Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-02-08 | Page 12 | Trunk Slayer Waits Return

TRUNK SLAYER SLAYERS S WAITS RETURN NEVADA CITY CaL F Feb b. b 8 UP Clarence old year Michigan ex convict is 15 depending on his good reputation to help him escape punishment for killing his employer employer em em- Robert RoberL Brown of Kalamazoo Frechette a dapper youth who was Michigan's first airplane bandit revealed revealed re re- re- re this today as he sat at in the Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- vada county jail awaiting extradition to Michigan He said he would waive extradition to Michigan trial tria he Im not afraid of going to said I III think I have a good chance to clear myself Reputation Good Everybody back there knows Brown was a pretty fancy boy and I had a good reputation dc despite pite the fact th that t I served time in prison Frechette Frechet said that he had killed Brown when the l latter made disparaging ing Ins remarks about a girl with whom Frechette was friendly The slaying occurred Tuesday January January Jan Jan- uary 29 near Howell Mich Frechette placed the bod body in the trunk of oC Browns Brown's sedan and drove around Michigan for several days before starting starting starting start start- ing west to abandon the machine and the body in San Francisco and board a boat for China I IEn En route he held up several stores In Denv Denver r persuaded Salt Sail Lake City Authorities not to search his car and picked up three passengers whom he carried from the Utah capital to the California border where he he- was apprehended apprehended ap apprehended ap- ap last Wednesday night Police found Browns Brown's body with bullet t holes hole in the head in the trun trunk ull Frechette who wo had represented represent represent- ed himself himsel as Brown Bron promptly confessed con con- s saying ying he was sorry but Brown had got what he deserved Escaped Detection In Salt Lake City Not once but twice did Cl Clarence rence Frechette who transported the body of ot his slain stain employer from Michigan to California in a trunk on his automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile barely escape detection in m Salt Lake City it was revealed Fri FrI- day Fre Frechette heUe was arrested at Truckee CaL Thursday when a patrolman at ata a border quarantine station found Cound the body of Robert Brown 24 of Kalama Kala- Kala ma mazoo zoo How Frechette picked up two passengers pas pas- lengers Mrs Victor Messenger and her year old son in front of the Hotel Raymond Ramond 62 12 2 South Main street Wednesday morning and kept the murder a secret by refusing to allow atlow al al- low low Mrs Messenger to stow her baggage baggage bag bag- Ia gage e in the trunk was related b by Mrs Messengers Messenger's parents Thursday Last Monday Motorcycle Patrolmen B. B O O. Hoaglund and T T. B B. Burbidge saw Frechette's automobile parked on Second South street in front of the hotel where it was learned later he was seeking passengers Noticed cd Machine l The patrolmen noticed the machine bore Michigan license plates which have expired Police are under orders to impound cars with expired foreign foreign for for- foreign eign plates but they did not take Frechette's machine because they noticed it If carried a RUC permit allowing allowing al at- lowing some vehicles to operate In several states with only the license plates of one state Detective B B. H H. Seager who lives at atthe atthe atthe the hotel also noticed the machine machine ma ma- chine he said but there was nothing about it to arouse his curiosity The three passengers were secured for Frechette by R. R J J. J Burchel manager manager manager man man- ager of oC a local bus station at the hotel and not nol by the Canham Canham Can Can- ham and Monty ticket agency as was first reported Thursday The Canham Canham Canham Can Can- ham and Monty agency agene although listed in the city directory has been out of business for eight months according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to Mr Monty