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Show TRAIN ROBBERS ADMIT GUILT; ARE SENTENCED PORTLAND. Dec. 20. Two of tho three train robbers who looted the Oregon Railway & Navigation Chicago Express train at Clarence a week ago Thursday night, pleaded guilty to tho chargo o"f train robbery beforo Judgo Gantelnbein tills afternoon, and wero immediately sentenced to tho penitentiary. William Burke, because he first confessed to the robbery, wan given four years, w,hllo Jack Hayes, the leader of the gang, was given twelve years. The proceedings were short. Hayo3 and Ihirko were taken from the county jail and the entire proceedings were over In five minutes. |