Show tatna 1 IF old man johnson confesses his crimes flunder Plunder round found los angeles cal doc dec 12 alva john son has confessed to having participated in both the roscoe ros coe robberies of the southern pacific express trains the old ranchman hus has been subjected to the pleas picas of 0 his family and ti fi lends who hoped that by confessing he would save himself from the gallows gaj lows the persuasions have been kept up for several weeks but he was recently led to believe that the officers had eno enough gh evidence to convict and that meant meant cleata so in the presence of 0 district attorney dillon and one or two deputies and detectives he left no detail untold and went over the he whole crime including hoth both robberies at roscoe at one of 0 which the lyreman and a passenger were killed and several thousand dollars obtained johnson jocab oil says that kid thompson was his accomplice n he told where part of the treasure was buried and detectives dug up a box containing in silver railroad striker arrested sacramento cal dec 13 deputy depoty united slates marrial maloney today to day arrested li folvin hatch and jack haa ney ncr under by the federal grand jury hatch is 13 the striker ha nho was acquitted itt at woodland last week on the charge of involved in the the yolo yol train rain wrecking case heaney was wag at bed d bluff doriner the early days ot of the strike the char charges against them ale aie conspiracy a cy and obstructing t in g government governa ent malls m alls deputy maloney malo n ey has also summoned sum ni boned some twenty live n t y witnesses here for the defense the expense of 0 which Is 13 to bo be met by the government |