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Show Auto Wreck Victim Dies; Driver Held On Theft Charge A victim of serious injuries when the car in which he was riding overturned near Myton on Monday, James Gary Parker, 25, Birmingham, Alabama, died in the Roosevelt hospital, Tuesday. Tues-day. Meanwhile, Robert Barnes, alias Robert Hickman, of Pittsburg, Pitts-burg, driver of the car, is under un-der treatment at Roosevelt and being held for investigation. The accident which claimed the life of Parker, occured west of Myton, where Barnes with Parker, Robert McClasky, Newark, New-ark, New Jedsey, and George E. Fenneman, Glenview, Illinois as passengers, failed to negotiate a curve. Called to the scene of the accident, Sheriff Dewey Merri-weather Merri-weather recognized the overturned overturn-ed car as one having been reported re-ported as stolen in San Francisco. Fran-cisco. The cars occupants were rushed rush-ed to the Roosevelt hospital, where Parker died on Tuesday. Suffering only' minor injuries McClasky and Fenneman were released. Parker, McClaskey and Feneman were all members of the naval forces, and all were on terminal leave or on furlough. Able to be questioned, Robert Barnes alias Robert Hickman, confessed from his hospital bed that he had stolen the automobile automo-bile which was wrecked at Myton, My-ton, in San Francisco and that Parker, McClasky and Fenneman Fenne-man were only passengers whom he had picked up while traveling travel-ing east.. A special agent from the FBI offices in Salt Lake arrived ar-rived in Roosevelt Wednesday to continue the investigation involving Barnes. He is suspected suspec-ted of having violated several military and. Federal criminal laws since June 30. Investigating the death of Parker for the Navy are: Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Commander G.L. Raw-lings, Raw-lings, Lieutenant Walter Tolson and Lieutenant (j.g.) R.E. Smith from the Naval Supply base at Clearfield. James Parkejr was on terminal leave from the navy and was enroute to his home in Birmingham at the time of his death. |