Show Officer Slain Suspects Held Calif Citizen Wounded Drunken Youths Deny Complicity ity r LOS ANGELES JUly y lg 19 AP P P- Two young men men suspected suspected of hav having ng shot and killed A A. E. E Mathies Arcadia Ar Ar- cadia dadia adl policeman and aid wounded L. L LC C Bertolina Arcadia resident about midnight were arrested today by sheriffs sheriff's deputies T They ey were found I In an Intoxicated condition lying beside an automobile which answered answered answered an an- anI I the description of one from which the fatal shots were fired The youths gave their names as Thomas Nash and Richard Lyle They denied comp complicity in the shooting shoot shoot- shootIng Ing and declared they had be ben n de deposited deposited deposited de- de posited beside the-car the by two other men The deputies are continuing their search for other suspects and for the he third of the trio Mathies was shot through the heart when he approached an automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile parked in front lont of an ArcadIa Arcadia Arcadia Ar Ar- cadia lunchroom One of the men In the rear seat drew a gun and fired one shot as Mathies was about to question the trio The three then sped away in their car firing as they went One shot struck Ber- Ber Continued on page 4 A Officer Cl Slain Mam Suspects H Held ld Continued from page 1 tolinas tolina's car and glancing Inflicted a wound in in- his side Mathies died on the spot and Be wound is not serious ARCADIA Cal Cat July 19 AP APOne APOne AP- AP One policeman was killed and an another another nn- nn other fatally wounded here early today when they attempted to question question ques- ques ques tion a trio of ot young men men whom they suspected of staging a holdup ear earlier Her In the morning The slain officer was A. A E. E Mattheis 1 His companion L. L C. C Bertonia was believed dying According to police reports the officers were approaching a calIn car cal carin carin in which the suspects were seated when all aU three suddenly drew guns and opened fire tire The officers taken unawares by the surprise at atI attack attack at- at tack w were ware re shot down before they hey I could draw their own weapons |