Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-07-16 | Page 1 | On High Seas

ON HIGH SEAS I I i 4 4 q t a A S' S f f q k A t S Ip S I 4 4 5 ii S I S 4 S. S 5 L j S. S p S'S S. S p l i. i R. R E. E Barrera f FLEEING BROKER BROKE HEADS FOR ISLE South Seap Seas May Shelter Fugitive on Adventurous ous Flight By United run Press OAKLAND Cal July 16 16 Some Some Somewhere where on the broad Pacific ocean today today today to to- day Reginald E. E Barrera 36 Oakland broker was steering a partly paid for yacht acht toward a South Sea island to become a Q fugitive Robinson Crusoe Rather than face arrest on charges of forgery and grand theft filed by his for former er clients Barrera heavily stocked the yacht Bali with provisions provisions provi provi- and ammunition and sailed n I I iy Up to today the craft crait and its one one- man crew had evaded attempts of the coast guard to trace its movements Police announced they had uncovered evidence of a carefully prepared escape escape es es- es cape and they predicted tho the final entry entry en en- try in their records may be gone native native native na na- tive in m the South Seas Records in Barreras Barrera's office ollice disclosed disclosed dis dis- closed that he had purchased sufficient food and ammunition to keep him dim several months There were records records rec rec- showing the purchase of Continued on Pace Two S FLEEING BROKER HEADS FOR ISLE f Continued from Page PaO One rounds of rifle rIfe ammunition 1000 rounds of shotgun shells six rifles riles two to shotguns and three pistols While the fugitive skipper sailed saied toward an isolated freedom Investigators invest Invest gators gator for the district attorney continued continued con con- their check of his accounts two Thirty ledgers are are missing from Barreras Barrera's Barrer's office ofie it was announced and the alleged peculations of the broker may reach Bank Bak officials handling the estate of ot Frederick Frederck movie director said Barrera paid of ot the purchase price for the yacht yacht- yacht They asked aked coast guards gards to aid In obtaining recovery of the vessel