| NOTE: The following article is transcibed as it was written in 1948. No disrespect intended to any person with this transcription Article provided by SabreenaKatz EARLY SUSPECT IN MURDER HELD SECOND TIME An early suspect in the 3-year old slaying of John H. Latham, 36, salvage dealer, was held in the city jail yesterday for renewed questioning by police, on the basis of new, undisclosed evidence. Robert Sewell, 28, Negro, of 2184 Logan Ave., again denied any connection with the bludgeoning of Latham, detectives said. Latham's body was found Dec. 21, 1945 in the yard of his salvage and tire establishment at 2190 Main st. An iron pipe had bashed in his head and $800.00 was believed to have been removed from the victim. The new evidence reportedly came from a Negro from Stockton. Numerous persons remain to be interviewed in the case according to Lt. Mort Geer, head of the homicide detail. Sewell was arrested in the 2100 block of Franklin Ave by Detective Sgts. Anthony McGuire and Russell Ormsby who said that up to Jan. 7, the Negro was employed as a Coronado trash collector by a private contractor. They said Sewell returned to Birmingham, Ala., his former home, in October 1946 and remained until August 21, 1948. He is a native of Alabama. Discharged by Latham, 2 days before the slaying, Sewell was arrested as a suspect shortly after the crime was discovered but was released. Information concerning Sewell's financial condition at the time of the death is sought from his estranged wife, Beatrice, 26, who had not been located. HOME INDEX LATHAM INDEX PETERSON INDEX SCOTT PETERSON TREE LACI TRIAL NEWS EVIDENCE-NEWS |
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