| Show T TAH AH CALIFORNIA IA BATTLE OVER BANK ROllER ROBBERS 1 1 I I 1 l Convict Believed in Hiding S as Officer i Seeks Extradition a r IWarden Warden Takes S Stand and Paroled 1 Man Is Is' Is Still ory Prison t 1 Inmate L 1 Utah and were California were at sword sword- point Friday over the custody of Jack a k i S. S Williams 40 paroled Murray bank banic robber characterized bytes Angeles police as one oneo of the most dangerous criminals who ever operated In the west wesl Williams wanted in T os Angeles on ii charges of ot robbing live ve California s banks and on on two counts of assault with Intent to m murder was paroled from the Utah state prison by the state slate p pardon bo board rd last Nov November precipitating the fight whose outcome outcome out- out come corne will decide whether Williams will wUl continue to enjoy his freedom in j Utah or musts must's to extradition to California Lieutenant Jack Malina t head of the Los Angeles Angeles' police departments department's departments department's de- de bank robbery detail Fri Fri- Friday day served a requisition and warrant for lor the convict ex on Governor on-Governor Henry H H. Blood i The governor requested prison au au- au r to produce the thc theman nan man for lor ex extradItion extradition extradition ex- ex tradition hearing but Warden arden H. H E. E Davis demurred on the ground that i Williams although on parole is still an an inmate of the state stale prison and md cannot can can- i inot not be extradited until his his' sentence 3 has been terminated ermIna ed J ASKS FOR FOB RULING As s a result of the controversy the governor referred the case to Deputy Attorney General Grover A Giles for lor lora fora a ruling which the latter Inferred would be forthcoming late Friday I Meanwhile Meanwhile- Williams is is' believed hiding out o t pending p the outcome of o the battle between the two stat states s. s State Slate Parole Agent Owen to o whom Williams ms is required to report report report re re- re- re port at stated Intervals interval revealed that he le had been sear searching for forthe the wanted man since Sp m. m Thursday but had bad been unable to locate himI himI him I 1 do not think he will run away but there is no question that h he is in hiding and will remain there until the case is decided the prison official off oUI- cial said Lieutenant Malina who r recently arr arrested ted Boots Miller Williams Williams' confessed accomplice in the the Los Angeles An An- geles robberies in Hollywood and presented the case which sent Miller 1 to San Quentin for a life term indicated tad indi that he would return to Los Angeles Angel s Friday evening if It the decision of the a attorney torney gen general ral i is against him QUESTION RAISED Prison officials he said had raised the question that they were powerless powerless' to revoke Williams' Williams parole until the state pardon board had acted on the case The board will not meet again until June 17 0 Meanwhile the officer off i declared one of the most d desperate desper desper- pcr- pcr ate criminals who ever operated inthe in inthe inthe the west apparently will be c allowed to remain at large in Utah Uta d despite the fact that California is anxious to prosecute hirn for seven felonies Openly chagrined at developments that indicated he would be forced to return to Los Angeles empty handed Lieutenant Malina declared that his st state tc would insist that Williams be turned over overl to Los Los' Angeles authorities authorities author author- ties lies immediately on termination of f his sentence or rev revocation cation of f his parole Williams was arrested in Colorado i Springs Colo Cob in iii March In-March March 1928 for for forthe forthe forthe the robbery of the Murray bank on December 29 20 1927 Although armed with two automatic pistols he surrendered surrendered sur sur- rendered pea peaceably when Colorado officers working on information supplied supplied sup sup- plied d by City Detectives Lester F F. Wire and R. R N. N Brinton o of the thc Salt San Lake police department arrested him his automobile parked in front of a jewelry Jewelry- store He was returned to Salt Lake where he confessed to four of the Los Los' Angeles bank robberies in addition addi addi- tion to the Murray bank panko job He denied denied denied de de- de- de nied however the assault to murder charges growing out of f two of the rob rob- SENT TO PRISON Pleading guilty to the Murray crime he was sentenced to serve five years to life in the Ut Utah h state stale prison by the late Judge M. M L. L Ritchie of Third district court courtr Later he recommended mended to the board of pardons that Williams be made to serve 25 years Despite this recommendation the board paroled Williams on November 19 1932 after he had served four Continued on P Page e Twenty one |
