Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-05-18 | Page 2 | Retracts "Confession"

RETRACTS "CONFESSION." Prisoner Says Ho Was Paid to Tell Cripple Creek Story. DENVER May 17. In a letter to a newepapor correspondent In this city. Robert B. Romalno has retracted tho alleged al-leged confession mado by hlra in Jail at Topeka, Kan., laBt September, Implicating Implica-ting the Western Federation of Miners In the Independence depot explosion of Juno 6. last year, by which thirteen miners mi-ners were killed and a number of others wero maimed for Ufa Romalno now declares there is no truth in tho statement, which ho mado in tho hope of thoreby seourlag his freedom, and tho particulars of which, ho says wero furnished him by a me.n from 'rl.-plo 'rl.-plo iee't who vleltej him In Jill gave him S5 and promised him more money Romalno Is now serving a trm In prison at 1-.nelng, Kan , for burglary'-