Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-06-14 | Page 12 | Hunted Man Held on Coast

HUNTED MAN HELD ON COAST W Womans Woman's Suspected Assailant Assail Assail- ant Arrested in Los Angeles LAS VEGAS Nev David David A. A Allen Al Al' Allen len accused of beating Mrs H H. C. C Frevert Fre Fre- vert vent 51 and leaving her in the desert desert des des- ert crt for dead has been arrested in Los Angeles Sheriff Sherif Joe Keate was advised Wednesday Allen is being held for tor the Nevada authorities Allen Allen Al Al- len said to have been formerly of Salt Lake City was picked up on the Salt SnIt Lake highway by Mrs Frevert according to reports and came here herewith herewith herewith with her early in Ma May They arc are said to have lived nt at nn an auto court until the morning mornin o of May 20 when the they started toward the mountains on an outing They drove of off the h highway hway a short distance from Las Vegas to see sec a deposit of slate Allen is alleged alleged alleged al al- al- al to have taken a miners miner's pick and beaten her over the head until he thought she was dead He took her car returned to the auto court and got his clothes and left officers report Mrs Frevert after liter lying Unconscious unconscious unconscious un un- conscious in the blazing sun on the desert for tor several hours revived enough to crawl about halt hall a mile mileto to the highway where she was picked up b by motorists and brought to a hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital here for treatment Physicians reported she was suffering sufferIng suffer suffer- Ing from three fractures of the skull and loss of blood She recently was released from the hospital but has I not fully recovered Sheriff Keate announced he would push extradition proceedings to bring Allen back to face charges When arrested Allen was driving Mrs Frevert's Frevert's Fre verts vert's car the Los Angeles officers I advised Sheriff Sheri Keate