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Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-07-20 | Page 8 | Hearing Set for Accused Slayer

Type issue
Date 1932-07-20
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Hearing Set for Accused Slayer
Type article
Date 1932-07-20
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 8
OCR Text HEARING SET FOR ACCUSED SLAYER PRICE Jul July 20 Preliminary 20 hear hear- hearing hearing ing will be held Thursday for Tony Gerakis Gerak 40 alleged slayer of ot Pete Regas Carbon county according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to Walter C C. Gease county attorney He was arraigned Monday and charged with first degree decree mur mur- der A manhunt which lasted 27 days was brought to a a close last Saturday when Gerakis was captured at his home in Sunnyside by Deputies Warmen Warren Warren War War- ren men Peacock and Willard Gilligan ItS It'S It ItIs Itis Is S th thought that Gerakis was planning an escape at the time of his capture although he maintains that he was driven to town by lack of food and was preparing to surrender to Sheriff Sheriff Sher Sher- iff iU S S. S Marion Marlon Bliss The sheriffs sheriff's oft office ce in Price received received received re re- a 11 tip Saturday that four tour men had driven through Sunnyside in a truck and th that t one man was covered by blankets The truck was headed toward the homestead of Gerakis near the asphalt quarry north of Sunny Sunny- side The two deputies met the truck returning but the men one a rela refa relative tive Gerakis of maintained that they went to the homestead to look after a garden which had been planted The deputies went went- to the homestead but Gerakis was not there On returning returning return return- ing to Sunnyside they decided to look lookIn In the home which Gerakis maintains in Sunnyside The rear door was nailed but bOut the deputies broke it in The alleged slayer was asleep when they entered the house but was awakened awakened awakened awak awak- ened when h he bard he hard bard their voices and hid behind a 11 bedroom door He was discovered by Gilligan When captured cap tuned he had a rifle rille in his his' hand but surrendered without resistance Gerakis Geralds said that since the time of f the shooting June 20 he had bad lived on grass in the hills The shooting took place on the watershed reserve east of Sunnyside during a quarrel over grazing land Regis was shot in the left wrist but died two days later from shock and loss lost of blood after the arm ha had bc been n a amputated
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