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Show TRIO NOW HELD 111 MURDER CASE NIW YORK, Feb. 13 (" Lou Douglas, Texas prospector, sought for the killing of two prospector near Yuma, Ariz., was arrested today by detectives who crashed into hi room uptown. ; An alarm had been broadcast for the arrest of Douglas Thursday naght , Yesterday two men arrested in coo- nection with the killing of the pros- ; pec tors waived extradition and were held without ball for removal to Arizona within thirty days. The two men held yesterday were Daniel O'Cormell and William Doughty. In th police lineup they told in detail their story of the slaying slay-ing of John Hayden and Ralph Hart, veteran . prospectors, and named Douglas as the actual killer, O'Conneil and Doughty claimed they were unwilling witnesses to the killing the night of February T in th foothills of Bouse, near Yuma. They alleged that Douglas, at the point of a pistol, compelled them to dig a shallow grave Into which they rolled the bodies of the two men, but es-csped es-csped later when Douglas relaxed his vigilance. Douglas ws located today In a room on East IlSlh street Despite his reputation as a "bad man," Douglas Doug-las showed no fight when six detectives detec-tives burst into th room. An open razor lay on a drssssr and polio said Douglas told than h intended to use it to kill his wife, Julie, who was with him, and himself If he had th eh ee. His capture followed an all-aighti canvass of Harlem rooming Bouse be-1 tween Third and Eighth avenue and. mth street and 12th streets, police having received tip Jhst A waai iUS.nl hj Jha, arr I |