday Satur-day night. Shortly after the arrest - of Malsh, .T. A. Buell, 28 years o ago, was arrested ar-rested and is alleged to be Malsh 's accomplice. ac-complice. While both men stoutly deny connection with tho murder, the police say they have rensons to hold tho men for further Investigation. Both were arrested by Patrolmen Lester Wiro and H. D. McMartin. Police Inspector Carl A. Carlson, who has been in chargo of the Van den Akkor Ak-kor murder 'investigation, said last night that from- the description furnished fur-nished the police by persons seeing two slender men running in an opposite direction di-rection from the lawn of W. W. Armstrong's Arm-strong's home at 1177 East South Temple Tem-ple street, where tho murder was committed, com-mitted, tho two under arrest may very likely be tho men-wanted. Extremely Nervous. Both Malsh and Bucjl were jmt through a rigid examination yestesjflay and are said toJiavshown. signs of extreme nervousness. They were measured meas-ured aiul their general sizo,x according to the police, corresponds to tho description, de-scription, that was furnished of the murderers. Each Resiles that he has ever seen the other, but tho police have the suspects locked in separate cells in order that they may not converse con-verse with each other. Malsh was arrested following a reported re-ported burglary at tho La Moll hotel Saturday night in which three trunks were pri.ed open and largo quantities of clothing and other valuables takon. The burglars were seen leaving tho hotel, ho-tel, and tho description furnished led to the apprehension of Malsh and Buell. Malsh was found in the American rooming house and later Buell was found in Commercial street. A search of Malsh 's room failod to reveal any revoh'ea A large suitcase contained, among numerous othor articles, arti-cles, a dagger twelve inches in length. When arrested Malsh was not carrying a gun. Buoll had no deadly weapons, although his room has not been found. ' Inspector's Statement. Inspector Carlson, who has been in charge of the investigation, said: ''The men are both young and, according ac-cording to my ideas, one of them may have fired the fatal shot, not realizing realiz-ing what he was doing. Wo will in-vostigato in-vostigato tho case carefully." Van den Akker was found in the yard of W. W. Armstrong's home, having hav-ing been shot once1 through the back. Shots had been heard shortly before by noighbors and by Mr. Armstrong's chauffeur. Numerous chics have been followed up by tho polico and practically all of them have led to tho belief that tho watchman was murdered by burglars or a lookout for burglars. A reward of $500 has boon offered by the stnto for tho capture of tho perpetrators of the crime. |
