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Show v r t 4 v 4 v v ! 4 4 r 4 4 v 4 4- I To Whom Did Me J X First Confess ? j 4 4- Those who are interested in 4- 4 the proceedings in tho Shoots 4 4 case should not overlook the fact 4- 4- that the Sinoot organ (edited by 4 4- a convicted criminal) announced 4 4 several days in advance that 4 4 Parrent, tho blackleg, had con 4 4 fosscd. County Attorney Han- 4 4 sen and Deputy Sheriff Joe 4 4- Sharp declared that there had 4, 4- been no confession. 4 4 It dovoloped a few days later 4- 4 that Parrent went on the witness 4- 4- stand' and did confess. 4 4- ported reformer on tho Smoot 4 4- ported reformed on the Smoot 4 4- organ (should know about thin 4- 4 confession before the officer.; of v j 4 the law knew of if 4 4 Why should Parront, the self- 4 4 confessed holdup and gentleman- 4 4 ly thug, first tell of his partici- 4- 4 pation in the McVvhirter caso to 4- 4 the Smoot organ? What rcla- 4 4- tionship existed between this 4 4- lawbreaker and the Smoot news- 4 4 paper? 4 4' Let tho public got thir. circum- 4 4 stance through its mind while 4 4 further reflecting on the con- 4- 4 spiracy to destroy George 4- 4 Sheets. 4 4- If Parrent confessed beforo 4 4- his confession was known to 4 4 Sharp and Hansen, to whom was 4 4 this-confession inado? 4 4 4 4' 4 4 4- 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
