Show OFFICERS CATCH SUSPECT TO END CRIME GRIME CARNIVAL Sought Much-Sought Man Captured When Seat of Pants Snags on Fence A fence picket has halted at least temporarily te a year six crime carnival carni carni- carnival val in which Pete Humphries 26 of 15 East 1 avenue has been the principal actor Humphries was in the county jail Wednesday after the seat Of f his trousers snagged on a a backyard fence as he attempted to elude Sheriff Sherif S. S Grant Young and a squad of deputies deputies ties in a wild chase near Third East and Ninth South streets Since last November local officers have hunted Humphries on a grand larceny charge and as a parole violator violator vio vio- lator while he roamed middle western west west- em ern states under a half haIl dozen aliases including Ro Roy Cooper Jake Wisely Clyde Parkman and Cecil H Humph mph ries Officers Make lake Raid Informed that Humphries was hiding hiding hid hid- ing at a residence in the neighborhood neighborhood neighbor neighbor- hood where he was captured officers swooped down on the place late Tuesday Tues da day with a warrant charging grand larceny He is alleged to have stolen 1000 worth of fur coats from Mrs C. C L. L East Broadway on November 18 Several of the coats oath were recovered later in a house near Thirty third South and Se Second ond East streets Records of the county and state criminal Identification bureaus show that Humphries has been arrested 14 times times' in five lve states during the past six years Police of Montana Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington Colorado and Missouri as aswell aswell aswell well as those in Utah have arrested him Charges Are Arc Numerous The offenses for wh which ch he was lodged in jail range from disorderly conduct drunkenness and chicken stealing to burglary prohibition law jaw law violation grand larce larceny y and robbery the records show Arrested August 14 1932 here for second degree burglary Humphries went on trial on reduced charges of petty larceny He was sentenced to 30 days in jail then escaped while en route to the courtroom Recaptured Recaptured Recaptured Recap Recap- he was sentenced to the state prison for burglary burglar and then paroled September 27 1933 4 J. J Deputy sheriffs reported Humphries Humph Humph- ries was wanted as a parole violator in addition to the larceny charge I I |