| Show f Av- Av ivO r Ch Charge rge Filed Filed in Sl Slaying ying I Of Ogden Detective at Store First degree murder charges were filed Thursday against th the confessed slayer of an Ogden po police police police po- po lice detective as Salt Lake City officers quizzed underworld d characters characters characters char char- for clues to other othet members of a bandit gang believed re responsible responsible re- re for a wave of recent intermountain robberies Walter Robert Avery 32 was formally arraigned on the murder murder mur mur- der charge Thursday before belore Ogden Ogden Og Og- den City Judge Charles G G. Cowley Cowley Cow- Cow ley Icy and after first waiving preliminary preliminary pre pro hearing had l i it set for 10 a. a m. m Friday t. t J Wh While e he be later sat on an Ogden city jail cot with head in Ogden and Salt Lake police con continued coq coq- search for possible oth other r bandits who may have bee n- n with the Tuesday up hold-up at a Safeway s store sole Twenty-fourth Twenty street re resulted resulted re- re suited in fatal shooting of Detective Detective De De- Hoyt L L. Gates 37 and apprehension ion of Every To this end Ogden police led by bv Detective Captain Dewey Hawkins who signed the murder Continued d on In r Pare ce Seven Se Column Four f J Degree First Murder Charge harge Filed Fileding In Slaying ing of Ogden Detective Dete tive I Continued from Page One complaint against Avery continued continued continued contin contin- to interrogate Averys Avery's wife Mrs Roverda Bobby Avery 32 nabbed in the 1941 model Avery sedan three hours after the Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day night slaying and to question question question ques ques- tion William Stevens Chapman 40 40 of 68 East First South street Salt Lake City who has admitted he went to Ogden Tuesday with the A Averys Gives Himself Up Chapman gave himself up at Salt Lake police headquarters about p. p m. m Wednesday with the remark I gyI hear you fellows have been looking for me and was turned over to Ogden authorities authorities authorities au au- au- au after alter questioning by local officers He told members of the Salt Lake police robbery squad he first met Mrs Avery in Nevada then saw her on a street here several weeks weeks' ago He said he accompanied the Averys to Burley Burley Burley Bur- Bur ley Idaho near the end of January January January Janu Janu- ary to do a little shoplifting ting and pick up some narcotics and paregoric according to a police report Th They y returned here here January 31 he said and subsequently made several short trips within the state to get paregoric a narcotic narcotic narcotic nar nar- cotic substitute sometimes used by drug addicts Relates Call on A Averys He said he called on the A Averys Tuesday at their room in the Ambassador Ambassador Ambassador Am Am- hotel Fifth East street and arranged to accompany accompany accompany pany them to Ogden When they failed to pick him up at Salt Lake general hospital as agreed he said he started to hitch-hike hitch and that they picked him up near the city's northern limits On reaching Ogden about 6 p p. m. m Chapman said he left the car ignorant of the purpose of the A Averys' Averys trip seeing Mrs Avery about 9 p. p pm m. m when she told him of the shooting fracas and asked him to obtain some money for her at an Ogden disorderly disorderly disorderly dis dis- orderly house He was unable to todo todo todo do this however Uncertain on Charges What if any charges will be filed against Chapman and Mrs Avery has not been determined according to Weber County Attorney Attorney Attorney ney Glenn W. W Adams who issued complaint against Avery Thursday When arraigned Thursday morn morn- ing Avery first waived preliminary hearing then caught himself and said No I want a preliminary hearing hearIng hear- hear Ing ng because I want to find out about my wife and I cant can't find out about her without it it City Judge Cowley replied Your wife isn't charged In this complaint complaint complaint com com- plaint this has nothing to do with her But if you want a preliminary preliminary preliminary pre pre- hearing that's your right and you shall have it It it Seeks Coast Counsel When the court informed Avery he was entitled to defense counsel counsel counsel coun coun- sel Avery said I dont don't want no counsel for my wife appointed by bythe bythe bythe the state of Utah I want her to get help elp from California if she can get it After a brief conference with the defendant County Attorney Adams told Avery I dont don't know what well we'll do with your wife She Isn't charged under this murder complaint The judges set the hearing for 10 a. a m. m Friday after Avery waived statutory time and nd Mr Adams asked that the case be heard as sp speedily as possible Avery tol told Ogden police after he was captured Tuesday night that he had three accomplices later changed his story and said sald he was alone Admits Store Holdup Avery has confessed also police reported that he held up the Safeway Safeway Safeway Safe Safe- way Store Inc at East First South street where he obtained more than the night of January January January Jan Jan- uary 27 The Salt Lake City police are cooperating in search for possible accomplices In this and other recent recent recent re re- re- re cent holdups of the intermountain area by questioning of known underworld underworld underworld un un- un- un characters especially known narcotic addicts Funeral services for Detective Gates meanwhile have been arranged arranged arranged ar ar- ar- ar ranged for 1 p. p m. m Saturday in the Ogden Fourth L D S ward chapel with F F. F L L. Allen bishop of the Ogden Eighth ward conducting E E. T. T Saunders Ogden city commissioner commissioner commissioner commis commis- and Fourth ward bishop will assist Burial will be in Ogden city cemetery under direction of Lindquist Lindquist Lindquist Lind- Lind quist Sons mortuary ry Friends may call can at the Gates family residence residence resi resl- dence Chester street Ogden Friday afternoon and until time of services Saturday |
