Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-02-27 | Page 13 | Career of Alleged Bandit Halted as Holdup Victims Pick Suspect in 'Show-Up'

Career of Alleged Bandit Halt Hal Halted ted d as Holdup p Victims Pick Suspect in Up Show i f LA 1 4 I 7 5 I. I 2 p Raymond La Marr left and Ruby La Marr Man Confesses S. S L. L Gas Station Holdup Hold Hold- up Series Faced with five victims who Men Men- tiled him Raymond La Marr 30 alias Raymond Angus Herschel Newton Newton New- New ton Ion Wednesday admitted after alter a police police police po po- po- po lice he is the man who held up ad a and id robbed four service ervice stations of in n 14 minutes the morning mornin of February 14 Also ALeo held in th the city Jail was La LaMarr's LaMarr's LaMarr's Marrs Marr's pretty wife Ruby 23 captured cap cap- with him in a 3 local hotel on Tuesday night Mrs La Marr denied all knowledge of oC her husbands husband's activity La Marr supported her denial admitting to 10 Chief of oC Police William L L. Payne Well youve you've got cot the goods on mcall me mc all right but Ruby is innocent She didn't know what I was doing Please give her hera a square deal Th The two were arrested by DetectIves Detectives Detec Detec- tives Lives Leland Dale Daley W F. F Heninger J. J J. J Ferrin and R. R N. N Brinton Victims Identify The victims who identified La LaMarr LaMarr La LaMarr Marr were George H. H Carstensen 32 West Ninth South street who chased the bandit on his robbery rounds and Grant Christensen 29 North Second cond West street attendant attendant attendant at at- at the Shell Oil company station at 78 North Second West street in whose station Carstensen was at the time Ottis Oltis Wood 27 East Easl South Temple street attendant at the station a at w West t South Temple street Ralph Tinge 23 West Vest North Temple street attendant attendant attendant at at- at Texas company station at West North Temple street and andT T 1 L. L C. C Johnson 25 F street et u-hn u hn fired five shots ai at atLa L- L La LI Marr I rr- rr as h he iI fled d Tin eys ey's station La Marrs Marr's downfall was brought about when Detective Daley stopped Floyd Knighton Center street treet at Second South and Regent streets Tuesday evening Knighton was driving driving ing lug an automobile he had purchased innocently from La Marr before the four holdups It was revealed Wednesday that Patrolman T. T B. B Burbidge unwittingly unwittingly unwittingly tingly aided in the transaction when Knighton requested him to to inspect La Marrs Marr's ownership papers Patrolman Patrolman Patrolman Patrol Patrol- man Burbidge said he be signed an inspection inspection in in- slip for lor Lz La Marr and the money was exchanged in in in the police station The entire transaction Patrolman Patrolman Pa- Pa Burbidge said place took place a afew I few days before the robberies Knighton led police to La Marts Marrs apartment Tuesday night Denies Beta Being Beine- Tough While being questioned in the police police po po- po lice up show room Wednesday La LaMarr LaMarr LaMarr Marr said Im not tough I never was I was just desperate We were out of f food d dand and we had to pay the rent some lome someway way Police revealed that when arrested the La Marrs had but 2 between them The couple said aid they met mel in Portland Portland Portland Port Port- land Ore and were married in Reno RenD Nev shortly before coming to Salt Lake City February 1 Mrs La Marr admitted being fingerprinted fingerprinted fingerprinted fin fin- in Portland but refused to rev reveal al the reason After further grilling by police pollee Wednesday LaMarr LaMair admitted about 15 service station holdups In Oakland Oakland Oakland Oak Oak- land Cal The rob robberies rie netted him about 1000 he said The prisoner freely admitted holding hold ing log up the four service stations in Salt Lake City on February 14 police police police po po- po- po lice said saw After AUer holding up the thelast last station he fled east on North Temple street he saidA saidA said A UA car was following me nie and getting getting gettins get get- ting tins close he said so m i 1 dropped the car ear on Main street b by the templand temple and cut acro across s the thc street When I got home I kissed m my wi wife and then counted the m money which amounted to I 1 did not tell teU my wile wife anything J Jabout about this and she did not know what I had been doing LaMarr admitted having served time in Irs the Utah state prison from frem November r 14 14 1927 to October r 14 H 1928 on on a robbery charge