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Show S!PKE Cumin iugs and Rose Again Confide Con-fide in Chief of Detectives Detec-tives Sheets. BAMBERGER DEPOT MAP FOUND IN THEIR ROOM But Little Doubt That Men Are Guilty of Other Robberies. . John II. Cummings and "W. O. "Rose who attempted to rob Cashier Sweot oi tho Pullman company of $J(300 on the stairway of tho Commercial Club building build-ing Friday morning at S : .1 o'clock, mado another confession to Chief of Detectives De-tectives Shoots Saturday morning. According Ac-cording to tho statements of Chief Sheets,. certain data was given in tho confession which, may implicate the men in the robbery of tho Bamberger depot at Ogden, July 3. Other facts in the confession point toward Cummings and Hoso as tho men who robbed tho Japanese Japa-nese restaurant in Ogden on duly -1. When seon at the nolico station by a representative- of The Tribune and asked regarding the reported connection of Cummings and Rose with other robberies, rob-beries, Chief Sheets said that at tho present time the police depurtment had uo evidence which would lend to connect con-nect these men with any but the rob-bories rob-bories of Cashier Sweet of Ihe Pullman company, the Japanese restaurant and tho iJambenrer depot. Circumstantial Evidenco. One of the most important bits of circumstantial evidence gathered thus far by the members of the detective force is the map of tho Bamberger depot with all of the streets in the vicinity and the various exits from the .building. .build-ing. This map was found by Detectives Golding and Wilson when thoy were searching the room of Cummings at the i'. M. C. A. building. Earlv Saturday morning all officials at Ogtfen were notified officially of the arrest of the men and wero expected to arrive in the city Saturday afternoon for the purpose of identifying tho men. Up to a late hour Saturday night none of the officials from Ogden had visited tho jail for the purpose of looking at the men. T. A. Cook, agent at the Bamberger depot, and Carl Jacobson were also notified and were to arrive in the city to identify the men, but these also fniled to piit in an appearance. appear-ance. Statement of Jacobson. Jacobson, who is the night watchman of the depot, is reported to have stated that he is sure of being ablo to identify one of the men who held up ihe depot. A short lime before tho robbery, .Jacobson .Ja-cobson is reported to have said that he saw a man answering the description of JJoso in tho lavatory of the depot. The confessions of both men to the police Friday afternoon showed that they had planned the robbery of the Pullman company weeks in advance of Friday morning. They knew all of the oftices which Cushier bwect was to call at and had estimated the amount of money he would take to the olfice in the Commercial club building. The men were examined separately and their stories compared. The comparison showed them to bo of the same effect. |