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Show LITTLE DOUBT OF WILSON'S GUILT Wounded Prisoner Admltss Thafc-H Once Belonged to "Soapy" Smith's Gang-. William "Wilson, tho wounded man-now at tho Holy Croas hospital, who was arrested ar-rested for tho robbery of a. work train at' Callentes, In which $3000 was taken, and who was shot at Mllford while resisting arrest, Is believed by the offlcora to havo a long criminal record on the Pacific const. On his way to thlB city Wllaon admitted ad-mitted to his guard that he was with "54oapy" Smith s famous gang at Skag-Uay. Skag-Uay. Ho confesses that ho was lately on the Pacific coast, and the fact that ho was once associated with "Soapy" Smith leads tho officers to believe that he may have- buen mixed up with the gang that recently tried to blncknmll the Southern Pacific out of $10,000 by threatening to wreck passenger trains between San Francisco Fran-cisco and Los Angoles. Wilson's statement that he was unarmed un-armed when the attempt was made to arrest him Is untrue. He carried a gun In his hand when ho emerged from the car and handed it to his partner. His statement state-ment that ho had no partner Is also untrue, un-true, as the partner, whoso name Is Mc-Cormlck, Mc-Cormlck, purchased tho railroad tickets for tho two and "Wilson admitted that hla partner had escaped. I Wilson and McCormlck have been Idcn-I Idcn-I tilled ns the two men who cashed one of tho Btolen checks at Do Lamar on the day after tho robbery and Wilson when i captured wore some of the clothing purchased pur-chased with the stolen check. |