Show L r r Oiti McCoy Fugitive Utah Convict Nabb Nabbed d' d iE HEATH SLAYER I BETRAYS SELF ici IN MINNESOTA L th Proposed Holdup Is Cause of Discovery I Arrest t in St. St Paul Paulg g Robert H. H McCoy killer who es escaped es- es from the Utah state prison March arch 3 has been captured In St. St Paul a United Press dispatch said rhu Thursday a McCoy cCO had obtained Work in a al refrigeration plant in St. St Paul and andi was arrested after he attempted to tOI persuade a n fellow worker to join him in a holdup of ot a beer parlor UTH The other worker it was reported refused him and reported the request re re- request request quest to the police His identity Was vas cst established D by byI fingerprints when St. St Paul officers arrested him for questioning ng in connection with tho the planned bur bur- glary Iary Warden R. R E. E Davis was expectIng expectIng expect expect- I ing further details late Thursday as IS ho he prepared to send two men for tor forthe the convict Governor Go Henry H. H Blood will be asked to make formal demand for tor extradition although McCoy ha has not signified wh whether ther he lie will opp oppose se return to Ut Utah h. h Convicted of ot the murder of Roy Heath Jath Salt SaU Lake City business businessman man in Davis county December 5 n 1924 McCoy escaped from the prison pris pris- on n a second time on March 3 He walked away tr from m the he prison farm where he was vas a trusty early in the afternoon and his absence was not noted until tho the prisoners were vere checked in for dinner A widespread search had been under way since that time McCoy apparently fled ned directly east to fol foJ I lowing his escape S In Jn 1920 1929 the killer leaped Into an automobile which ho he was repairing In front of at t the prison and elud eluded d guards in a desperate chase through Continued on Pace Page Two Captured i I L i 4 c 1 r N. N rt IV i Robert II H. McCoy C escaped Utah state prison lifer liter who is Js held in St. St Paul Panl tor for Utah prison I officers HEA HEATH TH SLAYER SLA YER BETRAYS SELF I Continued from Pace Fire One the city Ho was captured in Butte Mont after a l month of at freedom and returned to prison here He waived extradition at that time McCoy and Archie Wilcox it Is alleged held up the Bountiful State bank on December 5 1924 They fled toward Val Verda Mr Heath was killed when the bandits opened fire tire on the automobile in which he was riding believing he was an officer McCoy has steadfastly maintained maintained main main- tamed he was innocent of the crime contending Heath was accidentally accidentally accidentally acci acci- dentally shot by officers pursuing the he holdups |