Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-08-19 | Page 4 | Capture of Ship High in Air Confessed by Pirate, 19, to Speed Quest for Job

Capture of Ship High in Air Confessed By Pirate, 19, to Speed Quest for Job : t i r .. 1 4-W I ; S s- I ) ti HOUSTON, Tex, Aug. 1 Boyixh Jarta Hanwrly, who "wanted to fly off somewhere to look for 1 work." awaited a preliminary hear ing today on charge he kidnaped an airpUne pilot whila 2000 feet in the air. The hearing will be held Monday before Juetiee of the Poa J. M. Ray, betore whom complaint, were filed charging JB-year-old Hamerlyj held up a taxicab driver, Bill Ray,! and kidnaped Pilot Bob Hunt. j Detectivea Arch Spradley and Ira Wi Miami reUtad the youth admitted he tried to tore Hunt to take him1 to Laredo, when he wanted to find a job. Pilot Hunt, meanwhile, wan t riling how he managd to thwart Haiwr ly'e plans. "We took off and I climbed to about 1000 feet. Suddenly Hamrly punched me. He waa aeated next to me in the amttJI plane, "I turned and aw he had a pinto, in hia hand. "I rained my bamd. The plane atarted going up. 'Put your band on the controL he commanded." Hunt aaid his paAaenger ordered him to fly to Laredlo. to which he protested berauae he had no money and ve ryjittle gaaoftne. "Never mind, we'ir mooch " some gaaoline," the pilot quoted Hamerly aa saying. Hunt landed the plane at the first convenient spot. When Hamerly Ham-erly discovered the improvised field waa a part of the Harlem prison farm, he forced the pilot to take off again immediately. Hunt related. The pair flew toward Rosenberg, where Hunt brought the plane down in a pasture. "We came on some negroes picking pick-ing cotton and tried to find someone who could get us some gm. We were referred to the farm owner. We were talking to him when Hamerly Ham-erly turned his back to me. I jumped on him, pinned his arms and disarmed him." The youth persuaded Pilot Hunt to take him up in the ship as a prospective pros-pective student flier after driving to the airport in the cab taken from Ray. ALLEGED BUCCANEER OF SKI EH Jack Hamerly, . .Streamlines kidnaping 1 1 ,,.,,, . mil.